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Grammar
for English Language Learners
Activities
See also our Writing
Activities. Or search for "grammar exercises" or "grammar
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All levels
- Business
English Grammar (ALL LEVELS)
- Present Forms; The
Past Simple; Irregular Verbs; Present Perfect; Past Simple v
Present Perfect; For or Since; Duration; The Future; Going to;
Present forms for future; Will or going to?; Conditionals; Modals;
The -ing form; Prepositions; Word order; Passive; Imperative;
Question tags; Have something done; Non-defining clauses; A/The;
Conjunctions; etc
- ESL
Independent Study Lab: Grammar
- A links collection
(similar to this page) organized by level (level 100, level
200. level 300); it's well annotated and includes some user
reviews
- UVic Study Center:
Grammar
- Interactive reading
with comprehension, summarizing, and gap-filling activities;
by level...
- 200
(BASIC)
- 330
(BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
- 410
(INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED)
- 490
(INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED)
- 570
(ADVANCED)
Basic
- CLTA
Flash Zone
- Gender; Relative
Pronouns; Simple Present; Present Continuous; Simple Past; Adjectives;
Plural Nouns; More Plural Nouns; Noun Verb Agreement; Negative
To Be; There Is There Are; Good & Well; Irregular Verbs;
Pronouns; Past To Be; Do Or Does Indefinite Article ; One Or
Ones; Adverbs; Adjective Or Adverb; There Is Are; Days, Holidays
& Seasons
- CLTA Shocked
Grammar
- Simple Present;
t, D, Ed Sounds; Simple Past; Negative To Be; Present Continuous;
An Or A; Present Perfect; s Or Z Sounds; Past To Be; There Is
Or Are; Noun Verb Agreement; Good & Well; There Is Are;
Relative Pronouns; One Or Ones; Pronouns; Adverbs; Do Or Does;
Some Or Any; Adjective Or Adverb; Plural Nouns; Superlative
Or Comparative; More Plural Nouns; Superlative; Even More Plural
Nouns; Comparative; Plural Of o, Y & F; Ordinal Numbers;
Who Which
- Dave's
ESL Quiz Page (grammar) (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
- Verb tense; Prepositions;
Modals, et cetera...from the ESL Cafe
- English
Tests from englishlearner.com (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
- Interactive grammar,
reading, and vocabulary
- Grammar
Central CLTA
- Contractions; Regular
Past Verbs; Person; Irregular Verbs 1 A-b; Pronoun; Irregular
Verbs 2 C-e; Noun Or Pronoun; Irregular Verbs 3 F-h; Noun Or
Verb; Irregular Verbs 4 K-m; Verb "To Be"; Irregular Verbs 5
P-s; Negative Of Verb "To Be"; Irregular Verbs 6 S-s; To Have
; Irregular Verbs 7 T-z; To Have Negative; Confusing Words 1;
(Plurals )Number ; Confusing Words 2; Plurals More ; Opposites
1; Plurals Irregular- o; Articles-1; Plurals Irregular- f =
Ves; Question Forms There Is/Are; Plurals Really Irregular;
Object Pronouns; Plurals Borrowed; Possessive Adjectives Plurals
- No Singular Form; Past Of Verb "To Be"; Question Form "To
Be"; Past Negative "To Be"; Simple Present Tense; Past Of "To
Have"; Question Form Present; There Is, There Are; Simple Future
Tense; Negative There Is/Are
- Mind
Your Grammar (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
- "A self-access course
in English Grammar for university and college students" includes
reference (above) and exercise
materials
- Self-Study Grammar
Quizzes (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
- Collected by Internet
TESL Journal: Articles; Cloze; Conjunctions; Dialogs; Plurals;
Prepositions; Pronouns; Sentence Structure; Tag Questions; Verbs;
Correct Sequence; Word Choice; Other Quizzes.
- Super
Quiz Machine for ESL Students (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
- "Get a new set of
randomly-chosen questions each time you visit the page." (thousands
of questions!)
- Verb
Tense Introduction
- Thirteen problem
areas, each with an explanation pages and a quiz page (check
answers to the quiz pages at the quiz answers pages).
Intermediate
- Better
English-Grammar
- Verb tense (present;
past simple; present perfect; future); Conditional forms; Modals;
Miscellaneous (passive, word order; a/the, etc); also a section
on phrasal
(multi-word) verbs
- Dave's
ESL Quiz Page (grammar) (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
- Verb tense; Prepositions;
Modals, et cetera...from the ESL Cafe
- Dr Richard
Doneskey's writing review pages (INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED)
- Each page includes
grammar explanation plus a series of problems; think about the
problem and then see the correct solution. Topics: Active, Passive,
and Linking Sentences; Articles; Apostrophes; Fragments; Paragraph
development; Past Participles; Pronoun-antecedent agreement
problems; Pronoun problems with "this" and "that"; Run-together
sentences and comma splices; Sexist language; Subject-Verb agreement;
Tense Shifts; Transitions
- English
Tests from englishlearner.com (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
- Interactive grammar,
reading, and vocabulary
- English Zone
Grammar Practice
- Articles; Comparatives;
Nouns; Pronouns; Adjectives; Conditionals; Questions; Quantifiers;
Agreement; Clauses; etc.
- Interactive
English Language Exercises
- Small collection
of quizzes for verb tense grammar, phrasal verbs, et cetera
- Interactive
Quizzes (INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED)
- A large collection
of activities which accompany the Guide To Sentence-Level
Grammar: includes activities on sentence structure; word
forms (adverbs, adjectives, etc); verb tense, form, and agreement;
clause structure; sentence structure; punctuation; spelling;
et cetera
- Mind
Your Grammar (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
- "A self-access course
in English Grammar for university and college students" includes
reference (above) and exercise
materials
- Self-Study Grammar
Quizzes (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
- Collected by Internet
TESL Journal: Articles; Cloze; Conjunctions; Dialogs; Plurals;
Prepositions; Pronouns; Sentence Structure; Tag Questions; Verbs;
Correct Sequence; Word Choice; Other Quizzes.
- Sentence
construction
- Sentences have a
business orientation
- Super
Quiz Machine for ESL Students (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
- "Get a new set of
randomly-chosen questions each time you visit the page." (thousands
of questions!)
Advanced
- Analysis
of Academic English
- Challenging exercises
on some common areas of usage difficulty; based on University
of Hong Kong's concordance work.
- CNN
Newsroom Grammar Activities
- Based on stories
in the news: Actives vs. Passives; Articles / Determiners; Clauses:
Noun, Relative, Subordinate; Conditionals; Connectors; Infinitives
/ Past and Present Participles; Direct / Indirect Speech; Modals
& Auxiliaries; Passivity; Prepositions; Singular / Plurals;
Tag Questions; Verb Forms; Verb Phrases; Verb Tenses; Word Forms;
Word Order
- Dr Richard
Doneskey's writing review pages (INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED)
- Each page includes
grammar explanation plus a series of problems; think about the
problem and then see the correct solution. Topics: Active, Passive,
and Linking Sentences; Articles; Apostrophes; Fragments; Paragraph
development; Past Participles; Pronoun-antecedent agreement
problems; Pronoun problems with "this" and "that"; Run-together
sentences and comma splices; Sexist language; Subject-Verb agreement;
Tense Shifts; Transitions
- Grammar
Bytes
- Comma Splices
and Fused Sentences...Exercise 1: Distinguishing Between
Comma Splices and Fused Sentences; Exercise 2: Finding Comma
Splices and Fused Sentences; Exercise 3: Finding Comma Splices
and Fused Sentences; Exercise 4: Fixing Comma Splices and Fused
Sentences; Exercise 5: Fixing Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Verb Tense...Exercise 1: Choosing Appropriate Irregular
Verb Forms New!; Exercise 2: Choosing Appropriate Irregular
Verb Forms New!; Exercise 3: Choosing Appropriate Irregular
Verb Forms; Exercise 4: Choosing Appropriate Irregular Verb
Forms; Exercise 5: Avoiding Common Tense Misspellings; Exercise
6: Using Lay and Lie Correctly New!
- Grammar
Safari
- 'Hunt' real-world
examples of target grammatical structures on the Web; decide
if real-world usage follows the rules of grammar as you understand
them.
- Interactive
Quizzes (INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED)
- A large collection
of activities which accompany the Guide To Sentence-Level
Grammar: includes activities on sentence structure; word
forms (adverbs, adjectives, etc); verb tense, form, and agreement;
clause structure; sentence structure; punctuation; spelling;
et cetera
Reference
- CobuildDirect
Corpus & Collocation Sampler
- A fast and useful
grammar reference displays the word or phrase you look up as
it is used in real-world context (Corpus) and with a listing
of frequently uses with the target word (Collocation); an excellent
tool for the study of both meaning and usage. For a similar
tool, try Web Concordancer
(English)
- Guide
To Sentence-Level and Paragraph-Level Grammar
- An excellent resource
for basis sentence-level grammar, including clause structure,
subject-verb agreement, and common problems such as run-ons;
includes a large collection of exercises
- The University
of Victoria Writer's Guide
- An excellent online
reference to essay/paragraph/sentence-level grammar
- Elementary
Grammar
- A reference text
with notes on common usage problems (UK)
- HyperGrammar
- A grammar reference/course
with key concepts linked to other items
- Internet
Grammar of English
- Index of a searchable
grammar reference; many articles have supplementary exercise;
click HERE for introductory
instructions
- On-Line
English Grammar
- An electronic reference
text from Edu-Net, including notes on form and usage as well
as a Grammar Clinic with answers
your questions about English grammar; select their Subject Index
for a listing of points covered (UK)
Special problems in
English grammar
- Gender-free
pronouns FAQ
- 'General & Specific
Discussion of Gender-Free Alternatives to Gendered Pronouns'
- The
alt.usage.english FAQ file
- A collection of
information on difficult qiuestions of English usage.
- Articles
- Using and omitting
the indefinite article 'a' / 'an'; using and omitting the definite
article 'the' -- Monash University
- Articles:
'a' 'an' and 'the'
- Usage notes
- Articles:
Definite Article or NO Article
- rules, examples,
and exercises
- Grammar
Tips
- Short 'handouts'
on proofreading, punctuation, and usage from Bowling Green (Ohio)
State University
- Nouns
- Meaning and usage
notes together with several self-correcting quizzes.
- Passive
voice
- When/why to use
passive; recognizing passives; active/passive contrast; forming
passives -- Monash University
- Subject/Verb
agreement
- Challenge: identify
the head (main) noun
- Verb
Tenses
- present simple and
present continuous; present perfect; past perfect -- Monash
University
Other Resources
- Dave's
ESL Question Page
- Questions about
grammar (and other ESL topics) asked and answered
- English
Grammar Clinic
- Frequently asked
questions (FAQs) and a search engine
- FAQ
of English Grammar
- FAQ = 'Frequently
Asked Questions' from the Usenet newsgroup 'alt.usage.english', an on-line discussion
of points of grammar
- Grammar
and Style Guides for Writers
- A list like this,
from Ohio State University (US)
- Sounds
English: Grammar
- Freeware and shareware
Macintosh Software for English Language Learners/Teachers
- alt.usage.english
- An on-line discussion
of points of grammar
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