Sophia Learning
Sophia: Prepositions: Lesson 2
This lesson introduces prepositions and their role. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Prepositions."
English Plus+
Grammar Slammer Glossary: Prepositions
This site offers a basic definition of prepositions, along with a chart of the most common ones. Some of the prepositions listed serve as a hypertext link to more detailed information on that specific word.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Playing With Prepositions Through Poetry
Students play with and explore prepositions during a whole group reading of Ruth Heller's Behind the Mask, and then by composing and publishing prepositional poems based on the book's style.
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Fragments and Run Ons
What are sentence fragments and run-on sentences? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Provides techniques for avoiding fragments and run-ons in writing assignments.
University of North Carolina
Univ. Of North Carolina: Seeing and Correcting Sentence Fragments and Run Ons
What is a sentence fragment and a run-on sentence? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Students and teachers can utilize this informative site to improve their writing skills.
College Claparede (Switzerland)
English Exercises Online: Verbs and Prepositions (2)
Complete each of the 25 sentences in this exercise by typing the correct preposition into the box. Hint are available if needed, and answers can be checked when finished.
College Claparede (Switzerland)
English Exercises Online: Verbs and Prepositions (1)
Complete each of the 25 sentences in this exercise by typing the correct preposition into the box. Hint are available if needed, and answers can be checked when finished.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Commas With Introductory Elements: Lesson 1
This lesson introduces how to use commas with introductory elements. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Commas with Introductory Elements."
ACT360 Media
Writing Den: Parts of a Sentence
Explore the world of "Parts of a Sentence." Find out about adjectives, nouns, prepositions and more. This site features an overview of each part of speech.
Other
English Made in Brazil: "To" & "For" Comparisons
Help for Portuguese speakers learning English as a second language who tend to misuse the prepositions "to" and "for." This page clarifies usage of these prepositions and illustrates proper use with many examples and common expressions.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Sentence Openers
This tutorial focuses on adding variety to your writing with sentence openers. A PowerPoint presentation explains sentence openers and gives examples of ways to create interesting sentences, such as beginning with a prepositional phrase,...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Yankee Doodle Prepositions
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will never forget prepositions again! Students will memorize a list of commonly used prepositions through song and identify the elements of a prepositional phrase. Performance Assessment...
Other
Using English: Glossary of English Grammar Terms
A comprehensive A-Z index of grammar terms with explanations and examples. Each entry provides links to activities and other resources available on the site for more practice on that aspect of grammar. Suggested activities are often...
Other
University of North Carolina at Pembroke: Adjectivals
This page from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke provides instructions and examples for using different types of phrases (prepositional, appositive, and participial) as adjectives in sentences.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Color Personification Poems
In this lesson, Hailstones and Halibut Bones, a book written by Mary O'Neill and Red Sings, and From Treetops: a Year in Colors, a book by Joyce Sidman, are used as mentor texts. Students will brainstorm to collect different adjectives,...
Room Recess
Room Recess: Parts of Speech
Find the fool's gold by clicking and dragging the correct parts of speech into the box below the mine cars. Good luck!
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Exercises
This page offers a list of links to exercises/quizzes on the following topics: Parts of Speech/Grammar; Prepositional and Verbal Phrases; Adjectival, Adverbial, Nominal Phrases, and Clauses; Punctuation, Sentence Structure, Usage,...
Other
Bowdoin Coll.: Spanish Grammar: Verbs Followed by Prepositions Before Infinitive
Many verbs need a preposition before an infinitive. This site provides a substantial list of verbs which require a pronoun before an infinitive and the meaning of the phrase it creates.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Grade 6: Grammar and Usage Test 1
An interactive test which includes ten questions to assess student understanding of grammar and usage. This particular test includes the usage of verbs, fragments, and prepositional phrases/indirect statements.
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Phrasal Verbs Quiz
This site from The Internet TESL Journal provides sixty-seven questions to test your knowledge of phrasal verbs. You choose the correct preposition to complete a phrase. If you're correct, the next question is displayed. If you're wrong,...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sentence Parts Quiz
This quiz is "a very basic quiz" that covers the various parts of a sentence (clause, gerund, adjective, preposition) in a ten question matching format.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Gerunds and Infinitives: Lesson 2
This lesson introduces gerunds and infinitives and explains how they are used. This lesson is part 2 of 3 in the series titled "Gerunds and Infinitives."
Dave's ESL Cafe
Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal verbs-two-part verbs that combine a verb with a preposition-are often difficult for English language learners to comprehend because they have peculiar meanings unfamiliar to non-native speakers of English. What does it mean, for...