Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Abstract Nouns
The composition of a noun is more than just a person, place or thing. Use this resource to study examples of nouns and their many uses.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of Composition
If you are a teacher OR a student looking for a well-informed website on elements of the writing process, you are in luck! This site from the Capital Community College is very comprehensive and easy-to-navigate. From grammar basics to...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Possessive Forms
As you learn possessive forms, you will also learn about gerunds, present participles, compound nouns and more. This is a very complete resource tool for this subject.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Articles, Determiners and Quantifiers
Have you ever wondered about the purpose of such small words as a, this, the and the like? These words are articles, determiners and quantifiers that precede and modify nouns.
University College London
University College London: Noun Overview and Rules
Overview of nouns and rules for use. Contains information on forming plurals, count and noncount, pronouns, numerals as nouns, and gender. Exercises interspersed in material.
University College London
University College London: Adjectives and Nouns
This University College London site explains how to tell whether a word in the adjective position is an adjective or part of the noun. Includes follow-up exercise.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Personifying Abstractions
Students learn about personification and how to use it to when writing about abstract nouns. Finally, students write poems using the nouns they have chosen and personifications they have developed. Teacher and student instructions are...
Other
Using English: Glossary of English Grammar Terms
A comprehensive A-Z index of grammar terms with explanations and examples. Each entry provides links to activities and other resources available on the site for more practice on that aspect of grammar. Suggested activities are often...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Parts of Speech to Write Descriptive Sentences
Students can easily grasp the the parts of a sentence with this lesson plan.
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Gender of Nouns Part Ii
Outstanding activity that presents most of the word endings that determine gender. It also considers common exceptions to the rule. Without a doubt, this activity shines above all others in teaching learners how to determine the gender...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Days of the Week
Thorough explanation of days of the week, their plural forms, and their use with definite articles. Ample examples demonstrate this concept. A short test at the end of the activity tests the student's mastery of this grammar principle.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Building Blocks of Language: The 8 Parts of Speech
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing the 8 parts of speech straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this interactive lesson, including a...
BBC
Bbc: Skillwise: English: Grammar: Word Types Quiz: Advanced Level
Assess knowledge and application of the parts of speech. Identify the part of speech within a sentence or on its own. Three levels of difficulty and immediate feedback are provided. Certificates available. Quiz can be downloaded in PDF...
BBC
Bbc: Skillwise: English: Grammar: Word Types: Parts of Speech Quiz: Basic Level
Quiz that assesses fundamental knowledge and application of the basic parts of speech. Identify the part of speech within a sentence or standing on its own. Three levels of difficulty and immediate feedback are provided. Certificates...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sentence Subject
Part of larger website devoted to sentence structure, grammar, and writing skills, this tutorial teaches the subject of a sentence--the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Nouns
A complete tutorial on identifying and using nouns that starts with identifying the nouns in "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music. Includes links to other noun grammar pages.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Multimedia Grammar Glossary
Designed as a complement to Harcourt's Trophies Reading series, this handy grammar glossary allows you to look up grammar terms typically covered in grades 1-5. For each term, you will see a definition, sample sentence (sometimes...
Arcademics
Arcademics: Word Invasion
Practice parts of speech by zapping "jellyfish" words that match the word type provided. Students can select the part(s) of speech they want the game to focus on, as well as the level of difficulty and speed of the game.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: The Grammar Lesson
This poem shares a humorous message about grammar rules.
University College London
University College London: Identify the Nouns
An exercise in identifying nouns by clicking on those appearing in a paragraph. Answers explained and link to more information provided. Browser must be enabled to JavaScript. Netscape browser recommended.
University College London
University College London: Noun or Adjective?
Determine whether bold word is a noun or an adjective. Answers explained. Site by University College London.
University College London
University College London: Identify the Subject
Five "find-the-subject" sentences. Must identify entire noun phrase to be counted correct. Answers are explained. Browser must be Javascipt enabled. Netscape recommended. Site by University College London.
University of Washington
Mary Nell's Grammar Summaries
The University of Washington provides an excellent collection of grammar-related summaries. The collection includes material on verb tenses, agreement, noncount nouns, and many other topics.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Noun Game for Kids
Students use this noun game to generate three interesting nouns to use as they write an original story.