23 Grammar Activities for Speech Therapy

Speech therapy grammar activities round-up to download and use now!

Grammar is one of the many areas SLPs address in speech therapy. It is critical to communication and academic success – speaking, comprehension, reading, writing, and more.

Did you know that students with specific language impairment and developmental language disorder have persistent grammatical deficits? And that poor syntactic structure is one of the main reasons for comprehension difficulties?

When it comes to language development and comprehension, one of the biggest culprits behind comprehension difficulties is poor syntactic structure.
(Scott & Balthazar, 2010)

Grammar is an important area to work on that impacts other skills – and it encompasses A LOT of skills. Our goal is to help our students obtain a greater grasp of morphology and syntax to help them in meaningful communication whether that is in conversation, narration, or writing skills.

Discover paid and free grammar resources below…

Grammar Areas:

Development

Grammar Development Handouts – This resource outlines the big-picture of grammar acquisition in early childhood. It reviews the different aspects of syntactic structures, why they are critical for communication, and what makes them especially difficult. It goes into depth on syntax, morphology, mean length utterance, as well as common morphological and syntactic errors.

FREE Language Sample Checklist – This is a one-page language screener. It includes syntax, morphology, narratives, and pragmatics sections.

FREE Speech Therapy Handouts – Download these handouts which contain development stages and more information for language, as well as other areas of speech-language pathology.

Past Tense Verbs

Past Tense Verbs Comprehensive Unit – This unit focuses on high-frequency and earlier developing regular and irregular past tense verbs. It includes over 100 past tense verbs with real photos. All the verbs are separated by verb pattern to teach in a logical, ordered manner.

Regular Past Tense Verbs – Go on a pirate adventure while learning regular past tense verbs! There are 3 types of regular past tense verb endings. The verbs are broken into sound ending /d, t, Id/ for easier teaching and comprehension of regular past tense verbs. This resource includes different activities to reach a variety of learning needs and generalization.

Irregular Past Tense Verbs – Irregular past tense verbs task cards and worksheets. This is a great activity to practice irregular past tense verbs for any level of learner. The packet includes over 100 different irregular verbs.

Boom Cards Irregular Past Tense Verbs – Teach irregular past tense verbs in a systematic, logical way – by verb ending! This is a great activity to practice irregular past tense verbs for any level of learner. Use for both teletherapy and in-person therapy!

Fortune Teller Past Tense Verbs – These fortune tellers or “cootie catchers” are a fun way to teach and practice past tense verbs in a repetitive, consistent way. There are 48 verbs total.

FREE Past Tense Verbs Sentences – Regular and irregular past tense verb sentence formulation cards with real pictures! Use the real picture cards to work on past tense verbs, nouns and pronouns, formulating sentences, syntax, and WH questions.

Sentence Formulation/Mean Length Utterance

Formulating WH Questions No Print – Teach how to formulate and ask questions in a repetitive, consistent way! 140 questions included. Great for speech teletherapy and distance learning!

Pronouns and Verbs Sentence Formulation – Pronouns, verbs, and sentence formulation activities and worksheets! This product is for learning and building sentences with pronouns and verbs! Teach concepts as simple as boy/girl, to third person pronouns and possessive pronouns. Target present verbs or present progressive (-ing), as well as creating simple to complex sentences and expanding MLU.

FREE Boom Cards Sentence Scramble – Unscramble the 3-6 word sentences! Work on syntax, grammar, and sequencing by dragging and dropping the words in correct order.

Prepositions

Preposition Play Dough Mats – A no-prep, interactive activity to practice prepositions, build vocabulary, and follow directions! Use play dough, bingo chips, mini objects, or other manipulatives.

Boom Cards Prepositions – A NO PRINT, interactive activity to practice prepositions, build vocabulary, and follow directions. Includes 16 prepositions and 100 directions!

Spatial Concepts Bundle – Perfect for introducing spatial concepts in consistent activities that keep kids engaged or send home for speech therapy homework. These pages are left open-ended for flexibility of what you want to target and how difficult you want it to be.

Plurals

Plural Nouns Comprehensive Unit – A comprehensive resource to introduce, teach, and generalize regular and irregular plurals. Teach plurals in a way that makes sense. This resource focuses on regular plurals and common irregular plurals. It is a comprehensive packet with over 100 plurals with real photos. All the plurals are separated by pattern to teach in a logical, ordered manner.

Regular and Irregular Plurals Cards – Cards showing single and plural nouns for regular and irregular plurals. Incudes a generalization bingo game. Use as cards, throw in a sensory bin, or pair with a game!

Pronouns

Pronoun Bundle – Pronouns, verbs, and sentence formulation activities and worksheets! This product is for learning and building sentences with pronouns and verbs! Teach concepts as simple as boy/girl, to third person pronouns and possessive pronouns. Target present verbs or present progressive (-ing), as well as creating simple to complex sentences and expanding MLU.

Free Winter Nouns and Pronouns – This free no print resource is only available in the password-protected freebie library of my website. You will find it in the speech therapy free resources section!

Sequencing

3-6 Step Sequencing – This resource includes 3-6 step ADL (activities of daily living) sequences. The activity has sections for sequencing pictures and sequencing stories. You may also use this for grammar, expanding sentences, fluency students, or retelling simple stories. Great for both teletherapy and in-person therapy!

Barrier Games – You might already have some barrier games you can use! These barrier games have premade sequential directions + spatial directions to practice these skills directly.

Free Barrier Game – A free barrier game that includes premade sequential and spatial directions to give to your students.

Morphology

Language Scenes Growing Bundle: Language activities that target many morphological skills – present progressive and past tense verbs, possessive nouns & pronouns, third-person pronouns, and prepositions.

Free Language Scene: Mini birthday party language scene.