Curated OER
For or Since
In this for or since activity, students fill in the blanks for the words for or since in sentences. Students complete 10 sentences total.
Curated OER
Apostrophe + S
In this apostrophe worksheet, students rewrite sentences that have contractions as sentences with no contractions. Examples of apostrophe use are given at the top.
Curated OER
ESL: Passive Voice
For this ESL passive voice worksheet, students read examples of passive voice in various tenses, then rewrite verbs in sentences in their correct passive form.
Curated OER
Reducing Adjective Clauses Part 2
In this reducing adjective clauses part 2 activity, students read the explanation for shortening a relative (adjective) clause with an active voice verb, then interactively completes 10 sentences by reducing the modifying clause to a...
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: The Past Participle
View pictures and answer the questions relating to the picture in either the present perfect tense or using the past participle as an adjective. Click the "?" if you are uncertain about an answer.
University of Texas at Austin
Ut Austin: Introduction to French Verbs
Excellent overview of French verbs! Defines a verb, introduces the concepts of infinitives, conjugations (with sample), common auxiliaries and modals, transitive vs. intransitive and the formation of present and past participles - all in...
Language Guide
Participles
Site discusses formation of present participle and past participle (regular and irregular). Provides Sample phrases in both English and French to illustrate usage. Has a link at the end for interactive practice. Tons of other languages...
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Hyphen With Noun, Adjective or Adverb and Present Participle
Rules and examples for using hyphens when writing compound adjectives ending in a past participle.
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Present Perfect
A straightforward explanation of how the present perfect tense is formed with a printer-friendly page that is great for note keeping. One free online quiz and test evaluate mastery.
Towson University
Towson University: Distinguish Between Adverbials and Adjectivals Exercise 3
This is a 20-question, self-grading quiz/exercise on Distinguishing between Adverbials and Adjectivals.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Verb Forms
This page explains the five forms of verbs: root, third-person singular,present participle, past, and past participle and provides examples of each.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Participle
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify participles in the context of sentences.
Google
Google for Education: Present Participle
In this example students learn two special cases for the past and present participle of verbs. They reinforce their understanding by completing a Python program to correctly conjugate special cases of verbs.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Irregular Verbs
An extensive look at verbs in all their various forms and uses. A very valuable and easy to understand resource with many examples.
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: The Present Perfect Tense
Review examples and then complete three online exercises dealing with the present perfect tense. English translations are provided for some of the examples. The first exercise provides verb infinitives as cues for the present perfect...
English Club
English Club: Basic Tenses: Regular Verbs
Notes and examples of verb tense including past, present, future, past participle, present participle, simple, continuous, perfect, and continuous perfect.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Using the Present Progressive Tense
Present progressives describe an action in progress, or something that started in the past and is still happening. It is formed with the helping "to be" verb in the present tense and the present participle of the verb. [0:42]
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture
Colby College provides a large collection of exercises on adjectives, adverbs, numbers, prepositions, clauses, study modules, and more.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Francais Interactif
This full-featured interactive textbook encounter utilizes French speakers in real life scenarios. Well structured for work on grammatical concepts (links to Tex's French Grammar), vocabulary, listening comprehension and exposure to...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Irregular Verbs
Here is a list of common irregular verbs showing the present, preterit, and past participle. Includes charts for rise vs. raise, sit vs. set, lie vs. lay, which will help prevent misusing these verbs.
Columbia University
The Imparfait vs. the Passe Compose Ii
This site from London's Transport Museum provides a series of six exercises covering Le Passe Compose (Avoir and Etre), L?Imparfait, Le Present, Le Futur, Le Conditionnel. Learners can print out their answers to check them, and they are...
Other
Kryss Tal: Grammar: Introduction to Grammar
This site provides a very good overview of grammar components. Grammar examples and links are provided.