Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Exercise 4: Finding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Choose the best way to correct sentences errors identified in 20 sentences.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Exercise 5: Finding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Choose the best way to correct sentences errors identified in 20 sentences.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Exercise 2: Finding Fragments in Short Passages
Practice sentence skills by choosing the sentence fragment in each of 20 passage.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Exercise 5: Fixing Fragments
Practice sentence skills by choosing the correction that will turn in each fragment into a complete sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Exercise 6: Fixing Fragments
Practice sentence skills by choosing the correction that will turn in each fragment into a complete sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Exercise 7: Fixing Fragments
Practice sentence skills by choosing the correction that will turn in each fragment into a complete sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Word Choice: Exercise 11: To, Too, and Two
Test your understanding of the words "to," "too," and "two" by choosing the word that best completes each of the twenty sentences. Immediate feedback on answers is provided and a percentage score is tallied throughout the quiz.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Word Choice: Exercise 12: To, Too, and Two
Test your understanding of the words "to," "too," and "two" by typing the words in the boxes to complete each of the twenty sentences. Immediate feedback on answers is provided and a percentage score is tallied throughout the quiz.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 3: Level 3 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the recall of words associated with map directions. Level 3 adjectives and adverbs are also emphasized on this assessment.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Identify and Infer Character Traits[pdf]
Students will identify character traits directly and inferentially with the help of this graphic organizer. Students will summarize their findings after completing the graphic organizer.
Other
Pearson Education: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences [Pdf]
Here is a set of worksheets on identifying and using declarative and interrogative sentences.
Quia
Quia: Homonym Madness
This Quia Pop-Up game is a proofreading exercise in which students see a part of a friendly letter and are asked to select the correct form and punctuation for it using the drop-down menu.
Quia
Quia: Map Skills
Students will be challenged when they take this interactive grammar quiz? This quiz asks students to identify whether or not the sentence is grammatically correct. Come and check it out.
Quia
Quia: Phonological Awareness
This proofreading exercise asks students to read sentences and using the drop-down menu to select the correct choice for the blank. These sentences cover capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and usage.
Quia
Quia: Comma Usage Enclosure
In this exercise, students are asked to identify and type the verbs of sentences into the boxes provided. Java is required.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Presentations: Fragments, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences
A PowerPoint slide explaining common sentence errors and how to correct them. Questions that may be found on standardized tests are included.
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Avoiding Comma Splices and Run Ons
An informational page outlining the definitions and uses of comma splices, run-on sentences, and fused sentences. A great resource for students struggling with these in their writing.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sentence Combining Skills
Students sometimes have difficulty learning to combine sentences correctly and effectively. This site discusses several methods and provides practice opportunities and quizzes.
Other
Kim's Korner: Color Coded Parts of Speech Kinesthetic Lesson Plan
Students can brush up on their knowledge of the parts of speech when they do this lesson. This site contains a kinesthetic lesson plan that caters to children with all types of learning styles.
Other
Rhl School: English Basics: Real Sentences
How do you know that a group of words is really a sentence? This resource features examples of complete and incomplete sentences that students can identify and fix.
Other
Assessing Grammar Proficiency
How do assess grammar proficiency? This site features information on authentic assessment and mechanical tests. Find out more by checking out this informative resource.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Which Word? Sentences
In this free version of the game, choose from four sets of words, depending on the grade level. Students must match each word to a sentence to complete its meaning. Includes 'Spelling Test' and 'Teach Me' features.
Other
English Online: Beginners: Describing Actions
This game allows students to practice structuring sentences by viewing parts of the sentences with images that represent them.