2nd - 5th Grade English Language Arts Exercises : Page 3

There are silent letters lurking in every word, and this exercise will help students learning how to spell by shining a spotlight on them.

Rather than stay confined to a handful of adjectives, students who complete this exercise will have a host of descriptors to choose from.

Teach students how to change the meaning of words by adding suffixes with this simple exercise.

Practice makes perfect, and these exercises that focus on contractions with apostrophes give your student the ability to work independently while still providing helpful hints when needed.

Set students up for alphabetizing practice with this easy to follow exercise that will expand their vocabulary at the same time.

The Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, and other proper nouns deserve correct capitalization — and this exercise will help kids remember the rules.

Teach students the importance of abstract nouns, or things you can't actually see or touch, and how to incorporate them into writing to demonstrate the correct tone.

Review simple, compound, and complex sentences with your students to help them succeed as they begin writing reports and essays.

Use this exercise to show students how suffixes can be used to change adjectives and adverbs.

Make it easier for students to spell words by sharing common prefixes with them through this easy to understand exercise.

Students will learn where to put emphasis on words in this exercise on inflectional endings.

Teach your third grader the importance of subject pronouns and noun-pronoun agreement with these exercises that are specifically developed for their age group.

English is a language full of exceptions to rules, and this exercise will enhance students’ understanding of irregularly spelled words.

Make your fifth grader a master of sentence fragments with these exercises that have them identify incomplete sentences and improve their writing.

Creating compound sentences can be confusing for fourth graders to learn, but this lesson can be made easy with interactive exercises and helpful hints found here.

Help your third graders get ahead with these exercises that allow them to practice matching singular and plural subjects and verbs.

Don't make things tense in your classroom when learning the difference between present and past tense verbs. These exercises allow your students to practice matching subjects and verbs independently.

After students complete this simple exercise they will better understand how to put compound words together.

Students who complete this exercise will be able to explain situations more clearly using adverbs.

Seeing how one object is related to another is important in describing things in time, space, or size. Give your fifth grader the tools they need to understand this concept with these exercises.

Help students put a name to their favorite numbers with this exercise on prefixes related to numbers.

Students who complete this exercise will have no problem spelling tricky multi-syllable words.

Teach your third grader how to write two-thought sentences with these exercises that use conjunctions to merge shorter sentences into one.

Conjunctions are important for linking two ideas in a cohesive and fluid way. Give your fourth grader the skills they need to correctly use conjunctions with these exercises.

Teach your third grader about articles used in sentences and when to be specific, or less so, with these exercises that have them identify and practice individually.

Our world is measured in relative phrases, and prepositions allow your student to describe nouns in a way that utilizes the knowledge of another.

With the basics established, students will enjoy making use of the knowledge of common prefixes shared in this exercise.

Teach your fifth graders when interjections are appropriate and how to use them with these exercises that have a variety of questions and helpful hints.

Replacing possessive nouns with possessive pronouns helps your students' writing sound more natural and makes for an effortless read. Give your fifth graders the practice they need with these exercises created specifically for their age group.

A big part of learning is learning how to consult reference materials, which this exercise demystifies.