Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Linking Verbs
An explanation and examples of linking verbs and how they are used correctly in sentences.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: With Sense Verbs
This page explains the use of adverbs and adjectives with verbs of the five senses and provides examples.
Other
English Grammar 101: Adverbs Modifying Verbs
Learn how adverbs modify verbs in this concise lesson. Practice what you learn with a quiz which gives immediate feedback.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Emphasis: Using the Passive Voice
A five-slide presentation reviewing passive voice and explaining the effect of using it properly within a sentence. Examples are provided.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Passive and Active Voice
This website provides two presentations on active and passive voice. The first presentation explains the difference between active and passive voice as well as how to build sentences in each voice. The second presentation explains when...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Passive and Active Voice
This tutorial focuses on active and passive voice. Definitions, examples, and the reasons that the active voice is the preferred voice in most cases. It offers a slide show with definitions, examples, when to use, forms of passive voice...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Passive Voice
A video lesson introduces the passive voice and demonstrates how it is formed within a sentence. [7:09]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Passive Voice
This lesson introduces the passive voice and how it is formed. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Verbs
This video lesson focuses on verbs, their functions in sentences, and the 10 most common verbs. Real Player is required.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Auxiliary Verbs
This video lesson focuses on auxiliary verbs including defining the term auxiliary, providing examples, and explaining their three purposes: to create shades of meaning, passive tense, and emphasis.
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Verbs
This Skillswise site focuses on verbs. Included are a video about why identifying verbs is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, and quizzes on the information presented. The Skillswise sites from BBC are geared to...
Get It Write
Get It Write: The Subjunctive Mood
This article explains the difference between the indicative and subjunctive moods of verbs. Detailed use and examples support the use of subjunctive verbs. There are examples and a self test at the end of the article.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Voice and Mood
A helpful outline of verb structures, including active and passive voice. Imperative, indicative, and subjunctive moods are also included. A printable version is linked.
Towson University
Towson University: Distinquish Between Transitive, Intransitive Verbs Exercise 5
This is a 10-question, self-grading practice/quiz on distinguishing between transitive and intransitive verbs.
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Verbs
This entry focuses on types of verbs and their functions including action, auxiliary, linking, regular and irregular, transitive and intransitive, and indicative, imperative, and subjunctive mood. It explains and provides examples of each.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Active and Passive Voice More Complex Tenses
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Edit an essay for active voice and complex tenses.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Using the Subjunctive
This site from the Capital Community College provides a quiz on the subjunctive verb tense. As the author notes, "the subjunctive form will not be the best choice in all sentences," so be careful.
College Claparede (Switzerland)
English Exercises Online: Gerund?/infinitive?
Fill in the blank with the correct verb form in these 10 fill-in-the-blank exercises.
Other
Verb Rules: Must and Have To
The verbs "must" and "have to" are often troublesome. This site gives instructions for their proper use.
Other
University of Tennessee: Verbs: Examples of the Subjunctive Mood
A good list of examples of how the subjunctive mood is used. Note: There is a section at the bottom entitled "Where is the Subjunctive?" that gives examples of conversation overheard where the subjunctive mood was not used (and it should...
University of Victoria (Canada)
Study Zone: Simple Past: Regular Verbs 1
In this 10-question exercise, students select the past tense of regular verbs. View questions individually or all at once.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Study Zone: Expressing the Future 1
This 10-question quiz has students select the correct future tense verb forms to fit in the sentences given.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Study Zone: Present Perfect: Forms 1
Students choose the correct present perfect verb for each of the sentences given.