Create your own crazy story with this fill-in-the-blank story! Your budding writer will practice parts of speech as he fills in missing parts of the story.
The reading and writing practice in this workbook will get kids thinking about all the different parts that go into a good story, like vocabulary, structure and sequencing.
Children will learn how to make subjects and verbs agree, and then practice completing ten sentences with the correct verb, in this appealing grammar worksheet.
Knowing your parts of speech is an important part of learning good writing skills. Learn the ins and outs of words with this packet that covers the eight different parts of speech.
Use this irregular verbs worksheet to give your child some irregular verbs exercises that will help develop her grammar skills and improve her writing.
This workbook is packed with worksheets that will help students practice the core concepts featured in the second grade curriculum, from word study and math to reading and writing.
Prepare for a world of writing with this packet of exercises, tools and tips. Students learn a few ways to spice up writing, like sensory words, action verbs, supporting details, and point of view.
Grammar is an essential part of the second grade language arts curriculum. This guided lesson teaches second graders how to properly use collective nouns, additonal nouns and verbs, and provides plenty of opportunities to practice these grammar rules in context. For more important practice with nouns and verbs, download and print the grammar worksheets that we suggest alongside this lesson.
Week 2 of this independent study packet for fourth graders features five more days of targeted practice with reading, writing, math, science, and social studies.
A verb describes an action, state of being, or something that has happened. It is an important part of speech, and can be used in several different ways. It is important that students understand verb tense, subject/object agreement, valency, and more. But, students can take simple steps to understanding how to use verbs with the Education.com resources below.
Learn More About Verbs
Verbs are very useful parts of speech that tell you what is happening, has happened, or will happen. To understand how to both understand and use verbs, there are several important aspects to verbs students should consider:
Infinitive: the most basic form of a verb is not conjugated.
Tense: a verb’s tense indicates the point in time in which an action occurred, i.e. present, past, future, etc.
Subject/object agreement: conjugation of a verb depends on the subject or object it is connected to.
Valency indicates how many subjects or objects a verb refers to. Three levels of valency are defined below:
Intransitive verbs only refer to a subject, e.g. “He is falling.”
Transitive verbs have both a subject and a direct object, e.g. “He has a motorcycle.”
Ditransitive verbs have a subject, direct object, and indirect object, e.g. “He made her something to eat.”
To teach students tenses, an easy starting place is infinitive verbs. Then, progress down the chart below:
Infinitive: “to + verb,” e.g. “to walk,” “to play,” etc.
Simple present: “He walks,” “He plays,” etc.
Simple progressive: “simple present verb + infinitive verb + ing,” e.g. “He is walking,” “He is playing,” etc.
Simple past: “He talked,” “He played,” etc.
Past continuous: “He was talking,” “He was playing,” etc.
Simple future: “He will talk,” “He will play,” etc.
Future continuous: “He will be talking,” “He will be playing,” etc.
There are many more tenses, and irregular verbs to master as well. Students who practice with the above Education.com resources will quickly learn how to use verbs.