Contents A list of what is available on this blog. For songs and posts related to songs, see the Songs page For exercise generators etc., see the Teacher tools page For posts related -ize / -ise verbs, see the -ize / -ise page For explanations and exercises for learners, see next section. For posts about usage, controversies, history, and language in general, see the General sections For students of English Common errors learners make Collocations and finding language in context Quick quizzes - multiple choice Sounds and the human voice Quick quizzes - sorting Quick quizzes - matching Vocab games - matching and memory games Random quizzes - multifunctional exercises Random vocab quizzes - multifunctional exercises Vocab quizzes - multifunctional exercises Exploring grammar These are not so much lessons as my attempts to understand quite big topics of grammar. Random stories - exercises Grammar - verb types Grammar - verb forms Grammar - modal verbs Grammar - verbs - the passive Grammar - non-finite verb forms
English Conjugators Kenneth Bryant was chairman of the Department of Modern Languages at Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma for eleven years. His experience with the Spanish language began early in his life. He lived in Guatemala from ages eight to sixteen, and lived in Mexico for another two years. He has a M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature from the University of Michigan and a PhD in Administration of Higher Education from Boston College. The idea of the verb wheels began in the 1980s when computers were beginning to be applied to problems in the humanities. Without the graphic and organizational powers of the computer it would have been impossible to put these verb wheels together. More recently he has developed software for school management.
Kidsburgh: High School Senior Develops Fun Grammar App Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Henry Friedlander used to sit in the same classroom at Shady Side Academy where he’s now asking sixth grade students, “What do you think the verb is here?” He is back as a high school senior, testing out a grammar learning app that he developed for middle schoolers. He was inspired to create the app from his eighth grade teacher at Shady Side Academy. “My English grammar teacher asked, ‘Why isn’t there an app to create automatically-generated sentences and test you for it?'” Friedlander took that to heart and created one, learning coding mostly on his own. More Coverage: The kids at Shady Side Academy’s middle school seem to love it. “I feel like it’s a great way to practice and study if (the teacher) gives out a quiz,” says Lizzie Uhlman. “It sort of challenges you. Just the fact that it’s not a paper worksheet is a big asset. He says, as a kid himself, he knows that’s why kids like it more than the sentences in traditional workbooks.
Grammar Adjective and Adverbs (Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, frequency adverbs, so and neither, good and well, and no and not) General Grammar Exercises (error correction exercises, and other nonspecific grammar exercises) Nouns (count / noncount nouns, plural nouns, pronunciation of –s / -es, quantifiers, articles, and some other things) Prepositions (prepositions, and more prepositions) Pronouns (subject and object pronouns, reflexive pronouns, relative pronouns, indefinite pronouns, and possessive pronouns) Verb Tenses (verb tenses) Verbs (gerunds and infinitives, passives, tag questions, and other fun stuff)
OWL Exercises This page is brought to you by the OWL at Purdue University. When printing this page, you must include the entire legal notice. Copyright ©1995-2018 by The Writing Lab & The OWL at Purdue and Purdue University. Welcome to the updated OWL exercise pages. To navigate the OWL exercises, please use the navigation bar on the left. If you cannot find an exercise you have used in the past, or if you have a suggestion for adding an exercise, please let us know. Note: Users may notice that the OWL exercises no longer offer the dropdown option. More or less grammar … | Grammar Police a.k.a. GrammarCops September 22, 2011 by grammarcops Is it just us or has there been an increase in grammatical misuse in tag lines, advertisements, and TV commercials lately? As many of you know, we have been feuding with Hanes for a few years over their “lay-flat” collar ads – to no avail. Looks like we have a couple of new opponents to take on: StriVectin “MORE SCIENCE. In addition, a faithful follower writes, “Ugh! We encourage you to look back to our posts on the subject “Less” vs. Would these grammar goofs affect your buying decisions? Like this: Like Loading...
English Grammar – Your guide to error-free writing Vocabulary and grammar exercises | Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Learn English online for free with hundreds of interactive English exercises on this site. Practise grammar, prepare for exams, learn English words and do listening practice. Find a lot of information about what words mean and how they are used in our English dictionary. Vocabulary Browse hundreds of vocabulary exercises to help you learn more English collocations, synonyms, idioms and phrasal verbs as well as other aspects of vocabulary. Intermediate grammar Grammar exercises for intermediate learners at the B1–B2 level of the CEFR. Advanced grammar Grammar exercises for advanced learners at the C1–C2 level of the CEFR. Listening and pronunciation These exercises focus on sounds, syllables and stress in words to improve your listening and pronunciation skills. Exam preparation Are you preparing for a major English language test such as TOEFL, IELTS, Pearson Test of English or Cambridge English qualification?
Teaching Grammar: There Has to Be a Better Way (And There Is!) To help kids master sentence structure, I describe sentences with simple English words, not unfamiliar Latin words. I won't claim to have invented this approach; it just made sense to me when I began dealing with grammar problems in the classroom early in my career. In my experience, this approach helps kids learn almost instantly how to write well-formed sentences. And because it's so simple, I can start it with primary kids and ELL students with limited English proficiency. Every Writer Serves a Sentence Take a look at this sentence: On a bitter-cold winter morning, Malcolm Maxwell, a young man of simple means but good intentions, left the quiet country town in which he'd been raised and set off on the bold errand he'd been preparing for all his life. Like all sentences, this one is made up of parts. 1. 2. 3. 4. Using this system, I can describe our model sentence like this: Lead-In + Main + In-Between + Main (continued) + Add-On. Six Simple Patterns 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
English Grammar: I, Me, Myself, and My Why are the smallest words in English so difficult to master? Even native speakers get very confused with the English pronouns I, me, myself, and my! Why do we have so many different words to describe the same person? I is a subject pronoun. A subject does the action of a verb in a sentence. I run.I spoke to my friend yesterday.I went to the movies last night. When you have a double subject that includes I, always use and I. My mom and I love movies.NOT: I and my mom love Christmas movies. My mom and I or my mom and me? My mom and I love Christmas movies.My mom and me love movies. Me love movies is not a correct English sentence. Me is an object pronoun. An object receives the action of the verb in a sentence. He asked me a question.She gave me her camera.My dad told me to call. Important note: Not all verbs are followed by an object. He suggest me ...She say me …Can you explain me … ? Me can also be the object of a preposition. Are you talking to me? Myself is a reflexive pronoun. That’s my car!
Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects Quiz 1 <div class="banner-container -notice" data-banner="noscript" hidden><div class="banner-block"><h6 class="banner-title title"><i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i> Enable<br>JavaScript</h6><p class="banner-text text">Uh oh! It looks like you have JavaScript turned off. While most of our site should function with out, we recommend turning it back on for a better experience.</p><button class="banner-toggle button"><i class="fa fa-times-circle"></i><span class="_visuallyhidden">Hide Notice</span></button></div><!--/.banner--></div><! Remembering Jane Straus | May 18, 1954—February 25, 2011 | Author of the original Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects Quiz 1 1. Top Five Grammar Blog Posts
Low-Stakes Writing: Writing to Learn, Not Learning to Write "The most important thing about it for me is that it's not censored, and it's not too highly structured," explains James Kobialka, a UPCS seventh-grade science teacher. “Students aren't being told exactly what to do. They're allowed to have freedom, and they're not so worried about it that they try to write what they think they want me to see, or that they're tempted to plagiarize. Low-stakes writing: Increases students' comfort with expressing their ideas and empowers student voice Creates more investment and ownership in student learning Prepares students for high-stakes writing and testing Is adaptable for any subject Allows for differentiation UPCS offers only honors curriculum. About 75% of UPCS students have learned English as their second language, and students enter the school two to three years below grade level in reading and math. When students write a high-stakes essay or take their high-stakes exams, they're prepared. How It's Done Strategy 1: Grade Low-Stakes Writing Simply
English Grammar Exercises - The English Classroom Exercises and explanation: 1 English verb form The pages Exercises and explanation: 1 English verb form focus on the form of the various English tenses. They explain what they look like in affirmative, interrogative and negative sentences. And give plenty of exercises to practise the form of verbs. Exercises with 2 or more English verb forms The English verb form fixes the action in time (present, past or future) but also determines how it should be regarded, e.g. whether the action is completed and/or in progress or not. Contrastive exercises In these exercises a choice has to be made between two verb forms. Mix of tenses Ideally, the foreign language learner achieves a perfect command of all English verbs forms in writing, speaking, etc. Irregular verbs To practise your irregular verbs (go-went-gone) go to the page with irregular verb exercises.If you want to refresh your memory, visit this extensive list of irregular verbs. Exercises with auxiliaries and modal verbs Nouns and everything
Comma: Serial, Oxford, or Harvard | Comma Clout June 23, 2009 by grammarcops A lot of buzz around this issue today … Barrett got us blogging when he sent this tweet: Per Wiki, the serial comma (also known as the Oxford comma and the Harvard comma) is the comma used immediately before a grammatical conjunction (usually and, or, and sometimes nor) preceding the final item in a list of three or more items. For example, this three-media list can be punctuated as either “Linkedin, Facebook, and Twitter” (with the serial comma) or as “Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter” (without the serial comma). There is no consensus among writers and editors on the usage or avoidance of the serial comma. Wikipedia actually has an excellent section on this topic. Contents 1 Arguments for and against 2 Ambiguity 3 Usage 4 References & External links We have relaxed our own position on the use of the serial comma. There are many views on this little mark. Like this: Like Loading...