Punctuation Rules

If you had trouble with punctuation, review the rules and do some practice exercises here.

http://grammar.about.com/od/punctuationandmechanics/a/punctrules.htm

Editing Quizzes

http://a4esl.org/q/h/fb009-lk.html

http://a4esl.org/q/h/fb008-ci.html

http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz02std.htm

Sentence Combining

Sentence Combining Quizzes:

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/conj01.html


http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/conj02.html


http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/gc-connectives.html


http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/m-sco01.html

Sentence Combining Paragraphs

http://grammar.about.com/od/sentencecombining/a/scadjadvmartha1.htm

http://grammar.about.com/od/tests/a/scnewyork.htm

http://grammar.about.com/od/tests/a/scsearthquake.htm

VERB TENSE REVIEW

http://a4esl.org/q/f/x/xz66met.htm



http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/svagr.html



http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/fb-vf01.html



http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz64fck.htm



http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz63fck.htm



http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz62fck.htm

Vocabulary lists and practice

Improve your writing with more accurate word choice and more variety!

• This website has the 3,000 most common words in American English.
  
  http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/lists/l/noll-about.php
• 
  Test yourself, learn some new words and donate rice to hungry people just by playing!
  
  http://www.freerice.com/
  

Run-ons, fragments & comma splices!

The following websites have explanations and exercises on run-on, fragments and comma splices. Practice here!

http://www.edu.pe.ca/gray/class_pages/jecutcliffe/english621/course/frag%20run%20practice.htm

http://www.chompchomp.com/frag01/frag01.htm

http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/exercises/grammar1.html

http://annex.ncwc.edu/writing_lab/ncwc/handouts.htm#fragments

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/fragments_quiz.htm

Intransitive Verbs

Here is the Word Search game with a list of common intransitive verbs on the right.

http://www.manythings.org/wf/2/intransitive.html