Get It Write
Get It Write: Using "Good" and "Well" as Modifiers
This site provides an explanation for using "good" and "well" properly. A self test is given at the end of the article.
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Ejercicios De Ortografia
These are interactive resources that include spelling exercises of various types.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Word Choice: Exercise 6: Who and Whom
Test your understanding of the words "who" and "whom" 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 7: Who and Whom
Test your understanding of the words "who" and "whom" by typing 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 6: Using Lay and Lie Correctly
Read about the proper usage of lay and lie and then practice by correctly completing twenty sentences. Feedback is provided after each sentence.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Writing Concisely
This page compares wordy writing to a art gallery cluttered with a mixture of great works and poor attempts making it hard to see the great works. Remove the clutter, write concisely so the reader gets the point of the paper. It offers...
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Sentence Structure
Tips on how to vary sentence structure to strengthen writing.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Wordiness
This page focuses on reducing wordiness in writing by using more concise language, and avoiding extra-long words and sentences.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site
This interactive home page provides improvement module links in the areas of grammar, citations, and writing. The University of Sydney's The Write Site provides online support to help students improve their writing skills.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Common Mistakes
This interactive exercise provides eight questions for students. Students will identify verb errors and sentence fragments.
Other
Glossary: Grammatical Terms
This site provides an alphabetical list of common grammatical words.
Towson University
Towson University: Commonly Confused Words: Weather / Whether
This site focuses on the commonly confused words weather and whether including definitions and examples with explanations. It also offers a link to practice exercises.
Other
Business Writing Center: 25 Most Commonly Misspelled Words
A quiz, designed for business writers, that tests knowledge of words which are frequently misspelled. It includes questions about two words which are spelled differently in British spelling than in American spelling.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Academic Writing: Specific Requirements
This page focuses on academic writing requriements and includes links to Argumentative (Persuasive) Writing, Essay Writing, and How to Write a Research Paper.
Other
Suny: Conventions of Writing Papers About Literature
A professor's excellent explanation of how to write a professional sounding essay. Covers all aspects of an essay, and detailed examples give information on exactly how to write the essay.
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.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Strunk's the Elements of Style
Bartleby.com's online version of William Strunk, Jr.'s classic reference book, "The Elements of Style."
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Writer's Choice: Grade 6: Connecting Writing With Grammar
"Connecting Writing with Grammar" offers links to six exercises in English usage and sentence structure.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Writer's Choice: Grade 6: Spelling Practice
"Spelling Practice" offers links to five spelling lessons: long vowel spellings, perplexing words, spelling the "seed" sound, the final "y", and the prefix "ad-". Each lesson provides links to practice activities.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Grade 7: Practice Proofreading
In this exercise, students are to read a paragraph about Emily Dickinson, find the 5 misspelled words, and type them correctly in the boxes provided. Java is required.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Grade 7: Proofreading Practice
This practice has students read a paragraph about space, find the 5 misspelled words, and type them correctly in the boxes provided. Java is required.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Proofreading Practice
In this exercise, students read a paragraph about the ancient city of Petra, find 5 misspelled words, and type them correctly in the boxes provided. Java is required.