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Univ. Of Victoria English Language Centre: Wild Children
A set of varied timed exercises based short readings about Romulus and Remus, Tarzan, Native Americans, Canadian artist Emily Carr, and culture shock. The ESL level is advanced.
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University of Victoria: English Language Centre Study Zone
Excellent independent reading, vocabulary, and grammar instruction and practice. Students can choose from beginning, intermediate, upper intermediate, and advanced 1 & 2 levels. Following each exercise is a brief interactive test.
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Elc Study Zone: Basic Coordinating Conjunctions
Tutorial discussion on coordinating conjunctions. Offers examples and links to a quiz.
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Study Zone: Parts of Speech
Nice brief visual summary of the parts of speech - clear and concise - followed by an interactive practice quiz to reinforce concepts - great for ELL - has links to more in-depth explanations.
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Study Zone: Yes/no Questions in the Simple Present Tense
This site explains how to change sentences into simple Yes/No questions. You can actually practice doing this interactively on this site.
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University of Victoria: Study Zone: Adjective Clauses in Object Position
Four sets of two sentences that students are asked to combine by creating adjective clauses. Hints are available and possible correct answers are provided for students to check their work. A percentage score is tallied throughout the...
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University of Victoria: Study Zone: Adjective Clauses 1
An interactive exercise consisting on one example and six questions. Students look at the example and then complete each question by correctly combining two sentences while using an adjective clause. Students can check their answers...
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Writing Essays: Essay Conclusions
Explains the purpose of the conclusion and how it relates to the thesis and introduction of the essay.
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Weather Watch: Water Cycle
Excellent discussion and illustration of the water cycle. Explained in an easy to understand format.
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Paradox
Definition of paradox with example from the poetry of John Donne and links to related terms such as oxymoron and metaphysical conceit.
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Narrator
Here's a definition of Narrator that includes distinctions "between the narrator, the author, and the implied author."
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Sample Expository Essay
This site is an example of a well-written expository essay from the University of Victoria. Gives excellent tips for students, such as organization, paragraph development, and support. W.9-10.2a Intro/org/graphics
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Knowing the Basics of Grammar
This grammar tutorial for college students features help on verb agreement, the use of semicolons, sentence structure, and more.
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Study Zone: Forms of Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives
Basic information and a follow-up exercise about possessive pronouns and adjectives. Color-coded examples are provided for easy understanding.
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Uvcs: Critical Reading Exercise
Students read quotations from different "interest groups" or "lobbies" in this exercise and then perform a multiple-choice test to evaluate the credibility of each lobby group.
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School and Office Vocabulary
Nice vocabulary development tool for students. Matching exercise shows pictures of common items from school or office. Student tries to match correct word with picture from drop down menu. After 10 questions a score based on correct...
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Elc Study Zone: Kitchen Utensils Vocabulary
This vocabulary development tool for students features a matching exercise that shows pictures of common items of common kitchen utensils. Students match correct word with picture from a drop-down menu. After 10 questions a score can be...
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University of Victoria: Adjectives and Adverbs
This is a basic explanation of adjectives & adverbs, with examples of each. This resource explains how to change adjectives into adverbs through interactive exercises (with hints and answers).
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University of Victoria: Making Questions
This is targeted practice for question formulation; guided prompts ask the student to type question (yes-no or who, what, where, when). Students can then check the answer, ask for a hint, or see the answer.
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University of Victoria: "It" and "There"
Brief interactive exercise on proper usage of "there is," "it is," "is there," "is it," "there was," "it was," "was it," etc. Twelve questions, the student types in the blank & can then check the answer or get a hint.
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Elc Study Zone: Using Commas
Do you know how to use commas properly? Use this website to learn more about these pesky punctuation marks.
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Elc Study Zone: Basic Subordinating Conjunctions 1 Exercise
This quiz asks students to supply the missing conjunctions from complete sentences. Fairly simple eight-question exercise.
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Elc Study Zone: Basic Subordinating Conjunctions 2
This quiz asks students to supply the missing conjunctions from complete sentences. Multiple answers possible on this six-question exercise.
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Elc Study Zone: Basic Subordinating Conjunctions
This English language tutorial explains subordinating conjunctions. Offers charts, examples, and links to self-tests.