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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Using the Future Continuous Tense

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page explains what future continuous (progressive) tense means and how it is formed and provides examples.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: What Is a Generic Noun?

For Students 6th - 8th
This page discusses generic nouns, non-specific nouns such as in "a gang of boys," as compared to collective nouns such as "a pride of lions." Several examples of generic noun usage are provided.
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Study Languages

Study Spanish: Preterite Tense Regular Verbs

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent examples of the preterite tense for regular verbs. You can also generate a quiz where you can select 10 to 25 sample questions to help test your knowledge of regular verb conjugations in the preterite tense.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Style Guide: Capitalization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide to editorial style for print and electronic media. Students and teachers can gain a better grasp of the rules of capitalization from this resource.
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Other

Grammar: Adjectives and Adverbs [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This document offers an explanation regarding the formation of adjective comparison and order in a sentence. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Writing Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Straightforward tutorial explaining the rules about numbers in writing.
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: School (La Escuela)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Useful, extensive site for the Spanish-speaking ELL. This grammar section focuses on use of the articles "a/an" and plurals. A variety of interactive, self-correction exercises are provided. A "Teacher's Lounge," section is available...
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Colby College

Spanish Language & Culture: The Preterite Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
These exercises from Colby College provide a very extensive review of irregular verbs, stem-changers, and spelling changes in the preterite tense for more than 50 verbs. Practice conjugating these verbs in verb charts. Answers may be...
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Grammar Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a grammar handbook with links to grammar rules for the parts of speech, punctuation marks, mechanics, sentence style and clarity, composition, academic writing, organization and development, revising and editing, and research and...
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Other

Practice and Review Ser vs. Estar

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent review of the uses of ser and estar. Provides useful examples. After reviewing, the user can take a practice quiz to ensure complete understanding.
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Indiana University

Indiana University: Las Clausulas Condicionales

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Indiana University provides a concise but thorough Spanish explanation of conditional clauses in Spanish grammar. Examples in Spanish and English of which tenses to use to express different conditional clauses that use...
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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Covers when to write or spell out numbers in writing.
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Indiana University

Indiana University: Personal Pronouns

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Indiana University provides a concise, but thorough, English explanation of personal pronouns in Spanish grammar.
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Other

Kryss Tal: Grammar: Introduction to Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a very good overview of grammar components. Grammar examples and links are provided.
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Colby College

Spanish Language & Culture: Comparaciones Regulares E Irregulares

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by the Colby College. Practice with several different examples of regular and irregular comparisons of adverbs, verbs, nouns, and adjectives. Read the sentences and select the correct comparative. Help is given...
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Colby College

Spanish Language & Culture: Antes Del Viaje (Peterite Tense)

For Students 9th - 10th
This review of regular and irregular Spanish verbs features charts for the preterite tense, including stem-changers and spelling changes.
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Colby College

Spanish Language & Culture: El Preterito Formas (Part 1)

For Students 9th - 10th
These exercises provide a very extensive review of irregular verbs, stem-changers, and spelling changes in the preterite tense. Conjugate verbs to match the subject. Answers may be checked and corrected.
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Colby College

Spanish Language & Culture: El Preterito Y El Imperfecto

For Students 9th - 10th
This exercise for practicing the preterite and imperfect tenses has you watch a video of a hotel receptionist who describes a frightening experience on the job. Then you complete the story by filling in blanks with preterite and...
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New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Grammar. Other links are included.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Writing Exercise

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Purdue University Writing Lab, this is an exercise to practice using numbers in writing. Answers are from a link at the bottom of the page.
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Unit Plan
Colby College

Spanish Language & Culture: Present Subjunctive Forms (Part 3)

For Students 9th - 10th
Completion of these twenty-four clauses provides an extensive review of regular and irregular verbs, stem-changers, and spelling changes in the present subjunctive tense. Verb infinitives are provided that need to be conjugated in the...
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Article
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Verb Activities

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
This articles discusses the use of grammar games to help students understand verbs; it describes several verb activities and games including verb activities with a word wall, Power Verbs, Nicky Noun and Victor Verb, and Fortune Cookie...
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Indiana University

Indiana University: Problemas De Genero

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Indiana University provides a concise, but thorough, Spanish explanation of nouns that do not follow the normal rules for gender. Greek and latin influence is examined. Great review for advanced students or teachers...