ELA Standards
We've built over 300 research-based writing, grammar, and proofreading activities organized by the Common Core standards. We are a nonprofit organization, and all of our activities are and will always be free. Each of our activities takes approximately 10-15 minutes. Teachers using Quill in a 1:1 classroom tend to assign Quill activities as a warm up exercise at the beginning of a class or as a group activity with the whole class.
ELL Level 3
A, An, & The - The Redwood Forest
Students practice using articles by filling in the blank with "a," "an," or "the."
Adjectives with -ed vs. -ing 1
Students practice choosing between adjectives ending in -ed and -ing by filling in the blank with one of the options.
Adjectives with -ed vs. -ing 3
Students practice choosing between adjectives ending in -ed and -ing by filling in each blank with one of the options.
Ask, Say, Talk, & Tell 1
Students practice choosing between "say," "tell," "talk," and "ask" by filling in the blank with one of the provided verbs.
Ask, Say, Talk, & Tell 2
Students practice choosing between "say," "tell," "talk," and "ask" by filling in the blank with one of the provided verbs.
Ate, Came, & Drank 1
Students practice changing present tense "to come," "to eat," and "to drink" to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Ate, Came, & Drank 2
Students practice changing present tense "to come," "to eat," and "to drink" to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
A vs. One 1
Students practice choosing between "a" and "one" by filling in each blank with one of the provided options.
Choosing between Phrasal Verbs 1
Students practice choosing the appropriate phrasal verb by filling in the blanks with one of the provided phrasal verbs.
Choosing between Phrasal Verbs 2
Students practice choosing the appropriate phrasal verb by filling in the blanks with one of the provided phrasal verbs.
Choosing between Prepositions 1
Students practice choosing between prepositions by filling in the blank with one of the provided prepositions.
Choosing between Prepositions 2
Students practice choosing between prepositions by filling in the blank with one of the provided prepositions.
Commas for Tag Questions & Addressing People 1
Students rewrite sentences, adding commas in the appropriate places.
Countable vs. Uncountable Food 1
Students practice forming countable and uncountable plural nouns by rewriting sentences using the correct underlined options.
Countable vs. Uncountable Food 2
Students practice forming countable and uncountable plural nouns by rewriting sentences using the correct underlined options.
Countable vs. Uncountable Food and Nouns 1
Students practice forming countable and uncountable plural nouns by rewriting sentences using the correct underlined options.
Countable vs. Uncountable Nouns 1
Students practice forming countable and uncountable plural nouns by rewriting sentences using the correct underlined options.
Countable vs. Uncountable Nouns 2
Students practice forming countable and uncountable plural nouns by rewriting sentences using the correct underlined options.
Did, Had, & Went 1
Students practice changing present tense "to have," "to do," and "to go" to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Did, Had, & Went 2
Students practice changing present tense "to have," "to do," and "to go" to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Drove, Ran, & Swam 1
Students practice changing present tense "to drive," "to swim," and "to run" to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Drove, Ran, & Swam 2
Students practice changing present tense "to drive," "to swim," and "to run" to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
ELL Advanced Diagnostic (Baseline Pre)
Assess intermediate and advanced English learners on common home language transfer errors (articles, countable vs. uncountable nouns, challenging pronouns, commonly confused words, gerunds vs. infinitives, -ed vs -ing adjectives, embedded questions, and responding to questions), and receive a series of recommended activities for each student based on the results.
ELL Advanced Diagnostic (Growth Post)
Assess intermediate and advanced English learners on common home language transfer errors (articles, countable vs. uncountable nouns, challenging pronouns, commonly confused words, gerunds vs. infinitives, -ed vs -ing adjectives, embedded questions, and responding to questions), and receive a series of recommended activities for each student based on the results.
Forming Phrases of Existence 1
Students practice forming "there is" and "there are" sentences by filling in each blank with one of the provided options.
Gave, Got, & Took 1
Students practice changing present tense "to take," "to give," and "to get" to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Gave, Got, & Took 2
Students practice changing present tense "to take," "to give," and "to get" to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Heard, Said, & Told 1
Students practice changing present tense "to say," "to tell," and "to hear" to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Heard, Said, & Told 2
Students practice changing present tense "to say," "to tell," and "to hear" to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Inseparable Phrasal Verbs 1
Students practice writing inseparable phrasal verbs in the correct order by filling in the blanks with the provided words.
Inseparable Phrasal Verbs 2
Students practice writing inseparable phrasal verbs in the correct order by filling in the blanks with the provided words.
More & Most 1
Students practice using comparative and superlative adjectives by filling in the blank with "more" or "most." Students are provided 2 options and must choose the one that best fits the sentence.
Past Progressive 1
Students practice changing present tense verbs to past progressive tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Past Progressive 2
Students practice changing present tense verbs to past progressive tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Past Tense of To Be 1
Students practice changing present tense "to be" to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Past Tense of To Be 2
Students practice changing present tense "to be" to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Personal vs. Possessive Pronouns 1
Students practice choosing between object pronouns and possessive pronouns (ex: "me" vs. "my" vs. "mine") by filling in the blanks with the correct words.
Personal vs. Possessive Pronouns 2
Students practice choosing between subject pronouns, object pronouns, and possessive pronouns (ex: "I" vs. "me" vs. "my" vs. "mine") by filling in the blanks with the correct words.
Personal vs. Possessive Pronouns 3
Students practice choosing between subject pronouns, object pronouns, and possessive pronouns (ex: "she" vs. "her" vs. "hers") by filling in the blanks with the correct words.
Phrasal Verbs 1
Students practice choosing between and correctly ordering phrasal verbs by filling in the blanks with the provided options.
Phrasal Verbs 2
Students practice choosing between and correctly ordering phrasal verbs by filling in the blanks with the provided options.
Possessive Pronouns 1
Students practice using possessive pronouns by filling in the blank with one of the provided pronouns.
Possessive Pronouns 2
Students practice using possessive pronouns by filling in the blank with one of the provided pronouns.
Possessive Pronouns 3
Students practice using possessive pronouns by rewriting sentences using the correct underlined option.
Possessive Pronouns 4
Students practice using possessive pronouns by rewriting sentences using the correct underlined option.
Really & Very 1
Students practice choosing between "very" and "really" by filling in the blank with one of the provided options.
Really & Very 2
Students practice choosing between "very" and "really" by filling in the blank with one of the provided options.
Reflexive Pronoun Placement 1
Students practice placing reflexive pronouns in sentences by filling in the blanks that need a reflexive pronoun.
Regular & Irregular Past 1
Students practice changing a variety of regular and irregular present tense verbs to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Regular & Irregular Past 2
Students practice changing a variety of regular and irregular present tense verbs to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Regular & Irregular Past 3
Students practice changing a variety of regular and irregular present tense verbs to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Regular & Irregular Past 4
Students practice changing a variety of regular and irregular present tense verbs to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Replacing Nouns with Pronouns 1
Students practice using pronouns by filling in the blank with one of the provided options.
Replacing Nouns with Pronouns 2
Students practice using pronouns by filling in the blank with one of the provided options.
Sat, Thought, & Wrote 1
Students practice changing present tense "to write," "to sit," and "to think" to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Sat, Thought, & Wrote 2
Students practice changing present tense "to write," "to sit," and "to think" to past tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verb.
Separable & Inseparable Phrasal Verbs 1
Students practice writing phrasal verbs in the correct order by filling in the blanks with the provided words.
Separable & Inseparable Phrasal Verbs 2
Students practice writing phrasal verbs in the correct order by filling in the blanks with the provided words.
Separable Phrasal Verbs with Nouns 1
Students practice writing separable phrasal verbs with nouns in the correct order by filling in the blanks with the provided words.
Separable Phrasal Verbs with Nouns 2
Students practice writing separable phrasal verbs with nouns in the correct order by filling in the blanks with the provided words.
Separable Phrasal Verbs with Pronouns 1
Students practice writing separable phrasal verbs with pronouns in the correct order by filling in the blanks with the provided words.
Separable Phrasal Verbs with Pronouns 2
Students practice writing separable phrasal verbs with pronouns in the correct order by filling in the blanks with the provided words.
Simple Responses to Questions 1
Students practice correctly responding to questions by filling in the blank with one of the provided responses.
Simple Responses to Questions 2
Students practice correctly responding to questions by filling in the blank with one of the provided responses.