First Grade Grammar Help your child get into grammar with these worksheets that introduce important grammar fundamentals.
Table of Contents Get into Grammar: Which Is the Verb? Get into Grammar: Fill in the Verb Get into Grammar: Verb Fill-In Get into Grammar: Spot the Verbs Get into Grammar: The Verb 'To Be' Get into Grammar: Nouns Get into Grammar: Singular or Plural Nouns? Get into Grammar: Capitalizing Proper Nouns Get into Grammar: Common or Proper Noun? Get into Grammar: Make a Singular/Plural List Get into Grammar: To, Two, Too Get into Grammar: Past Tense Basic Grammar: Adjective Details Get into Grammar: Descriptive Words #1 Get into Grammar: Descriptive Words #2 Get into Grammar: Pick the Pronoun
1st Grade
Writing Grammar
Which is the Verb? Read the sentences below and write the verb in each sentence in the space on the right.
The sun shines.
The wind blows.
The flowers bloom.
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A cat sleeps.
A dog eats.
The leaf falls.
The trees grow.
The moon rises.
The caterpillar dances.
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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.
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Mr. Hass _____________ me for change.
Lisa ________________ 6 miles to school.
I _____________ about my dream last night.
Andrea ________________ Tim her afternoon snack.
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1st Grade
Writing Grammar
Verb Fill-In Write the correct verb in the blank space.
I ________________ (eat/eats) eggs everyday.
The baby _______________________ (smile/smiles).
Dragonflies ________________________ (fly/flies) together.
My brother _______________________ (read/reads) many books.
The painter _____________________ (paint/paints) a portrait.
Susie _____________________(buy/buys) many oranges from the market.
They ________________ (build/builds) a sand castle.
A tiger ________________ (roar/roars) so loud!
He ________________ (wash/washes) 100 dirty dishes in an hour.
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1st Grade
Do You See It?
Writing Writing Grammar Grammar
Practice Identifying Verbs
Each sentence has one verb. Find the verb and write it down in the space on the right.
The artist paints a beautiful picture.
The carpet has a stain on it.
The lamp makes the room bright.
A storm is coming tomorrow.
The hot tea warms me up.
The mailman fills his bag with many envelopes.
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The teacher measured the length of the table.
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1st Grade
Writing Grammar
The Verb To Be There are many different ways to write the verb to be. The most common are: Is, Am, Are. Use the pictures to write a sentence using one of these three ways correctly.
Mr. Lambert is teaching math today.
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1st Grade
Writing Grammar
Nouns, nouns, nouns How many singular nouns can you think of? Write them down and make them plural.
Plural
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1st Grade
Writing Grammar
Singular or Plural Draw a circle around the singular nouns, or nouns that mean one. Draw a square around the plural nouns, or nouns that mean more than one.
tent purse
medal cameras mice
scarf trees
tickets
swords
robot
wolf candies egg
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pie strawberries
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1st Grade
Writing Grammar
A Capital Idea! A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, or thing. It needs to be capitalized. Some of the proper nouns in the sentences below are not capitalized correctly. Rewerite the sentence so it is correct.
Neil traveled to egypt in august.
We went to the california college of the arts to see the exhibition.
** Tomorrow, president obama will give a speech.
mr. potter taught us about world war I in the american history class.
I want to be able to speak french and spanish well.
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Common Or Proper Noun
1st Grade
Writing Grammar
A common noun is a person, place, or thing. Example: car, tree, house, girl A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, or thing. Example: Mr.Smith, The Robinson School, San Francisco Look at the words below and label them as a common or proper noun. See the example.
tent
common
medal
Japan
rug
Mrs. Cooper
frozen yogurt
Statue of Liberty
paintbrush
handbag
girl
The Phillippines
helicopter
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proper
shirt
Golden Gate Bridge
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1st Grade
L ist A e k a M
Writing Grammar
List the objects below based on whether they are singular or plural. See the example.
U.S .
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tage
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Singular Key
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Plural Markers
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1st Grade
Writing Grammar
o o o T o w T T , ,
These three words sound the same but they have different meanings! Two is a number (I have two cats). To is a preposition (I run to the store). Too means also (I like you, too) or over (That is too much). Choose the correct form of this word and write it in the blank space to complete the sentence.
I would love (two, to, too) __________see you tonight.
This cake is (two, to, too)__________ sweet.
Drew went out (two, to, too)__________buy (two, to, too) __________pound of tomatoes.
I want (to, two, too) __________ play with the blocks.
I had (two, to, too) __________ice cream cones. My mother said I ate (two, to, too) __________much.
Lynn has (two, to, too) __________ clean her house.
Rose needs (two, to, too) __________drink clean water.
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1st Grade
Writing Grammar
Yesterday These things happened yesterday. Rewrite the sentence so it’s in the past tense. See the example.
Jackson takes a picture of his cat yesterday. Jackson took a picture of his cat yesterday. Nancy learns how to paint yesterday.
Robby grills steak for a lawn party yesterday.
It snows in Rome yesterday.
Lucy catches the bouquet in the wedding yesterday.
I see a balloon floating in the sky yesterday.
Write a sentence about what you did yesterday.
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1st Grade
Writing Stories
All About Detail
Practice Using Adjectives
Write a description of each picture. See the example below.
Chewy gummy bear
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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
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1st Grade
Describe It!
Writing Stories
#2 Practice Using Descriptive Words
Words that describe nouns are called adjectives. Match the nouns on the left with adjectives on the right.
mouse
baby
weather
pan
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clothes
hair
glue
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1st Grade
Writing Grammar
Pick the Pronoun Fill in the blanks with the correct pronoun to make each sentence correct.
This beautiful house is _______________ (my/mine).
Jimmy is so proud about _______________ (his/him) medal.
The pink purse is _______________ (my/mine) favorite one.
The builder finished (his/him) ____________________ job early today.
The baby is crying because he needs a hug from (his/him) . _________________ mother.
The housekeeper is so happy with (her/hers)_______________new vacuum cleaner.
The scientist is very busy with (his/him) _______________________ experiment.
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