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.

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I dont _____________ what time he would come today.

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10

4
7

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

10

15

Single

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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

$5.00
0

$5.0

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.

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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
.

pos

50

tage

10

15

Singular
Key

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Plural
Markers

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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 its 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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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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Salty
Big
Soft
Sharp
Sweet
Loud
Hard
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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

-- - - - - --

clothes

hair

glue

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Sticky
Wet
Little
Moody
Dirty
Hot
Nice
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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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