Play some games to improve your grammar, vocabulary and other ELA and reading skills!
Another fun thing to do is go onto BrainPop to check out some of the BrainPOP grammar videos. They are not games, but still fun and helpful! You will have to login with the username briscoems - the password is our street address (all one word).
PBS also has a No Nonsense Grammar set of short videos on punctuation; capitalization & spelling; verb tense, mood & voice; usage; and sentence structure.
Vocabulary Games
For each answer you get right on this website, 10 grains of rice will be donated to the UN World Food Program!
Feed the BIGbots! These word-automated machines have quite an appetite, so come prepared with a voracious vocabulary! Good hand and eye coordination is a definite plus!
Synonym Toast - from Word Girl on Scholastic
Spelling and Word Games
Coconut Vowels (Academic Skill Builders)
Practice spelling in this game.
Fish 'Em Up (Scholastic)
Use fishing rods to catch the correct words in the water. Do you need to double the consonant or change the Y?
Choose the correct plural form of the given word.
Uncover the roots of words.
Robo-Bee (Merriam-Webster)
Control the flight of the Robo-Bee through a garden of synonyms, antonyms, spelling, and usage puzzles!
Short Circuit (Scholastic)
Link prefixes and suffixes to their meanings.
Click on the word that is spelled wrong. If you get 20 right, you will go to the "Land of Joeys".
Spell Check (FunBrain)
The computer will give 20 sets of 4 words. Place a check next to the word spelled wrong and spell it correctly.
Super Match Game (Scholastic)Do you have good memory? You'll need it when you try to match homophones.
Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
Word Frog (Academic Skill Builders)
Tests antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms.
Reading Games
Dr. Stripp (Professor Garfield)
Put the comic strips in the right order.
Capitalization & Punctuation Games
Click on letters in sentences that need to be capitalized. Has sound that explains each choice, but can be used without sound too.
Paragraphs are missing correct punctuation. Drag and drop in the right punctuation.
Sentences need lots of punctuation, including commas, colons, quotation marks, periods and more. Offers hints and solutions if you are stumped.
Grammar Games
Clean Up Your Grammar (Scholastic)
Sort nouns and verbs into the right buckets. There are two levels.
Dan needs your help in editing his news report. You can pick Level 1 for capital letters and final punctuation or pick Level 2 for run-on sentences, quotation marks, and apostrophes. Students re-type sentences so they are correct. Correct answers are shown next to student's incorrect answer.
Quill Proofreader - BrainPOP
Students are given 2 nearly identical sentences and must pick the one that has the correct grammar. There are five levels, which adjust automatically as students answer questions correctly. For each answer you get right on this website, 10 grains of rice will be donated to the UN World Food Program.
Fun Brain Grammar Gorillas (FunBrain)
Identify parts of speech. Level 1 for nouns and verbs only, level 2 is for all parts of speech. Each question underlines 2 or more words and asks students to identify a particular part of speech. After 10 questions shows final score and allows student to email results to a parent or teacher.
Verb Viper (Academic Skill Builders)
Practice verb tenses, agreement, and correct forms
Word Invasion (Academic Skill Builders)
Practice parts of speech