Get It Write
Get It Write: Criteria, Media, and Memorandums
Do you know when to use "criteria" and when to use "criterion?" What about "media" and "medium?" The correct singular and plural usage of these words can cause confusion. This site gives a good explanation of how to use these words...
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Georgia Perimeter College: Learning and Tutoring Center: Communications Handouts
This index provides links to educational resources on various English topics. Some topics included are related to punctuation, parts of speech, usage, different types of writing, and analytical questions for various genres of literature.
Get It Write
Get It Write: Four Verb Errors to Avoid
In this tutorial you will find common usage mistakes and detailed explanations of why they are wrong, along with ways to correct them. Learn why you shouldn't say "can't hardly" or "could care less." A brief quiz checks your understanding.
Get It Write
Get It Write: Here and There
Be sure you know what you are saying when using the words "here" and "there" at the beginning of a sentence. These grammar tips explain how you need to pay attention to the subject of your sentence in order to use the correct verb form....
Get It Write
Get It Write: Bad or Badly
Not only does this tutorial give you instructionon the correct usage of "bad" and "badly," it also gives a general review of the role of adjectives and adverbs. After reading through the examples, there is a brief quiz to check your...
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.
College Claparede (Switzerland)
English Exercises Online: Article (3 Intermediate)
Complete these ten sentences by filling the blanks in with the correct article. Each sentence contains anywhere from two to five blanks, and a reminder of possible articles is provided. Hints are available if needed, and answers can be...
College Claparede (Switzerland)
English Exercises Online: Article (1 Easy)
Complete these ten sentences by filling the blanks in with the correct article. Each sentence contains two blanks, and a reminder of possible articles is provided. Hints are available if needed, and answers can be checked when finished.
University College London
University College London: Subject and Predicate
The Survey of English Usage provides explanations and examples for the subject and the predicate.
College Claparede (Switzerland)
English Exercises Online: Article (2 Easy)
Complete these ten sentences by filling the blanks in with the correct article. Each sentence contains anywhere from one to three blanks, and a reminder of possible articles is provided. Hints are available if needed, and answers can be...
ACT360 Media
Writing Den: Parts of a Sentence
Explore the world of "Parts of a Sentence." Find out about adjectives, nouns, prepositions and more. This site features an overview of each part of speech.
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.
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Punctuation Mark Rules: The Colon
A fairly comprehensive look at the uses and misuses of the grammatical element "the colon" in English punctuation. Includes information and several examples.
Vernet -Virtual Education Resources Network
Salon Hogar: 66 Essential Phrasal Verbs/66 Verbos
This is a list of commonly used English phrasal verbs given in English and Spanish. Examples of proper usage of the verbs are provided in English (a few use British terms or word choices).
University College London
University College London: Nice Properties of Auxiliaries
This site has information on the four properties of auxiliary verbs.
University College London
University College London: Verbs Voice
This site has information on the active and passive verb voice. Includes a short exercise to test your knowledge.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Parentheses and Rules for Use
This site contains information regarding the correct usage of parentheses in original material and in quoted material. Examples are included for all points discussed.
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Practicing Verbs With Facts
Fifteen questions to test your knowledge of verb usage with interesting facts. You fill in the correct answer and if you're correct, the next question is displayed. If you're wrong, the computer lets you know immediately by offering the...
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Prepositions Level 3
This site from The Internet TESL Journal provides a ten question (English as a second language) tutorial. This test site presents a complete sentence and asks whether there is a correct or incorrect usage of prepositions. Part of a...
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Verb Form Quiz About Vancouver
Sixty-one questions to test your knowledge of verb usage. You choose the correct answer and if you're correct, the next question is displayed. If you're wrong, the computer lets you know immediately by offering correct answering without...
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Subject Agreement Quiz
This site from The Internet TESL Journal provides twenty questions to test your knowledge of proper verb usage for has or have. You choose the correct answer and if you're correct, the next question is displayed. If you're wrong, the...
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: 3rd Grade Conventions Checklists [Pdf]
A series of four checklists, one for each nine weeks, designed to track third graders' focus on usage and mechanics in their writing.
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: 5th Grade Conventions Checklists [Pdf]
A series of three checklists for sets of nine weeks, designed to track fifth graders' focus on usage and mechanics in their writing.
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Punctuation Quiz
This site from The Internet TESL Journal provides a multiple-choice quiz questions are designed to test your knowledge of the usage of the various forms of punctuation. Click on the "Answer" to see which is the correct choice.