Grammar Get into Successful Grammar for English Language Learners Table of Contents Get into Grammar Nouns, Nouns, Nouns Fill in the Verb Noun or Verb? Animal Action Verbs Contractions Write Your Own: Practice Using Adjectives Past and Present Tense: The Verb "Eat" Pronoun Exercise Plural Picture Finish It! On This Date Adjectives Practice Using Descriptive Words: Describe It! Certificate of Completion Want more workbooks? Join Education.com Plus to save time and money. http://www.education.com/education-plus/ Copyright © 2012 Education.com. All Rights Reserved 1st Grade Writing Grammar Nouns, nouns, nouns How many singular nouns can you think of? Write them down and make them plural. Plural 0 5 10 15 Single Copyright © 2010-2011 by Education.com More worksheets at www.education.com/worksheets 1st Grade Writing Grammar Fill In The Verb Fill in the blank with a verb from the word bank to complete the sentence. gives has asks know think starts slices walks Jared __________________ many pets. Mike __________________ running at 6 am. Nancy ________________ avocado into 4 pieces to make sandwiches. 11 I don’t _____________ what time he would come today. 12 1 10 2 9 3 8 4 7 6 ? 5 Mr. Hass _____________ me for change. Lisa ________________ 6 miles to school. I _____________ about my dream last night. Andrea ________________ Tim her afternoon snack. Copyright © 2010-2011 by Education.com More worksheets at www.education.com/worksheets 1st Grade Writing Grammar or un No Verb ? Write “n” if the underlined word is a noun. Write “v” if the underlined word is a verb. Most beetles eat plants . Marlene produced a lot of milk every morning. The chick is looking for its mother. My goldfish loves to eat. A frog hops from one lily pad to another. Seahorses are fast swimmers. Some snakes lay their eggs in the ground. Copyright © 2010-2011 by Education.com More worksheets at www.education.com/worksheets L A M I AN n o i t c A Draw a line to match the sentence with each animal. I run. Fish I hop. Bird I fly. Monkey I swim. Dog I eat. Frog 1st Grade Writing Grammar Contractions Rewrite each sentence with contractions. Remember, the apostrophe always goes where a letter is missing. Example: “is not” = isn’t. I am running on the track. ________________________________________________________. The suitcase is not big enough. ________________________________________________________. I would like a cupcake. ________________________________________________________. Do you think you will go to the carnival? ________________________________________________________. Take your hat off when you are warm. ________________________________________________________. I am sure my mother will give us something to eat when we get home. ________________________________________________________. Copyright © 2010-2011 by Education.com More worksheets at www.education.com/worksheets 1st Grade Write Your Own Writing Stories Practice Using Adjectives Complete each sentence by writing your own adjective. Gymnastics is _________________________ for Lucy. NORTH INTERSTATE 101 We are taking a __________________ route. This camera is very __________________________. I love strawberries very much because they are _________________________. 1000 ml This jug is ______________________________. 500 ml 100 ml It is very ___________________ in this room. We need more light! My mom bought me __________________ dresses. Copyright © 2010-2011 by Education.com More worksheets at www.education.com/worksheets Learning About the Verb "Eat" Past and Present Tense When you’ve eaten something yesterday you say "I ate." When you eat something now you say "I eat." Complete the story correctly by writing either "ate" or "eat" on the lines below. It was my birthday yesterday, I Today, I too much cake! creamy chocolate ice cream! I hamburgers and fries! I a lot of hotdogs yesterday! Copyright © 2011-2012 by Education.com More worksheets at www.education.com/worksheets PRONOUN A pronoun takes the place of a noun. Fill in the following sentences with a pronoun. Did Yes, read the book? read the book. My teacher recommended . Replace each word with the correct pronoun My dog = he My mother = My friends and I = The MP3 player = How many other pronouns can you list? Copyright © 2010-2011 by Education.com More worksheets at www.education.com/worksheets 1st Grade e r l u t a c r i P Pl u Writing Grammar Write the correct plural noun under each picture. See the example below. Two birds Copyright © 2010-2011 by Education.com More worksheets at www.education.com/worksheets 1st Grade Finish It! Writing Grammar The predicate is the part of the sentence that does not include the subject. It tells a story about the subject. Write the missing predicate to make the sentence complete. practices hard for the Olympics next year The swimmer ________________________________________. Alice ___________________________________________________ . The adventure book ______________________________________________. The girl ___________________________________________________ . The musician ___________________________________________________. U.S . pos tage 50 This stamp collection _______________________________________________. U.S. postage 50 The clothes _______________________________________________. Copyright © 2010-2011 by Education.com More worksheets at www.education.com/worksheets 1st Grade Writing Grammar On This Date These dates are written wrong. Rewrite them so they are correct. This important document was written on november 12, 1853. November 12, 1853. Our grandparents will have their golden anniversary on april 19 2010. march 9 1999 was the date when my father ran his first half marathon. We will open our time capsules on september 30 2050. Martin graduated on June 11 2008. The earthquake happened on 27 January 1964. Write down your best friend’s birthday below. Copyright © 2010-2011 by Education.com More worksheets at www.education.com/worksheets ADJECTIVES An adjective describes a noun. Fill in the following sentences with an adjective. I’ll eat the ______ apple for lunch. I think the ______ coat will be too hot. The _________ beaver found a new pond where he could build his home. How many adjectives can you add to this list? Green Silly Nice Big Copyright © 2010-2011 by Education.com More worksheets at www.education.com/worksheets 1st Grade Writing Stories Describe It! #1 Practice Using Descriptive Words Words that describe nouns are called adjectives. Match the nouns on the left with adjectives on the right. candies drum whale bricks popcorn pillow knife Copyright © 2010-2011 by Education.com Salty Big Soft Sharp Sweet Loud Hard More worksheets at www.education.com/worksheets Great job! is an Education.com writing superstar