Skip to content
Start My 3 Free Days $0 today · cancel anytime

1st Grade Grammar Resources

61 1st grade grammar resources: 22 worksheets, 20 activities, 10 flash cards and more. How teachers use these

1st Grade Grammar Resources

61 1st grade grammar resources: 22 worksheets, 20 activities, 10 flash cards and more. How teachers use these

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeNoun Sorting Worksheet

A noun sorting worksheet that helps 1st graders read everyday words and sort them into person, place, thing, and animal. Includes a complete answer key — perfect for quick, no-prep grammar practice at home or school.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradePronoun Worksheet

This first grade Pronoun Worksheet has students replace underlined naming words with the pronouns He, She, and It across six sentences. An answer key is included—perfect for quick, no-prep grammar practice at home or school.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeAdjectives Color Size Shape Worksheet

This Adjectives Color Size Shape Worksheet gives 1st graders picture prompts and an adjective sorting activity to practice describing words. Answer key included for easy, no-prep grammar practice.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeAdjectives Colors Worksheet

This Adjectives Colors Worksheet gives 1st graders picture-based practice writing and circling color words that describe a noun. An answer key is included, so grammar practice takes no prep.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeAdjectives Describe Feelings Worksheet

This adjectives describe feelings worksheet helps 1st graders match feeling words like happy, proud, and excited to picture-based sentences. Includes an answer key for easy checking—a fun, no-prep way to build emotion vocabulary.

Bundle
Bundle1st GradeScience Songs (MP3 Album)

Using the Science Songs (MP3 Album), students learn about different science concepts while listening to these upbeat and catchy songs.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeAdjectives Size Worksheet

Students name four pictures and circle describing words in this Adjectives Size Worksheet built for 1st Grade. An answer key is included, so size-word practice needs no prep and checks itself in seconds.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards1st GradeContractions Flash Cards

These contractions flash cards help kindergarten to 4th grade students see how two words join to make a contraction, with 24 fold-over cards and a practice page. Answer key included.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards1st GradeAdjective Flash Cards

These adjective flash cards help kindergarten through 4th grade children describe 18 bright pictures with fold-over word cards and model sentences. A practice page and answer key are included.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeDescribing Pictures Adjectives Worksheet

Using this Describing Pictures Adjectives Worksheet, first graders match six describing words to six pictures and write each word on the line. An answer key is included, so checking the page takes seconds.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards1st GradePrefix Flash Cards

These prefix flash cards help kindergarten to 4th grade students learn 24 common prefixes, their meanings and an example word for each. Fold-over cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.

Activity
Activity1st GradeNoun, Adjective, and Verb Activity

A noun, adjective, and verb activity for 1st to 3rd grade: sort 24 popcorn word cards into three buckets, then practice in sentences. Answer key included for easy checking.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards1st GradeSuffix Flash Cards

Students learn 24 common suffixes, their meanings and example words with these suffix flash cards for kindergarten to 4th grade. Fold-over cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.

Video
Video1st GradeVerb Rap Song (MP3)

Using the Verb Rap Song (MP3), students will be able to define, give examples and use verbs in their own writing using the catchy and memorable lyrics.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards1st GradeOpposites Flash Cards

Opposites flash cards for Preschool through 1st Grade: 12 fold-over picture cards teach 24 opposite words, with a practice page and answer key included for fun, hands-on vocabulary review.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeAdjectives Feelings Worksheet

This Adjectives Feelings Worksheet has 1st graders pick feeling words from a word bank to finish five sentences, then circle the adjective in five more. Answer key included, so practice is quick to check and ready to print.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards1st GradeAction Verbs Flash Cards

These action verbs flash cards help preschool through 3rd grade children name 18 actions with fold-over picture and word cards and model sentences. A practice page and answer key are included.

Activity
Activity1st GradePosition Words Activity

In this position words activity, preschool to 1st grade children match butterfly pictures to above, below, next to, in front of, and behind. Answer key included.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeNoun Practice Worksheet

A two-part noun practice worksheet where 1st graders circle the noun in each row of words, then write the noun that names each picture. Answer key included, so it is ready for no-prep grammar practice at home or in class.

Activity
Activity1st GradeDescribing Words Activity

This describing words activity has 1st and 2nd Grade students match 8 picture cards with 16 adjective cards, with a recording sheet, practice page and answer key included.

From our teachers' playbook

Every word has a job!

What do 1st graders learn about grammar?

In 1st grade, kids learn that words have jobs. Nouns name people, places and things. Verbs show action. Adjectives describe, and pronouns like he, she and they stand in for nouns. Kids also start every sentence with a capital letter, capitalize names, and end with a period, question mark or exclamation point. A sentence can be as simple as The big dog runs. The click moment is when kids find the noun and the verb in their own sentences.

Our favorite ways to teach 1st grade grammar

Grammar sticks when kids move, sort and talk. These moves keep it lively.

Rap the verbs

Play a verb rap and have kids do each action as they hear it: jump, clap, spin. Then ask, "What were all those words?" Verbs! Moving to the words makes "action word" mean something.

Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).

Verb Rap Song (Original Music Video)Try it withVerb Rap Song (Original Music Video)SongsOpen it →

Sort the nouns

Put picture cards on the rug and kids sort them into people, places and things. Then they use one of each in a sentence. Sorting real examples builds the category before the label.

Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.

Noun Sorting WorksheetTry it withNoun Sorting WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →

Adjective flash

Flash an adjective card and kids find something in the room it describes. "Soft!" Someone points to the rug. A quick daily round builds describing words fast.

Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).

Adjective Flash CardsTry it withAdjective Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →

Questions parents and teachers ask us

What grammar do 1st graders learn?

First graders learn nouns, verbs, adjectives and pronouns, plus capital letters and end punctuation. They write complete sentences and start using conjunctions like "and" and "but."

How do I explain nouns and verbs to a 1st grader?

A noun is a person, place or thing. A verb is something you can do. Try "Can I touch it?" for nouns and "Can I do it?" for verbs.

What is a complete sentence in 1st grade?

A complete sentence has a naming part (who or what) and a telling part (what they do). It starts with a capital letter and ends with punctuation.

How can I practice grammar at home?

Play quick games: "Name three nouns in the kitchen" or "Act out a verb." Read together and point out capital letters and punctuation.