24 free grammar resources for 6th Grade, organised by topic with answer sheets, study guides and topic tests.
Grammar gives students the tools to write clearly: knowing what a noun or a clause is lets them fix a sentence that doesn't sound right. These worksheets teach one idea at a time with plenty of examples, then ask students to use it in their own writing.
Printable practice with an answer sheet.
Students learn to spot the three most common sentence faults (fragments, run-ons and comma splices) and to fix them using conjunctions,…
Students learn that modal verbs (can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would) sit before a main verb and change its force:…
Students learn four punctuation marks that help writers connect and add ideas: semicolons to join closely related sentences, colons to…
Students learn the difference between active sentences, where the doer comes first (The dog chased the ball), and passive sentences, where…
A 6th grade comma worksheet on extra information. Students learn that an appositive (a noun phrase that renames a noun) and a nonessential…
Students learn to spot and fix the grammar mistakes that appear most often in everyday writing: could of instead of could have, less…
Students learn that the perfect tenses use has, have, had or will have with a past participle to show that an action is complete by a…
Students learn four ways to combine short, choppy sentences into smoother ones: sharing a subject or verb, adding an appositive (a noun…
Students learn three kinds of conjunctions and what each one does. Coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, so, yet) join equal ideas;…
A 6th grade worksheet on the hyphen, the shortest joining mark. Students hyphenate compound adjectives that come before a noun (a…
Students learn that one precise verb often says more than a general verb with an adverb, such as trudged instead of walked slowly and…
Choose the joining word (conjunction) that makes sense: and, but, so, because, or — and, at the advanced level, although, unless, until,…
Turn adjectives into adverbs that describe how something is done: add -ly, change y to i (happily), -le to -ly (gently), and learn good →…
Use an apostrophe to show who owns something: 's for one owner, s' for more than one, and 's for plurals like children's. Starts with the…
Decide whether a sentence is in the past, present or future tense, and choose the verb that matches a time word like yesterday, now or…
Choose the joining word (conjunction) that makes sense: and, but, so, because, or — and, at the advanced level, although, unless, until,…
Turn adjectives into adverbs that describe how something is done: add -ly, change y to i (happily), -le to -ly (gently), and learn good →…
Use an apostrophe to show who owns something: 's for one owner, s' for more than one, and 's for plurals like children's. Expected-level…
Decide whether a sentence is in the past, present or future tense, and choose the verb that matches a time word like yesterday, now or…
Choose the joining word (conjunction) that makes sense: and, but, so, because, or — and, at the advanced level, although, unless, until,…
Turn adjectives into adverbs that describe how something is done: add -ly, change y to i (happily), -le to -ly (gently), and learn good →…
Use an apostrophe to show who owns something: 's for one owner, s' for more than one, and 's for plurals like children's. A challenge set…
Decide whether a sentence is in the past, present or future tense, and choose the verb that matches a time word like yesterday, now or…
Quick checks for understanding.
A quick ten-question check of the grammar covered in 6th grade: semicolons and colons, similes and metaphors, modal verbs, fragments and…
Writing prompts include a model opening and clear success criteria rather than a single 'correct' answer, so parents and teachers can give useful feedback.
Yes. All passages are written by Success Tutoring and checked for age-appropriate vocabulary and sentence length.
