Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Progressive Perfect Verb Aspect
If an action has been ongoing for some time, or was once ongoing and has since completed, we say it's in the progressive perfect aspect! Test your knowledge of this grammatical aspect.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Progressive Verb Aspect
When something is ongoing, we say that it's in the 'progressive' or 'continuous' aspect. Test your knowledge of this grammatical aspect!
Grammar Tips
Grammar Tips: The Proper Use of "Lay" and "Lie"
Check this brief explanation of how to tell the difference between lay, a transitive verb, and lie an intransitive verb, and use them properly in English grammar.
Grammar Tips
Grammar Tips: Nonfinite Verb Forms (Verbals)
This resource offers a clear explanation of verbals and their proper use. There are some examples, but the resource is primarily devoted to definition.
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: How Does a Sentence Make Sense?
This resource explains importance of the agreement of elements in sentences and covers agreement of nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs. Exercises included. L.11-12.3a Syntax
University College London
University College London: Nice Properties of Auxiliaries
This site has information on the four properties of auxiliary verbs.
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Confusing Verbs
Eighty-two questions to test your knowledge of verbs whose meanings are often confused. You choose the correct answer and, if you're correct, the next question is displayed. If you're wrong, the website lets you know immediately by...
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Prepositions Level 1
This site from The Internet TESL Journal provides a ten question preposition practice activity. Students are asked to fill in the missing preposition in a complete sentence. Answers are provided without detailed explanations.
ACT360 Media
Writing Den Writing Tips: Sentence Builder: Prepositions
Grammar list of common prepositions that are linked to examples.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Identifying Verbs
Identifying and understanding verbs is discussed at this site. Word function, action verbs, linking verbs, and verbs that have more than one part are included.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Future Tense
General discussion of how future tense verbs work in language with more specific information about English, Latin, French, and Spanish. Includes examples throughout and some links to additional information near the bottom.
Other
Weber State University: Misused Words and Phrases
A fun look at the wrong way to use the English language; includes many examples.
Other
Welsh Course Glossary of Grammatical Terms: Phrases
An online course site aimed at teaching Welsh to native English speakers includes a glossary of grammatical terms. The entry for "phrase" explains how phrases function in sentences.
Other
Esl Blues: Troubleshooting: Nonprogressive Verbs
A troubleshooting list of some commonly mistaken nonprogressive verb forms and thier uses.
Other
Esl Verbs: Present Simple Affirmative
Troublesome verb forms using the present simple affirmative for ESL speakers/writers. Examples of the incorrect use of the verb along with corrected form.
Other
Esl Verbs: Present Simple Negative
Examples of some troublesome verb forms using the present simple negative.
Other
Esl Verbs: Present Simple Questions
This site has examples of some common mistakes when forming questions using the present simple verb tense. The correct form is given along with some of the more common errors.
Other
Mountain View Middle School: The Suffixes Able and Ible [Pdf]
Rules, examples, word lists, and practice exercises designed to teach the proper use of -ible and -able suffixes.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Grammar Terms
A glossary of grammar and linguistic terms along with definitions, example sentences, and links to additional information.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Changing Parts of Speech: Lesson 3
This packet discusses how to change words from one part of speech to another by adding suffixes. L.9-10.4b Patterns/word changes, L.11-12.4b Patterns/changes
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Common Suffixes and Their Meanings
This lesson introduces common suffixes and their meanings.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Verb Tenses: Lesson 1
A slideshow introducing the main English verb tenses. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Verb Tenses."
Other
Howto Spell: When Do We Use Ible and When Do We Use Able Endings?
A video lesson [6:55] followed by a written explanation of when to use the -ible and -able suffixes. A list of commonly used words with each suffix is also provided. Finally, practice these new skills with a ten-question test.