Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Tense Consistency Exercise 1
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on creating Tense Consistency.
Towson University
Towson University: Verb Tense Consistency
After reviewing verb tenses, this online writing support shows how to maintain verb tense consistency within in sentences, withing paragraphs, and within entire essays.
ACT360 Media
Act Den: Writing Den
Need some extra help in spelling, grammar, and writing? Search no further. The writing den gives great tips for sentence structure and even on writing essays. A lot of great information for language arts students and teachers.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Learning to Punctuate Direct Addresses in a Voice Filled Story
In this lesson, learners will create a persuasive narrative by correctly incorporating interjections and imperative commands.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Backwards Writing Assignment
In this lesson students will create a backwards poem based on descriptive settings and characters.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Coordinating Conjunctions
This site provides a very thorough explanation of coordinating conjunctions, complete with a section distinguishing coordinating from subordinating conjunctions, a section on proper punctuation of conjunctions, and a study aid to help in...
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
This page details the agreement between the use of pronouns and antecedents.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Pronoun Agreement: Exercise 1
Practice pronoun agreement by correcting the pronoun usage errors in each of these 20 sentences.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Pronoun Agreement: Exercise 4
Practice pronoun agreement by correcting the pronoun usage errors in each of these 20 sentences.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Pronoun Agreement: Exercise 5
Practice pronoun agreement by correcting the pronoun usage errors in each of these 20 sentences.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Word Choice: Exercise 6: Using Lay and Lie Correctly
Read about the proper usage of lay and lie and then practice by correctly completing twenty sentences. Feedback is provided after each sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Demonstrative Pronoun
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a demonstrative pronoun in the context of a sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Indefinite Pronoun
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify an indefinite pronoun in the context of a sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Pronoun
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a pronoun in the context of a sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Pronoun Agreement
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify correct pronoun-antecedent agreement in the context of a sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Relative Pronoun
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a relative pronoun in the context of a sentence.
English Club
English Club: Adverb Verb Collocation Game 1.1
In this six-question adverb game, students click and drag the correct adverb into the box beside the appropriate verb. Click "Check" for the score.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Correlative Conjunction
Learn about correlative conjunctions and how to use them properly within sentences.
Other
Tidewater Community College: Writing Center: Grammar Guidelines
Get a collection of self-help handouts on different parts of speech and common usage topics.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Unnecessary Words and Phrases
This page explains the need to revise writing to remove unnecessary words and phrases to produce clear, concise writing. Examples are provided.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Sentence Structure
Tips on how to vary sentence structure to strengthen writing.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Wordiness
This page focuses on reducing wordiness in writing by using more concise language, and avoiding extra-long words and sentences.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Common Mistakes
This interactive exercise provides eight questions for students. Students will identify verb errors and sentence fragments.
English Page
Englishpage.com: Conditional Tutorial
Introduces conditional verbs. Begins with discussion of real and unreal conditional verbs. Offers a table of examples and links to additional information and exercises.