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 2

Articles 1

Students practice choosing between articles by filling in the blank with one of the provided options. This activity is #20 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Articles 2

Students practice choosing between articles by filling in the blank with one of the provided options. This activity is #20 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Articles 3

Students practice choosing between articles by rewriting sentences using the correct underlined option. This activity is #21 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Articles 4

Students practice choosing between articles by rewriting sentences using the correct underlined option. This activity is #21 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

At, In, & On 1

Students practice choosing between prepositions by filling in the blank with one of the provided prepositions. This activity is #8 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

At, In, & On 2

Students practice choosing between prepositions by filling in the blank with one of the provided prepositions. This activity is #8 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Been, Eaten, & Gone 1

Students practice forming the past participles "been," "eaten," and "gone" by rewriting sentences and correcting the underlined verb.

Can Questions 1

Students practice forming questions with "can" by filling in the blanks with the provided options. This activity is #24 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Can Questions 2

Students practice forming questions with "can" by filling in the blanks with the provided options. This activity is #24 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Choosing Between Modal Verbs 1

Students practice choosing between "might," "would," "should," "will," "can," "could," and "may" by filling in each blank with the best option.

Choosing Between Modal Verbs 2

Students practice choosing between "might," "would," "should," "will," "can," "could," and "may" by filling in each blank with the best option.

Choosing Between Negated Modal Verbs 1

Students practice choosing between "might not," "wouldn't," "shouldn't," "won't," "can't," "couldn't," and "may not" by filling in each blank with the best option.

Choosing Between Negated Modal Verbs 2

Students practice choosing between "might not," "wouldn't," "shouldn't," "won't," "can't," "couldn't," and "may not" by filling in each blank with the best option.

Choosing Between Simple, Progressive, & Perfect Tenses 1

Students practice choosing between simple past, simple present, simple future, past progressive, present progressive, future progressive, past perfect, present perfect, and future perfect tenses by filling in the blank with one of the provided options.

Choosing Between Simple, Progressive, & Perfect Tenses 2

Students practice choosing between simple past, simple present, simple future, past progressive, present progressive, future progressive, past perfect, present perfect, and future perfect tenses by filling in the blank with one of the provided options.

Choosing Between Simple, Progressive, & Perfect Tenses 3

Students practice choosing between simple past, simple present, simple future, past progressive, present progressive, future progressive, past perfect, present perfect, and future perfect tenses by filling in the blank with one of the provided options.

Choosing Between Simple, Progressive, & Perfect Tenses 4

Students practice choosing between simple past, simple present, simple future, past progressive, present progressive, future progressive, past perfect, present perfect, and future perfect tenses by filling in the blank with one of the provided options.

Contractions with Modal Verbs 1

Students practice forming contractions with modal verbs by rewriting sentences and changing the underlined words to a contraction.

Contractions with Modal Verbs 2

Students practice forming contractions with modal verbs by rewriting sentences and changing the underlined words to a contraction.

Dynamic vs. Stative Verbs 1

Students practice differentiating between dynamic and stative verbs in progressive tense by filling in each blank with the dynamic verb.

ELL Intermediate Baseline Diagnostic (Pre)

Assess newcomer and beginner English Language Learners on skills like choosing between prepositions, article usage, and possessive pronouns.

ELL Intermediate Growth Diagnostic (Post)

Assess intermediate English Language Learners on skills like choosing between prepositions, article usage, and possessive pronouns.

For, To & With 1

Students practice choosing between prepositions by filling in the blank with one of the provided prepositions. This activity is #9 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

For, To & With 2

Students practice choosing between prepositions by filling in the blank with one of the provided prepositions. This activity is #9 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Future Perfect, Past Perfect, & Present Perfect 1

Students practice choosing between past perfect, present perfect, and future perfect by filling in the blank with one of the provided options.

Future Perfect, Past Perfect, & Present Perfect 2

Students practice choosing between past perfect, present perfect, and future perfect by filling in the blank with one of the provided options.

Modal Verbs with Perfect Tenses 1

Students practice using modal verbs before perfect tenses by filling in each blank with the best option.

Modal Verbs with Perfect Tenses 2

Students practice using modal verbs before perfect tenses by filling in each blank with the best option.

Negating Simple Future Tense 1

Students practice negating future tense by filling in the blanks with some of the provided options. This activity is #17 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Negating Simple Future Tense 2

Students practice negating future tense by filling in the blanks with some of the provided options. This activity is #17 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Past Participles 1

Students practice forming regular and irregular past participles by rewriting sentences and correcting the underlined verb.

Perfect Tenses 1

Students practice choosing past perfect, present perfect, and future perfect out of a variety of tense choices by filling in the blank with one of the provided options.

Possessive Pronouns 1

Students practice using possessive pronouns by filling in the blank with one of the provided pronouns. This activity is #4 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Possessive Pronouns 2

Students practice using possessive pronouns by filling in the blank with one of the provided pronouns. This activity is #4 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Possessive Pronouns & Singular Nouns 1

Students practice choosing between singular and possessive pronouns and nouns by rewriting sentences using the correct underlined option. This activity is #6 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Possessive Pronouns & Singular Nouns 2

Students practice choosing between singular and possessive pronouns and nouns by rewriting sentences using the correct underlined option. This activity is #6 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Prepositions 1

Students practice choosing between prepositions by filling in the blank with one of the provided prepositions. This activity is #13 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Prepositions 2

Students practice choosing between prepositions by filling in the blank with one of the provided prepositions. This activity is #13 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Prepositions 3

Students practice choosing between prepositions by rewriting sentences using the correct underlined option. This activity is #14 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Prepositions 4

Students practice choosing between prepositions by rewriting sentences using the correct underlined option. This activity is #14 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Prepositions & Days/Months 1

Students practice choosing between day and month-related prepositions by filling in the blank with one of the provided prepositions. This activity is #11 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Prepositions & Days/Months 2

Students practice choosing between day and month-related prepositions by filling in the blank with one of the provided prepositions. This activity is #11 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Prepositions & Times/Seasons 1

Students practice choosing between time and season-related prepositions by filling in the blank with one of the provided prepositions. This activity is #12 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Prepositions & Times/Seasons 2

Students practice choosing between time and season-related prepositions by filling in the blank with one of the provided prepositions. This activity is #12 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Prepositions & Vehicles 1

Students practice choosing between vehicle-related prepositions by filling in the blank with one of the provided prepositions. This activity is #10 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Prepositions & Vehicles 2

Students practice choosing between vehicle-related prepositions by filling in the blank with one of the provided prepositions. This activity is #10 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Proofreading Articles - A Family Hike

Students choose the correct article from the underlined choices throughout a text. This activity is #23 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Proofreading Articles - A Science Fair

Students choose the correct article from the underlined choices throughout a text. This activity is #22 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Proofreading Articles - A Trip to the Beach

Students choose the correct article from the underlined choices throughout a text. This activity is #22 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Proofreading Articles - Grandma's Garden

Students choose the correct article from the underlined choices throughout a text. This activity is #23 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Proofreading Possessive Pronouns & Singular Nouns - A New Classmate

Students choose the correct possessive pronouns or singular nouns from the underlined choices throughout a text. This activity is #7 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Proofreading Possessive Pronouns & Singular Nouns - Being a Chef

Students choose the correct possessive pronouns or singular nouns from the underlined choices throughout a text. This activity is #7 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Proofreading Prepositions - A School Dance

Students correct preposition errors within a text.The errors in the text are underlined. This activity is #15 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Proofreading Prepositions - Hiking

Students correct preposition errors within a text. The errors in the text are underlined. This activity is #15 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Proofreading Questions - Field Trip to the Zoo

Students correct question word errors within a text.The errors in the text are underlined. This activity is #27 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Proofreading Questions - Working at the Zoo

Students correct question word errors within a text.The errors in the text are underlined. This activity is #27 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Proofreading Simple Future Tense - A Soccer Game

Students correct future tense errors within a text. The errors in the text are underlined. This activity is #19 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Proofreading Simple Future Tense - A Trip to the Pocono Mountains

Students correct future tense errors within a text.The errors in the text are underlined. This activity is #19 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Proofreading Simple Subject-Verb Agreement - Morning Routine

Students correct subject-verb agreement errors within a text. The errors in the text are underlined. This activity is #3 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Proofreading Simple Subject-Verb Agreement - Waking Up

Students correct subject-verb agreement errors within a text.The errors in the text are underlined. This activity is #3 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Simple Future Tense 1

Students practice using simple future tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verbs. This activity is #16 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Simple Future Tense 2

Students practice using simple future tense by rewriting sentences and changing the verbs. This activity is #16 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Simple Past, Present, & Future 3

Students practice choosing between past, present, and future tense verbs by filling in each blank with one of the provided verbs.

Simple Present vs. Future 1

Students practice choosing between present and future tense by rewriting sentences using the correct underlined option. This activity is #18 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Simple Present vs. Future 2

Students practice choosing between present and future tense by rewriting sentences using the correct underlined option. This activity is #18 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Simple Present vs. Present Progressive 3

Students practice choosing between present and present progressive tenses by filling in the blank with one of the provided verbs.

Simple vs. Progressive Tenses 1

Students practice choosing between simple and progressive verb tenses by filling in each blank with the best tense option.

Simple vs. Progressive Tenses 2

Students practice choosing between simple and progressive verb tenses by filling in each blank with the best tense option.

Singular Possessive Nouns 1

Students practice choosing between singular and singular possessive nouns by filling in the blank with one of the provided options. This activity is #5 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Singular Possessive Nouns 2

Students practice choosing between singular and singular possessive nouns by filling in the blank with one of the provided options. This activity is #5 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Subject-Verb Agreement 1

Students practice writing with subject-verb agreement by filling in the blank with one of the provided verbs. This activity is #1 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Subject-Verb Agreement 2

Students practice writing with subject-verb agreement by filling in the blank with one of the provided verbs. This activity is #1 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Subject-Verb Agreement 7

Students practice writing with subject-verb agreement by filling in the blank with one of the provided verbs. This activity is #2 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Subject-Verb Agreement 8

Students practice writing with subject-verb agreement by filling in the blank with one of the provided verbs. This activity is #2 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

What, When, Where, & Who Questions 1

Students practice choosing between questions words by rewriting sentences using the correct underlined option. This activity is #25 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

What, When, Where, & Who Questions 2

Students practice choosing between questions words by rewriting sentences using the correct underlined option. This activity is #25 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Word Order in Questions 5

Students practice question word order by filling in the blanks at the beginning of questions. This activity is #26 in the ELL Intermediate Baseline recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Baseline diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.

Word Order in Questions 6

Students practice question word order by filling in the blanks at the beginning of questions. This activity is #26 in the ELL Intermediate Growth recommendation sequence. This activity can be assigned separately, but if it's assigned as part of ELL Intermediate Growth diagnostic recommendations, we recommend for students to complete the activities in the suggested order.