Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Common Errors in English: Good or Well
This Grammarly Handbook resource clarifies the difference in usage between "good" and "well" in sentences. Numerous examples are provided in this resource.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Common Errors
Do you say or write "exscape" when you should say "escape"? This webpage is from the Common Errors in English website. If you think other people's language mistakes are sometimes funny, you might enjoy reading the ways people have...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Commonly Misused Words: How Their Effects Affect You
An informative, multimedia lesson on words that are easily confused in the English language. View a video [1:11], a poster, a slide show, and a handout to learn the correct meanings of several commonly misused words.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Speedy Speller
In this free version of the game, choose from four sets of words, depending on the grade level. Listen as words are read to you and try to type them as fast as you can. Includes 'Spelling Test' and 'Teach Me' features.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Notorious Confusables #5
In this quiz, students are to read sentences looking at the two words in all caps including their spellings. They must decide what, if anything, needs to be changed, and select the correct answer. Links are also provided for a tutorial,...
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Spelling Plurals With S or Es or Other Plurals
Spelling rules and examples for adding -s or -es to make the plural form of a word.
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Grammar and Punctuation
Discover more about grammar and punctuation when you check out this comprehensive site. This site gives a tutorial on correct grammar usage.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Commonly Misused Words
This audio lesson discusses some commonly misused words. The author provides a "cheat sheet" to define the differences in the commonly misused words. Examples of the correct applications of the words are also provided for further...
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: How to Use "Alike" and "Same" Correctly
An explanation with examples of using the words "alike" and "same" correctly in sentences.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Word Choice: Exercise 1: Their, There, and They're
Complete these 20 sentences by choosing the correct form of their, there, and they're.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Word Choice: Exercise 2: Their, There, and They're
Complete these 20 sentences by typing the correct form of their, there, and they're.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Word Choice: Exercise 9: Whose and Who's
Test your understanding of the words "whose and "who's" 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.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Scramble Saurus
Find more than a dozen spelling games to reinforce vocabulary on a range of levels and topics (from musical instruments to climate terms). Players unscramble words using definitions as clues.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Run on Sentences
Examples show how to avoid creating a run-on sentence in your writing.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Spelling Rules and Irregular Words
This site discusses exceptions to spelling rule, words that don't fit the typical letter-sound correspondence rules. It provides links to lists of frequently used words such as the Dolch list and 1,000 Most Frequent Words in Middle and...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Notorious Confusables
This 12 question quiz covers commonly confused words such as than/then, it's/its, and whether/weather. Links are provided to more quizzes and the "Guide to Grammar and Writing."
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Spell Check
In this game, students are given 20 sets of four words and asked to click on the misspelled word in each set and type in the correct spelling. If students answer all 20 correctly, they can add their name to the leaderboard. There are two...
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Word Confusion (Choose the Correct Word)
Players choose the word that correctly completes a sentence from a pair of words that are frequently misused or misspelled, such as they're and there, blue and blew, aunt and ant.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Strunk's Elements of Style: Words and Expressions Commonly Misused
Common misused words are defined. Examples of how to use them correctly are provided. Some examples are "all right" to "would", "as good or better than", and "as to whether."
Vocabulary.com
Words Plagued by Unusual Silent Letters
This site contains a list of 20 words with commonly misspelled words that have silent letters. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.
English Club
English Club: Punctuation Styles
This EnglishClub tutorial expounds upon the differences in punctuations styles that exist among individual writers, British and American authors, and publishers.
BBC
Bbc Bitesize: Writing
The BBC offers quick (bitesize) activities, revision options, and quizzes on a variety of writing skills, covering writing arguments, writing factual documents, and writing stories.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Paragraphs
At this site, Jack Lynch sets forth many guidelines for writing good paragraphs, from length, to specific word choice, to proofreading, to voice, to punctuation. Links are provided to help the student seeking additional clarification.