Welcome to our list of resources for practicing verbals, principal parts of verbs, sentence parts, and sentence structure/pattern. This list of grammar resources provides practice with learning and applying these elements of English grammar.
This Principal Parts of Verbs Chart provides a simple way to practice writing in the principal verb parts each week.
Students may prefer to make cards to match the irregular verbs to their principal parts, which is a great alternative to writing them out on a chart!
(In fact, all of the Essentials English grammar charts can be practiced this way!)
In the primary grades (K-2), our children learn quite a bit of English grammar through our custom-built plan based on the Words are Categorical book series by Brian Cleary (along with selections from Our Mother Tongue) and IEW’s Bible Heroes Writing Lessons. The Words are Categorical Books include the following (and several more!):
- A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun?
- I and You and Don’t Forget Who: What Is a Pronoun?
- To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What Is a Verb?
- Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb?
- But and For, Yet and Nor: What Is a Conjunction?
- Cool! Whoa! Ah and Oh!: What Is an Interjection?
- Under, Over, By the Clover: What Is a Preposition?
- Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective?
(Our custom-built plan was the result of concepts I found lacking in our oldest child before he went into Essentials – and because our second child needed a bit of creativity in his English Grammar diet.) I highly recommend these resources for learning English grammar easily in the early grades!
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And now… for our English grammar resources! We provide the following list to others for reference, in case you’d like to easily find something to reinforce English grammar concepts in the midst of the school year.
English Grammar Resources for Principal Parts of Verbs & Sentence Structure
Infinitive
What is an Infinitive?
Phrase – Infinitive PDF
What is an infinitive phrase?
Infinitive: Recognize one when you see one
Functions and uses of infinitives worksheet PDF
Writing with Infinitives
Diagramming Infinitives PDF
Infinitive Worksheets
Participles
What are Participles?
What is a participial phrase?
Participles as Adjectives
Writing with Participles
Verbals worksheets
Phrase – Participle PDF
Participle Worksheets
Present Participle Phrases PDF (Page 2: “-ing Word Groups”)
Diagramming Participles
What are dangling participles and misplaced modifiers?
Principal Parts of Verbs
Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
Time Warp Verb Tense (Adapt Idea for Principal Parts of Verbs)
What are Irregular Verbs?
Slap It! Irregular Past Tense Verbs Card Game
To Be
To Be Verbs
To Be Conjugation
Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
Grammarly: Just Memorize These Irregular Verbs
To Do
To Do Conjugation
Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
To Rise or Raise?
Rise and Raise Lesson & Worksheet PDF
Misused Verbs Raise and Rise PDF
Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
To Lay or Lie?
Lay vs. Lie: What’s the Difference?
Lay and Lie Lesson & Worksheet PDF
Misused Verbs: Lie/Lay PDF
Grammar Worksheets: Lie Versus Lay
Grammar Practice: Lie Vs. Lay PDF
Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
To Set or Sit?
Sit and Set Lesson & Worksheet PDF
To Set Worksheet cut and paste
Misused Verbs – Sit | Sat | Set PDF
To Sit Conjugation
Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
To Beat
To Beat Conjugation
Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
To Break
To Break Conjugation
Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
To Write
To Write Conjugation
Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
To Shake
To Shake Conjugation
Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
To Go
To Go Conjugation
Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
Subjects & Predicates
Grammar for Writers – The Main Line (Four Lessons Free)
Make-a fun-simple-sentence cards
Subject and Predicate Tiles
Missing Subjects
Missing Verbs
Complete Subject and Complete Predicate
More about Sentence Structure & Diagramming on K12 Reader
Recognize Complete and Simple Subjects Worksheet
Subject and Predicate Worksheet (Easy) PDF
Subject and Predicate PDF
Recognize Subjects & Predicates Worksheet
Other Sentence Worksheets
Independent & Dependent Clauses
What are Clauses?
The Basics of Clauses in English
Clause Overview
Sentence Diagramming Tool
Find the Subordinate Clause
Dependent and Independent Clause Worksheets
Adjectival Clauses (older elementary) PDF
Adverbial Clauses (older elementary) PDF
Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers PDF
Phrases
Phrases: The Basics and How to Diagram
Prepositional Phrases PDF
Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers PDF
Sentence Structures
Four Corners Sentence Structures Game
Teaching Sentences with Games & Technology
Sentence Scramble (Compound Sentences Activity)
Sentence Hunt (Adapt for Sentence Structure)
Put your Hands Together for Conjunctions (Compound Sentence Activity)
Simple or Compound?
Four Sentence Structures: Introduction to Diagramming
Sentence Structure Online Games at BBC
Rags to Riches Sentence Structure Practice Game
Compound Sentences vs. Complex Sentences
Simple to Complex Sentence Activity PDF
Creating Compound Sentences
Writing Complex Sentences
Sentence Structure Worksheets
Sentence Scramble Game Idea
Simple Compound Complex Sentence Notes
Sentence Patterns
Basic Sentence Patterns Worksheets PDF
Other
Grammar for Writers (Free Sample Lessons)
Free IEW Resources
What About Grammar PDF by Andrew Pudewa
But… But… But… What About Grammar? Audio Talk
Other Recorded Webinars by Andrew Pudewa
Grammar Chart Cards and Grammar Memory Cards
Free Parts of Speech Quick Guide & Newsletter
Parts of Speech Word Dominoes Card Game
English Grammar Analysis – Understanding the Basics PDF
Grammar for Homeschool
KISS Grammar (Free Grammar workbooks with literature as basis)
Holt Elements of Language (For middle school)
Verbs and Perfect Tense
Sentence Construction
Diagramming Sentences
Verb Tense Worksheets
Grammar Revolution Diagramming Sentences Index
Spelling Activity Ideas and Games
Grammaropolis
How to diagram sentences chart
Grammar Copywork Pages
Grammarland Unit Study
On-Line English Grammar Usage Rules
English Grammar Analysis – Understanding the Basics
Identifying decorations and dress-ups PDF in reading (an activity for our Sign of the Beaver Book Club that can be applied to any reading assignment).
Essentials Program – Preparing and Tips – Archives
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If you have a great English grammar resource to share we would love for you to leave it in the comments or email me directly at halfahundredacrewood @gmail.com. Thanks!
