Patti Holter

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The following downloads and links will assist you in your grammar studies.  Many of these documents and exercises will be evaluated so be sure to include them in your duo tangs when required. 

MLA Style and Format Links

APA Style and Format Links

English Level Tests

Patti's Favourite Sites

1.   Simple Present Tense

2.   Present Progressive Tense

3.   Simple Present Tense/ Present Progressive Tense Comparative

4.   Simple Past Tense

5.   Past Progressive Tense

6.   Simple Past Tense/ Past Progressive Tense Comparative

7.   Future Tense - "will"- "going to" / Present forms used as Future / Future Time Clauses

8.   Future Progressive Tense

9.   Present Perfect Tense

10.  Present Perfect Tense/ Past Tenses Comparative

11.  Present Perfect Progressive Tense

12.  Past Perfect Tense

13.  Past Perfect Progressive Tense

14.  Conditionals - Future - Present - Past - Wish

15.  Active and Passive Voice

16.  Gerunds & Infinitives

17.   Adjectives

18. Articles

19. Relative Clauses (Who, Which, Whom, Whose, and That in Mid-sentence)

20.   Prepositions

21.   Nouns

22.  Tense Shifting

23.  Adverbs

24.  Subject-Verb Agreement (S-V)

25.  Transition Words

Capitalization, Punctuation and Spelling Guides

 

Error Correction Guide

Error Correction Guide

 

MLA Style and Format Links

Printed Documents

   1.  The Owl at Purdue

 Online Documents

   1.  ONLINE!

 

APA Style and Format Links

Print Documents

   1.  The Owl at Purdue

 

English Level Tests

   Learn4Good - Test your English Level

   ESL Blues - Diagnostic Quiz for all Levels

   World English - Assessment Test - 1

   World English - Assessment Test - 2

   World English - Assessment Tests - 3 (Very Long Tests)

   World English - Diagnostic Grammar Test

 

 

Grammar Links

You can go the "My Favourite Sites" for a very complete list of grammar activities or choose a specific grammar subject from the links below.

  

 

My Favourite Sites

   English Grammar 4U

   Englisch-hilfen.de

   Englishpage.com

   ESL Blues

   World English

   ELC Study Zone

   ManyThings.org

   Capital Community College

   The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation

   English Exercises Online

   About.com

   The Internet TESL Journal

   ESL ALL International

 

1.   Simple Present Tense

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Key words  

   Englisch-hilfen.de - The verb "to be" - 1

   Englisch-hilfen.de - The verb "to be" - 2

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Affirmative form

   Englisch-hilfen.de - 3rd person singular forms

   English Grammar 4U - Level - 1

   English Grammar 4U - Level - 2

   English Grammar 4U - Level - 3

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Negative form - 1

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Negative form - 2

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Negative form - 3

   ESL Blues - Negative form - 1

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Question form - 1

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Question form - 2

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Question form - yes/no - 1

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Question form - yes/no - 2

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Question form - word order

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Question form - mixed - 1

   ESL Blues - Question form - 1

   ESL Blues - Question form - 2

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Test - 1

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Test - 2

  

 

2.   Present Progressive Tense

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Key Words

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Affirmative form - 1

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Affirmative form - 2

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Affirmative form - 3

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Affirmative form - 4

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Affirmative form - 5

   English Grammar 4U - Level - 1

   English Grammar 4U - Level - 2

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Negative form - 1

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Negative form - 2

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Negative form - 3

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Negative form - 4

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Question form - yes/no - 1

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Question form - yes/no - 2

   ESL Blues - Question form

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Test - 1

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Test - 2

   English Grammar 4U - Test - 1

 

3.   Simple Present Tense/Present Progressive Tense Comparative

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Comparative - 1 

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Comparative - 2   

   Englishpage.com - Comparative - 3

   English Grammar 4u - Comparative - 4

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Test - 1

   Englisch-hilfen.de- Test - 2

   Englishpage.com - Comparative - 2

   ESL Blues - Non-progressive Verbs - 1

   ESL Blues - Non-progressive Verbs - 2

   ESL Blues - Quiz

   ESL Blues - Quiz

 

4.   Simple Past Tense

   English Grammar 4U - "to be"

   English Grammar 4U - Irregular Verbs - 1

   English Grammar 4U - Affirmative Form - 1

   English Grammar 4U - Affirmative Form - 2

   English Grammar 4U - Negative form - 1

   English Grammar 4U - Question form - yes/no - 1

   English Grammar 4U - Question form - 2

   English Grammar 4U - Mixed Exercise - 1

   English Grammar 4U - Past Story (3 parts)

   English Grammar 4U - Test - Level 1

   English Grammar 4U - Test - Level 2

   English Grammar 4U - Test - Level 3

5.   Past Progressive Tense

 

6.   Simple Past Tense/ Past Progressive Tense Comparative

 

7.   Future Tense - "will"- "going to" / Present forms used as Future / Future Time Clauses

   ELC Study Zone - Four Ways to Talk about the Future

   Englishpage.com - "will" vs "going to" - 1

   Englishpage.com - "will" vs "going to" - 2

   Englishpage.com - "will" vs "going to" - 3

   Englishpage.com - Simple Future / Future Progressive

   Englishpage.com - Future Time Clauses - 1

   Englishpage.com - Future Time Clauses - 2

   English Grammar 4U - Mixed Exercise - 1

   Englishpage.com - Future and Present Tenses Mixed - 1

   Englishpage.com - Cumulative Test - 1

 

8.   Future Progressive Tense

 

9.   Present Perfect Tense

 

10.  Present Perfect Tense/ Past Tenses Comparative

   Learn4Good - Comparative - 1

   English Grammar 4U - Comparative - 2

   ELC Study Zone - Comparative - 3

   Activities for ESL Students - Comparative - 4

   English Exercises Online - Comparative - 5

 

11.  Present Perfect Progressive Tense

   Learn4Good - Simple & Progressive Comparative - 1

 

12.  Past Perfect Tense

   English Grammar 4U - Spelling ed

   English Grammar 4U - Irregular Verbs

   English Grammar 4U - Affirmative form - 1

   English Grammar 4U - Negative form - 1

   English Grammar 4U - Question form - 1

   English Grammar 4U - Mixed Exercise - 1

   English Grammar 4U - Simple Past/ Past Perfect Comparative - 1

   Englishpage.com - Simple Past/ Past Perfect Comparative - 2

   Englishpage.com - Simple Past/ Present Perfect/Past Perfect Comparative - 1

 

13.  Past Perfect Progressive Tense

 

14.  Conditionals - Future - Present - Past - Wish

   Learn4Good - Future Conditional - 1

   Learn4Good - Present Conditional - 1

   Learn4Good - Past Conditional - 1

   Learn4Good - Mixed Conditionals - 1

   English Exercises Online - Tenses with Wish

 

15.  Active and Passive Voice

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Identifying Active or Passive Forms - 1

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Identifying Active or Passive Forms - 2

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Affirmative Forms 

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Two Objects

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Mixed Tenses - 1

   English Exercises Online - Mixed Tenses - 2

   English Exercises Online - Mixed Tenses - 3

   English Exercises Online - Mixed Tenses - 4

   English Exercises Online - Mixed Tenses - 5 (Advanced)

   English Exercises Online - Mixed Tenses - 6 (Advanced)

   ESLgo.com - Active / Passive - 1

   Grammar Online - Passive Voice Test

   English Grammar 4U - Mixed Tenses Test

 

16.  Gerunds & Infinitives

   Learn4Good - Exercise - 1

   English Grammar 4U - Test - 1

   English Grammar 4U - Test - 2

   English Grammar 4U - Test - 3

   English Grammar 4U - Test - 4

   Learn English - Test - 5

 

17.   Adjectives

   Learn English - Adjective Order - 1

   Learn English - Comparison Adjectives - 1

   Learn English - Superlative Adjectives - 1

   Learn English - Test Your Adjectives

   English Exercises Online - Adjective or Adverb - 1

   English Exercises Online - Adjective or Adverb - 2

 

18. Articles 

   The Owl at Purdue - How to Use A/An and THE

   The Owl at Purdue - A/AN - 1

   English Grammar 4U - A/AN - 2

   English Grammar 4U - THE - 1

   Englisch-hilfen.de - THE - 2

   ESL Blues - The - 3

   Enlgisch-hilfen.de - A/AN - 3

   Englisch-hilfen.de - A/AN - 4

   a4esl.org - A/AN - 5

   Englisch-hilfen.de - A/AN Test - 1

   Better English - A/AN/Some - 1

   ESL Blues - A/AN/Some - 2

   a4esl.org - A/AN or THE - 1

   a4esl.org - A/An or THE - 2

   ManyThings.org - A/An or THE - 3

   a4esl.org - A/AN or THE - 4

   a4esl.org - A/AN or THE - 5

   English Exercises Online - A/AN or THE - 6 (intermediate)

   English Exercises Online - A/An or THE - 7  (intermediate)

   University of Sussex - A/AN or THE - 8 (advanced)

   Capital Community College - A/AN or THE - 9 (advanced)

 

 

19. Relative Clauses (Who, Which, Whom, Whose, and That in mid-sentence) 

   English Grammar 4U - Explanation and Exercises of all Levels

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Who, Which, Whose - 1

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Who, Which, Whose - 2

   English Exercises Online - Who, Which, Whose - 3

 

20.   Prepositions 

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions of Time - 1

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions of Time - 2

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions of Place - 1

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions of Place - 2

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions of Place - 3

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions of Place - 4

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions of Direction - 1

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions of Direction -2

   English Exercises Online - Prepositions - 1

   English Exercises Online - Prepositions - 2

   English Exercises Online - Prepositions - 3

   English Exercises Online - Prepositions - 4

   English Exercises Online - Prepositions - 5 - Advanced

   English Exercises Online - Prepositions - 1

   English Exercises Online - Prepositions - In, On, At

   English Exercises Online - Prepositions - Of or Off

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with BRING

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with CHECK 

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with COME

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with GET - 1

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with GET - 2

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with GET - 3

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with GET - 4

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with GET - 5

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with GO

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with KEEP

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with LOOK

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with PASS

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with PUT

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with TAKE

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with TURN

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with Mixed Verbs - 1

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with Mixed Verbs - 2

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with Mixed Verbs - 3

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with Mixed Verbs - 4

   Englishpage.com - Prepositions with Mixed Verbs - 5

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Prepositions of Place, Direction and Time - 1  

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Prepositions in Gerunds - 1

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Prepositions in Idioms -1

 

21.   Nouns

   English Exercises Online - Plurals - Spelling - 1

   English Exercises Online - Plurals - Spelling - 2

   English Exercises Online - Plurals - Spelling - 3

   English Exercises Online - Plurals - Spelling - 4

   English Exercises Online - Quantifiers of Nouns - Few, A Few, Little, A Little

   English Exercises Online - Quantifiers of Nouns - Some or Any

   English Grammar 4U - Possessive Forms - 1

   English Exercises Online - Possessive Forms (Genitive) - 2

   English Exercises Online - Possessive Forms (Genitive) - 3

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Possessive Pronouns - 1

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Reflexive Pronouns - 1

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Reflexive Pronouns - 2

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Reflexive Pronouns - 3

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Reflexive Pronouns - 4

   Englisch-hilfen.de - Reflexive Pronouns - 5

 

 

22.   Tense Shifting

   The OWL at Purdue - Tense Consistency

   University of Houston - Effective Tense Shift - 1

   University of Houston - Effective Tense Shift - 2

   University of Houston - Effective Tense Shift - 3

   University of Houston - Effective Tense Shift - 4

   University of Houston - Effective Tense Shift - 5

   McKendree College - Tense Consistency

   University of Houston - Effective Tense Shift - 4

   University of Houston - Effective Tense Shift - 5

   McKendree College - Tense Consistency

   TESL istate - Tense Choice

 

23.   Adverbs

   4esl.org - Adverbs Often Confused

   Adverb Placement

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - Adverbial Magnets

 

24.   Subject-Verb Agreement (S-V)

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - SV - 1

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - SV - 2

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - SV - 3

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - SV - 4

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - SV - 5

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - SV - 6

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - Agreement Problems

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - Agreement Problems - 2

 

25.   Transition Words

   UCE Birmingham - Transition Words

   CollegeJournal.com - Transitions

   Lingnan University - Linking Words

   CAE Trainer - Linking Words - Contrast

   CAE Trainer - Linking Words - Addition

   CAE Trainer - Linking Words - Cause and Result

 

Capitalization, Punctuation and Spelling Guides

   The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation - Capitalization - Rules and Quiz (the best!)

   Learn English - Capitalization Guide

   Capital Community College - Captialization PowerPoint (click your mouse to advance the presentation)

   Capital Community College - Capitalization Exercise - 1

   The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation - Capitalization Exercise - 2

   The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation - Commas - Rules and Quiz (the best!)

   The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation - Semicolons - Rules and Quiz

   The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation - Colons - Rules and Quiz (the best!)

   The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation - Question Marks - Rules and Quiz (the best!)

   The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation - Exclamation Points - Rule (the best!)

   The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation - Quotation Marks - Rules and Quiz (the best!)

   University College Writing Workshop - Using Quotations

   The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation - Parentheses - Rules and Quiz (the best!)

   The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation - Apostrophes - Rules and Quiz (the best!)

   The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation - Hyphens - Rules and Quiz (the best!)

   The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation - Dashes - Rules (the best!)

   The Owl at Purdue - Punctuation Overview

   Learn English - Punctuation Guide

   Learn English - Spelling Guide

   Activities for ESL Students - Spelling "ing" and "ed" - 1

   Activities for ESL Students - Spelling "ing" and "ed" - 2

   Activities for ESL Students - Spelling "ing" and "ed" - 3

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - Commas

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - Punctuation

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - Punctuation - Multiple Choice

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - Punctuation - 1

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - Punctuation - 2

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - Punctuation - 3

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - Punctuation - Review

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - Apostrophes

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - Using Colons Effectively

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - Quotation Marks

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - Capitalization

   Guide to Grammar and Writing - Apostrophes

   Guide Using Colons Effectively

 

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