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.
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.
University College London
University College London: Participial Adjectives
This page offers good information on participial adjectives. Includes a short exercise to test your knowledge.
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.
Other
Punctuation Mark Rules: The Comma
A comprehensive look at the grammatical element "the comma" in English punctuation. Includes several points concerning usage and rules, and provides many examples of correct and incorrect comma usage.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Colon and Semicolon Exercise
The first part of this site provides information and examples for the correct usage of the colon and the semicolon. The second part is an exercise. Click on "semi-colon" of "colon" to correctly punctuate the sentence. Then click on...
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Adjectives and Adverbs
This is a basic explanation of adjectives & adverbs, with examples of each. This resource explains how to change adjectives into adverbs through interactive exercises (with hints and answers).
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Making Questions
This is targeted practice for question formulation; guided prompts ask the student to type question (yes-no or who, what, where, when). Students can then check the answer, ask for a hint, or see the answer.
University College London
University College London: Nominal Adjectives
This tutorial site provides a detailed lesson on the purpose and use of nominal adjectives. Includes examples.
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Speaking and Listening: Formal and Informal Speaking
This Skillswise site focuses on formal and informal speaking. Included are a video about how to decide whether to use formal or informal speech, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction. The Skillswise sites from BBC are geared to...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Modeling
This strategy helps learners understand the expectations for a written task, refine their writing about texts, and improve their language skills, including using standard English grammar, usage, conventions, and vocabulary in writing.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Organizational Frames for Writing
This strategy helps students prepare and organize thoughts about text, develop a written response in the form of a short or extended response, and use standard English grammar, usage, and conventions in writing.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Modeling (Mentor Texts)
This strategy helps learners understand an author's craft, refine their writing about texts, and improve their language skills, including using standard English grammar, usage, conventions, and vocabulary in writing.
Get It Write
Get It Write: "Between" and "Among"
The rule for when to use "between" or "among" is very simple. This tutorial explains the use of each word clearly and ends with a brief quiz to check your understanding.
Get It Write
Get It Write: "Sit" and "Set"
Learn something about the conjugation of verbs and transitive and intransitive verbs in this discussion about the meaning of "sit" and "set." This tutorial will teach you how to use these words correctly. A brief quiz checks your...
Get It Write
Get It Write: "Bring" and "Take"
If you've ever wondered about whether you should choose "bring" or "take" in a sentence, this tutorial will answer all your questions. There is a brief quiz at the end to check your understanding.
Other
Meat, Meet, Mete at homophone.com
This short reference page provides clarification for the homophones meat, meet, and mete. The basic definition of the word homophone is also provided.
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.