This collection offers three games through which students match English words to the language from which they were borrowed.

Students read a definition of eponym, then play a two-level game where they match items to the people they are named after.

A collection of animated lessons on adjectives, followed by a simple quiz and detective game. comparative describing superlative

Colorful quiz asks students to choose the correct meanings of popular idioms.

Click the continents on this animated map to learn facts about some of the languages spoken in the world.

Students move through the timeline to read about the history and development of the English language.

Grammar tutorial on the correct use pronouns. Includes a follow-up exercise on the identification of pronoun types.

This University College London site explains how to tell whether a word in the adjective position is an adjective or part of the noun. Includes follow-up exercise.

Read about the system of hieroglyphs used by the Ancient Egyptians, then write your name using their symbols, and try to decode some words written in hieroplyphics.

Click on appropriate index links to discussions on direct object, indirect object, and objective case. Site by University College London.

Determine whether bold word is a noun or an adjective. Answers explained. Site by University College London.

Five sentences using the word "it" as a pronoun, dummy "it" or anticipatory "it." Answers are explained. Browser must be Java enabled. Netscape recommended. Site by University College London.

This site offers a self-scoring quiz changing singular words that end in Y to plurals. Students type in the correct spelling of the plural.

Five sentence exercises for determining whether a bold word is used as a determiner or a pronoun. Answers are explained and followed up by link to more information. You may want to cursor up for a tutorial before the quiz. Browser must...

This tutorial site provides a detailed lesson on the purpose and use of nominal adjectives. Includes examples.

This grammar site sponsored by University College London features an entire lesson on adverbs and an exercise to test your knowledge.

Identify the pronoun type in nine sentences. Browser must be Java enabled. Netscape recommended. Site by University College London.

Very good site that acts as a tutorial/review site on Spherical Trigonometry. Many diagrams and formulas are included.

This site from the Internet Grammar of English from the University College of London provides a table with examples of several types of pronouns. For each type, example pronouns and a usage example are given. Includes practice problems.

Tutorial site that surveys the proper usage of adjectives and nouns that act like adjectives. Includes examples and an exercise.