Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Idioms, phrasal verbs, and proverbs: discussions and interactive exercises

[01] Self-Study Idiom Quizzes, from Activities for ESL Students
Numerous interactive quizzes on Idioms, Phrasal Verbs and Expressions, and Slang (with medium and difficult categories)
[02]  Common English Idioms, from Basic English Speaking
102 lessons of common idioms used in daily life (health, travel, happiness and sadness, work, friendship, dreams, etc.)
 [03] Idiom Pages, from Answers.com
Contains, among others, idiomatic words and phrases, common proverbs and metaphors, defined and illustrated with sample sentences or quotations; produced in consultation with the editors of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
[04] Phrasal Verb Exercises, from Churchill House School of English Language

[05] Activities in idioms and phrasal verbs, from english-at-home.com
Phrasal verbs with "down"
Phrasal Verbs using "in"
Phrasal verbs with "off"
Phrasal verbs with "on"
Phrasal Verbs using "out"
Phrasal verbs with "up"
Three-part phrasal verbs
[06] Idioms, from English Corner (Rod Rodgers)
Note: Macromedia Flash player required
Idiom Games
Phrasal Verbs (Two-Word Verbs)
American Slang
Common Similes
English Proverbs
[07] American Idioms, from English Daily

[08] Idiom Buster, from english-the-international-language.com
English Idioms – Set 1
English Idioms – Set 2
English Idioms – Set 3
[09] Paint by Idioms, from Funbrain

[10] Idioms, from Interlink Language Center
Multiple choice questions, match the meaning of an idiom.
#1, #2 , #3, #4
[11] Eye on Idioms, from Read Write Think

[12] Online test, from Spanish-English Idioms

[13] Dictionary of American Idioms, from Sky-Net-Eye
More than 8000 idiomatic words and phrases of American English
[14] English Idioms & Quizzes, from The Idiom Connection
Note: Idioms from from A to Z, and from Animal Idioms to Proverbs & Sayings; representative sets of idioms are listed below.
Education & School Idioms
Head & Mind Idioms
Heart Idioms
Relationship & Love Idioms
Sports Idioms
[15] Idiom Dictionary, from The Free Dictionary by Farlex
Compiled from the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms and the Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms with explanations of over 7,000 idioms current in British, American and Australian English
[16] Dictionary of English Idioms and Idiomatic Terms, and Dictionary of English Phrasal Verbs, from Using English
With 2,256 English idiomatic expressions with definitions, and 2,172 current multi-word verbs with definitions and examples;Note - members get more; sign up for free and gain access to many more idioms and slang expressions. Register now
[17] Exercises on idioms, phrasal verbs and collocations, from English Gateway
Day to Day
Workplace
Getting Personal idioms on party, love and attraction, family, wedding, and entertainment.
Idiomania
Notes: Spoken English Learned Quickly offers free downloads of lessons and books (Learning Spoken English, a 450-page Student Workbook and an Instructor’s Guide) to your computer, iPod, Blackberry, MP3 player or PDA; Lessons in vocabulary, grammar, syntax, and verb tenses using spoken English exercises; Complete lessons contain enough recorded audio lesson material for two hours of study a day, five days a week for nine months.

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Vocabulary: discussions and interactive exercises

[01] Vocabulary activities, from About.com
Action Idioms Quiz (Understanding through context of selected action verbs)
Key Words List (850 word-list developed by Charles K. Ogden in 1930, a great starting point for building up a vocabulary which allows you to converse fluently in English)
Financial Terminology Quiz
British to American / American to British - Vocabulary Converter
Building Phrasal Verb Vocabulary
Collocations
Useful Business English Phrases
[02] Vocabulary Quizzes, from Activities for ESL Students
Vocabulary – Easy
Vocabulary - Easy with Pictures
Vocabulary – Medium
Vocabulary - Difficult
[03] Antagonyms
Extensive list of English words with meanings which contradict each other
[04] Grammar and Vocabulary, from BBC Learning English
News vocabulary, Science vocabulary, Football vocabulary, and Tennis vocabulary
[05] The University Word List, from John Bauman

[06] Business English Vocabulary Lessons, from Business English Grammar Lessons (Pearson Brown)

[07] Building a Better Vocabulary, from Capital Community College Guide to Good Grammar
Numerous college-level work quizzes, including words that have appeared on the Scholastic Aptitude Tests and Graduate Record Exams, and with a downloadable Pop-up Lexicon (93Kb) containing 365 SAT- and GRE- level vocabulary words, definitions, and sample sentences
[08] Full Dolch Word List (220 Words and 95 Nouns), from Dolch-words
The Dolch words are the 220 most frequently found words in books thatchildren read, and are usually learned in first and second grade. Students who learn these words have a good base for beginning reading. Many of these words cannot be sounded out because they do not follow decoding rules, so they must be learned as sight words.
[09] The Academic Word List, from English as Second Language

[10] Vocabulary, from English at Home
Numerous activities and resources include English Phonetic Spelling, Say or Tell? Say or Tell Quiz; Do or Make? Do or Make Quiz; Irregular Adjectives (good, better, the best); Prefixes (non-, inter-, post-); Contractions (I'm, aren't, here's); Informal Contractions (gimme, gonna, wanna); Figures of Speech (like a bat outta hell); Illustrated Vocabulary ; Computer Vocabulary (backup, cache, DOS); Football Vocabulary (foul, goal, pass); Practical Vocabulary

Test Yourself
[11] Vocabulary, from English Corner (Rod Rodgers)
Activities include Collocations; Crosswords; Definitions; False Cognates; Games; Picture Quizzes; Vocabulary Links; Word Formation; Word Lists; Word Studies
[12] Vocabulary exercises to practice phrases used in business, from English Exercises Online

[13] TOEFL Vocabulary, from English Daily
Over a thousand real multiple-choice questions for TOEFL test preparation
[14] English Vocabulary, from E L Easton Materials for Teaching and Learning
Vocabulary A -Z
Quizzes
[15] Index to topics, from English Learner
Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Vocabulary categories, including Colours crossword, Idioms with colors, Fruit quiz and Eponyms (words from names)
[16] Advanced Vocabulary and Holiday Vocabulary Lessons, from English Page

[17] Actvities in vocabulary, from Esl-lounge
Elementary
Pre-Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
[18] ESL Vocabulary, from English Works! (Gallaudet)
Ideas for Improving Your Vocabulary
Suffixes to Know
Vocabulary Exercises
[19] Vocabulary for learners of English, from Frankfurt International School
Categories of activities include Easier, Harder, Random, and with lessons in Geography/History, Science, Math, and Mainstream English
[20] 5000 Collegiate Words with Brief Definitions, by Free Vocabulary (Steve Baba, Ph.D)
Words from from abase to zodiac, with PDF version
[21] Vocabulary and Idioms, from Interlink Language Resources

[22] Vocabulary activities, from Interesting Things for ESL Students
Numerous activities and resources including Easy Vocabulary Quizzes, English Vocabulary Games with Pictures, English Vocabulary Word Lists with Games, Puzzles and Quizzes, Anagrams, Flashcards
[23] Vocabulary Exercises, from Isabel's ESL site

[24] Vocabulary Quizzes, from John’s ESL
Activities and resources include Vocabulary Lists, 1000 Commonly Used Words, specialized vocabulary (Geography, Aviation and Medical), and Picture Vocabulary
[25] Vocabulary activities, from Karin’s ESL Partyland
Easy, Medium and Difficult categories; multiple choice, fill-in, cloze
[26] ESL Online Wordsearches, from 1-language.com
Fun and easy way to learn vocabulary through 100 different puzzles; Note: Java-enabled browser required
[27] Vocabulary activities, from LanguageGuide.org
Practice the 100 most common words in the English
Pictorial Vocabulary Guides
Learn the pronunciation and spelling of thousands of words using an image based interface, with supported languages as English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Italian, Greek, Chinese, Chinese (traditional characters), Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Turkish, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian
[28] Vocabulary Activities, from Lauri’s ESL Website

[29] Free Online Vocabulary Exercises, from Learn English Feel Good
Each exercise centers around one theme or topic, using only common and useful English words and expressions; Business English Vocabulary; and American and British English: Differences in Vocabulary
[30] English vocabulary – Index, from englisch hilfen

[31] The Most Important Vocabulary for Students of English, from Teacher Joe
Topics include Business English and Basic English Vocabulary
[32] ESL Vocabulary Lessons, from 5 Minute English

[33] Vocabulary activities and resources, from Michael Buckhoff
Topics include Picture Vocabulary, Professions and Tools
[34] 50 commonly misspelled words, from A Spelling Test by Mindy McAdams

[35] Ogden's Basic Word List

[36] Free Online Spelling Tutor and game, from OZspeller
Categories from Kinder to Frequent and Advanced; words spoken by your computer, with hints, definitions and sentences, repeatable audio clips, and three versions: Oz Speller with Australian Spelling; Oz speller with US Spelling; Oz speller with British Words
[37] Vocabulary for English Language Learners, from Ohio ESL

[38] Vocabulary lessons, from One Stop English
Theme-based lesson plans for American and British English, including phrasal verbs, and metaphors
[39] Professional Word Web
Business and financial texts, engineering reports, legal documents, and social work papers; meaning, pronunciation, sample passages and exercises
[40] Puzzles, Games, etc. from The Puzzle Depot

[41] 100 Most Common SAT Words, from Quia Web

[42] SAT Preparation

[43] Vocabulary Level Test, from The Compleat Lexical Tutor
Use these tests to find the growth-edge of your vocabulary: Version A and B, 1000 level up to University Word List and 10,000 level
[44] The Heteronym Homepage
Extensive list of English words which have different meanings when pronounced differently
[45] Free vocabulary test for TOEFL, GMT, SAT, GRE and VOA Special English, from Vocaboly

[46] Vocabulary University
Free interactive vocabulary puzzle and activity sessions use Latin and Greek "roots and cells" to help unlock word meanings;

Vocabulary from texts: 111 Recommended High School/Junior High Reading, among others, 1984; All Quiet on the Western Front; Animal Farm; A Raisin in the Sun; A Tale of Two Cities; Call of the Wild Jane Eyre; Julius Caesar; Johnny Got His Gun; The Joy Luck Club; Lonesome Dove, etc
[47] Vocabulary Builder, from Vocabulix
Improve your vocabulary in various foreign languages (English, German and Spanish), online and free
[48] Vocabulary Training Exercises In English, German, French and Spanish

[49] Focusing On Words, from wordfocus.com
Vocabulary builder based on learning the Latin and Greek roots from which half the words in English come from
[50] A Word A Day, from Wordsmith
Explore the world of words, share, and delight in the joy of words with a community of more than 600,000 linguaphiles in at least 200 countries, from Australia to Zimbabwe

Today’s Word
Internet Anagram Server (Advanced programming, Topical Anagrams, Anagram Hall of Fame, Odds and Ends)
[51] Vocabulary activities and tests, from World English
Activities and topics include English First Names and Meanings, Difficult English Words, Vocabulary test from A to Z, and specialized vocabulary (Banking, Medical and Financial)
[52] Interactive games and exercises, from Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun
CrossWords; HangMouse; Match Game; UnScramble; Letter Blocks; Clueless Crossword
[53] Online vocabulary topics for intermediate and advanced ESL learners, from English Gateway

[54] Free online, interactive vocabulary exercises, from Language Project (approved by the British Council; also includes hundreds of free grammar and discourse exercises)
Elementary Vocabulary Questions
At Home; Basic Adjectives; Clothes; Common Verbs; Confusing Words; Days and Dates; Driving Words and Phrases; Family Members; Groups Of Things; More Word Building; Possessions; Sports; The Natural World; The Weather; Things On The Street; Work: People and Places

Intermediate Vocabulary Questions
Accommodation; At Work; Body Movement; Verbs; Cinema Film Reviews; Flying; General Nouns; Health; Problems; Health Word Building; Opposite Adjectives; Personality Adjectives; Personality Word Building; Prefixes: Re-Roads and Trains; Science; Shopping; Shopping Word Building; Speech Verbs; Strong Adjectives; Television; The Environment; Verbs With Up; Word Building

Advanced Vocabulary Questions
-ate Verbs; -en Verbs; -ify Verbs; Animal Noises; Body Idioms; Body Parts; Cars And Driving; Colour Idioms; Comparatives with 'as'; Containers and Quantifiers; Eating Out; Expressions with "as"; Expressions with "for"; Expressions with "no"; Expressions With "with"; Food; Food Idioms; Health; Key Moments; Law And Order; Money; More "no" Expressions; Newspapers; On The Road; Parks; Problem Adjectives; Proverbs; Quantity Expressions; Reflexive Expressions; Relationships; Slang; Sounds; Sports Equipment; Telephones; The Environment; Types of writing; Verbs With "Off"; Water Words; Ways Of Walking; Weather Adjectives; Words Ending "-less"
[55] Word Cup (an international, online vocabulary competition for all ages, students and adults, sponsored among others by Oxford University Press), from eSpindle
eSpindle is a non-profit organization offering customized vocabulary tutoring online. It is supported through memberships, and memberships are matched with free licenses for disadvantaged students. Other services and resources offered by eSpindle:

Practice quiz for the Word Cup (Choose between easy, average and hard words; quiz updated twice a month)
Free, moderated online spelling bee and Word Cup forum (exchange ideas, make friends, find encouragement)
Root word directory (prefixes, root words and suffixes)
Fun trivia about the English language and learning
Facts and statistics about literacy in the US
[56] Dolch word lists, phrases, worksheets and activities, from Mrs. Perkins' Dolch Words
Vocabulary word lists, flashcards and Powerpoint presentations; variety of lists with the Dolch words ordered alphabetically, by frequency or by grade; lesson plan templates, counting charts, blank calendars, cut-out dominoes, and forms for testing and assessment; for teachers and parents who want to teach Dolch sight words to their children

Dolch Word Lists
Dolch Phrases
Dolch Worksheets
Classroom Forms and Testing

Monday, October 3, 2016

Speaking and Pronunciation: discussions and interactive exercises

[01] Speaking English - Pronunciation and Conversation Skills, from About.com
Pronunciation Help
Learn to correctly pronounce every word in the poem “The Chaos” and you could possibly be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world

Speaking and Conversation Skills for Advanced Level English
Pronunciation and Speaking Skills for Beginning Level English Learners
English Pronunciation and Speaking Skills for Intermediate Level
[02] Mouth Manglers, from Adam Rado’s English Learning Fun Site
Note: Real Player required; register for free membership and full access
[03] Learning English Pronunciation, from antimoon.com

The sounds of English and the International Phonetic Alphabet
Introduction to phonetic transcriptionThe ASCII Phonetic Alphabet
Demonstration of phonetic transcription
[04] SPEAKING, from English-at-home.com
Improving your pronunciation
Telling a story
Talking about the weather
How to keep the conversation going
How to talk about illness
English greetings
Giving your opinions
Talking about likes and dislikes in English
Agreeing in English
Making generalisations
Giving advice in English
Suggestions in English
Speaking about hopes in English
Making invitations
Making appointments
Complaining in English
Making offers
Making predictions
Talking about probability in English
Rephrasing
Making requests
How to express shock in English
How to say what's important Better English speaking skills
[05] English Pronunciation and English Speaking, from English Club
English is not Phonetic
Word Stress in English with Quiz Sentence Stress in English
Homophones
English Phonetic SpellingPronunciation Power
Linking in English
How to Pronounce "-ed" How to Pronounce "the"
English Tongue-Twisters
Pronunciation Workshop
The Importance of Speaking Practice
Telephone English
Presentations & Public Speaking
Speaking about the Weather Small Talk
[06] English Dialogues, from English The International Language
Free, printable English dialogues for practice with friends and fellow students, with topics including Borrowing; Clothes shop; Eating out; Electrical shop; Plans & Excuses; Hotel; Flying; Was / Were; Bank; Complaining; Crime; Finding a flat; Preferences; Rules; Selling; Telephone
[07] Accent Reduction: Tongue Twisters with audio, from ESL Mania

[08] Authentic American Pronunciation, from Eva Easton
Note: Real Player and Flash Player required
Consonant SoundsVowel SoundsReadings and SongsQuizzes
[09] http://www.everydayenglish.com/
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
[10] Online Language Laboratory, from http://www.fonetiks.org/
Online pronunciation guides to nine varieties of the English language (American, British, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Australian, Canadian, and South African), and nine other languages; Instant sound; Pronunciation samples by over 40 native speakers; All 1,000+ pages free
Oh and Ah (a free online interactive e-story for children 3 to 9)
[11] Spoken English Learned Quickly, from http://www.freeenglishnow.com/
In contrast to ESL instruction, Spoken English Learned Quickly teaches all vocabulary, grammar, syntax, and verb tenses using spoken English exercises. With this method, English grammar is reportedly learned faster and better, with these grammar lessons not adding instruction time because students learn to speak as they study grammar. Because this method teaches all components of spoken English simultaneously, students learn to speak English in half the time it would require with ESL courses. Lessons (text, PDF and MP3 files) and a 450-page student manual can be freely downloaded to your computer, iPod, Blackberry, MP3 player or PDA. Complete lessons contain enough recorded audio lesson material for two hours of study a day, five days a week for nine months.
[12] Free online dictionary with Instant Sound, from howjsay.com

[13] Pronunciation Skills, from Interlink Language Center

[14] English Pronunciation Practice, from Interesting Things for ESL Students
Note: Flash Player version 4 or newer required
Minimal Pair Practice & Quizzes, Songs and Poems, Tongue Twisters
Listen and Repeat Podcast (Audio for ESL/EFL; divided into Songs, Jokes, Listen and Read Along, Cloze, and Selected MP3 Files)
[15] Speaking, from Language and Learning Online (Monash)

Classroom participation strategies
Preparation before class
In class: Taking the floor
Interacting with the others
Shaping the discussion
Fluency and communication
Oral presentations
Sample seminar presentation
Planning
Researching
Focusing
Structuring
Presenting
Practising
During the presentation
Guiding the audience
Long presentations
[16] Learn To Speak English Fluently, from Learn English with Teacher Joe

[17] Vocabulary Exercises – Pronunciation, from Learning English Online (www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/)

[18] English Pronunciation / Listening, from Okanagan College
Note: Quick Time, Shockwave and Adobe Reader required
[19] Learn English online, from Open English World

Free online lessons and activities in conversation, vocabulary, pronunciation, business English, and idioms
[20] Pronunciation skills, from One Stop English
Pronunciation Exercises (starter/beginner, elementary, pre-intermediate and intermediate levels)
Pronunciation skills: glossary, bibliography & activities
[21] International Phonetic Alphabet Charts, from Paul Meier Dialect Services
Note: IPA charts revised to 1993; updated 1996; Flash Player required
Pulmonic Consonants
Non-Pulmonics
Vowels
Other Symbols
DiacriticsSuprasegmentals
Diphthongs and Triphthongs
[22] Purdue's Oral English Test Tutorial
Note: Windows Media Player and Quick Time Video Player required for the practice test and tutorial movie
[23] Minimal Pair Practice, from Ship or Sheep
English language pronunciation practice with minimal pairs and Instant Sound - simply mouse over to hear the soundNote: Flash required
[24] English Pronunciation, from Sounds of English
How to pronounce specific sounds in English.English word stress.English sentence stress and intonation.Pronunciation exercises and activities
[25] Study spoken English free, from spokenenglish.org
Simply mouse over language patterns to hear them instantly spoken
[26] Making better presentations
Seven steps to better presentations by Jeff Veen
How to give a great presentation by D. Keith Robinson
How to get a standing ovation by Guy Kawasaki
The problem with presentations by Doc Searls
PresenTired: "The Voicemail" ("The Morgan Freeman Rule" and "The Biggest Loser" in making better presentations) by Scott Schwertly
[27] Help your ESL students create meaningful and memorable conversations, from Compelling Conversations
Fee based with some free lessons in PDF format; English language learners want to share experiences and insights on contemporary topics - and expand their practical and academic vocabulary. Quotations and proverbs, from differing points of view, also encourage discussions, model excellent communication, and develop critical thinking skills. Students hold longer discussions, learn about their classmates, and gain practical experience.

You can create compelling conversations by asking simple, yet deep, questions like:What brings you here? How did you hear about this class (party/event/movie)? What do you like to do online? Where were you born? How many miles do you think that is from here? Where are you in your family's birth order? What makes you smile? What have you been reading recently? Can you recommend any movies to see or rent? What's the most beautiful place you've seen? What qualities make a good leader? Which issues are important to you in this election? Who chose your name? Why? What music inspires you? Where are you coming from? Where are you going? Where do you feel most comfortable? Why? How do you release stress? What do you appreciate about living here? What did you learn at your last job? What do you do to stay healthy? What TV shows would you recommend to a visitor to your country? Why? Have your habits changed in the last year? How would your friends describe you? What would you add?

Free ESL LessonsTraveling
Studying English
Being Yourself
Talking about Movies
Practicing Job Interviews
[28] Public Speaking Tips by Scott Ginsberg, from ExpertVillage.com
How to Begin a Public Speech
Public Speaking in a Business Setting
How to Use Your Voice in Public Speaking
Tips for Giving a Memorable Public Speech
How to Use Openers in Public Speaking
How to Use Storytelling in Public Speeches
How to Use Humor in Public Speaking
Tips for Managing Time in Public Speaking
How to Engage an Audience in Public Speaking
How to Make an Audience Feel Comfortable in Public Speaking
How to Prepare a Public Speech
How to Close a Public Speech
How to Pace a Public Speech
Memorizing Vs. Notes in Public Speaking
Public Speaking Rules and Advice
How to Be a Good Public Speaker

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Reading: discussions and interactive exercises

[01] Reading, from English-at-home

[02] English Reading, from EnglishClub
Classic English Reading ( famous texts in English from classic sources like the Bible or Shakespeare, with Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced and Shakespeare categories)

English Short Stories (For upper-Intermediate to Advanced levels, Short stories ranging in length from 1,500 to 7,000 words, with activities in vocabulary, vocabulary quiz and comprehension quiz. Some stories are from the public domain like Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher”, and H.H. Munro’s classic horror story “The Monkey's Paw”.)

Authors (William Blake; Rudyard Kipling; Wilfred Owen; William Shakespeare; Percy Bysshe Shelley)

The English Alphabet
Reading Test (Written Comprehension Test)
English Proverbs
News (Current English language news stories from news publications around the world, good for reading practice)
[03] Reading, from English Corner (Rod Rodgers)
Note: Javascript required, with audio selections related to readings
Glossed Readings
Glossed Poems
Readings with True - False Quiz
Readings with Multiple Choice Quiz
Story Building Exercises
Text Reconstruction Exercises
Cloze Exercises
[04] Reading Techniques (Skimming, Scanning, and Using Context), from English On The Run

[05] English Reading Room, from English Page
Free Online Newspapers; Free Online Magazines; Free Online Books and Literature;
Free Online Reference Materials; Online Libraries
[06] The Reading Room - English Comprehension, from English The International Language
Practice your reading skills and improve your vocabulary through selected Articles and Stories, with instant feedback in the True/False questions
[07] Reading, from English Works! Gallaudet University
Reading and Mapping Strategies
Reading Exercises (Traditional Reading Practice - main idea, details, and inferenc- with Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary and Cloze Reading Practices
ESL Reading Links (Reader’s Digest, National Geographic and many others)
[08] Reading, from esl-lounge Student
Elementary
Pre-Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
[09] Finest Quotes

[10] Readings in English, from Interesting Things for ESL Students
Reading English Signs
VOA's Special English Feature Stories (with limited vocabulary of 1,500 words)
[11] The Reading Room, from John’s ESL Interactive
Reading Strategies
Action Mazes (Interactive reading exercises)
Password Prize (game)
[12] Reading, from Karin’s ESL Partyland
With Easy, Difficult and TOEFLesque categories, and reading comprehension activities (matching, error correction, etc)
[13] Online Literature Library, from 1-language.com
Aesop’s Fables (350 direct translations from the Greek)
Selected plays of Shakespeare (All's Well that Ends Well; Antony And Cleopatra;
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; Julius Caesar)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Junior Classics - World Fables (from India, China, Japan, New Guinea, Serbia, Jamaica and others)
World Folk Tales
African Folk Tales
Central Asian Folk Tales
Central European Folk Tales
Chinese Folk Tales
Frank B. Linderman, 1915, Indian Why Stories
The Twins Tales: - Lucy Fitch Perkins, 1911 onwards
[14] Reading, from Language and Learning Online (Monash University)
Effective Reading; Selecting Texts; Predicting; Skimming; Scanning; Detailed Reading; Taking Notes; Reading problems, and Reading Strategies in Education
[15] Readings for ESL Students, from Lauri’s ESL Website

[16] Reading Comprehension, from Learning English Online (englisch-hilfen.de, English version)

[17] ESL Reading Lessons, from 5 Minute English
Note: There are many selections with comprehension exercises from this site; listed below are some representative articles.
Night Study in Korea
Improving Your English
English Around the World
English as an International Language
[18] Reading skills, from One Stop English
Reading matters: What is reading?
Reading skills lesson plans (lesson plans for teaching and learning reading)
[19] 100 free short stories for ESL learners (with listening, grammar, comprehension, and dictation exercises), from Rong-chang Li
Note: In order to listen to the real audio, you need to install the free Real Player. To see the definitions and hear the pronunciation of any word in the stories, you can install the free 1-click Answers program.
[20] Learn English with the news, Read and listen to articles, from Simple English News

[21] Learn English Reading, from Teacher Joe
Timed Readings (How many words per minute can you read?)
Life in China
Joe's Newest Jokes (Learn Vocabulary in context )
English Conversations (Read dialogues between a Chinese student and her friend from New York)
[22] The Quotations Archive

[23] Reading Comprehension Exercises, from Using English
Note: Reading comprehension exercises, based primarily on ESL examination questions like Cambridge ESOL, TOEFL, IELTS and other major exams
Comprehension: Beginner Level Exercises
Comprehension: Intermediate Level Exercises
Comprehension: Advanced Level Exercises
[24] Reading, from world-english
English Proverbs
Proverbs & Old Sayings Quiz
Classic Short Stories (public domain, copyright free)
Classic English Poetry
Notes:

Spoken English Learned Quickly offers free downloads of lessons and books (Learning Spoken English, a 450-page Student Workbook and an Instructor’s Guide) to your computer, iPod, Blackberry, MP3 player or PDA; Lessons in vocabulary, grammar, syntax, and verb tenses using spoken English exercises; Complete lessons contain enough recorded audio lesson material for two hours of study a day, five days a week for nine months.

Friday, September 30, 2016

Adverbs: worksheets, printables, lesson plans, exercises

Discussions:

[1] Adverbs, from Capital Community College Guide to Good Grammar

[2] Adverbs, from Grammar Monster (British English)

[3] Adverbs, from English Daily

[4] Adverbs, from ESL Resource Center

[5] Adverbs, from Using English

[6] Lesson 4 - Adverbs, from My English Grammar

[7] Adjective or Adverb; How to Use Adjectives and Adverbs, from The OWL at Purdue

[8] Using Conjunctive Adverbs, from The Writing Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Links to interactive quizzes and exercises:

[01] Exercise in adverbs from a4esl.org, Internet TESL Journal

[02] Exercises in adverbs from Better English by Pearson Brown(British English)
[03] Exercise in adverbs from Bedford St. Martins (Exercise Central)

[04] Exercises in adverbs from Capital Community College Guide to Good Grammar
[05] Exercises in adverbs from English Corner (Rod Rodgers)
[06] Exercises in adverbs from English Grammar 101
  • Lesson 1-35: Adverb Identification
  • Lesson 1-36: Adverb Identification (Continued)
  • Lesson 1-37: Adverb Identification (Continued)
  • Lesson 1-38: Adverb Identification (Continued)
  • Lesson 1-47: Adjective and Adverbial Phrases
  • Lesson 1-48: Adjective and Adverbial Phrases (Continued)
  • Lesson 1-49: Adjective and Adverbial Phrases (Continued)
  • Lesson 1-54: Adverbs Modifying Adjectives
  • Lesson 1-55: Adverbs Modifying Other Adverbs
[07] Exercises in adverbs from English Language Centre Study Zone
[08] Exercise in adverbs from The English adverbs Page

[09] Exercises in adverbs from English Works (Gallaudet University)
  • This/That/These/Those Exercise 1
  • This/That/These/Those Exercise 2
  • This/That/These/Those Exercise 3
  • This/That/These/Those Exercise 4
  • This/That/These/Those Exercise 5
[10] Exercise in adverbs from ESL 3-6 Review
[11] Exercise in adverbs from esl-Lounge
[12] Exercise in adverbs from Interlink Language Centers
[13] Exercises in adverbs from Grammar Central (eaonline)
[14] Exercise in adverbs from Grammar Monster
[15] Exercise in adverbs from Grammar Workout (Empre State College)
[16] Exercise in adverbs from Interactive Quizzes, John Wong (British English)

Adjective / Adverb

[17] Exercises in adverbs from John’s ESL Community English Interactive
[18] Exercise in adverbs from 1-Language.com
[19] Exercises in adverbs from Learn English Feel Good
[20] Exercises in adverbs from Learning English Online, www.englisch-hilfen.de (English version)
[21] Exercise in adverbs from Marcus Evans Linguarama
[22] Exercises in adverbs from Marcus Evans Linguarama
[23] Exercises in adverbs from Michael Buckhoff's ESL Website for Students and Teachers
[24] Exercise in adverbs from My English Grammar
[25] Exercises in adverbs from Online English Grammar (Edunet)
[26] Exercises in adverbs from OWL English Purdue Grammar and ESL Exercises
Adjective or Adverb?
[27] Exercises in adverbs from Rong-Chang Li
[28] Exercises in adjectives from The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuations
[29] Exercises in adverbs from The ESL Area

Adverbs of frequency
[30] Exercises in adverbs from University of Calgary - The Basic Elements of English Grammar Guide
[31] Exercises in adverbs from University of Oregon The Tongue Untied
[32] Exercises in adverbs from Using English

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Thursday, September 29, 2016

Verbs: worksheets, printables, lesson plans, exercises

Discussions:

[01] Verbs, from Capital Community College Guide to Good Grammar

[02] Verbs, from Grammar Monster (British English)

[03] Verb Forms; Verb Forms – 2; Subject and Verb Agreement, from Superteach

[04] Verbs. from English Daily

[05] Grammar: Verb Tenses, from English On The Run

[06] Verbs, from Interlink Language Centers

[07] Finding Subjects and Verbs; Subject and Verb Agreement, from The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuations

[08] Subject-verb agreement, from University of Wisconsin – Madison Writing Center

[09] Index to all articles on verb tenses, from Visual ESL

[10] Verbs, from Using English

[11] Lesson 2 - Verbs, from My English Grammar

[12] Grammar reference: Verbs and tenses, from One Stop English

[13] Index to articles on Verbs; Index of articles on Tenses, from Learning English Online www.englisch-hilfen.de (English version)

[14] Irregular Verbs; Subject / Verb Agreement; Verb Tenses, from The OWL at Purdue

[15] Subject-verb agreement, from The Writing Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Links to interactive quizzes and exercises:

[01] Exercises in verbs from Activities for ESL Students
Subject-Verb Agreement - Easy
The Verb "To Be"
Gerund or Infinitive
Choose the Correct Form of the Verb
Misuse of the Infinitives
Choose the Correct Form of the Verb
Choose the Correct Verb Form
Choose the Correct Verb Form
Choose the Correct Verb Form
Choose the Correct Verb Form
Present Simple Negative Verbs
Present Simple Verbs
Verb Form Quiz - Gerund or Infinitive
The Library
Look, See or Watch
Going To
Simple Past or Past Continuous - A Dialog
Use the Correct Present Tense Verb
BE Verb - Present and Past
To Be: Past and Present
Irregular Verbs Quiz 1
Irregular Verbs Quiz 2
Irregular Verbs Quiz 3
Irregular Verbs Quiz 4
Common Irregular Verbs - 3 Forms
What's the Correct Verb Form?
Obligation with Subject Agreement
Tense Quiz Using "To Clean"
Swim, Swims, Swimming, Swam or Swum
What's the Correct Verb Form?
Phrasal Verbs
Correct or Incorrect - Verbs
Verb Forms
What's the Correct Verb Form #1
What's the Correct Verb Form #2
What's the Correct Verb Form #3
Tons of Snow (Quiz on Verb Forms)
Go, Goes, Going, Went or Gone
Making a Hypothesis
How to See America - A Verb-Form Exercise
John's Life - A Verb-Form Exercise
Olympics (Verb Form Quiz 2)
Olympics (Verb Form Quiz 1)
Verb Choice
Verb Forms
Verb Forms
Verb Tenses
An Accident (A Verb-Form Exercise)
Hurricane Quiz
Participles - Proposition 215
[02] Exercises in verbs from Aardvark’s English Forum Interactive (British English)
Phrasal verbs
Irregular Verbs Quiz
[03] Exercises in verbs from About.com ESL
Past Tense Forms Review
Verb Form: Gerund or Infinitive? Quiz 1
Verb Form: Gerund or Infinitive? Quiz 2
Simple Past or Present Perfect
Present Perfect or Past Simple # 1
Present Perfect or Past Simple # 2
Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous #1
Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous #2
Future Forms Quiz
[04] Exercises in verbs from Better English by Pearson Brown (British English)
Present Forms
Present Forms 2
Do / does revision
Do for emphasis
Present forms
Past Simple 1
Past Simple 2
Past Simple 3
Irregular Verbs 1
Present Perfect 1
Present Perfect 2
Present Perfect 3
Past Simple v Present Perfect
Present forms for future
Will or going to?
The -ing form
Passive 1
Passive 2
Passive 3
Imperative 1
Question tags 1
Question tags 2
Passives
Past Passives
make / do (Do or make revisited)
have
Present future (Present forms for the future)
When Future When / if + future
can / could / may
Past 4 (Past Simple)
Past 5 (Past Simple again)
Past 6
remember
Was 2 (was / were)
Won't
Will again
[05] Exercises in verbs from Caroline's ESL Web Site
Simple Past Tense – Quiz 1
Quiz — Present Tense, Present Progressive,
and Simple Past Verbs
Grammar Quiz 1 - Easy
Grammar Quiz 1 - Medium Difficulty
[06] Exercises in verbs from Dave Sperling’s ESL Café
Irregular Verbs 1 Quiz
Modal Quiz 1 by Dennis Oliver
Modal Quiz 2 by Dennis Oliver
Simple Present and Present Progressive
Simple Past and Past Progressive 1, by Dennis Oliver
Simple Past and Present Perfect 1 by Dennis Oliver
Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz 1
Verb Tense Review by Dennis Oliver
Learn / Teach Quiz
[07] Exercises in verbs from EFL.net
Irregular Past Tense
Mixed Past Tense
[08] Exercises in verbs from English Club
Phrasal Verbs Quiz
Conditionals Quiz
Questions Quiz
Tag Questions Quiz
Subjunctive Quiz
Active or Passive Quiz
Continuous Tense Verb Quiz
Used to do or Be used to Quiz
Future Time Quiz
For or Since Quiz
Verb Classification Quiz
Main Verb Forms Quiz
Have to, Must, Must not Quiz
Can, Could, Be able to Quiz
Infinitive or -ing Quiz
Simple Present Tense Quiz
Present Continuous Tense QuizPresent Perfect Tense Quiz
Present Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz
Simple Past Tense Quiz
Past Continuous Tense Quiz
[09] Exercises in verbs from English Corner (Rod Rodgers)
Note: Javascript required

Present vs. Past Participle - Exercise 1 Multiple-choice exercise using the present and past participles as adjectives.
Present vs. Past Participle - Exercise 2 Multiple-choice exercise.

Exercises with verbs using prepositions.
Verbs with Prepositions Exercise 1 (about, by, for, with)
Verbs with Prepositions Exercise 2
Tag Questions 1 Present tense tag questions.
Tag Questions 2 Past tense tag questions.
Tag Questions 3 Present perfect tag questions.
Regular Verb Spelling Quiz

Fill-in-the-blank (gap-fill) exercises with used to
used to - Exercise 1
used to - Exercise 2

Simple Past
Simple Past of Regular Verbs 1
Simple Past of Regular Verbs 2

Simple Past of Irregular Verbs: Multiple Choice
Irregular Verbs - Quiz 1
Irregular Verbs - Quiz 2
Irregular Verbs - Quiz 3
Irregular Verbs - Quiz 4
Irregular Verbs - Quiz 5
Irregular Verbs - Quiz 6
Irregular Verbs - Quiz 7

Simple Past of Irregular Verbs: Fill in the Blanks
The sentences in this group are the same as in the multiple-choice sentences.
Irregular Verbs - Quiz 1A
Irregular Verbs - Quiz 2A
Irregular Verbs - Quiz 3A
Irregular Verbs - Quiz 4A
Irregular Verbs - Quiz 5A
Irregular Verbs - Quiz 6A
Irregular Verbs - Quiz 7A

Jonathan Harker’s Trip to Dracula's Castle Part 1 Fill in the blanks with the simple past of regular and irregular verbs in this selection from Bram Stoker's horror classic.
The Trip to Dracula's Castle Part 2
The Trip to Dracula's Castle Part 3
The Trip to Dracula's Castle Part 4

Frankenstein Fill in the blanks with the simple past of regular and irregular verbs in this selection from Mary Shelley's horror classic.

Past Progressive vs. Simple Past
Past Progressive 1 [Fill in the Blanks]
Past Progressive 2 [Correct the word inside square brackets]
The Hound of the Baskervilles Practice the past progressive and simple past by filling in the blanks in this excerpt from a famous Sherlock Holmes adventure.

Present Perfect vs. Simple Past
Present Perfect vs. Simple Past 1 Choose the correct time expressions in each sentence.
Present Perfect vs. Simple Past 2 Fill in the blanks with the present perfect or the simple past of the verbs in parentheses. Present Perfect vs. Simple Past 3 Choose ago, for, or since for each sentence.

Dracula Fill in the blanks with the present perfect or simple past in this excerpt from Bram Stoker's horror classic.

Letter, Mina Harker To Lucy Westenra

Passive Voice
Passive Verb Forms 1 Past Tense Passive
Passive Verb Forms 2 Present Perfect Passive
Passive Verb Forms 3 Present Tense Passive
Passive Verb Forms 4 Present Progressive Passive
Passive Verb Forms 5 Past Progressive Passive
Passive Verb Forms 6 Passive with Modals
Passive Verb Forms 7 Passive with Modals 2
Passive Verb Forms 7 Passive Infinitive with need (s) to
[10] Exercises in verbs from English Grammar 101
Note: Frame based, You can reach the specific topics listed below by clicking "Unit 1: Word and Phrase Patterns" on the left hand frame.
Lesson 1-1: Verb Identification
Lesson 1-2: Verb Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-3: Verb Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-4: Verb Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-5: Verb Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-6: Action versus State-of-being Verbs
Lesson 1-7: Verb Identification
Lesson 1-8: Verb Phrase Identification
Lesson 1-9: Verb Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-10: Verb Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-11: Verb Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-12: Verb Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-13: Verb and Verb Phrase Identification
Lesson 1-14: Verb and Verb Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-24: Compound Verbs
Lesson 1-25: Compound Verbs (Continued)
Lesson 1-26: Compound Verbs (Continued)
Unit 3: Verb Tenses and Verbal Patterns
Lesson 3-0: Unit 3 Pretest
Lesson 3-1: Present Tense Verbs
Lesson 3-2: Present Tense Verbs (Continued)
Lesson 3-3: Intensifying The Present Tense
Lesson 3-4: The Present Participle as Verbal
Lesson 3-5: The Present Participle as Verb and Verbal
Lesson 3-6: The Present Participle as Verb and Verbal (Continued)
Lesson 3-7: Remembering The Prepositional Phrase
Lesson 3-8: The Present Participial Phrase
Lesson 3-9: The Present Participial Phrase (Continued)
Lesson 3-10: The Gerund as a Verbal
Lesson 3-11: The Gerund versus The Present Participle
Lesson 3-12: The Gerundial Phrase Lesson 3-13: The Gerundial Phrase versus The Participial Phrase
Lesson 3-14: The Gerundial Phrase versus The Participial Phrase (Continued)
Lesson 3-15: Phrases: Verb versus Gerundial versus Participial
Lesson 3-16: Phrases: Verb versus Gerundial versus Participial (Continued)
Lesson 3-17: Cumulative Review
Lesson 3-18: The Present Infinitive as Verbal
Lesson 3-19: The Infinitive Phrase as Verbal
Lesson 3-20: The Infinitive Phrase as Verbal (Continued)
Lesson 3-21: Identification of Verbals
Lesson 3-22: Identification of Verbals (Continued)
Lesson 3-23: Cumulative Review
Lesson 3-24: Splitting the Infinitive
Lesson 3-25: Forming the Future Tense
Lesson 3-26: Past Tense Verbs
Lesson 3-27: Regular and Irregular Verbs
Lesson 3-28: Past Tense versus Past Participle
Lesson 3-29: Present Participle versus Past Participle
Lesson 3-30: Irregular Verbs
Lesson 3-31: Irregular Verbs (Continued)
Lesson 3-32: Irregular Verbs (Continued)
Lesson 3-33: Cumulative Review
Lesson 3-34: The Past Participle as Verbal
Lesson 3-35: The Past Participle as Verbal (Continued)
Lesson 3-36: Past Participle versus Present Participle
Lesson 3-37: Past Participle versus Present Participle (Continued)
Lesson 3-38: The Past Infinitive as Verbal
Lesson 3-39: Past Infinitive versus Present Infinitive
Lesson 3-40: Identification of Verbals
Lesson 3-41: Identification of Verbals (Continued)
Lesson 3-42: Identification of Verbals (Continued)
Lesson 3-43: Wishing For the Future Perfect
Lesson 3-44: Cumulative Review
Lesson 3-45: Unit 3 Self-Test
Lesson 3-46: Unit 3 Posttest
[11] Exercises in verbs from English Language Centre Study Zone
Forming the Simple Present Tense (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Negatives and Questions in the Simple Present Tense (Introduction & 3 exercises)
Forming the Present Continuous Tense (Introduction & 1 exercise)
Negatives and Questions in the Present Continuous Tense (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Simple Present or Present Continuous? (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Forming the Simple Past Tense (Regular Verbs) (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Forming the Simple Past Tense (Irregular Verbs) (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Negatives and Questions in the Simple Past Tense (Introduction & 3 exercises)
Forming the and Using the Past Continuous Tense (Introduction & 1 exercise)
Forming the Present Perfect Tense (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Using the Present Perfect Tense (Introduction & 3 exercises)
Present Perfect Tense (Introduction & 3 exercises)
Present Perfect and Simple Past (Introduction & 5 exercises)
The Future with "Will" (Introduction & 2 exercises)
The Future with "Be Going To" (Introduction & 1 exercise)
Four Ways to Talk About the Future (Introduction & 1 exercise)
Past Perfect Tense (Introduction and 2 exercises)
Stative and Dynamic Verbs (Introduction and 2 exercises)
Modals: "Don't have to" and "Mustn't" (Introduction & 2 exercises)
[12] Exercises in verbs from English Learner
Present Simple
Present Simple Mixed-up sentences 1
Present Simple Mixed-up sentences 2
Present Simple Mixed-up sentences 3
Present Simple Mixed-up sentences 4
Present Simple Mixed-up sentences 5
Present Simple Mixed-up sentences 6
Present Simple or Present Continuous?
Present Simple - Questions 1
Present Simple - Questions 1
Present Simple - Present Continuous questions
Past Simple
Past Simple tense Was or Were?
Irregular Past Verbs Crossword 1
Irregular Past Verbs Crossword 2
Irregular Past Verbs Crossword 3
Irregular Past Verbs Crossword 4
Irregular Past Verbs Crossword 5
Past Simple or Past Continuous?
Present Perfect
Verb Forms
Verb Forms
Tenses Test
[13] Exercises in verbs from English On The Run
Grammar Verb: Tenses
The Present Tense of the verb "to be"
The Present Simple Tense: Gap-fill exercise
The Present Progressive Tense: What are they doing? Matching exercise
The Past Simple Tense
The Future Tenses
[14] Exercises in verbs from English Page
Verb Tense Exercise 1 Simple Present and Present Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 2 Simple Present and Present Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 3 Simple Past and Past Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 4 Simple Past and Past Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 5 Simple Past and Present Perfect
Verb Tense Exercise 6 Simple Past and Present Perfect
Verb Tense Exercise 7 Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 8 Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 9 Present Continuous and Present Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 10 Present Continuous and Present Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 11 Simple Past and Past Perfect
Verb Tense Exercise 12 Simple Past, Present Perfect, and Past Perfect
Verb Tense Exercise 13 Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 14 Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, and Past Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 15 Present Continuous, Simple Past, Present Perfect
Continuous, and Past Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 16 Present and Past Tenses with Non-Continuous Verbs
Verb Tense Exercise 17 Present and Past Tense Review
Verb Tense Exercise 18 Will and Be Going to
Verb Tense Exercise 19 Will and Be Going to
Verb Tense Exercise 20 Will and Be Going to
Verb Tense Exercise 21 Simple Present and Simple Future
Verb Tense Exercise 22 Simple Present and Simple Future
Verb Tense Exercise 23 Simple Future and Future Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 24 Simple Present, Simple Future, Present Continuous, and Future Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 25 Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 26 Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 27 Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 28 Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Practice Test Cumulative Verb Tense Review
Verb Tense Final Test Cumulative Verb Tense Review

Modal Verbs
Modal Exercise 1 Can, Could, Have to, Must, Might and Should
Modal Exercise 2 Have to and Must
Modal Exercise 3 Might, Must and Should. Afterwards, you can repeat the exercise
using Could, Have to and Ought to
Modal Exercise 4 Couldn't and Might not
Modal Exercise 5 Have got to, Had Better, May and Shall
Modal Exercise 6 Could, Might, Should and Would
Modal Exercise 7 Modal Verbs Forms
Modal Final Test Cumulative Modal Test

Irregular Verbs
Irregular Verbs 1
Irregular Verbs 2
High Intermediate Irregular Verb Drill
Advanced Irregular Verb Drill
[15] Exercises in verbs from English Works (Gallaudet University)
Identifying Verbs 1
Identifying Verbs 2
Simple Present and Present Continuous Tenses Exercise 1
Using the Passive Voice in Scientific Writing Exercise
One Word Modals
Helping Verbs
Matching Exercise #1: Verb Tense
Matching Exercise #2: Verb Tense
Matching Exercise #3: Sentence
Matching Exercise #4: Verb Tense
Cloze Exercise #2: Verbs
Cloze Exercise #3: Verbs
Crossword Exercise #1: Subject/Verb Agreement
Crossword Exercise #2: Subject/Verb Agreement
Crossword Exercise #3: Subject/Verb Agreement
[16] Exercises in verbs from ESL 3-6 Review
Note:Frame-based, only one URL for all exercises
The Verb To Be
Past Tense and Past Continuous
More Past Continuous
Present Tense
More Present Tense
Past Tense Verbs
Present Tense Questions
Passive Voice
More Passive Voice
Present Perfect
Singular to Plural
Present Perfect Negative
Past tense irregular verbs
Past tense
More Past tense
Past tense Time Clauses
Past Continuous
[17] Exercises in verbs from esl-Lounge
Elementary
To Be Gap Fill
To Be: Positive or Negative Gap Fill
To Be Question Formation Worksheet
To Be Question Formation 2
To Be and To Have / Easy Error Correction 1
Error Correction: To Be & To Have - Exercise 2
Error Correction: To Be
To Be - Questions & Answers
Present Continuous Dialogue Completion
Present Continuous Positive and Negative
Present Continuous Gap Fill Worksheet
Present Simple or Continuous Worksheet
Present Simple/Continuous, Past Simple: Letter Gap Fill
Verbs Used Only In Present Simple
Present Continuous and Present Simple Matching Exercise

Pre-Intermediate Level
Present Perfect or Past Simple Worksheet
Present Perfect or Past Simple Worksheet 2
Error Correction Worksheet - Present Perfect or Past Simple
Error Correction Worksheet - Present Perfect or Past Simple 2
"Been" and "Gone" Worksheet
For or Since Gap Fill
For or Since Worksheet
Finished and Unfinished Time
The Old Colonel - Present Perfect Practice
Just, Yet, Already
Present Perfect or Past Simple: George Richards, Film Maker
Present Perfect or Past Simple: George Richards, Film Maker - Interview
"Was Going To" For Past Intentions
Present Simple and Continuous for Future
Will and Going To Worksheet
Past Continuous - Sentence Completion
Alibi Jigsaw Reading
Past Continuous Gap Fill
Handsome Rick (Past simple and present simple)
John Carpenter (Present simple, past simple and present continuous)
The Penguin - Story and Verb Tense Practice
John The Stuntman - Gap Fill Exercise (elementary verb tenses and comparative/superlative)
Intermediate Level

Passive Using "Get"Passive Verb Patterns
Active / Passive Exercise
Passive or Active Exercise
The Passive – Past
The Passive – Present
Passive General Knowledge
Present Perfect Continuous - I've Been Crying Because...
Present Perfect Simple or Continuous
Present Perfect Simple or Continuous
Advanced Level
Past Tense Worksheet
Causative "Have"
Say / Tell Error Correction
Reported Speech Worksheet
Used To / Be Used To
Future Continuous or Future Perfect?
Contrasting Ideas (Despite, Although, However, etc)
Linking Words
Modal Verbs
Modal Verbs in English - Find the Mistakes
"Must" and "Have To" Differences
Mustn't - Don't Have To Worksheet
"Should / Shouldn't" Worksheet
Should or Shouldn't Exercise
Can and Be Able To Worksheet
Could I? Could You?
"Needn't Have" or "Didn't Need To" Worksheet
Modal Signs
Modals of Deduction Exercise
Past Modals Exercise
[18] Exercise in verbs from Interlink Language Centers
Verbs Pop Quiz 3
[19] Exercises in verbs from Frankfurt International School
Verb forms
Verb forms quiz A - C
Verb forms quiz D – G
Verb forms quiz H – R
Verb forms quiz S - Z
Present Simple / Present Continuous
Multiple-choice (plus explanations) 1
Multiple-choice (plus explanations) 2
Fill the gap (plus explanations) 1
Fill the gap (plus explanations) 2
Past Simple / Present Perfect
Multiple choice (plus explanations) 1
Multiple choice (plus explanations) 2
Fill the gap (plus explanations)
All tenses
Random multiple-choice (plus explanations)
Random fill the gap (plus explanations)
[20] Exercises in verbs from Grammar Bytes
Using Irregular Verbs
Exercise 1
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6 Using Lay and Lie Correctly
Subject-Verb Agreement -- Exercise 1
Subject-Verb Agreement -- Exercise 2
Subject-Verb Agreement -- Exercise 3
Subject-Verb Agreement -- Exercise 4
Subject-Verb Agreement -- Exercise 5
[21] Exercises in verbs from Grammar Central (eaonline)
Noun or Verbs?
Verb “to be”
Verb (“to be”) Negative
Verb “to have”
Verb (“to have”) Negative
Verb “to be” Question Form
Simple Present Tense
Simple Present Tense Question Form
Simple Future Tense
Simple Past Regular Verbs
Irregular verbs I (A-B)
Irregular verbs II (C-E)
Irregular verbs III (F-H)
Irregular verbs IV (K-M)
Irregular verbs V (P-S)
Irregular verbs VI (S-T)
Irregular verbs VII (T-Z)
Past Form of the Verb (“to be”)
Past Negative of the Verb (“to be”)
Past of the Verb (“to have”)
There is / There are
There is / There are – Negative forms

Terry the Terrible Teacher
Subject-Verb Agreement
Simple Past
Flashed ESL
Simple Present
Simple Past
Noun – Verb Agreement
There is / There are
Irregular Verbs (Past Tense)
Past “To Be”
Present Continuous
Negative “To Be”
Do Not / Does Not
[22] Exercise in verbs from Grammar Monster
Verbs Test
23] Exercises in verbs from Grammar Workout (Empire State College)
Exercise 1: Noun-Verb Agreement
Basic Noun-Verb Agreement
Advanced Noun-Verb Agreement

Exercise 2: Agreement with Trick Singular Nouns and Pronouns
Agreement with Trick Singulars - Basic
Agreement with Trick Singulars - Advanced
Exercise 3: Agreement When Words Come between the Noun and Verb

Exercise 8: Verb Agreement with Other Verbs - Tense
Verb Tense Agreement with Other Verbs – Basic
Verb Tense Agreement with Other Verbs – Advanced
Problems with Verb Tense Agreement & Noun-Verb Agreement
[24] Exercises in verbs from Interactive Quizzes, John Wong (British English)
Irregular Verbs
Subject / Verb Agreement
Transitivity of Verbs
Gerund / Infinitive
[25] Exercises in verbs from Interesting Things for ESL Students
"Doing" or "To Do" [Flash]
Swim, Swims, Swimming, Swam or Swum #2 [Flash]
[26] Exercises in verbs from Isabel’s ESL Site
The Present Simple Girl (use, form & exercises)
Form
Exercise 1 Present Simple Form
Exercise 2 Present Simple Sentences - Affirmative
Exercise 3 Present Simple Form Sentences - Negative
Exercise 4 Present Simple – Questions 1 / 6
Use
Exercise 1 Habits & Routines
Exercise 2 Present Simple Use
Contrast
Exercise 1 Present Simple or Present Continuous
Exercise 2 Rosie’s Family
The Present Continuous Guy (use, form & exercises)
Form
Exercise 1 Present Continuous – Affirmative
Exercise 2 Present Continuous- Mistakes
Exercise 3 Present Continuous - Questions 1 / 6
Use
Exercise 1 Present Continuous Use
Future Tense Going To
Form
Exercise 1 Going To
Exercise 2 The "Going to" boy and his girlfriend Carmela are going to get married.
Use
Exercise Future: Going to - Use
Contrast
Exercise 1 Going and Will
Exercise 2 Going to or Will
Future tense: Will
Form
Exercise 1 Future:Will
Exercise 2 What will you do to be a better student?
Use
Exercise 1 Future: Will - Use
Contrast
Exercise 1 Going to and Will
Exercise 2 Going to or Will
Past Simple Tense
Exercise 1 Past Simple - Form Mistakes
Exercise 2 Past Simple Ending Pronunciation
Exercise 3 Past Simple- Questions 1 / 6
Past Continuous Tense
Exercise 1 Pictures from some dream holidays
Exercise 2 Past Continuous - Negative
Use
Past Continuous: Use
Contrast
Exercise 1 Past Simple & Past Continuous: The others
Exercise 2 Past Simple & Past Continuous
[27] Exercises in verbs from ITB's Language Centre
Subject Verb Agreement Quiz 1
Subject Verb Agreement Quiz 2
Subject Verb Agreement Quiz 3
Subject Verb Agreement Quiz 4
Subject Verb Agreement Quiz 5
Subject Verb Agreement Quiz 6
Subject Verb Agreement Quiz 7
[28] Exercises in verbs from John’s ESL Community English Interactive
Simple Past Tense Quiz
Subject + To Be
Sight Verbs / See, Look at, and Watch
The Simple Past or the Past Progressive
Simple Present vs. Present Progressive
[29] Exercises in verbs from Karin's ESL Partyland
Jobs: Simple Present "Be"
Going to a Party: Say vs. Tell
Housework: Make vs. Do
Simple Past and Past Progressive
Tense Review: Karin's Knee Surgery
Tense Review: At a Restaurant
Tense Review: the Verb "Have"
Sue Plans a Wedding: Verbs with Prepositions
Business Expressions with the Verb "Sign:" Part One
Business Expressions with the Verb "Sign:" Part Two
[30] Exercises in verbs from 1-Language.com
Passive participles
Noun and Verb Matching / Subjects and Verbs - 1
Noun and Verb Matching / Subjects and Verbs - 2
Subjects and Verbs 1
Subjects and Verbs 2
[31] Exercises in verbs from Language and Learning Online (Monash University)
Why use passive verbs
Active vs. passive
Changing active to passive
Passive review
Present continuous exercise
Present simple exercise
Present perfect exercise 1
Present perfect exercise 2
Past perfect exercise
Tense review
[32] Exercise in verbs from Lauri's ESL Website
Am, Is or Are?
Going to San Jose (Simple Present/Present continuous)
Robert Usually Gets Up Early (Simple Present)
Peter's Lucky Day (Verb Choice)
The Present Continuous and the Simple Present
Practice with Simple Past
[33] Exercises in verbs from Learn English Feel Good
VERB TENSES
Mixed Verbs 1 (Intermediate)
Mixed Verbs 2 (Intermediate)
Mixed Verbs 3 (Beginner)
Mixed Verbs 4 (Beginner)
Mixed Verbs 5 (Intermediate)
Simple Past Tense 1 (Beginner)
Simple Past Tense 2 (Beginner)
SIMPLE PAST or PAST CONTINUOUS? (Advanced)
SIMPLE PRESENT or PRESENT CONTINUOUS? (Advanced)
SIMPLE PAST or PRESENT PERFECT? (Intermediate)
CONDITIONAL TENSES 1 (Intermediate)
CONDITIONAL TENSES 2 (Advanced)
Irregular Verbs 1 (Beginner)
Irregular Verbs 2 (Intermediate)
Mixed modals 1 (should, can, must) (Intermediate)
Mixed modals 2 (should, can, must) (Intermediate)
MODALS (Couldn't/Might Not) Quiz (Intermediate)
MODALS with the INFINITIVE 1
MODALS with the INFINITIVE 2
CONDITIONAL or FUTURE? (Intermediate)
CONDITIONAL, FUTURE, or PRESENT? (Intermediate)
FUTURE TENSES 1 (Advanced)
FUTURE TENSES 2 (Advanced)
CAUSATIVE FORM 1 (Intermediate)
CAUSATIVE FORM 2 (Advanced)
Reported Speech - Online Test 1 (Intermediate)
Reported Speech - Online Test 2 (Intermediate)
Phrasal Verbs 1 (Advanced)
Phrasal Verbs 2 (Advanced)
Phrasal Verbs 3 (Intermediate)
Phrasal Verbs 4 (Intermediate)
Phrasal Verbs 5 (Beginner)
Phrasal Verbs 6 (Beginner)
Which word: CHANGE or EXCHANGE? (Intermediate)
Which word?: DO or DOES? (Beginner)
Which word?: DO or MAKE? (Beginner)
Which word?: DO or MAKE? 2 (Beginner)
[34] Exercises in verbs from Learning English Online, www.englisch-hilfen.de (English version)
Modal Auxiliaries
can and to be able to
Questions with do or does - Exercise 1
Questions with do or does - Exercise 2
's - is or has - short forms/contracted forms
The verb to be - Exercise 1
The verb to be - Exercise 2
The verb to do - Exercise 1
The verb to do - Exercise 2
was or were
was not or were not
Passive – Statements
Passive - Statements (more objects)
Passive - Statements (various tenses)
Active or Passive? - Exercise 1
Active or Passive? - Exercise 2
Phrasal verbs
Irregular Verbs - Crossword 1
Irregular Verbs - Crossword 2
Irregular Verbs - 1
Irregular Verbs - 2
Irregular Verbs - 3
Irregular Verbs - 4
Irregular Verbs - 5
Irregular Verbs - 6
Irregular Verbs - Mix 1
Irregular Verbs - Mix 2
Irregular Verbs - Mix 3
Irregular Verbs - Mix 4
Irregular Verbs - Form
Irregular verbs - randomly selected
Irregular Verbs - 1
Irregular Verbs - 2
Irregular Verbs - 3
Irregular Verbs - 4
Irregular Verbs - 5

Regular or Irregular verbs - Odd Man Out - 1
Regular or Irregular verbs - Odd Man Out - 2
Regular verbs - Infinitive, Simple Past, Past Participle
Regular verbs - Phrases
[35] Exercise in verbs from Marcus Evans Linguarama (British English)
Simple past / present perfect (Personnell)
Present continuous (Business Communication)
Must or Have to? (Legal English)
To do or Doing? (Technology)
Phrasal verbs (Retailing)
[36] Exercises in verbs from Michael Buckhoff's ESL Website for Students and Teachers
Irregular Verb Form self-study quizzes
Quiz One
Quiz Two
Quiz Three
Quiz Four
Quiz Five
Quiz Six
Quiz Seven
Passive Verb self-study quizzes
Verb Form self-study quizzes
[37] Exercises in verbs from 5 Minute English
Using the Past Continuous with the Simple Past Tense
Have you ever...?
Using have to, supposed to, and ought to
Reported Speech (Part 1)
Reported Speech (Part 2)
Using Parallel Verbs
Using wish to talk about the past
Past Participles
Using must as a conclusion
Using wish in the present tense
The Present Perfect Progressive Tense
Using the Present Perfect Tense
Use to / Used to
Simple Past vs. Past Progressive Tense
Simple Present vs. Present Continuous
Hear and Listen to
See, Look at, and Watch
Irregular Past Tense Verbs
Go + noun
[38] Exercises in verbs from My English Grammar
Exercise 2 - Verbs (Auxiliary)
Exercise 13 - USED TO
[39] Exercises in verbs from Online English Grammar (Edunet)
Active - Passive Distinction Intermediate - Advanced Flash Q&A
Confusing Verbs Intermediate - Advanced Flash Q&A
Main Verb Requirement Intermediate - Advanced Flash Q&A
Non-finite Verb Forms Intermediate - Advanced Flash Q&A
Passive Voice Form Intermediate - Advanced Flash Q&A
Past Tense and Past Participle Forms Intermediate - Advanced Flash Q&A
Past Verb Forms Intermediate Game : crossword
Past, Present or Future? Basic - Intermediate Flash Q&A
Subject-Verb Agreement Intermediate - Advanced Flash Q&A
Subject-Verb Inversion Intermediate - Advanced Flash Q&A
Tense Usage Intermediate - Advanced Flash Q&A
Verb Search - Irregular Verbs Basic-Intermediate Game : word search
[40] Exercises in verbs from OWL English Purdue Grammar and ESL Exercises
Accept and Except Practice
Affect and Effect Practice
Making Subjects and Verbs Agree
Tense Consistency
[41] Exercises in verbs from Rong-Chang Li
ESL Exercises (1)
ESL Exercises (3)
ESL Exercises (5)
ESL Exercises (6)
ESL Exercises (7)
ESL Exercises (8)
ESL Exercises (10)
Subject - Verb Agreement (1)
Subject - Verb Agreement (2)
Subject - Verb Agreement (3)
Modals & Helping Verbs (1)
Modals & Helping Verbs (2)
Verbs Tenses (1)
Verbs Tenses (2)
Verbs Tenses (3)
Verbs Tenses (4)
Verbs Tenses (5)
Verbs Tenses (6)
Verbs Tenses (7) Mixed Tenses
Verbs Tenses (8) Mixed Tenses
Verbs Tenses (9) Mixed Tenses
Verbs Tenses (10) Mixed Tenses
Verbs Tenses (11) Mixed Tenses
Verbs Tenses (12) Mixed Tenses
Subjunctive Mood (1)
Subjunctive Mood (2)
Irregular Verbs (1)
Irregular Verbs (2)
Irregular Verbs (3)
Irregular Verbs (4)
Irregular Verbs (5)
Irregular Verbs (6)
Phrasal Verbs (1)
Phrasal Verbs (2)
Phrasal Verbs (3)
Phrasal Verbs (4)
Phrasal Verbs (5)
Phrasal Verbs (6)
Phrasal Verbs (7)
Phrasal Verbs (8)
Phrasal Verbs (9)
Phrasal Verbs (10)
[42] Exercises in verbs from Superteach (Your English Grammar Tutor On-line)
About Verbs Part 1
About Verbs Part 2
Fixing Common Mistakes: Wrong Verb Form
Subject - Verb Agreement Tests: The Saga of Boyde Bridges
Exercise One
Exercise Two
Exercise Three
Subjec t -Verb Agreement Test - The difficult one
The Saga of Boyde Bridges
Exercise One
Exercise Two
Exercise Three
[43] Exercises in verbs from Taiwan Teacher
Simple Perfect Verb Forms
Simple Progressive Verb Forms
[44] Exercises in verbs from The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuations
Finding Subjects and Verbs Quiz 1
Finding Subjects and Verbs Quiz 2
Subject and Verb Agreement Quiz 1
Subject and Verb Agreement Quiz 2
Effect vs. Affect Quiz 1
Effect vs. Affect Quiz 2
Effect vs. Affect Quiz 3
Lie vs. Lay Quiz 1
Lie vs. Lay Quiz 2
Advice vs. Advise Quiz 1
Advice vs. Advise Quiz 2
[45] Exercises in verbs from The ESL Area
Simple Past
Cause and Effect: Ben Franklin
The Big Dinner
Christopher Columbus
Inventors and Inventions
"Bouki's Glasses"
Civil rights questionnaire (Making Connections 2)
Tell me what happened.
What did you do last weekend?
Past continuous
I Was Enjoying Myself at Myrtle Beach
Present perfect
Have you ever...?
Future What's going to happen?
Modals
A Bird Can Fly
Would you like to...?
Phrasal verbs
John Goddard's goals
[46] Exercises in verbs from University of Calgary - The Basic Elements of English Grammar Guide
Verb Identification
Transitive, Intransitive, & Linking Verbs
Verb Tenses and Forms
Auxiliary (Helping) Verbs
Verbs and Mood
Verbs and Voice
Verbals
[47] Exercises in verbs from University of Oregon The Tongue Untied
Verb Practice Exercise
Verb Practice Exercise Answers
Interactive Verb Quiz #1
Interactive Verb Quiz #2
Verbals: Gerunds, Participles and Infinitives
Verbal Practice Exercise
Answers for Verb Practice Exercise
Interactive Verbal Quiz #1
Interactive Verbal Quiz #2
Subject / verb agreement
Agreement Practice Exercise
Agreement Practice Exercise Answers
Interactive Clause Quiz 1
Interactive Agreement Quiz 2
[48] Exercises in verbs from Using English
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Beginner English
Modals
Must & Can (10)
Present Simple
Present Simple (16)
Present Simple & Progressive- 2 (19)
Present Simple or Progressive (16)
Verbs and Tenses
Am, Are & Is (15)
Auxiliary Verbs (15)
Don't & Doesn't (10)
Have or Has (18)
Imperatives (10)
Need & Needn't (10)
She's = is or has? (11)
Simple or Progressive? (10)
There is or There are (15)
Was or Were (16)
Will or Would (10)
Intermediate English
Future Forms
Futures (11)
Will & Going to (10)
Modals
May or Might (10)
Mixed Modals (10)
Modals- Permission and Requests (10)
Passive
Passive (15)
Passive (2) (14)
Past Simple
Past Simple & Present Perfect (52)
Past simple or past perfect? (10)
Past Simple, Progressive Perfect (13)
Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal Verbs - Bring (11)
Phrasal Verbs - Check (10)
Phrasal Verbs - Come (11)
Phrasal Verbs - Cut (11)
Phrasal Verbs - Do (11)
Phrasal Verbs - Draw (10)
Phrasal Verbs - Fall (11)
Phrasal Verbs - Find (10)
Phrasal Verbs - Get (23)
Phrasal Verbs - Give (11)
Phrasal Verbs - Go (18)
Phrasal Verbs - Hand (12)
Phrasal Verbs - Let (14)
Phrasal Verbs - Listen (11)
Phrasal Verbs - Look (20)
Phrasal Verbs - Make (18)
Phrasal Verbs - Pay (13)
Phrasal Verbs - Put (13)
Phrasal Verbs - Run (13)
Phrasal Verbs - See (14)
Phrasal Verbs - Set (15)
Phrasal Verbs - Sign (10)
Phrasal Verbs - Sit (10)
Phrasal Verbs - Speak (13)
Phrasal Verbs - Stand (14)
Phrasal Verbs - Take (22)
Phrasal Verbs - Talk (12)
Phrasal Verbs - Try (11)
Phrasal Verbs - Wait (10)
Phrasal Verbs - Work (13)
Phrasal Verbs - Write (12)
Present Perfect
Present Perfect (11)
Present Perfect Simple & Progressive (21)
Present Perfect- Word Order (10)
Verbs and Tenses
Causative (21)
Needn't & Don't Need (8(
[49] Exercise in verbs from Visual ESL / English Tenses With Cartoons
Present Simple Exercises
Present Simple 1 (forming; all)
Present Simple 2 (forming; positive and negative sentences)
Present Simple or Present Continuous 2
Present Simple 3 (forming; all)
Present Simple or Present Continuous 3
Present Simple vs Present Continuous 4
Present Simple vs Present Continuous 5 Present Simple - conjugation of the verb "to be"
Present Continuous Exercises
Present Continuous 1 (forming; negative sentences)
Present Simple vs Present Continuous 1
Present Continuous and Present Simple gap-fill.
Present Continuous and Present Simple gap-fill.
Present Perfect Exercises
Present Perfect 1 (forming; all)
Present Perfect 2 (forming; negative sentences)
Present Perfect 3 (forming; positive sentences)
Present Perfect and Past Simple 1
Past Perfect Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous 1 (forming; positive sentences)
Past Perfect Continuous 2 (forming; negative)
Others
Past Simple (forming; positive sentences)
Past Perfect (forming; positive sentences)
Future Simple (forming; positive sentences)
Future Perfect (forming; positive sentences)
Future Continuous (forming; postive sentences)
Present Perfect Continuous (forming; positive sentences)
Lay Lie and Lie
Past Continuous (formingl positive sentences)
Irregular Verbs
Irregular Verbs 1 (test) Gap-fill exercise
Irregular Verbs 2 (test) Gap-fill exercise
Irregular Verbs 3 (test) Gap-fill exercise
Irregular Verbs 4 (test) Gap-fill exercise
[50] Exercises in verbs from World-English (British English)
FUTURE FORMS IN ENGLISH
MODAL VERBS
REPORTED SPEECH
MAKE or DO
FOR or SINCE
BORROW or LEND
SAY or TELL
SIMPLE PRESENT OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PASSIVE TEST
THE PASSIVE VOICE
ENGLISH TENSES AND MORE