Word scramble · English
Verbals, active and passive voice, and mood word scramble · Grade 8
Unscramble 12 words about verbals, active and passive voice, and mood using the clues. Practices spelling and topic vocabulary.
- Grade 8 · ages 13 to 14
- Medium
- 15 to 20 minutes
- 1 page
- Free
Goes with the game Editor's Desk.
The answer key is a separate page for grown-ups. Sign in to download it.
The scrambled words and clues
Directions: Unscramble the letters to make a word that matches the clue. Write one letter in each box.
- The word 'to' plus a verb, as in 'to explore'
- Describes a verb with no direct object, like sleep
- Verb mood for ordinary statements of fact
- An -ing verb form used as a noun, as in 'Swimming is fun'
- Word that receives the action of a verb
- Verb mood for wishes and unreal ideas, as in 'If I were you'
- Describes a verb that takes a direct object
- Verb mood for what would or could happen
- 9. O · D · M · O
- Verb form showing a speaker's attitude: fact, command or wish
- Verb form working as a noun, adjective or adverb
- In a passive sentence, the doer of the action, named after 'by'
- Style in which the subject receives the action
What your child practices
Your child practices spelling and topic vocabulary. The skill is “Parts of speech”: name the job a word does in a sentence: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction or interjection.
- Grades and ages
- Grade 8, ages 13 to 14
- Time
- About 15 to 20 minutes
- Subject
- English
- Level
- Medium for Grade 8
- Answer key
- Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
- Printing
- 1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
- Updated
How to use it
Read the rules at the top together and try the first step side by side. Use a pencil so mistakes rub out easily, and check every answer at the end. It is pitched at the expected level for Grade 8, for practice after the skill has been taught.
An answer key comes with it as a separate page that grown-ups download after signing in.
Tip for grown-ups: Say the clue first; knowing the meaning makes unscrambling much easier.
Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.
English · Grade 8
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