Sophia Learning
Sophia: Transition Words
This slideshow lesson discusses transition words including the roles of transition words, their purpose in topic sentences, lists of transition words and phrases by purpose, and transitions within sentences.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Parts of Speech Game: Word Invasion
Brush up your ability to identify parts of speech with an interactive game. Select at least two parts of speech and the speed you think you can handle for the game and click your mouse on the jellyfish words that match the part of speech...
Education Development Center
Tv411: Reading: Parts of a Newspaper: Activity 2 of 3
This newspaper activity requires students to read eight headlines and then select what each would be about from the options given. When answers are submitted, an explanation is also given.
BBC
Bbc: Skillwise: English: Grammar: Word Types Quiz: Advanced Level
Assess knowledge and application of the parts of speech. Identify the part of speech within a sentence or on its own. Three levels of difficulty and immediate feedback are provided. Certificates available. Quiz can be downloaded in PDF...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Exercise in Writing Concise Sentences
Practice rewriting each of these twelve sentences in a more clear and concise manner. Check each sentence against the answer provided to see how well they match up.
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.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Diagramming Sentences Power Point
This handy PowerPoint presentation introduces the concept of sentence diagramming. It includes a number of examples.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Recognizing Prepositions
This preposition practice activity provides a paragraph from a Hemingway short story. Students click on all of the prepositions used in prepositional phrases in the story. These words will appear in a box below. When finished they can...
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Education: Language: Conventions: Relative Adverbs
Notes and examples explaining relative adverbs and how they are used in sentences. Includes practice worksheet.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: The Grammar Handbook: Interjections
A resourceful and professional look at interjections. Provides definitions, examples, and additional information. A great site from the Writing Center at the University of Illinois.
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Conjunctions
This entry focuses on the kinds of conjunctions including coordinating, correlative, subordinating conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs and the punctuation needed with each kind. It explains, gives examples, and provides lists of each kind.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Parts of Speech / Grammar
This is a list of links to exercises/quizzes covering the parts of speech and grammar.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Special Places to Love: Thoughtful Prepositional Phrases
In this instructional activity students learn to write meaningful prepositional phrases in order to evoke thoughtful word choice.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Conjunctive Adverb
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a conjunctive adverb in the context of a sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Subordinate Conjunction
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a subordinating conjunction, a subordinate conjunction, in the context of a sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Correlative Conjunction
Learn about correlative conjunctions and how to use them properly within sentences.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Subordinating Conjunctions [Pdf]
To review subordinating conjunctions, you'll find a list of common subordinating conjunctions and two exercises in which students practice their understanding. [PDF]
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: What Are Adverbs?
This short article briefly explains the purpose of adverbs, how to identify them, and provides an example.
Other
The Waterfall [Pdf]
This is a third grade reading fluency exercise entitled "The Waterfall" and has 205 words.
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.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Dynamite Diamante Poetry
Contains plans for five lessons that teach about parts of speech, gerunds, and vocabulary by having learners write diamante poetry. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Subject Verb Agreement Power Point
Learn about subject-verb agreement and practice identifying correct agreement in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
Other
Cayuga Community College: Clauses, Phrases, and Commas [Pdf]
Learn about phrases, dependent and independent clauses, and how to use commas appropriately with clauses and phrases.
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.