Morphological instruction is a part of vocabulary instruction, and vocabulary instruction is a critical component of everything we teach students across the curriculum. Put simply, vocabulary instruction and morphological instruction improves students’ reading...
Teachers frequently debate this question: What’s the difference between a root, base word, and stem? The reason teachers are forced to debate this question is that their textbooks present a model that quickly falls apart in the real world. If teachers are confused,...
Below, you will find the largest list of adjectives you are likely to find anywhere! Small lists of adjectives treat the words on the list as the good or the only adjectives, and the words that are not on the list as less than desirable adjectives or possibly not even...
Adjectives and adverbs have a close relationship. Both are modifiers: 1) adjectives modify nouns, and 2) adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. This close relationship is why we can simply add an –ly to so many adjectives in order to create adverbs. And...
Overview: 3,250 Verbs with Spelling Rules and Irregular Verbs This Giant Verb List contains 3,250 action, linking, and stative action verbs. Most are action verbs. This list does not contain helping verbs (see the helping verb section). Additionally, this list...
Columns: Understanding Irregular Verbs and Regular Verbs Traditionally, verbs have four principal parts: present, past, past participle, and present participle. However, irregular verb lists often have just three columns. This is because nearly all irregulars occur in...
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