Start by learning to identify the patterns in sentences with Find the Pattern. How many clauses does a sentence have? How many predicates in each clause? And what's the pattern in each predicate? Does it have a direct object? An indirect object? A predicate adjective? You'll have to see if you can tell. Don't worry. We'll guide you along the way whenever you need help until you get comfortable identifying the patterns!

Part of speech, that is. Learn to identify nouns and pronouns, adjectives and adverbs, verbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and more. We'll have you focus on these in groupings so you can build up your knowledge in each area. Then we'll combine them and mix it up to give you more of a challenge. Be careful! Some words can be more than one part of speech, depending on how they are used! Did I mail the letter? Or did I pick up the mail? Did I complete my work? Or did I work until I finished? You'll have to figure out what's happening!

There are many different types of adverb objects. There are simple adverbs, compound adverbs, adverb prepositional phrases, adverb infinitives or infinitive phrases, adverb dependent clauses, and so on.

The same is true for adjective objects and noun objects. There are a variety of different types of each and these games will help you learn to identify the objects along with their types.

In addition to identifying the types of objects, we'll also help you to figure out how they operate in the sentence. For adjective and adverb objects, what is each one modifying in the sentence? For a noun object, what is its function? Is it the subject of a clause? Is is a direct object? The object of a prepositional phrase? We'll help you figure it out!

Verbals can make it hard to figure out where the real action is in a sentence. Is it really a verb? Or is it a verb functioning as a noun? An adjective? An adverb? Root out the real function of the verb with this game!

The subject and verb must always agree. No arguments allowed! Can you identify these parts and figure out if they are in alignment? And, if they aren't playing nicely, what change will help them get along?

This is a lot easier to do in simple sentences, but let's put some dependent clauses in the mix and see if you can still figure it out. Or, let's add some modifiers to the subject so the noun of the subject and the verb aren't right next to each other and see how you do!

Is there anything wrong with this sentence? Maybe. Maybe not. You have to figure it out. If there is, what's the problem? And how do you fix it? You'll have to see if you can tell us.

Is it to, too, or two? Is it your or you're? Is it their, they're, or there? They sound the same, but they're all so different! (See what I did there? And here! Ha!) It all depends on the context for these and so many other homophones. Understand the role it plays in the sentence and that may help!

I'm confused. It doesn't sound exactly the same, but it's so similar. Which do I need? You'll have to tell us.

Did I loose it? Or did I lose it? Did I accept it? Or did I except it? Does he need to be quiet? Or does he need to quit? It can be quite confusing, but see if you can figure it out!

I begin. I beginned? No, that's not right. So what did I do? I might forgive. But I hadn't forgived. And I hadn't even forgave. I eat. I eated? I had ate? Nope. See if you can figure out what happened in the past. Or the past participle.

These verb pairs can be the most confusing! One is used with a direct object and the other isn't. So which do you need? First you'll need to figure out if there's a direct object and then you'll know. But then what if it happened in the past? I lay down to take a nap. Or I laid down to take a nap? Hmm... I may need to sleep on that one!

Can you fully dissect all the grammar elements and parts of a sentence? You'll be able to find out with our Dissect It! game.

This is a variation on sentence diagramming. You'll start by identifying the independent clause. Or maybe there is more than one! Then you'll drill down into each one identifying the subject, the predicate or possibly predicates, and then all of the parts of each predicate, along with any adverbs that give more information.

The nice thing with this game is that we naturally guide you along the way. If you make an initial mistake in identifying a subject, for example, you can keep working at it until you get it right and that can help you with identifying the other parts of the clause.

For each grammar element you encounter, you'll also dissect it as well. For example, when you identify an adverb object, we'll have you determine what kind of adverb object it is. Is it a simple adverb? An adverb prepositional phrase? Is it a adverb dependent clause? Maybe an infinitive phrase? Once you figure that out, we'll help you to dissect that element as well until you've worked through every part of the sentence.