Poems: opposites
Silly opposites! In this language arts worksheet, your child gets to practice word play and figurative language by writing opposite words that are real - and some that are jokes.
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Malapropisms
Can you find the mix-up? Malapropisms are words that are similar in sound and often confused. In this language arts worksheet, your child will identify the malapropism in each sentence and then rewrite each sentence using the correct word.
Simile or cliché?
Light as a feather is a simile (a comparative phrase that uses like or as) - but because it's used so much, it's a bit of a cliché. In this language arts worksheet, your child will come up with original comparisons for adjectives, verbs, and nouns...
Compound sentences
Simple sentences can become compound sentences by adding a clause. In this writing worksheet, your child gets practice building and understanding simple, compound, and complex sentences.
Subtracting suffixes
Each of these words has a suffix - can you remove it? In this language arts worksheet, your child gets practice recognizing root words and suffixes and gets practice combining each to create new words.
Colons, semicolons, and dashes
In this grammar worksheet, your child learns how to write sentences using a colon, semicolon, or dash.
Silly spoonerisms!
Did you hear the roar-bell ding? W.A. Spooner accidentally invented spoonerisms by mixing up the sounds in words. In this language arts worksheet, your child will decipher each mixed-up phrase and write it correctly.
Homophones and homographs
Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have a different meaning. Homographs are words that sound the same and are spelled the same but have a different meaning. In this language arts worksheet, your child will fill in the missing...
Active and passive sentences
In this language arts worksheet, your child learns about active and passive voice and gets practice rewriting sentences to change them from passive to active and vice versa.
Punctuating a paragraph
Can you edit this paragraph so that it makes sense? In this writing worksheet, your child will edit a paragraph by adding capital letters and proper punctuation where needed. Bonus: your child will practice writing a paragraph with dialogue using quotation marks, too.
