GRAMMAR GAMES
Great games for smacking the parts of speech right out of the
park:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/adjectives.ht
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Hangman, Joggle, and more games at the World-English site:
http://www.world-english.org/games.htm
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Interactive crossword style games for grammar, parts of
speech, and vocabulary:
http://www.englishpage.com/games/games.html
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The Grammar of Doom and other English Adventure games:
http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.htm
Mentally stimulating diversions at Sporcle:
http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/common_english_words
Compete with yourself or players around the world in word
games at the Problem Site:
http://www.theproblemsite.com/word_games.asp
The Literacy Zone has valuable and fun games that will
stretch your brain:
http://www.woodlandsjunior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html#12
Verbs
Schoolhouse Rock verb song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8mGU1MzYw
Fun verb identification game, with balloons:
http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/grammar/verb/balloon_game
Another fun verb game, this time with robots:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/verbs.htm
Linking vs. action verb quiz:
http://www.quia.com/quiz/653873.html?AP_rand=770033718
More challenging linking verb quiz:
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/linking_verbs/quiz522.html
Adverbs
Schoolhouse Rock adverb song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14fXm4FOMPM
Adverb game:
http://www.ezschool.com/English/Adverbs/game1.html
Adverb practice interactive:
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/g/useadverbsp1.cfm
Adverb quiz:
http://www.softschools.com/manage/themes/knowledgetest2
Adverb review and pop quiz:
http://eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/POS/pos5.htm
Prepositions
Schoolhouse Rock preposition song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLbJRSd_FtA
Another good prepositions song by the Bazillions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byszemY8Pl8
Lyrics to "The Preposition Song"
(Sung to the tune of "Yankee Doodle")
VERSE 1:
Aboard, about, above, across
Against, along, around
Amid, among, after, (and) at
Except, for, during, down
VERSE 2:
Behind, below, beneath, beside
Between, before, beyond
By, in, from, off, on, over, of
Until, unto, upon
CHORUS:
Under, underneath, since, up
Like, near, past, throughout,
through
With, within, without, instead
Toward, inside, into, to
Video of girls singing the preposition song set to "Yankee Doodle Dandy" to help
you practice the tune:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWzbhAKlh_8
Basic preposition quiz:
http://www.softschools.com/quiz_time/language_arts/preposition/theme156.
html
Two more advanced quizzes:
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quizstart.cgi?Grade=6&Unit=7&Topic=Prepositional+Phrases&x=25&y=9
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/grammar/gr6/0607/09.html?qseq=
9,7,2,0,4,6,5,3,8,1&at=0&curq=0&score=0
Preposition soccer game:
http://www.englishmedialab.com/GrammarGames/football/prepositions/pre
postions%20penalty%20game.html
Direct and indirect objects
Direct and indirect objects practice exercise with answers:
http://www.education.com/study-help/article/direct-indirectobjects_answer/
Indirect objects quiz:
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/indirect_objects/quiz548.htm
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Other
Predicate adjectives vs. predicate nominatives (nouns) game, with a
spaceman:
http://myclass.theinspiredinstructor.com/english/space/space_paORpn.htm
Challenging identifying antecedents quiz:
http://www.dukeofdefinition.com/pronoun-antecedent_01.htm
Diagramming
Stellar diagramming site:
http://1aiway.com/nlp4net/services/enparser/
Pronouns:
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/73.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/goforgold/content_bu
ilder/dswmedia/g3c22/nadia.htm
http://www.myenglishlessons.net/quizzes/pronounsp1.htm
GUM
Grammar
Usage
Mechanics
A terrific site with a great title, A Tongue Untied, is so much more than a style
guide for grammar, usage, and mechanics. It is actually set up as a course
with weekly lessons on topics (such as prepositions) with activities and quizzes.
http://grammar.uoregon.edu/toc.html
Favored by students because of the pictures, this BBC World Service site
creatively asks for grammar and writing responses attached to images.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentTyp
e=text/html;quiz=1256_prep_phrases
An ESL site, ESL.About.com would help any English student with interactive
response games for grammar and usage.
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_prepphrase1.htm
Grammar Bytes provides clear definitions of terms, grammar rules, exercises,
and handouts.
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/preposition.htm
The Guide to Grammar and Writing sponsored by the Community College
Scholarship Program grammar within examples of writing and cites lots of
other sources, as well.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/phrases.htm
This is the coolest site for struggling spellers and unsure writers. On Confusing
Words you can do a search to see if the word you want to use is really what you
mean!
http://www.confusingwords.com/
Designed for ESL, this site has interactive practice, puzzles, and quizzes on
grammar, vocabulary, and usage. It would be good practice for anyone!
http://a4esl.org/q/h/
If you want help with any aspect of grammar or writing, you are bound to find
a site at refdesk.com to address your issue.
http://www.refdesk.com/factgram.html
Thesaurus.com will give you lots of language power. More than providing
synonyms, this tool gives multi;e entries and choices to help you say what you
really mean.
http://thesaurus.reference.com/