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Student Writing Guide
www.englishcentral.com
www.macmillandictionary.com
www.bbclearningenglish.com
www.esl-lab.com
Listening practice
Unit 1A – Direct questions, subject questions, indirect questions
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Practice (indirect questions): http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/312.html
Practice (indirect questions): http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/indirectques.html
Practice (subject questions): http://www.eslau.ca/exercise/ex10.1.php
Practice
(questions): http://elt.oup.com/student/headway/int/a_grammar/unit01/hwy_hwy_unit
01_2?cc=co&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
5. Practice
(questions): http://elt.oup.com/student/naturalenglish/int/a_grammar/unit01/neint_gra
mmar01_2?cc=co&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
6. Practice
(questions): http://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/upperint/a_grammar/file01/nef_upp
erint_grammar01_a01?cc=co&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
7. Practice (indirect
questions): http://elt.oup.com/student/headway/intermediate/a_grammar/unit11/hwy_i
nt_unit11_1?cc=co&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
8. Practice (indirect
questions): http://elt.oup.com/student/naturalenglish/upp/a_grammar/unit06/neup_gr
ammar06_2?cc=co&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
9. Practice (indirect
questions):http://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/intermediate/a_grammar/file07/nef_i
nt_grammar07_bii01?cc=co&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
10. Practice (indirect
questions):http://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/intermediate/a_grammar/file07/nef_i
nt_grammar07_bii02?cc=co&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
Unit 1B – Auxiliary Verbs
1. http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/short-answers/exercises
2. http://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countries/usa/tour/new-york#exercises
Unit 1B – Question Tags
1. http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/question-tags/exercises
2. http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-question-tags
Unit 1B – So and Neither
1. http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english49198.php
2. http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6187
Unit 2B – Narrative Tenses
1. http://www.admc.hct.ac.ae/hd1/english/narrate/narrtense.htm
2. https://elt.oup.com/student/naturalenglish/upp/a_grammar/unit05/neup_grammar05?
cc=us&selLanguage=en
3. http://english.lingolia.com/en/grammar/tenses-comparison/pasttenses/exercises/articles/past-tenses-mixed-exercise
4. http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7150
5. http://www.englishtenses.com/test/romance_novel_past_tenses
6. http://www.eltbase.com/quiz/201_01.htm
7. http://www.eltbase.com/quiz/201_02.htm
Unit 3A – Passive
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Practice: http://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countries/usa/tour/washington#exercises
Practice: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/hadrians-wall
Practice: http://elt.oup.com/student/headway/int/a_grammar/unit02/hwy_int_unit02_3
?cc=co&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
Practice: http://elt.oup.com/student/naturalenglish/int/a_grammar/unit11/neint_gram
mar11?cc=co&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
Practice: http://elt.oup.com/student/headway/preint/a_grammar/unit10/hwy_preint_un
it11_1?cc=co&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
Practice: http://elt.oup.com/student/headway/preint/a_grammar/unit10/hwy_preint_un
it11_4?cc=co&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
Practice: http://elt.oup.com/student/result/engupp/a_grammar/unit04/4b?cc=co&selL
anguage=en&mode=hub
Practice: http://elt.oup.com/student/quickwork/preint/2visitors/grammar/qw_pre_2gra
mmar_03?cc=co&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
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Practice: http://elt.oup.com/student/oxfordenglishgrammar/basic/oegc_basic_section
07/basic_section07_01?cc=co&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
10. Practice: http://elt.oup.com/student/oxfordenglishgrammar/basic/oegc_basic_section
07/basic_section07_02?cc=co&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
11. Practice: http://elt.oup.com/student/oxfordenglishgrammar/basic/oegc_basic_section
07/basic_section07_03?cc=co&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
12. Practice: http://elt.oup.com/student/headway/upperint/a_grammar/unit01/hwy_upp_u
nit01_1?cc=co&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
3B – Future Perfect and Future Continuous
1. http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs26.htm
2. http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs27.htm
3. https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions1stedition/ui_unit_page/unit3/grammar/exercise2?
cc=us&selLanguage=en
4. http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-5110.php
3C – Conditionals and Future Time Clauses
Future Time Clauses
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http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/time1.htm
http://www.e-grammar.org/time-clauses/test1-exercise1/
http://www.e-grammar.org/time-clauses/test1-exercise2/
http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii142/esl-test.php
If & unless: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2589
1st Conditional: http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditional7.htm
Other
Relative Clauses (Defining and Non-Defining)
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Reference: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/645/01/
Reference: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/645/02/
Reference: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/645/03/
Reference: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/relative-clauses.html
Reference: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses
Reference (who, whom, or
whose?): http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/who_whom.html (check the quiz at the
bottom of the page)
7. Practice (relative pronouns): http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adj2.htm
8. Practice (defining or non-defining?): http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relativeclauses/exercises?04
9. Practice: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?02
10. Practice: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/pronouns/relative_pronouns.htm
11. Practice (defining relative clauses): http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.relative.p.htm
Reflexive Pronouns
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Reference: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/reflex.htm
Reference: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/410-reflexivepronouns.htm
Video- Common errors: http://youtu.be/mQeK0jBkves
Practice: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/reflex1.htm
Practice: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/410-reflexivepronouns1.htm
Gerunds and Infinitives
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Reference: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/gerunds-and-infinitives.html
Reference (en español): http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omgrammar/gerundiooinfinitivo.htm
Reference: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/04/
Note: Some of the practice exercises below are from the VERY detailed tutorial on gerunds
and infinitives here: http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/index.htm. You can find many
more exercises and lists of verbs there.
5. Video – what are gerunds and infinitives?: http://youtu.be/zPzjJHKyNwc
6. Practice: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/gerunds-and-infinitives-verbs-1.html
7. Practice: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/gerunds-and-infinitives-verbs-2.html
8. Practice: http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerunds_infinitives_1.htm
9. Practice: http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerunds_infinitives_2.htm
10. Practice: http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerunds_infinitives_11.htm
Conditionals (0, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and mixed)
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Reference (0 conditional): http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional_5.htm
Reference (1st conditional): http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional_2.htm
Reference (2nd conditional): http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional_3.htm
Reference (3rd conditional): http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional_4.htm
Reference (summary): http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional_6.htm
Reference (mixed
conditionals): http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/mixedconditional.html
Practice: http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional_quiz.htm
Practice (mixed conditionals): http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditional10.htm
Transitions: Addition, Contrast, Reason, and Consequence
Video: http://youtu.be/0vrWK4CNvbA
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http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/1/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/02/
Presentation Topics
Tips on giving good presentations
How to present like Steve Jobs: http://youtu.be/2-ntLGOyHw4
Tips from students: http://youtu.be/LVtWYe-rkxs
10-20-30 rule: http://youtu.be/liQLdRk0Ziw
Advice from a pro: http://youtu.be/bt8YFCveNpY
Body Language: http://youtu.be/1ICuHhbHvMA
Using PowerPoint
4 steps to a better presentation: http://youtu.be/5b_sv9rqjrg
Death by PowerPoint (funny): http://youtu.be/KbSPPFYxx3o
How PowerPoint can ruin a great presentation: http://youtu.be/ZVFcagL1nsA
Presentations – Bad and Good
http://youtu.be/m21-MxFG574
http://youtu.be/-xezNXKHD1M
Writing Topics
Transitions: Addition, Contrast, Reason, and Consequence
Video: http://youtu.be/0vrWK4CNvbA
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/1/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/02/
Paragraph Structure
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/606/01/
The Writing process
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/1/
Essay Structure
Video: http://youtu.be/c-347GBuxAc
http://www.howtopassanessay.com/downloads/
video: http://youtu.be/C9nq886mOjA
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/five_par.htm
http://lklivingston.tripod.com/essay/
Other useful sites
Essays for Exams: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/737/01/
Avoiding sentence fragments: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/620/01/
Punctuation: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/6/
Avoiding plagiarism: http://www.englishclub.com/writing/plagiarism.htm