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Grammar Exercises

Writing
Subjects for writing
Checklist for assessing the writing situation
Ways to narrow a subject to a topic
Understanding an assignment
Approaching an assignment in any discipline
Characteristics of an effective thesis
Strategies for concluding an essay
Checklist for global revision
Checklists for sentence-level revision and editing
Grammar and Clarity
Using the active voice
Balancing parallel ideas
Recognizing and repairing dangling modifiers
Eliminating distracting shifts
Combining choppy sentences
Recognizing and repairing sentence fragments
Recognizing and revising run-on sentences
Making subjects and verbs agree
Making pronouns and antecedents agree
Making pronoun references clear
Choosing between pronouns such as I and me
Choosing between who and whom
Using the appropriate verb tense
Using the appropriate mood
ESL Trouble Spots
Making subjects and verbs agree (ESL advice)
A list of common irregular verbs
Matching helping verbs and main verbs
Using a and an appropriately
Using the appropriately
Placement of adjectives and adverbs
Choosing between present and past participles
Using prepositions to show time and place
Punctuation
Using commas before and or but
Using commas with introductory elements
Using commas with nonrestrictive elements
Removing unnecessary commas
Using semicolons
Using apostrophes to show possession
Using punctuation with quotation marks
Documentation
For help with documenting sources in MLA, APA, Chicago, and 


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SkillFCBSETHandoutPowerPoint
Appropriate Words and Expressions2.1HandoutPowerPoint
Confused/Misused Words and Phrases2.2HandoutPowerPoint
Misplaced Modifiers3.1HandoutPowerPoint
Coordination and Subordination3.2HandoutPowerPoint
Parallel Structure3.3HandoutPowerPoint
Fragments, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences3.4HandoutPowerPoint
Verb Forms4.1HandoutPowerPoint
Tense Shift4.2HandoutPowerPoint
Subject-Verb Agreement4.3HandoutPowerPoint
Pronoun Agreement4.4HandoutPowerPoint
Pronoun Shift4.5HandoutPowerPoint
Pronoun Reference4.6HandoutPowerPoint
Pronoun Case4.7HandoutPowerPoint
Adjectives and Adverbs4.8HandoutPowerPoint
Degree4.9HandoutPowerPoint
Spelling4.10HandoutPowerPoint
Punctuation4.11HandoutPowerPoint
Capitalization Expanded!4.12HandoutPowerPoint
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Anniqua Rana - Dec 25, 2011 3:20 PM

Online Grammar Quizzes

These quizzes offer extra self-assessment in grammar. Click on any link below to launch the quiz in a new window.

 

Finding subjects and verbs in simple sentences
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Self Test 4

Making subjects and verbs agree
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Correcting the fragment in simple sentences
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Combining sentences using the three methods of coordination
Self Test 1
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Combining sentences using subordination
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Correcting the run on
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Choosing the correct pronoun form
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Choosing the correct verb form
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Using correct capitalization and punctuation
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Self Test 4

Choosing the correct word
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Choosing the correct form of the irregular verb
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Self Test 4
Self Test 5

http://www.wadsworth.com/devenglish_d/templates/stripped_features/grammarquizzes.html