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Parts of Speech: Various Descriptions
As your students learn to identify nouns and verbs through multiple tests, they will learn to decode text better, interpret dictionary information better, and use the words better in their writing. I used several sources for this information, mainly The Grammar Book (Heinle), but also my own deductions.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 9
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Comparative/Superlative Worksheet
Students work from dependent to slightly freer practice, completing a table with the appropriate forms for normal and irregular forms, write the opposite of adjectives, and complete another table on spelling changes; write sentences using the most appropriate comparative or superlative forms based on general knowledge and pictures. *Images from Mic...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 72
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Comparative/Superlative--unusual cases
I noticed that my English textbook expected students to use the comparative and superlative in some unusual cases--with and without "than," with comparison of a group to one person, with -ly adjectives, and so on. So I developed this practice sheet to help students notice these unusual cases.
Answers: bigger, older/oldest (depends on the context)...
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 58
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How Much Is That Doggie? poster with picture words
Get your students to remember the interrogative "how much" in order to sing this song, where the words "how much," "doggie," "window," and "tail" are substituted by pictures.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: flash-card
Downloads: 5
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Like to, want to, need to, have to
Students will learn to use the infinitive form to add another verb after the verbs "like," "want," "need," and "have" by (1) literally cutting and pasting the second half of the sentence and (2) writing the word "to" on the line. I have provided dotted lines to avoid students pasting the sentence completion words over the space for "to." This works...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 46
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Third-Person Singular Poster
In addition to the traditional table showing the third-person singular change for the simple present tense, this poster gives examples of what types of nouns might take the place of "he/she/it" and illustrates the meaning of first-, second-, and third-person.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 10
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Wh-Words as Subjects
This worksheet first shows the difference between regular wh-questions, which invert the subject and the (auxiliary) verb, and questions in which the wh-word is the subject. Students identify the subject in several sentences, and then they select the picture that shows the difference between the wh-word acting as subject and as object--requiring th...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 11
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At Grandpa�s House: Used to, would, and simple past
A description with options for the past.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 71
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In,On,At Miniposters
Display this poster in your classroom, and it will help your students to remember when to use in, on, and at. Here, they are presented with visuals and typical phrases showing which words to use for the time of day, the date, the month, the year, etc.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 22
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Guidelines for writing classroom readers
Students can help develop a classroom library! When each student writes and illustrates a story, there will soon be lots of reading material! These guidelines help students in creating proper expectations for the project.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 15
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