Practice makes perfect! On this site you will find links to many extra quizzes and lessons geared especially to writers and speakers of English as a second language. Search for the practices that address your personal error patterns; that is, tailor your English "workout" to the parts of your grammar use or writing that need improvement. Work at your own pace, and have fun learning!
8 Common ESL Errors--and How to Correct Them
Enter here to review eight problems that cause trouble for many nonnative speakers and writers of English.
http://college.hmco.com/devenglish/fawcett/evergreen/7e/students/esl_errors.htmlOnline ESL Quizzes, Exercises, and Games
The interactive quizzes and activities that follow come from some of the best ESL help sites on the Internet. They offer a wealth of review and practice opportunities for students coming to English from other language backgrounds. So have fun exploring these sites as you improve your English!
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http://a4esl.org
An excellent site with hundreds of grammar and writing exercises created by ESL teachers
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http://www.eslcafe.com/
Dave Sperling's ESL Café, an enjoyable resource with international chats, links, hint of the day, and more
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http://depts.gallaudet.edu/ESL/
Gallaudet University's ESL lessons by category, plus "cloze" self tests on ESL writing issues
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http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/index.html
Purdue University's ESL handouts and self-grading practice exercises
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http://eleaston.com/grammar-qz.html
ESL quizzes and games online
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http://www.manythings.org/
Games, fun, and unusual activities for English learners
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http://www.eslpartyland.com
interactive quizzes
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http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/
Many interactive tests with online or printable versions
Computer-Scored ACE Quizzes
Practice, test yourself, and check your own answers! Look through the following list of grammar subjects and errors, keyed to the 26 grammar chapters in Grassroots. Find the subjects on which you need more work, more practice. For graded self tests, just click the links and go!
Chapter 6 Subjects and Verbs
Chapter 7 Avoiding Sentence Fragments
Chapter 8 Present Tense (Agreement)
Chapter 9 Past Tense
Chapter 10 The Past Participle in Action
Chapter 11 Progressive Tenses (TO BE + -ING Verb Form)
Chapter 12 Fixed-Form Helping Verbs and Verb Problems
Chapter 15 Avoiding Run-Ons and Comma Splices
Chapter 16 Semicolons and Conjunctive Adverbs
Chapter 17 Relative Pronouns
Chapter 18 -ING Modifiers
Chapter 19 Nouns
Chapter 20 Pronouns
Chapter 22 Prepositions
Chapter 23 Consistent Tense
Chapter 24 Consistent Person
Chapter 25 Parallelism
Chapter 26 Capitalization
Chapter 27 Commas
Chapter 28 Apostrophes
Chapter 29 Direct and Indirect Quotations
Chapter 31 Spelling
Chapter 32 Look-Alikes/Sound-Alikes
