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Elc Study Zone: Level 200 Reading Topics
Choose a story from seven stories to read and/or listen to. Practice reading comprehension by completing the interactive quizzes and exercises. Answer the questions, then look for your score.
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Elc Study Zone: Adjective Clauses
Defines and provides examples of adjective clauses (defining and nondefining or restrictive and nonrestrictive). Link to exercises.
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Elc Study Zone: Adverb Clauses
Defines and provides examples of adverb clauses, a type of dependent clause. Link to exercises.
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Elc Study Zone: Basic Prepositions
This site explains the various uses for "in," "on," and "at" in phrases referring to transportation, time, and communications (TV, radio, etc.). Also links to a practice exercise.
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Elc Study Zone: Furniture Vocabulary
Nice vocabulary development tool for students. Matching exercise shows pictures of common items of furniture. Student tries to match correct word with picture from drop down menu. After 10 questions a score based on correct answers can...
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Elc Study Zone: Home Appliances Vocabulary
Nice vocabulary development tool for students. Matching exercise shows pictures of common appliances from the home. Student tries to match correct word with picture from drop-down menu. After 10 questions a score based on correct answers...
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Amof: Amazing Mathematical Object Factory
The Amazing Mathematical Object Factory allows you to review many combinatorial objects by producing lists of mathematical objects. This game helps make discrete mathematics more accessible. Combinatorial objects are studied in discrete...
University of Victoria (Canada)
Internet Shakespeare Editions: "Henry V"
Some background and analysis of William Shakespeare's history play "Henry V." It discusses a variety of aspects of the play including the "second tetralogy," and background about the hundred years' war and the English victories in France.
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Internet Shakespeare Editions: "The Tempest"
Some summary and analysis of William Shakespeare's comedy "The Tempest." It discusses a variety of aspects of the play including the unities in "The Tempest," Caliban and colonization, Prospero the magus, Ferdinand and Miranda, staging,...
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Internet Shakespeare Editions: "Measure for Measure"
Some summary and analysis of William Shakespeare's comedy "Measure For Measure." It discusses a variety of aspects of the play including sex and morality, crime and punishment, justice and mercy, influence of the Bible, and problem...
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Internet Shakespeare Editions: "Much Ado About Nothing"
Some summary and analysis of William Shakespeare's comedy "Much Ado About Nothing." It discusses masks as well as many of the characters including Beatrice, Benedick, Claudio, Hero, Dogberry, and Verges.
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Internet Shakespeare Editions: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Some summary and analysis of William Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Drea." It describes the play's structure as a multi-layered cake, and discusses many of the characters as well as the play-within-the-play.
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Internet Shakespeare Editions: "King Lear"
Some background of William Shakespeare's tragedy "King Lear" provided by the University of Victoria. It discusses a variety of aspects of the play including societal, historical, intellectual, and literary background, as well as staging.
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Internet Shakespeare Editions: Julius Caesar
Some summary and analysis of William Shakespeare's tragedy "Julius Caesar" provided by the University of Victoria. It discusses a variety of aspects of the play including Stoics and Epicureans, "Julius Caesar" in Shakespeare's London,...
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Internet Shakespeare Editions: "As You Like It"
Some background information for William Shakespeare's comedy "As You Like It." It discusses such topics as the Romantic comedy and satire, marriage, court life, love, and country life in the context of the play.
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University of Victoria: The Puritans and the Parliament
This resource provides a brief description of the political battles waged in the English Parliament between the monarchy and the Puritans. Discussion begins with the reign of Elizabeth I and continues through to that of Charles I.
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University of Victoria: Shakespeare's Audiences
This resource provides a substantive overview of the historical context in which Elizabethan plays were viewed. Includes information on general dramatic themes and theatre structure.
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Study Zone: Nasreddin and the Smell of Soup: Reading Comprehension
A reading passage with eight multiple-choice questions to assess reading comprehension.
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University of Victoria: Elc Study Zone: Irregular Plurals of Nouns
A chart containing information on how to form plurals with irregular nouns, and two exercises to practice the skills learned in the chart.
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Study Zone: From Carrots to Renovations: Reading Comprehension
A reading passage with five multiple-choice questions to assess comprehension.
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University of Victoria: Elc Study Zone: Imperatives
Brief lesson on imperative sentences with three interactive exercises to check for understanding.
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Study Zone: Simple Past: Regular Verbs 1
In this 10-question exercise, students select the past tense of regular verbs. View questions individually or all at once.
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Study Zone: Expressing the Future 1
This 10-question quiz has students select the correct future tense verb forms to fit in the sentences given.
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Study Zone: Present Perfect: Forms 1
Students choose the correct present perfect verb for each of the sentences given.