English Page
Englishpage.com: Past Conditionals
Tutorial lesson on past conditional verb forms and their use with examples and exercises.
Other
Glossary: Grammatical Terms
This site provides an alphabetical list of common grammatical words.
Other
Business Writing Center: 25 Most Commonly Misspelled Words
A quiz, designed for business writers, that tests knowledge of words which are frequently misspelled. It includes questions about two words which are spelled differently in British spelling than in American spelling.
Other
Verb Rules: Do and Make
The verbs "do" and "make" are often troublesome for ESL speakers/writers. This site gives instructions for their proper use.
Quia
Quia: Phonological Awareness
This proofreading exercise asks students to read sentences and using the drop-down menu to select the correct choice for the blank. These sentences cover capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and usage.
Quia
Quia: Grammar: To, Two, Too
In this activity, students are to read the sentence, and select the complete verb phrase from the options given in an arrow-down box. Java is required.
Quia
Quia: Main Idea/supporting Details
This is a conjunctions quiz using coordinating conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Writer's Choice: Grade 6: Connecting Writing With Grammar
"Connecting Writing with Grammar" offers links to six exercises in English usage and sentence structure.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Grade 7: Practice Proofreading
In this exercise, students are to read a paragraph about Emily Dickinson, find the 5 misspelled words, and type them correctly in the boxes provided. Java is required.
Quia
Quia: Linking Verbs and Action Verbs
While this 15 question practice quiz focuses on linking and action verbs, it also asks students to type in subjects and other parts of speech. Java is required.
Quia
Quia: Grammar Review Challenge
Play a Jeopardy-like game alone or with a friend by answering questions in five categories including Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Subjects and Predicates, and Possessive Nouns and Pronouns.
Quia
Quia: Comma Usage Enclosure
In this exercise, students are asked to identify and type the verbs of sentences into the boxes provided. Java is required.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Tense Shift Power Point
Learn about using consistent verb tenses and practice identifying tense shifts in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sentence Combining Skills
Students sometimes have difficulty learning to combine sentences correctly and effectively. This site discusses several methods and provides practice opportunities and quizzes.
Towson University
Towson University: Usage Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
An explanation of pronouns, antecedents, and the rules of pronoun-antecedent agreement. Examples of labeled sentences, indefinite pronouns, compound subjects, collective nouns, plural nouns, and more.
Other
Kim's Korner: Color Coded Parts of Speech Kinesthetic Lesson Plan
Students can brush up on their knowledge of the parts of speech when they do this activity. This site contains a kinesthetic lesson plan that caters to children with all types of learning styles.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Tense Consistency Exercise 2
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on creating Tense Consistency.
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Grammar Blast: Adjectives and Adverbs
A quiz to assess student understanding of adjectives and adverbs is included on this site.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Antecedent
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify an antecedent in the context of a sentence.
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Parts of Speech Exercise 2
In this exercise/quiz, students will determine the parts of speech for each word in two separate sentences.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Parts of Speech Exercise 1
This is a 3-question, multi- part, self-grading quiz/exercise labeling the Parts of Speech.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Relative Pronouns
Learn about relative pronouns, then take a short quiz to check mastery.
TES Global
Blendspace: Regular Verbs
In this TES Blendspace, students will have access to twenty-four multimedia resources that will help them learn about regular verbs.