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Students will appreciate the ability to write some of their most commonly used words after working through this exercise on contractions.

Help students spice up their statements with action verbs that bring color to each sentence.

Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences will help students practice this key third grade skill. Try our free exercises to build knowledge and confidence.

Help students connect the dots on the sometimes confusing subject of linking verbs with this exercise.

Students who complete this exercise will be able to say they learned about the different types of past tense verbs thanks to Education.com.

Improve your students' phrasing with these exercises that teach them how to identify and fix awkward run-on sentences.

Students will finally have a name to describe the “dog ate my homework” storytelling that runs rampant throughout childhood with this hyperbole exercise.

There are silent letters lurking in every word, and this exercise will help students learning how to spell by shining a spotlight on them.

Give students practice with all of the parts that make up complete sentences in this exercise.

Teach your students how to navigate syllabus rules so they will be able to sound out words much easier.

Students will have better reading comprehension skills after completing this exercise that shows them how to pick out contextual clues.

Help students identify whether or not a sentence is complete with these exercises that give helpful hints when they get stuck!

Capitalization of proper nouns is imperative for proper writing form. Help your third grader hone their skills with these exercises.

Introduce students to the world of idioms with this exercise that shares some of the most common expressions in the English language.

Teach students how to change the meaning of words by adding suffixes with this simple exercise.

Students will be able to understand words without a dictionary after they work through this exercise teaching how to determine the meaning of words using roots, prefixes, and suffixes.

Teach your third grader the importance of subject pronouns and noun-pronoun agreement with these exercises that are specifically developed for their age group.

Jumpstart your students' love of introductory clauses with these exercises that not only teach them the correct format, but also show them how their writing can be enhanced!

Students will be able to explain a situation clearly after completing this educational exercise on how, when, and where adverbs.

Teach your third grader how to make nouns plural so they can fully utilize their writing potential with these multiple choice exercises.

Once students get underway with this Education.com exercise, learning about similes is easy as pie.

Conjunctions are important for linking two ideas in a cohesive and fluid way. Give your fourth grader the skills they need to correctly use conjunctions with these exercises.

This introduction to past tense verbs will give students the confidence to describe recently passed actions.

Students who complete this exercise will have no problem pronouncing those long syllables in multi syllable words.