The tone is easy to hear but more challenging to detect in written texts. Users of this interactive learn how to closely observe the diction and words writers use to convey their feelings about their subject. They examine passages that...

Poems by Shel Silverstein, Emily Dickinson, Jean Toomer, Maya Angelou, and others offer users of the final interactive in a ten-part set to demonstrate what they have learned about how writers use imagery, metaphors, allusions, and...

In this critical reading exercise, students evaluate the credibility of a piece of writing. Students read descriptions of various interest groups and lobbies and identify the group that made a quotation.

All teachers are teachers of reading! The 13-part interactive series ends with a lesson that teaches learners (and their instructors) how to approach reading their textbooks. After learning about several strategies, users test their...

Pairs of contradictory words introduce learners to paradoxes, the literary device writers use to get readers thinking deeply about their messages. An interactive lesson uses poems by Emily Dickinson and Wilfred Owen and excerpts from the...

In this cloze worksheet, students must fill in the blanks using the appropriate quantifier, 'some' or 'a'. Students can check their answers on this interactive worksheet.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about an airport and answer short answer, matching, and multiple choice questions. Students complete 3 activities.

In this antonyms worksheet, students read the sentences and choose which word is the antonym of the bold word in the sentence. Students complete 12 problems.

For this online interactive English worksheet, students watch an embedded video about global warming, read a selection about the ozone layer, and then respond to 18 fill in the blank and short answer...

In this integrated English interactive worksheet, students complete 10 sentences using words from a word bank at the top of the page. They insert opposite words as they compare two students, and complete a friendly letter by inserting...

In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read a passage about Emily Carr. Students then attempt to determine the meanings of italicized words from the context in which they were used.

In this kinds of sentences worksheet, students study examples of declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory sentences. Students read ten sentences and tell what type they are and put in the ending punctuation.

In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to complete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Student answers are scored...

In this online interactive English worksheet, students read a short passage and then respond to 10 multiple choice questions about the selection. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this interactive grammar learning exercise, students complete five sentences by using the simple past form. Students also read a dialogue and fill in the missing words in the correct verb form.

In this identifying a preposition in sentences online/interactive activity, students read incomplete sentences and fill in the blanks after the word "get" with a preposition from the word bank. Students write 9 answers.

For this conjunction interactive worksheet, students read pairs of sentences and decide which ones express similar ideas and which show contrasting ideas. They use the correct connectors from the drop down menus in 10 sentences. They...

In this interactive human biology worksheet, students read ten riddles about body parts and type in the appropriate name of the body part the riddle is describing. Students also answer a nine word crossword puzzle that focuses on the...

In this ESL instructional activity, students first read an article about rumors of diamonds being washed ashore in India. Students complete all or some of the 100 exercises and activities pertaining to the article. Included are...

In this simple past tense:  negatives and questions worksheet, students read the explanations and examples, then interactively complete 10 exercises using negatives and questions in sentences with immediate online feedback.

For this imperatives worksheet, students read 7 reasons and examples of imperatives. Students then click on "continue with the exercises at the bottom" to choose the best imperative for 8 sentences.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students watch the video The Mosquito and write missing words into sentences about the video. Students complete 28 missing words.

In this sentence completion worksheet, students fill in the missing words in 10 sentences in an on-line interactive exercise. Students read the sentence and from ten choices, decide which word best finishes the sentence.

In this phrasal verbs worksheet, students read the example phrasal verbs and select the correct verb form to complete the 10 online exercises.