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English Zone: Los Angeles Area Gets a New Spider
This is an article from The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles about a new tropical "Brown Widow" spider found in Los Angeles; it is followed by 15 self-grading questions.
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English zone.com: Pronunciation Zone
Pronunciation practice site from English-Zone.com. A short lesson about pronunciations followed by pronunciation quizzes. Some free content; subscription-based access otherwise.
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English zone.com: Reading Zone
Find reading selections by skill level (easy to advanced) or type (poems). Some free content on the site but hard to pick it out. Subscription-based access mostly.
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English zone.com: Conversation Zone
Conversation zone from English-Zone.com. Site includes conversation card activity, future fortune-telling activity, birthday party conversation activities and more. Some free content; most accessible with membership only.
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English zone.com: Writing Zone
Writing practice site from English-Zone.com. Paragraphing and writing parts of a story kind of exercises included. Some free content; subscription-based access otherwise.
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English Zone: The Calendar: Days of the Week
This is a 20-question exercise/assessment about the days of the week. Students select answers to questions such as the day after Tuesday or the first day of the work week.
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English Zone: Ordinal Numbers 1
In this exercise/assessment, students order numbers by selecting the written numbers in order from a list; the numbers to be ordered are first through twentith and then by tens from thirtieth through eightith.
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English Zone: Contraction Quizzes
This collection of contraction quizzes allows students to respond and then view the correct answer.
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English zone.com: Confusing Verbs Lay / Lie 1
Ten practice sentences that ask students to fill in the blank with the correct conjugation of the verb "lay" and "lie."
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English zone.com: Comparatives Mega Quiz
With this activity, students type in the comparative form of a variety of words. Students can check their answers after completion.
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English Zone: Chart Reading Practice 1
Practice reading and understanding information when it is provided in chart format. This website provides a simple chart and asks questions about the chart's information, which can be answered and checked.
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English Zone: Reading a City Map 1
Practice reading information provided in map format. This website has a simple city map that you refer to when answering questions about various places located on the map. Choose the correct response for each multiple choice question and...
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English zone.com: Father's Day
The origins of how Father's Day became a national holiday are discussed on this site.
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English Zone: Dolphins Around the World: Dolphins 1
This reading comprehension exercise uses a passage about the lives of dolphins to quiz readers on what they have learned. Students will learn about these animals while also improving their information seeking skills.
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English Zone: The Amazing Vocabulary Machine!: Adjectives and Adverbs
This vocabulary building resource provides a practice quiz on changing adjectives to adverbs. It offers a 40 word list and instant feedback after each answer.
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English Zone: Simple Present Tense: Fact, Habit, Opinion, or Schedule
This 10question, self-scoring quiz for fact or opinion, but it takes it further to include habit and schedule. Students read the statement and the possible choices and select the correct one. The options are explained with examples at...
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English zone.com: Be Verb Practice #1
Eight sentences with blanks where the "be" verb should be. Students practice conjugating the verb correctly while completing each sentence.
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English Zone: Verb and Preposition Combinations
With this 10 question multiple choice practice quiz, students select a preposition to fill in the blank and get a score based on their responses.
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English Zone: Verb and Preposition Combinations B
After reading a sentence, students use the drop-down menu to select the correct preposition to fill the blank in the sentence. This practice exercise gives a score upon completion.
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English Zone: Verb and Preposition Combinations D
In this self-scoring practice activity, students use the drop-down menu to select the correct preposition or verb to fit the blank in the sentence.
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English zone.com: Contractions Practice #1 to Be Verb
Students type eight contractions made for the pronouns and "be" verbs provided. Then they can check their answers to see how many are correct.
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English zone.com: Contractions Practice #2
Students type eight contractions that are formed by combining a helping verb with the adverb "not." When finished, students can check their work to see how many answers are correct.
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English Zone: American Presidents: Reading for a Specific Purpose
In this activity, information about American presidents is provided in chart format on the left and asks students to use the chart to answer the questions on the right. Note: the last president listed is George W. Bush. Java is required.