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These are links to some of the handouts, worksheets and PowerPoint presentations I use in my courses at Saint Michael's College. I regularly teach in the Applied Linguistics Department (IEP, AEP, MATESL) and in the college's undergraduate and graduate program.
 

 

 

Christine's Links to Useful TESL/CALL Resources--Grammar

Techniques of Sentence Combination (Discourse Markers)

Sentence Parts and Parts of Speech

 

 
 

Sentence Problems

Fragments--Definition, Pre-test, Examples
 Correcting Sentence Fragments--Exercise 1 , Exercise 2 (Prep. Phrases), Exercise 3 (Prep. Phrases), Exercise 4 (verbals),
Sentence Fragments: Disconnected Dependent Clauses (instructions/examples)
Exercise 5 (dep. clauses), Exercise 6 (dep. clauses), Exercise 7 (dep. clauses)
Sentence Fragments (a slide show by Kathryn McLaughlin, edited by me; click on slide show to see the animations.)

Run-on Sentences--Definition, Pre-test, Examples
Exercise 1,
Correcting Run-ons: Exercise 2, Exercise 3 (using coordinating conjunctions), Exercise 4 (using subordinating conjunctions), Exercise 5 (using verbals)
 Summary of correction methods and practice
See also Run-on Sentences/Comma Splices.
Additional Practice: Avoiding Comma Splices, Avoiding Comma Splices II, Repairing Run-on Sentences, Fragments and Run-ons

 

Combining Sentences--Instructions & Exercises
see Clause Connectors (chart)
 Types of clauses (simple, compound, complex) and exercise
 Compound sentences (exercise, using coordinating conjunctions)
 Compound sentences (using coordinating conjunctions)

Combining Sentences--Subordinating Conjunctions
Dependent vs. independent clauses (instructions) and exercise
Recognizing dependent clauses (instructions) and exercise
Subordinate Clause types and exercise
Writing dependent clauses 1
Writing dependent clauses 2

Combining Sentences--Transitional Expressions
instructions and exercise
Recognizing transitional expressions--exercise

Combining Sentences--Parallel Structures
Sentence combining summary: parallel structures
Exercise; instructions and exercise

Combining Sentences (simple, compound, complex)
 Instructions and examples; Exercise 1; Exercise 2

Usage of whether (or not)
 

Passive Voice
Diagnostic Quiz (beginning-intermediate; intermediate-advanced); explanations/forms/common mistakes/agreement & Practice 1; by-phrase & Practice; passive in context & tenses; intransitive & non-action verbs/error correction;
grammarONLINE--Passive Voice (definition, formation, use, samples, quiz)
 

Participles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Grammar
 videos on many different grammar topics: Ohio State Flipped ESL YouTube Channel

A Guide to Grammar and Writing (Index)
 Grammar Quizzes (all areas of grammar)
 English Grammar 4U Online (for German students, in particular)
  Collocations (grammatical & lexical)
Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA): Establish a free account to check the usage of words/phrases/sentences in a wide variety of context (spoken and written)
Concordance Grammar : Check grammar against corpus data: Read a sentence. Is it grammatically correct? Click the sentence to see examples of how native speakers use the structure. Apply the pattern to the sentence in question. If you think the sentence is OK then check , or if not OK then click .
 

Phrasal Verbs

Phrasalverbdemon -- phrasal verb of the day; dictionary, corpus with collocations of phrasal verbs, quizzes, games, songs with phrasal verbs, and more!

UsingEnglish.com -- phrasal verb quizzes

Articles

Articles -- Decision Tree
Articles - Exercise
Articles - Exercise (answers)
Michelle Quiter's homework assignment: "Corpus-based activity: Verb 'to be' with indefinite articles" 

Rules for using "the" with proper nouns 
 Notes on Article Usage
Exercise: The Traveler & My Mistake
Irregular Verbs
 List of common irregular verbs
Irregular Verb Dictionary (over 370 irregular verbs used in modern English)
Extended Irregular Verb Dictionary (including rare and antiquated forms)
Practice/Exercises: Flashcards for irregular verbs, Irregular Verb Exercises (at various levels), Interactive Quizzes, with answer check: Fill-in-the principal-parts (85 verbs)
Irregular verb Crossword Puzzle
 Fill-in-the-blank quiz
Online grammar practice with irregular verbs:
  1. Good illustrations of themeaning and the form of irregular verbs (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
  2. Good rules for learning irregular verbs (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
  3. Irregular Verbs Exercises (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Perfect English Grammar)
  4. English Irregular Verbs Exercises at 5 levels (English Grammar Online)--Level 0 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Level 1 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Level 2 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Level 3 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Level 4 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Level 5 (all irregular verbs) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
  5. Online Quiz for 100 Irregular Verbs (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

© 2006  Christine Bauer-Ramazani, Saint Michael's College. Last updated: January 29, 2020