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Grammar Resources and Exercises

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It is wise not to violate the rules until you know how to observe them. ~T.S. Eliot

Think grammar doesn't matter? Read these articles and watch the video. Then try your hand at some of the grammar quizzes!

Read these interesting articles about how much grammar actually DOES matter!

From Stephen King:

"When we name the parts [of grammar], we take away the mystery and turn writing into a problem that can be solved.

I used to tell [my high school students] that if you could put together a model car or assemble a piece of furniture from directions, you could write a sentence.

Reading is the key, though. A kid who grows up hearing “It don’t matter to me” can only learn doesn’t if he/she reads it over and over again."

Grammar Topic

Informational Resources: Links, Videos, PowerPoints and Handouts

Quizzes, Exercises,

and Interactive Materials

Grammar and Punctuation Quizzes -

Interactive and diagnostic to determine your own grammar challenges.

Identifying what you need to work on is the first step.

Grammar Bytes - PowerPoints and handouts

Handout: Grammar Evaluation 1

& Answer Key with Links

Handout: Grammar Evaluation 2

Handout: Grammar and Punctuation Quiz

Online Punctuation Quiz

Exercise: Identifying Incorrect Sentences

College Writing Sites with Grammar Exercises

Towson University Self-Teaching Units

Capital Community College Foundation Interactive Quizzes

Collections of Exercises on Writing Sites

English Page.com - tutorials

Open Resource Rhetoric and Writing:

Grammar and Mechanics

Worksheets.com

Grammar Girl - Podcast Episodes

Online Write Site Exercises: Sentences, Words, Punctuation, Citation

Grammar Bytes Exercises and Handouts

MLA grammar quizzes

Run-On Sentences/Comma Splices

Explanation: What IS a Run-On Sentence?

Video: Run-On Sentences

PowerPoint: Run-On Sentences

Handout: Run-On Sentences, Comma Splices

Run-on Sentences - Univ of Bristol

Run-ons, Commas, and Fused Sentences - Purdue OWL

Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices with Quizzes

Run On Sentences Exercises

Sentence Fragments

PowerPoint: Sentence Fragment

Handout: Sentence Fragments

Sentence Fragments

Sentence Fragments - Purdue OWL

Sentence Fragment Exercises: Grammar Bytes.com

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7

Sentence Structure/Variety/Combining

Example of Sentence Variety by Alice Walker

We Speak in Sentences, Not Words

Sentence Variety

Sentence Diagrams

Clauses: the Essential Building Blocks

PowerPoint: Clauses

Sentence Combining

PowerPoints:

Quiz: Identifying Clauses 1

Self-Grading Exercise: Clauses

Sentence Combining Article with Interactive Quiz

Sentence Combining Exercise 1

Sentence Combining Exercise 2

Sentence Combining Worksheet

Verbs, verbs, and more verbs

Purdue OWL Verb Tenses

Verb Tense Consistency Article

Verb Tense Tutorial

Video from EngVid: Modals

Conditional Modal Auxiliary Verbs

Conditional/Modal Tense

Handout: Conditionals

Verb Tense Game 1

Verb Tense Game 2

Pronoun Reference and Agreement	Pronouns and Antecedent Agreement Handout: Pronoun Agreement	Self-Grading Exercise: Pronoun Reference
Concision/Wordiness	Video: Wordiness/Redundancy - Shmoop Sentence Structures and Sentence Combining Avoiding Wordy Phrases article Tightening Up Your Writing	Purdue OWL Sample: Eliminating Wordiness Quiz with answers
Subject Verb Agreement	Subject Verb Info PowerPoint: Subject Verb Handout: Subject Verb Agreement	Subject Verb Exercises Subject Verb Exercise - UW
Active vs. Passive Voice	Active vs. Passive Voice Article PowerPoint: Active vs. Passive Voice	Passive Voice Exercise Learning Activity - Active/Passive Voice
Confused Words/Word Choice	Homonyms - words that sound alike Fewer/Less and another link HERE Countable/Non-countable Nouns and Quiz Purdue OWL: Using Articles Videos from EngVid: - its/it's - that/which - that/which/who - countable/non-countable nouns - there/they're/their	Exercises: Its/It's, There/Their/They're Their/There/They're Except/Accept, Effect/Affect Loose/Lose/Loss To/Two/Too Then/Than Your/You're Self-Grading Exercises: Commonly Confused Words - 1 Commonly Confused Words - 2 Commonly Confused Words - 3 Identifying Incorrect Sentences
Capitalization	Capitalization information page Handout: Capitalization PowerPoint: Capitalization
Parallel Writing Music in prose is often the result of parallelism, the deliberate repetition of larger structures of phrases, even clauses and whole sentences.	Parallel Form Parallel Writing Article Another Parallel Writing Article	Self-Grading Exercise: parallel writing
Mixed and Dangling Modifiers	Modifier Placement
Conjunctions Correlating - FANBOYS Subordinating - although, etc. Correlative - both, either, not only, etc. Conjunctive Adverbs - however, moreover, etc.	Handout: Conjunctions Conjunctions information page Video: Conjunction Junction EngVid: Commas with Conjunctions	Self-Grading Exercise: coordinating/subordinating
Adjective Clauses	Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Adjective Clauses - includes exercise
Contractions	Past Perfect Pronoun Contractions Future Perfect Pronoun Contractions Handout: Contractions	Contractions Jeopardy Game
Faulty Comparisons	Faulty Comparisons
Punctuation: commas, apostrophes, semi-colons, brackets, ellipses, colons, hyphens Punctuation Matters! "Woman, without her man, is nothing." OR "Woman, without her, man is nothing." How about: "I like cooking my family and my pets." Punctuation Matters to Dear John	Videos: Interesting video about the exclamation mark! Netflix: Explained "!" 20:00 Ted Talk: Comma Story - 4:59 Terisa Folaron Apostrophes and Plurals Commas Fanboys & Using Commas Correctly Punctuation Patterns in Sentences Basic Punctuation Overview - Purdue OWL Punctuation List Periods Brackets Ellipses Hyphens Purdue OWL and other sites: commas and semi-colons in compound sentences commas non-essential phrases and comma use semi-colons colons apostrophes & exercise question marks exclamation marks quotation marks brackets ellipses hyphens dashes parentheses	Commas with Non Essential Clause Exercises Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions Commas with Introductory Phrases Link to Self-Grading Exercises: Punctuation PowerPoints: apostrophes using apostrophes colons commas Commas Purdue OWL Comma another Purdue OWL Comma ppt using semi-colons Semi-Colons semi-colons
The Writing Process		Interactive Learning Activity: The Writing Process