Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Frequently Confused Words: There Their They're
Do you know when to use 'there,' 'their,' and 'they're'?
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Frequently Confused Words: Here Hear
Can you identify the difference between the words 'here' and 'hear'?
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Frequently Confused Words: Assorted
Can you identify when to correctly use these words that often get confused with other words?
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Frequently Confused Words: Affect/effect
Do you know when to use 'affect' and when to use 'effect'?
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Choosing Between Its and It's
This is one of the most common slip-ups you can make in English! Let's give it a shot.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Introductory Course Grammar Quiz 2
This Grammar Quiz from the Holt Handbook provides ten questions on grammar usage from an introductory level. Each question is multiple choice with four possible answers. The quiz is interactive and the answers are provided with each...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Third Course Grammar Quiz 1
This Grammar Quiz from the Holt Handbook provides ten questions on grammar usage from a third course level. Each question is multiple choice with five possible answers. The quiz is interactive and the answers are provided with each...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Third Course Grammar Quiz 2
This Grammar Quiz from the Holt Handbook provides ten questions on grammar usage from a third course level. Each question is multiple choice with five possible answers. The quiz is interactive and the answers are provided with each...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Fourth Course Grammar Quiz 1
This Grammar Quiz from the Holt Handbook provides ten questions on grammar usage from a fourth course level. Each question is multiple choice with five possible answers. The quiz is interactive and the answers are provided with each...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Sixth Course Grammar Quiz 1
This grammar quiz from the Holt Handbook provides ten questions on grammar usage from a sixth course level. Each question is multiple choice with five possible answers. The quiz is interactive and the answers are provided with each...
English Plus+
English Plus: Grammar Slammar!
An easy-to-use grammar resource containing rules for style, usage, capitalization, abbreviations, punctuation, and letter writing. This site also includes a glossary of common grammatical mistakes.
Grammar Tips
Ten Common but Easily Corrected Errors
This resource presents the easiest errors to make when writing. Use this resource to help you proof your work.
University College London
University College London: Adjectives and Nouns
Tutorial site that surveys the proper usage of adjectives and nouns that act like adjectives. Includes examples and an exercise.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Adjectives and Rules
Good information about recognizing adjectives and understanding what they do. Intensive look into adjectives, including phrases that act as adjectives.
Other
Kryss Tal: Grammar: Introduction to Grammar
This site provides a very good overview of grammar components. Grammar examples and links are provided.
Quia
Quia: Grammar Mingling at a Party Activity
This website presents a series of conversations where each sentence has a grammar usage drop down menu. You pick the correct word for that sentence. If you are incorrect you are given a second chance to correct your mistake!
IQ Site
Iq Study Activities: Language Review 4
Notice spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and usage errors in the underlined portion of twenty-five sentences, and choose the answer that corrects any mistakes. A percentage score is kept throughout the exercise and displayed at the...
IQ Site
Iq Study Activities: Language Arts Review 3
A twenty-five question exercise where students choose the answer that corrects all spelling, capitalization, usage, and punctuation errors in the underlined portion of each sentence. The student's score is kept along the way and...
IQ Site
Iq Study Activities: Language Arts Review 2
Correct the underlined part of twenty-five sentences by choosing the correctly written phrase. The sentences provide practice for editing and proofreading skills such as punctuation, capitalization, grammar usage, and spelling. Score is...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Fewer vs. Less, Amount vs. Number
[Free Registration/Login Required] Fewer or Less? Amount or Number? Students often confuse these words. This lesson helps to clarify when to use each word.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: How Much Energy Do You Save by Doubling Insulation?
Students use the governing equation for steady state heat transfer across a surface to explore the effect of changing the insulation value on the amount of energy used.
Other
Shared Visions: Adjectives
A nice, but brief introduction to adjectives along with a few examples. Links are provided for other useful information, including comparative and superlative adjectives.