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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Irregular Plural Noun Match-Up
Practise using irregular plural nouns with an irregular plural noun matching activity.
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Subject Verb Agreement Dice Game
Download this dice game for pairs of students to practise subject-verb agreement and sentence writing.
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The Three Little Pigs and Their Article Mess - Worksheet
A reading exercise of the classic story of The Three Little Pigs with incorrect articles students need to fix.
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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 4
A set of 10 ad-lib style stories for students to complete.
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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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Colour by Parts of Speech - Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Prepositions - Owl
Consolidate parts of speech by colouring nouns, verbs, adjectives and prepositions on the owl.
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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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Ocean Themed Collective Noun Dominoes
A set of ocean themed collective noun dominoes.
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Gender Nouns Posters
A set of educational posters showing common gender nouns in the English language.
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Sight Word Cards - Dolch Nouns
Dolch Nouns sight words on flash cards.
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Preposition Bingo
Engage students with preposition bingo, a fun game where they listen, identify prepositions in sentences, and cover them on their board.
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Independent and Dependent Clauses Teaching Slides
Support students to understand independent and dependent clauses through explicit instruction using this clear and engaging slide deck for Year 4 students.
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Causal Connectives Worksheet Pack
Teach causal connectives effectively with this comprehensive pack of 9 progressive worksheets designed to help your students master cause and effect relationships in writing.
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Embedded Clauses Matching Game
Explore embedded clauses with this fun matching game that helps students practise building complete sentences in a collaborative setting.
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Worksheet for Prepositional Phrases – The Time of the Dinosaurs
Download this worksheet for prepositional phrases that helps young learners identify and understand prepositional phrases in context.
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Indefinite Pronouns Subject Verb Agreement Worksheets
Support your students’ understanding of indefinite pronouns subject-verb agreement with this set of five worksheets featuring a variety of fun grammar activities.
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Subject Verb Agreement Exam
Assess students’ understanding with this two-page subject-verb agreement exam designed to reinforce and evaluate correct verb usage.
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Digital Subject Verb Agreement Activity
Teach subject-verb agreement of irregular verbs with this engaging digital activity, where students will master tricky pairs like was/were, is/are, has/have and do/does.
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Position Words Worksheets – Where Is the Dinosaur?
Enhance students' understanding of position words with this engaging set of differentiated dinosaur-themed worksheets, designed to support learners at different levels.
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Prepositions Questions Digital Quiz
Get your students answering prepositions questions with this interactive digital quiz perfect for lesson warm-ups or wrap-ups.
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4 Types of Sentences Flipbook
Create a helpful types of sentences flipbook with our Differentiated 4 Kinds of Sentences foldable graphic organisers.
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Simple Sentence Frames and Word Bank Displays
Engage young writers with this Sentence Frame and Picture Prompts Display.
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Sentence Types Quiz (Year 1)
Assess your students ability to identify types of sentences and their matching punctuation with a printable Sentence Types Quiz for Year 1.
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Emoji Sentence Sorting Activity (Year 1-2)
Teach your students about statement, command, exclamation, and question sentences with our Emoji Sentence sorting activity.
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Preposition Poster Pack
Enhance your classroom with this preposition poster pack featuring three visually appealing posters explaining prepositions of place, time and direction.
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Possessive Pronouns Interactive Task Cards
Use this online possessive pronouns game to get your students identifying and using these important parts of speech.
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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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Reflexive Pronoun Worksheet
Use this reflexive pronouns worksheet to teach your students about reflexive pronouns and how they are used in sentences.
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Present and Past Tense Irregular Verbs Matchup Cards
A set of 30 match-up cards to help students learn about simple present tense and simple past tense of irregular verbs.
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Subordinating Conjunctions for Contrast Interactive Activity
Assign this multiple choice subordinating conjunctions for contrast interactive activity for your students to correctly identify this type of conjunction in given sentences.