Grammar Teaching Resources
Browse printable grammar worksheets, games for kids and more writing activities for primary school. You'll even find free grammar downloads for your lesson plans to help students learn the different parts of speech, understand sentence structure and learn how to create grammatically correct sentences.
This comprehensive collection of teacher resources was created by teachers for Aussie teachers just like you. Explore printables and digital downloads that are aligned with the Australian English curriculum and easily editable to differentiate instruction for students.
Best of all, each resource has undergone a careful review by an expert member of our teacher team to ensure it's ready for your classroom, your lesson plan and your students!
Is this your first year teaching grammar to kids? Or are you just looking for fresh ideas to engage your students on this aspect of writing? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
7 Things Teachers Need on Hand for Teaching Grammar
So you're teaching grammar this school year? Welcome to the wonderful world of words (and sentences ... and punctuation!).
You may be wondering what you'll need to prepare to ensure you have everything on hand to actually teach students the mechanics of writing, so our teacher team has put together a comprehensive list of classroom supplies that will make it easier!
- Anchor chart paper and markers
- Graphic organizers
- Writing rubrics
- Postcards and other cards for your writing centers
- Envelopes
- Clipboards
- Samples of writing
What Is Grammar in English? A Kid-Friendly Definition
Before you launch into the wonderful world of writing conventions with your class, it can be helpful to define the meaning of grammar in the context of your instruction.
Here's a definition our teacher team likes to use:
Grammar is a set of rules for writing that help us communicate effectively. It helps us to organise words, phrases and sentences in a way that makes sense to others. Without grammar, our sentences would be scrambled and hard to understand!
How to Teach Grammar — Tips From Our Teacher Team
If you're sitting down to map out your grammar lesson plans, and you're not quite sure where to begin, it can be helpful to take a look at how other teachers structure their lessons.
With that in mind, we asked a few teachers on our team to share their process for doing exactly that!
Start With Phrases and Clauses
One teacher on our team uses this order for her grammar lessons:
- Phrases and clauses
- Sentence types
- Punctuation rules
The reason?
Students need to have an understanding of the difference between a phrase and a clause to lay the foundation for creating organized sentences.
Likewise, it's important to know the difference between independent and dependent clauses before you can start teaching the different sentence types.
Finally, teaching sentence types gives students a solid foundation for introducing comma rules.
Start With FANBOYS
Another teacher on our team suggests teaching grammar in this order:
- Teach students about coordinating conjunctions and the FANBOYS acronym.
- Move on to phrases and clauses.
- Next, work on sentence structure.
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Parts of Speech Card Game – Upper Primary Classroom Game – Set 1
A card game for nouns, verbs and adjectives.
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Personal Pronouns Peg Cards
Use these personal pronouns peg cards in your early years classroom when teaching students about parts of speech.
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Possessive Pronouns Sorting Activity
Use this sorting activity in your grammar lessons to teach your students about possessive pronouns.
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Subject and Object Pronouns Worksheet
Download this 2-page worksheet to get your students using objective and subjective pronouns.
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Past, Present, and Future Verb Tense Matching Activity - Regular Verbs
Practise using past, present, and future tenses of regular verbs with a butterfly matching activity.
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Adverb Groups Interactive Activity
Teach your students to locate and categorise adverbial phrases in descriptive sentences using this engaging interactive activity.
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Parts of Speech Worksheet - Halloween Nouns and Verbs
Use this English grammar worksheet to add some Halloween spirit to your nouns and verbs lessons with a cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Adverbial Phrases Category Sorting Game
Use this fun adverbs game in your literacy lesson or small groups to help students grasp the concept of adverb groups!
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Grandparents' Day Craft - Sweet Adjective Sundae
Tell Grandma and Grandpa how ‘sweet’ they are with a Grandparent Adjective ice cream sundae craft,
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My Sweet Grandparents - Craft Activity
Show off your students’ ‘sweet’ grandparents with an adjective ice cream cone craft.
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Autumn Parts of Speech Sort
Review three parts of speech by sorting nouns, verbs, and adjectives with a parts of speech sorting activity.
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Easter Worksheets - Grammar Practise
Practise skills learnt in literacy with this Easter-themed grammar activity pack.
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Cupid's Compound Sentences Interactive Activity
Build some sweet sentence writing skills using a fun Valentine’s Day Compound Sentence interactive activity.
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Valentine's Day Grammar Worksheets
Review and practise a wide range of grammar skills with a pack of printable Valentine’s Day Grammar Worksheets.
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I Know 100 Nouns! 100th Day Activity Book
Blend the 100th Day of School with grammar practise by making a book that contains 100 nouns!
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Complete and Incomplete Sentence Task Cards
These task cards are best used as independent practice or formative assessment assignments during sentence structure lessons.
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Father's Day Worksheet - Adjectives A to Z
Use adjectives to describe dads or father figures this Father’s Day.
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Pumpkin-Themed Parts of Speech Worksheets
Review key parts of speech by sorting nouns, verbs and adjectives with these four pumpkin-themed worksheets.
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Google Slides Interactive - Features of Print
Use a Google Slides interactive activity to aid beginning readers in recognising print features and concepts of print.
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Possessive Nouns - Four in a Row Game
Practise using the correct forms of possessive nouns with an exciting game of Four-in-a-Row!
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Adverb Crossword – Worksheet
A crossword where all the answers are adverbs.
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Quick Thinker Game – Worksheet
An alphabet racing game to help prompt vocabulary knowledge.
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How to Make Pancakes: Article Edition - Worksheet
A procedure text for students to read about how to make pancakes with the articles removed for students to fill in.
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The Power of One Noun
A worksheet that can be used when studying nouns or as a getting to know you activity.
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Comical Chronicle Worksheets - Year 3
A set of 10 ad-lib style stories for students to complete.
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Main Clauses and Subordinate Clauses Poster
A poster explaining main clauses and subordinate clauses.
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Simple Sentence Dominoes (Version 3)
A set of 30 dominoes to assist younger students with building simple sentences.
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Grammar and Punctuation Tails - Active Learning
An active game that requires students to use their basic grammar and punctuation knowledge.
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Simple Sentence Dominoes (Version 2)
A set of 30 dominoes to assist younger students with building simple sentences.
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Colour by Parts of Speech Worksheet – Toucan
Consolidate your parts of speech lesson by colouring nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, prepositions and adverbs on the toucan.
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Collective Nouns Match Up Activity - Objects and People
A pack of 32 cards to use when learning about collective nouns.
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Dolch Sight Word Flashcards - Nouns
Use these flashcards to help students practice their Dolch sight words.