Writing Mechanics Teacher Resources

In this grammar and punctuation worksheet, students complete a ten question on-line interactive quiz. Students read a sentence and mark if it is correct or incorrect.

Look at ownership (possession) with Yossarian the Grammarian regarding apostrophes. Singular and plural nouns are covered.

Sometimes it feels like young writers just place commas as they please! Ensure that your pupils uses these important punctuation marks properly by requiring them to study the information here and complete the grammar exercise....

Help your English language learners develop grammar skills! There are 20 questions, and for each question the learner must use a question tag including could, would, or should. An answer sheet is included. 

Ninth graders use correct punctuation when writing. After defining the use of commas and semicolons, they discuss how punctuation can help eliminate confusion. They listen to a letter, first with correct punctuation, and then without...

Instruct your class on appositives and they will be ready to complete this sentence-combining activity. Given two sentences, one of which describes the subject in detail, pupils are asked to incorporate the second sentence into the first...

For this capitalization worksheet, leaners circle a letter in a column labeled either yes or no to show whether the titles in sentences are capitalized correctly. They then solve a riddle using the letters from columns.

Young grammarians review the proper usage of colons and semicolons in writing. Given a list of sentences, they determine which are direct characterizations and which are indirect characterizations. They also decide where the punctuation...

Using colons properly can be tricky. This resource explores the use of this form of punctuation in lists, dialogue, and more. While only a cursory look at the topic, there is a quiz at the end to check for learners' understanding of the...

Who or whom? Do your young grammarians need extra practice using interrogative pronouns correctly? The seven sentences in this exercise will provide that opportunity; however, the worksheet does not provide definitions, examples, or an...

The capitalization rules are strict and inflexible—until you experience the fluid beauty of an Emily Dickinson poem. Ninth graders test their existing knowledge of language arts conventions with the many bent grammar rules in "I Felt a...

Practice, practice, practice! Your young grammarians write the past tense form of irregular verbs (The present tense form is given in parentheses.) in the blank space in 25 sentences. Space between the sentences is very small, so I'd...

Sometimes adjectives and adverbs are accidentally interchanged. Give your learners this quick 15-question assessment to see if they can choose the correct word to complete each sentence.   

  Prepositions, verb, and interjections! Have your class take this online quiz and see how well they know the parts of speech. There are 9 parts of speech to identify.  

Reinforce usage and proper grammar with this presentation, which addresses common grammatical mistakes. It covers instances of bad usage in literature, cliches to avoid, and the increase of errors in the computer generation. The final...

Getting tired of seeing dangling or misplaced modifiers in your students' writing? Use this grammar activity to reinforce the importance of careful reading and editing. Young writers find the sentence that has no misplaced or dangling...