Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Word Choice: Exercise 4: Lose and Loose
Test your understanding of the words "lose" and "loose" by typing the word that best completes each of the twenty sentences. Immediate feedback on answers is provided and a percentage score is tallied throughout the quiz.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Correlative Conjunction
Learn about correlative conjunctions and how to use them properly within sentences.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Comma Before And
This page focuses on the use of a comma before the word "and." It explains using a comma between items in a series with the use of "and" and before "and" when it is in front of an independent clause. Examples are provided.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Choosing the Correct Pronoun Case
A ten-question self-correcting quiz reviewing pronoun usage in simple sentences.
Quia
Quia: Map Skills
Students will be challenged when they take this interactive grammar quiz? This quiz asks students to identify whether or not the sentence is grammatically correct. Come and check it out.
Quia
Quia: Punctuation Commas and End Marks
Play Hangman as you recall the basic types of sentences and punctuation marks. Great fun!
Other
Illinois State U.: Punctuation Made Simple Semicolon
What purpose does a semicolon serve in punctuation? Explore this website to learn more about this small but powerful grammar tool.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Presentations: Fragments, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences
A PowerPoint slide explaining common sentence errors and how to correct them. Questions that may be found on standardized tests are included.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Pronoun Reference Power Point
Learn about vague pronoun references and practice identifying them in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Pronoun Shift Power Point
Learn about using pronouns consistently and practice identifying them in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Standard Punctuation Power Point
Learn about using end marks, commas, semicolons, and apostrophes correctly. Practice identifying correct usage in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Subject Verb Agreement Power Point
Learn about subject-verb agreement and practice identifying correct agreement in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: Using Commas With Introductory Phrases [Pdf]
This learning exercise requires that you identify correctly punctuated sentences with introductory elements, then correct those which are incorrect.
California State University
California State University Domingues Hills: Comma Usage: Introductory Phrases
This fifteen-item worksheet will help you determine how well you understand how to use commas with introductory elements in a sentence.
The Tongue Untied
University of Oregon the Tongue Untied: Semicolon
Discover more about semicolon usage when you visit this informative resource. Students and teachers will benefit from the examples listed for semicolon use.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Commas in Dates Quiz
Rules for comma use in dates are simple. Review them here, then take the quiz to assess understanding.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Punctuation: Comma and Apostrophe: Introduction to the Possessive
Five self-correcting quiz questions over possessive pronouns.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: What Is a Comma?
This page explains that a comma is a "soft stop" in writing and provides examples of its use.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma Usage
This page focuses on some of uses for commas and provides examples of each. These rules include separating items in a series, separating repeating words, to offset information, noun of address, and even change nouns to verbs.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma Between Two Nouns in a Compound Subject or Object
This page focuses on the misuse of a comma by placing one between the two nouns in a compound subject or object. It provides examples of its misuse and explains why it is not correct.
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Grammarly Blog: When to Use Commas and When Not
This page focuses on the uses and misuses of commas. It provides examples of comma uses and explains when the commas are unnecessary.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma Within a Comparison
This page focuses on the misuse of a comma by separating the two items being compared. No comma is needed before the conjunction in a comparison unless it includes a non-restrictive clause. Examples of both are provided.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma Between Direct Quote and Attributive Tag
This page explains the comma placement needed between a direct quote and its speaker dependent upon the location of the attributive tag. It includes examples of various tag locations.