Free Printable Grammar Charts

About these grammar charts handouts

Grammar charts help students check an idea quickly without leaving their seat. The parts of speech chart gives each of the eight traditional categories, a plain-language job description, and four sample words. It is the chart to have on the wall when you are teaching sentence parts, and the first place to look when a student asks whether a word is an adjective or an adverb.

The punctuation chart covers nine marks that upper elementary writers use most: period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, apostrophe, quotation marks, colon, semicolon and hyphen. Each row has the mark, its name, a one-line rule and a short example sentence. The verb tenses chart lays out all twelve tenses on a grid, using the verb walk, with the formula for each row, plus six common irregular verbs on the bottom.

These charts are references rather than worksheets. Print them for notebooks, hang them near the writing center, or send them home with a student who needs a reminder. Rules for punctuation vary a little among style guides, so the charts stick to the conventions widely taught in American classrooms.

How to use them

1. Choose the grammar topic you are teaching this week.
2. Print the chart for the wall and one copy per student notebook.
3. Read the chart together and add your own example sentence.
4. Ask students to find one example of the pattern in their reading.
5. Refer back to the chart during writing conferences.
6. Replace the notebook copy with the next topic when you move on.

Classroom tips

• Ask students to find a sentence in their own writing and label its parts of speech with colored pencils.
• On the tenses chart, have students say the same sentence in each row to feel how the verb changes.
• Use the punctuation chart for peer editing, with students checking one mark at a time.
• Add a second example sentence to each chart row on the wall using a sticky note.

Notes on this page

• Charts follow common American school conventions; style guides can differ on details such as the serial comma.

Where the facts come from

• Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Parts of Speech: Definitions of the eight parts of speech
• Study.com, Eight Parts of Speech: Parts of speech cross-check
• Los Angeles Valley College Writing Center, Punctuation: Punctuation rules and examples
• Grammarly, Punctuation: Punctuation cross-check
• Utah Valley University Writing Center, Verb Tenses: Twelve tenses and formation patterns
• Miami Dade College Libraries, Verb Tenses: Verb tense cross-check

Last reviewed 2026-10-03. Handout Hero designs are original and made for this site. They are general reference material; check your own school, district or tradition where it matters.