Grammar+and+Mechanics+Practice+Website+Resources

__**General Grammar and Mechanics websites:**__
 * Grammar and Mechanics Practice Website Resources: **


 * University of Chicago Grammar Resources** : []

**A Word A Day archive** - archives of words that have been used since 1994 **Common Errors in English Usage** - Do you "shutter to think" of horrible misusage of the language? Find that and more at this site. **Diagramming Sentences** - "Understanding the functions of parts of the speech in a sentence and their relationship to one another can be very helpful in learning to construct good sentences" **Every-Day-Edit** - provides daily practice in a wide variety of basic language skills with a daily paragraph having ten built-in errors of basic spelling, grammar, punctuation, or capitalization **The Electronic Text Center** - The Modern English Collection contains fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, letters, newspapers, manuscripts and illustrations from 1500 to the present, arranged for browsing by author's last name or by category of interest. **English-Forum** by Aardvark presents interactive English language exercises for use in ESL or EFL classes. **English Grammar Online** - Explanations and examples of English grammar topics, listed by alphabetically order. **English Grammar Quizzes** - self checking quizzes **English Grammar The Easy Way** - This site has a very comprehensive collection of brief grammar explanations for students. A great site if you want some concise support. **Free Rice** - a vocabulary site that donates 10 grains of rice through the United Nations with each word you define correctly. **Grammar Activities** - posted by Ohio University **The Grammar Aquarium** - many online quizzes **Grammar Exercises** - many online quizzes [this expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the ** Wayback Machine ** .] **Grammar and Style** notes from Jack Lynch at the University of Pennsylvania. Example entry on the subject of Boldface; "There's no reason to use boldface in an academic paper; spend your time writing, not fiddling with the word processor." **Grammar and Writing** - interactive quizzes **Grammar Worksheets and Printables** - Free English grammar and vocabulary worksheets and printable handouts **Guide to Grammar and Writing** - Maintained in memory of Professor of English Charles Darling for English courses at Capital Community College in Connecticut. (for use by the college's students and staff and for the general online community) **Interactive Grammar Quizzes** - Grammar and punctuation. [this expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the ** Wayback Machine ** .] **Vocaboly** - Vocabulary test - Multiple choice, different formats Grammar Sites by topic: __** Homonyms and Homophones ** 1. **A Feast of Homonyms** - a Quia quiz 2. **Homonym Practice** - a Quia quiz 3. **Homophone Quiz** - three levels are available in this BBC quiz 4. **Self-Study Homonym Quizzes** - 52 quizzes listed 5. **Word Confusion** - choose the Hard level in this FunBrain quiz 6. **Word Pairs** - This quiz checks your understanding of homophones. Listen to the sentence and select the correct word from the pair. Idioms - ** **Set one** ; **Set two** [this expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the ** Wayback Machine ** .] **Idioms and collocations** - exercises practice collocations - words that 'sound good together' (rush hour/catch a cold/soft drinks), phrasal verbs - two-or-three word combinations (consisting of a verb and particle) that make sense only if looked at together as one single unit (take off/drop out/get over) and idioms - expressions consisting of words that can't be understood literally. from EnglishGateway site.
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1. **Prefix Mix** - working with "Pre" and "Post," prefixes with opposite meanings 2. **Prefixes Make New Words** - drag and drop the prefixes to complete the words correctly 3.**Prefixes Say Plenty** - choose the word that best completes the sentence Root Words ** 1. **Putting Down Roots** - Drag and drop the roots into the blanks to complete the words. 2. **Putting Down Roots** (2) - Drag and drop the roots into the blanks to complete the words. 3. **Putting Your Roots into Action** - Now that you know five new roots, start looking for them in unfamiliar words. 4. **Putting Your Roots into Action** (2) - Now that you know five more new roots, start looking for them in unfamiliar words. 5. **Root Word Lessons** - free interactive vocabulary puzzle and activity sessions use Latin and Greek "roots and cells" to help unlock word meanings. 6. **What's a Root**? - In this lesson, you'll work with five roots. Once you know a few roots, you'll see them everywhere. 7. **What's a Root**? (2) - In this lesson, you'll work with five more roots. . Suffixes ** 1. **Suffixes Make New Words** - drag and drop the suffix to the correct root word to make a new word 2. **Suffixes Say a Lot** - pick the best definition of the capitalized word 3. **Success with Suffixes** - fill in the blanks with words ending in "er"
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