Grammar

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This site contains numerous quizzes on many grammar topics.

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Prepositions

Practice With Prepositions

Students listen to and read an explanation about prepositions. Then they do several matching and short answer activities.

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# Learning Prepositions

A cat and a mouse will help you learn your prepositions.

# Basic Grammar - Prepositions

This site has multiple activities to teach (sight and sound) and to reinforce prepositions of location and time.

Quizzes

# Prepositions of Time  This site has an explanation of the prepositions and an 18 item quiz.

# Time Prepositions  This site has a 20 item quiz.

# Time Prepositions  This site has a 10 item quiz.

# Prepositions of Time  This site has a 20 item, fill in the blank quiz.

# Prepositions of Place  This site has an explanation of the prepositions and an 18 item quiz.

# Prepositions of Place  This site has a 20 item quiz.

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# A - An Quiz 1  Students answer 25 questions by choosing either a or an.

# A - An Quiz 2  Students answer 10 questions by choosing either a or an.

# A - An Quiz 3  Students answer 24 questions by choosing either a or an.

# A - An Quiz 4  Students answer 10 questions by choosing either a or an.

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reading activity # Indefinite Articles (a, and, the)

Students read the rules about using indefinite articles and then complete a cloze activity where they insert the correct article.

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reading activity Working with "there is" and "there are" and Count and Noncount nouns

Students select either "there is" or "there are" to complete sentences. They then move on to complete sentences with "a", "an", "some", or "any".

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reading activity listening activity Practice With -ing Words and Contractions

Students listen to and read words and sentences to discriminate between sounds of words.

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reading activity listening activity Practice in - out and on - off

Students listen to a sentence and match the correct written sentence to what they heard.

They also listen to the sentence and unscramble it.

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reading activity listening activity Contractions

Students review contractions and then practice by listening to sentences and typing in the words they hear.

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Working with to be verbs.

Simple present of the verb to be and pronouns

Students practice using to be verbs and pronouns in sentences.

Simple present of the verb to be

Students type the correct verb form. Then they work with contractions of these verbs.

Simple present of the verb to be

Students read questions about pictures then type the correct verb form in the answers.

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listening activity Past Tense Dictation

Students listen to 10 sentences and type what they hear.

Past Tense Dictation 2

Students listen to 12 sentences and type what they hear. This exercise focuses on the ending sounds of the past tense.

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reading activity Building Sentences

Students build sentences by using am is and are.

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reading activity Future Tense

Students complete 25 sentences with verbs in the future tense.

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reading activity Do - Does & Don't - Doesn't Practice - Level 1

Students practice using the words do and does and don't and doesn't. They read 15 simple sentences and select the correct verb forms.

Do - Does & Don't - Doesn't Practice - Level 2a

Students practice using the words do and does and don't and doesn't. They read a sentence and select the correct verb form.

Do - Does & Don't - Doesn't Practice - Level 2b

Students practice using the words do and does and don't and doesn't. They read a sentence and type in the missing word.

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reading activity Have & Has Question Practice

Students practice using the words have and has. They look at a picture, read the question about it, and then answer the multiple-choice question. Then students look at a picture, a question, and a partial answer. They type in the missing part of the answer.

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Working with Irregular Verbs

Students type the past tense of 18 irregular verbs. Select your version below.

Not Timed Two-Minute Drill One-Minute Drill

Students play Concentration and match present tense forms with irregular past tense forms.

Play Concentration

Irregular Past Tense  Students type the correct verb form.

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Irregular Past Tense - Intermediate Activities

Students work on activities that first involve matching past tense to present tense and progress to typing the past participles of the verbs.

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reading activity Present Perfect Tense Practice

Students first unscramble twelve sentences that use the present perfect tense. In Level 2, they see the verb and then type in the correct present perfect form.

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reading activity Comparative Adjectives

Students practice using the comparative by answering eight, multiple-choice questions based on short readings.

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reading activity Placing Adjectives and Adverbs

Students read scrambled words and click on them to form a sentence.

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reading activity Using Adverbs Correctly

Students retype a sentence and correctly place an adverb in it.

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reading activity Sentence Reconstruction

Students unscramble sentences containing adjectives and adverbs.

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# These online exercises ask students to correctly choose between an adjective or an adverb.

Basic Intermediate Intermediate Advanced

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reading activity listening activity Statements and Questions

Students listen to a sentence and then click on words to form a sentence.

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reading activity listening activity The 5 W's

Students read and/or listen to paragraphs and answer questions based on who, what, when, where, and why. Then they ask a partner questions based on the 5 W's.

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reading activity E S L Blues

This is a collection of grammar activities for pre-intermediate, intermediate, and high intermediate abilities.

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reading activity # Grammar Central

Students may choose from many different grammar activities.

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reading activity Unscrambling Sentences - 1

Students look at a group of words and click on them to make a complete sentence. Focus on "I want to...", I need to...", and "I used to...".

Unscrambling Sentences - 2

Students look at a group of words and type them to make a complete sentence.

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# Past Tense

was were

Students answer ten multiple-choice items using either "was" or "were".

Simple Past Tense Quiz

Students answer ten multiple-choice items that focus on the past tense.

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# Pronouns

Activity 1

Students read about subject and object pronouns and then provides a 10-question quiz.

Activity 2

Students replace nouns with pronouns.

Activity 3

Students complete a multiple-choice quiz on pronouns.

Activity 4

Students complete the final multiple-choice quiz.

Activity 5

Students complete 19, multiple-choice questions.

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reading activity # Comparative and Superlative

Multiple Choice   Students answer 12 multiple-choice items on the topic.

Scrambled Sentences   Students see a picture and then unscramble a mixed up sentence.

Fill in the Blanks   Students type in the correct word and then answer a general knowledge question.

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reading activity Present Continuous

Activity 1

Students practice by typing affirmative, negative and question sentences.

Activity 2

Students look at a sentence with an infinitive and then type the sentence using the present continuous.

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reading activity Active and Passive Sentences

First, students practice identifying active and passive sentences. Next, they retype sentences. Finally, they may work on a challenge activity with these sentences.

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# Simple Present and Present Progressive (Continuous)
Present and Past Progressive (Continuous)

Site 1   This site provides an explanation of the present progressive and has 30 activities.

Site 2   This site has a 10-question, multiple-choice quiz covering simple present versus present progressive.

Site 3   This site asks students to complete sentences with verbs in either the simple or the present progressive.

Site 4   This site has a multiple choice activity on present progressive.

Site 5   This site provides an explanation of the past progressive and has 7 activities.

Site 6   This site provides an 18-item, multiple choice activity on using the simple present and the past progressive.

Site 7   This site provides an explanation between simple present and present progressive. It has three levels of exercises to practice the verbs and three levels of tests.

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# Present Perfect Tense

Activity 1

Students put words in order to create sentences using present perfect tense.

Activity 2

Students could read an explanation of present perfect and then work on eight activities to practice this verb form.

Activity 3

Students rewrite sentences correctly using the present perfect tense.

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reading activity listening activity Past Progressive

Students reconstruct sentences that use the past progressive.

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Gerunds

# Gerunds as Subjects - Referring to Activities

Students read an explanation of gerunds and then work on several activities that reinforce what they read.

# Gerund / Infinitive Practice 1 - Verbs Followed by Gerunds or Infinitives

Students practice with a 20-question activity.

# Gerund / Infinitive Practice 2 - Verbs Followed by Gerunds or Infinitives

Students practice with another 20-question activity.

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Working with Second Conditional Verbs

# Second Conditional Explanation and Practice Quizzes

Students read an explanation of the Second Conditional and then work on two activities that reinforce what they read.

# Another Second Conditional Explanation and Practice Quizzes

Students read an explanation of the Second Conditional and then work on six activities that reinforce what they read.

# Cloze activity for Second Conditional

Students look at a present tense verb form and type in the appropriate conditional form.

Second Conditional Matching and Sentence Completion

Students read a sentence beginning and match it to a sentence ending. Students then open a word-processing document and complete second conditional sentence openers.

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