Grammar exercises for little ones
Auxiliary verbs
Another name for these verbs are helping verbs and they are added to the main verb (like jump, sit, stand etc,)
For example - He is hoping to play with his friends today.
- Complete the following sentences by filling in one of the following auxiliary verbs - is, does, has, did not
- I ___ enjoy the film. It was too scary.
- How long ___ it take to drive 400km?
- John ___ no parents. He ___ living with his grandparents.
- Choose any 5 auxiliary verbs and use it in your own sentences.
Subject, verb and object
The subject of a sentence is the person or thing that does something, the verb is the action and the object is the person or thing the action is been done to.
For example: The man (subject) feeds (verb) the dog (object).
- Complete the exercise by writing the correct form of the verb, underlining the subject and circling the object.
- The newspaper is/are delivered every day.
- There is/are a lot of time to play now.
- Those apples look/looks so delicious.
Words in the correct order
- Put the words in the correct order that the sentence makes sense
- next I do What should?
- the with Francois soccer went his to father.
- my me help book and pen find Please to.
Speaking your mind
Do you like to give your opinion if you agree or disagree with something? You can give your opinion about one of the following - write down your thoughts before you take part in the discussion.
- You must say what you think and believe but do not hurt other people's feelings.
- Do not prevent other people from talking.
- Make sure you listen to what other people have to say.
Choose one of the following topics for your discussion (you can agree or disagree). Remember to give reasons for your argument,
- Children should/should not be allowed to watch as much TV as they want.
- Children should/should not have one bedtime story every day.
- Children must/ must not learn to swim at an early age.
