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!
Try out Writing, Spelling, Poetry, and Grammar Programs for Free!
We highly recommend checking out the first three weeks of Structure & Style for Students program from IEW. (You can access the first three weeks free.)
Other IEW programs you can try out for free include…
- The Phonetic Zoo. Try a sample of a program that teaches spelling with an auditory approach towards mastery.
- Structure and Style for Students. If you’d prefer Andrew Pudewa to teach writing structure and style to your student(s), this program is for you! Download the first lessons from each level for teaching composition to children in grades 3-12.
- Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization. Download the first five poems from this mastery approach to learning poetry.
- Fix It! Grammar. Download the first lessons of all four levels of this gentle introduction to grammar and mechanics with thorough yet simple instructions for the teacher.
Visit IEW to find out more about other programs to transform your students into proficient writers – from early elementary all the way through college!
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
Principal Parts of Verbs & Sentence Structure
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Topic,Resource
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
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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?
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Principal Parts of Verbs,Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
,Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
,Grammaropolis on Verbs – Web Interactive
,Time Warp Verb Tense (Adapt Idea for Principal Parts of Verbs)
,What are Irregular Verbs?
,Slap It! Irregular Past Tense Verbs Card Game
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To Be,To Be Verbs
,To Be Conjugation
,Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
,Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
,Grammarly: Just Memorize These Irregular Verbs
,Irregular Verb Wheel Game
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To Do,To Do Conjugation
,Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
,Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
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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
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To Lay or Lie?,Lie Versus Lay Notebooking Page
,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
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To Set or Sit?,Sit Versus Set Notebooking Pages
,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
,Irregular Verb Wheel Game
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To Beat,To Beat Conjugation
,Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
,Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
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To Break,To Break Conjugation
,Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
,Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
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To Write,To Write Conjugation
,Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
,Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
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To Shake,To Shake Conjugation
,Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
,Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
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To Go,To Go Conjugation
,Principal Parts of Verbs Chart PDF
,Regular & Irregular Verbs PDF
,Irregular Verb Wheel Game
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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
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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
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Phrases,Phrases: The Basics and How to Diagram
,Prepositional Phrases PDF
,Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers PDF
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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 Sort – Online Game
,Sentence Scramble Game Idea
,Simple Compound Complex Sentence Notes
,Compound Complex Bullseyes
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Sentence Patterns,Roll-a-Sentence Game
,Sentence Pattern Board Game
,Basic Sentence Patterns Worksheets PDF
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Other,Grammar for Writers (Four Lessons Free)
,Free IEW Resources
,What About Grammar PDF by Andrew Pudewa
,Other Recorded Webinars by Andrew Pudewa
,English Grammar At-a-Glance PDF
,Grammar Chart Cards and Grammar Memory Cards
,Free Parts of Speech Quick Guide & Newsletter
,TLS Books Grammar Worksheets
,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
,Visit Institute for Excellence in Writing and create a free account to download audio and pdf freebies (including reading lists for “boys who would rather build forts all day”).
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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!