University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Death Valley
This newspaper article deals with a curious geological phenomenon which occurs in Death Valley. After you read the article, test your understanding by answering the multiple choice questions.
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Butterfly Poetry
After reading the poem, check your comprehension with the multiple choice questions. Compare your short answers to model answers. Even if you do not know how to answer, the models will help you learn and improve your writing.
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Scrub Jay Gains Favor
After reading this Tampa Tribune article by Jan Hollingsworth, respond to the multiple choice questions to see if you have understood. Immediate feedback.
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: The Virtues of Venom
Snakes scare people, but some snake poison may help prevent heart attack and some cancers. After reading the newspaper article you can assess your understanding with the self-test. Immediate feedback.
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: The Florida Boys on the Suwannee River
This excerpt of the story by John P. Jones Jr. is exciting and fun to read. The questions will be corrected for you, so you can check your own work.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Principles and Analogies Quick Guide
Analogy questions ask you to identify a situation that is analogous to the one described in the passage. Principle questions ask you to identify the principle that is at work. This guide offers tips on how to recognize and respond to...
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Self Study Idiom Quizzes
Vast array of quizzes and self-study exercises based on idioms and idiomatic expressions, categorized in a variety of ways (beginning with A, B, etc., by keyword, or by association with other groupings). Great practice for the ELL/ESL...
Rong-Chang ESL
Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): Squirrel Attacks Woman in Golf Cart
A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Squirrel Attacks Woman in Golf Cart" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary...
Rong-Chang ESL
Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2):Woman Shot Next to Her Christmas Tree
A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Woman Shot Next to Her Christmas Tree" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary...
Rong-Chang ESL
Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): Victory Dance Leads to Death
A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Victory Dance Leads to Death" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills....
University of Victoria (Canada)
Study Zone: Scanning Exercise
Test your scanning skills by racing the clock with this exercise.
TES Global
Tes: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site contains a resource for Sherman Alexie's novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian. The chapters featured are "Tears of a Clown," "Halloween," and "Slouching Towards Thanksgiving"...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Clarifying Meaning Quick Guide
In a given text, words and phrases do not appear in isolation but are embedded in the context of a narrative, an argument, an explanation, and so on. Accordingly, clarifying meaning questions test your ability to identify contextually...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Primary Purpose Quick Guide
Primary purpose questions ask us to identify why the author may have written the passage. As you read through the passage the first time, it's a good idea to always be asking yourself: "So what?" "What's the point?"
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Paynes Prairie
Adapted from Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park brochure, this article gives an excellent overview of the nature preserve and its history. The quiz offers feedback immediately.
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Making Questions
This is targeted practice for question formulation; guided prompts ask the student to type question (yes-no or who, what, where, when). Students can then check the answer, ask for a hint, or see the answer.
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Adjectives and Adverbs
This is a basic explanation of adjectives & adverbs, with examples of each. This resource explains how to change adjectives into adverbs through interactive exercises (with hints and answers).
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: "It" and "There"
Brief interactive exercise on proper usage of "there is," "it is," "is there," "is it," "there was," "it was," "was it," etc. Twelve questions, the student types in the blank & can then check the answer or get a hint.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Changes in Empathy Throughout Medical School and Residency
This study resource from Khan Academy provides assessment practice for the MCAT's social sciences passages section. This practice resource includes the article "Changes in Empathy Throughout Medical School and Residency" with practice...
Other
Best Evidence Encyclopedia
Discover many programs that have been tested and reviewed to help students in all grades succeed academically. Educators will find substantial reports in reading and math as well as comprehensive school reform.
Other
Preposiciones Por Para
This site offers a terrific layout of the uses of por and para in an easy to read chart. You can also participate in a series of online exercises that will test you on what you've learned from the chart. Click on a number at the bottom...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Preterite vs Imperfect Part Ii
Great lesson for identifying words and phrases that indicate which past tense to use, preterite or imperfect. Though not meant to be a comprehensive lesson on the application of these two past tenses, the two lists of time expressions...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Preterite vs Imperfect Review
Comprehensive review of the preterite and imperfect past tenses. Includes regular, irregular, and stem-changing conjugations. Rules for usage and time expressions in Spanish are listed. A quiz at the end of the lesson tests the student's...
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Probable Passage
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section provides help in using the "probable passage" technique to aid comprehension. In addition, links are available to...