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World Wide Words/exploring the English Language
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Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Misuse of Like and As
An explanation with examples of using the words "like" and "as" correctly in sentences.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Past Continuous (Past Progressive) Tense
An explanation with examples of past progressive verb tense in sentences.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Linking Verbs
An explanation and examples of linking verbs and how they are used correctly in sentences.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: With Sense Verbs
This page explains the use of adverbs and adjectives with verbs of the five senses and provides examples.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Present Perfect Tense
An explanation with examples of present perfect verb tense in sentences.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Grammar: Sentence Components
This lesson focuses on sentence components. It provides a slideshow with each of the eight parts of speech plus articles; it defines each and gives examples using them in sentences. It also offers the lyrics to "The Grammar Song" in...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Parts of Speech
This tutorial focuses on the parts of speech; it provides 6 short slideshows: the first is an overview of parts of speech, the other 5 are for each of the following parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions;...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Prefixes and Suffixes
This tutorial begins with a YouTube video rapping about affixes including roots, prefixes, and suffixes. There are two slide shows including one about prefixes and one about suffixes; each includes definition, how it functions, and a...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Prepositions
This lesson introduces prepositions and their role. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast [2:58] and review questions over the lesson's content.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Strong Verb
Notes, an animated video and a five-slide PowerPoint presentation explaining strong, active verbs and how students can use them in their writing. [1:25]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Suffixes
This slideshow lesson focuses on suffixes including defining them, explaining how they impact the root word, discussing the advantages of learning them, and providing a partial list of suffixes with the meanings. L.11-12.4b Patterns/changes
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Auxiliary Verbs
This video lesson focuses on auxiliary verbs including defining the term auxiliary, providing examples, and explaining their three purposes: to create shades of meaning, passive tense, and emphasis.
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Verbs
This Skillswise site focuses on verbs. Included are a video about why identifying verbs is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, and quizzes on the information presented. The Skillswise sites from BBC are geared to...
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Past, Present, or Future Tense
This Skillswise site focuses on verb tenses. Included are a video about why learning about tenses is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, quizzes on the information presented, and games to practice the skill. The...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Syntax Store
The colors listed in the boxes represent different parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc. Figure out which colors represent which part of speech and then use the colors to create proper sentences.
Education Development Center
Tv411: Vocabulary: Roots and Their Families
There are three activities in this lesson: 1) read root words and definitions, and type root into the box to complete the sentence; 2) drag root into box to complete the sentence; and 3) determine meaning of new word based on meaning of...
University College London
University College London: Survey of English Usage: Verbs Tense & Aspect
This site has information on the tense and aspect of verbs. Includes a short exercise to test your knowledge.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Progressive Form of Verbs
Information and examples of progressive, stative, and dynamic verb usage in the English language.
University of Ottawa (Canada)
Hyper Grammar: The Parts of Speech
This grammar tutorial site offers a thorough discussion of the various parts of speech.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Linguistic Roots and Affixes (English Ii Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will be able to recognize linguistic roots and affixes to use in determining the meaning of academic English word and in other content areas.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Grammar: Other Parts of Speech
This lesson plan focuses on conjunctions, prepositions, and articles. It discusses the types of conjunctions and their uses, some prepositions and their uses including ending a sentence with a preposition, and definite and indefinite...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Grammar: Try It: Other Parts of Speech
This is a non-graded practice activity in which students identify conjunctions, prepositions, and articles in a passage.