Writing Practice for ESL Level 2

The links below will take you to explanations and exercises on writing areas discussed in Great Sentences for Great Paragraphs, the textbook you buy for ESL022.  The exercises will help you with understanding, memorizing, and using the rules. Click on the links below to go to the exercises.

Companion Student Website for Great Sentences for Great Paragraphs - This website has links to 6-7 exercises for each of the 8 chapters in your textbook.  Click on the link above, then click on the word Exercises that you'll see in the middle of the webpage.  A list of chapters will appear.  Click on the name of the chapter you want to go to, and then click on the name of the activity/skill you wish to practice.

EWriting Level 2  - http://flang1.kendall.mdc.edu/curriculum/L2toc.htm
The link above will take you to a website that has links to many explanations and exercises on grammar, sentence structure, and word order.

The Grammar Slammer - http://englishplus.com/grammar/contents.htm
Read about many grammar and punctuation rules at this site.

Capitalization:
Rules for Capitalization - Read the rules and study the examples.
OWL's Capitalization Rules - Study the rules and examples.
Capitalizing Proper Nouns - Read the examples of nouns to capitalize, then click on the "online quiz" link at the lower left of the screen to test your understanding.
Capitalization Writing Quiz - Retype the sentence adding capital letters where needed, then check your sentence to see the correct answers.
Capitals Practice - Get a penny for each correct answer in this multiple choice quiz.
5-Minute English Capitalization Practice - Study the rules, then retype the paragraph to include proper capitalization.  Check your answers by looking at the bottom of the page.
John's Capitalization Quiz  - Retype the sentence adding capital letters where needed, then check your sentence to see the correct answers.

Punctuation (commas, periods, etc.):
Rules for Punctuation - Read the rules for using periods, commas, apostrophes, and other punctuation marks.
Using Commas in a Series - Study the rules for using commas with lists of three or more nouns, verbs, and adjectives, then type in the commas where needed in the practice exercise.
Using Commas in Sentences
More Comma Rules
Comma Practice - Rewrite the sentences. Add commas where they belong.

Possessives:
Possessive Practice - Study the 3 rules and then do the practice exercise.
Possessive Practice - Truck Game - Type in the apostrophes where they are needed in the words on the trucks.
Where Do You Put the Apostrophe?
Possessive Nouns Turtle Game - multiple choice practice
Possessive Nouns - multiple choice quiz
Type in the Possessive Noun
Information about Plurals and Possessives
Possessives & Plurals - Identify the correct phrases and the phrases with mistakes.
Identifying Singular, Plural, and Possessive Nouns
Identify if a word is singular, singular possessive, regular plural,  regular plural possessive, irregular plural, or irregular plural possessive.
Snakes & Ladders

Mixed Practice:
Game - Capitalization & Apostrophes
Capitalization & Punctuation Multiple Choice Quiz - Choose the sentences which use capital letters, commas, and other punctuation correctly.
Grammar Blast's Capitalization & Punctuation Multiple Choice Quiz
Diane's Capitalization, Punctuation, & Word Order Quiz - Click on the blue arrow and choose the best words.  Be careful to choose words that are capitalized only when necessary and to use periods correctly.

Fragment or Complete Sentence?
Identify the Subject of a Sentence
Identify the Verb in a Sentence 1
Identify the Verb in a Sentence 2
Sentence or Fragment?
Sentence or Fragment? #2
Revising Sentence Fragments

Prepositions
In, On, At - Prepositions of Location http://utminers.utep.edu/micontreras/Prepositions.htm

Adjectives
Rules for Commas with Paired Adjectives http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000072.htm
Using Commas in a Series of Adjectives http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=ABC301c
Paired Adjectives - Correct Order, Using And, Commas - http://www.quia.com/quiz/738438.html
Zozanga's Adjective Order Explanation
Adjective Order
Mixed Up Sentences -Look at the pictures and the mixed up sentences. Click on the words to order the adjectives correctly.
Adjective Order - Again!
Another Look at Adjective Order - Study the chart, then do this quiz: http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/grammar/Interactive/adjordqz1.html

Spelling
Spelling City's Audiovisual Practice - http://www.spellingcity.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 - Type in your own personal words to practice.  You can hear the words said individually, in a sentence, or spelled out letter by letter when you practice them.  You can also choose from variety of games to play to practice the words.


Word Order
http://better-english.com/grammar/wordorder.htm
http://better-english.com/grammar/wordorder2.htm