Daily Grammar Archive - Comprehensive archive of all of our grammar lessons and quizzes This archive contains links to all of our free grammar lessons and quizzes. You can use this archive to study Daily Grammar at your own pace. Lessons 1-90 cover the eight parts of speech, which are verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. Lessons 91-300 cover the parts of the sentence, such as appositives, predicate nominatives, direct objects, prepositional phrases, clauses, and verbals. Lessons 301-440 cover the mechanics of grammar, which is also known as capitalization and punctuation. Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - Quiz Lessons 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 - Quiz Lessons 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 - Quiz Lessons 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 - Quiz Lessons 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 - Quiz Lessons 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 - Quiz Lessons 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 - Quiz Lessons 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 - Quiz Lessons 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 - Quiz Lessons 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 - Quiz Lessons 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 - Quiz
ESL Reading Activities - Interactive Games Every ESL textbook will have reading comprehension lessons. Take any reading lesson and here are 4 reading activities and how to make reading more interactive, fun, and interesting for your international students. Even a reading lesson can become an interactive game. Let's get them moving and out of their seats. As ESL teachers you can put them in your bag of tricks the next time you want to 'spice up' your reading lessons. 1. Students get into groups of three. Writer is given a list of reading comprehension questions at the desk. Writer asks the runner the first question. Students continue to do this until all questions are answered. As a class, go over answers or any questions about the reading. 2. Separate students in half. Other half of the students are given questions and they can work together to predict what the reading will be about and what they think the answers will be. Pair students who read with the students who have the questions. Reading Race Reading Scavenger Hunt
The Parts of Speech 101 Most people claim to be befuddled by English grammar. I’m not surprised; it can get pretty complicated. But I think a bigger problem is the way grammar is taught–if it’s taught at all.We make it too difficult too fast. The basic concepts of grammar are not hard to understand, really. I’ve talked about it before. The first key is to separate grammar from usage. I like to think of grammar in terms of four inter-related parts I call the grammar zones. Think of it this way: every one of the hundreds of thousands of words you will use in your lifetime fits into one of just eight categories. Step one in grammar is learning the eight basic functions of words called the parts of speech. A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Pronouns are substitute words. Do you understand how pronouns work? Verbs are the heartbeat of language. Verbs can be changed to indicate time. Another way of thinking about it is that verbs show what people and things do in a sentence. Easy, right?
The Prepositional Phrase Printer Fabulous! Recognize a prepositional phrase when you see one. At the minimum, a prepositional phrase will begin with a preposition and end with a noun, pronoun, gerund, or clause, the "object" of the preposition. The object of the preposition will often have one or more modifiers to describe it. Preposition + Noun, Pronoun, Gerund, or Clause Preposition + Modifier(s) + Noun, Pronoun, Gerund, or Clause Here are some examples of the most basic prepositional phrase: At home At = preposition; home = noun. Most prepositional phrases are longer, like these: From my grandmother From = preposition; my = modifier; grandmother = noun. Understand what prepositional phrases do in a sentence. A prepositional phrase will function as an adjective or adverb. The book on the bathroom floor is swollen from shower steam. As an adverb, a prepositional phrase will answer questions such as How? Freddy is stiff from yesterday's long football practice. Cookbooks do indeed contain recipes. valid html
English Listening Skills and Activities-Effective Listening Practice for ESL EFL Learners and Teachers English listening skills for ESL EFL learners and teachers. Comprehension quizzes for listening skill improvement for beginner, intermediate and advanced ESL EFL English levels. Improve Listening Skills - English listening skilsImprove you listening skills with RealAudio and these listening strategies Aquiring Listening SkillsAcquiring listening skills is frustrating. This is because successful listening skills are acquired over time and with lots of practice. It's frustrating for students because there are no rules as in grammar teaching. Intonation and Stress: Key to UnderstandingThis feature takes a look at how intonation and stress influence the way English is spoken. English Learning PodcastsOverview of podcasting for English teachers and learners including an introduction to podcasting and recommended sites with English learning podcasts.
Diagramming Sentences The Basics of Sentence Diagramming (Part Two) 30 sentence diagrams introducing possessive nouns objective complements adverbial objectives adverb clauses adjective clauses noun clauses participles gerunds infinitive phrases compound-complex sentences . . . and more Examples: Sentence 31: The parents ate the cake, and the children ate the cookies. Sentence 51: She earned a promotion by completing her projects promptly. Grammatical Terms and Diagramming Symbols Click on a page to enlarge it. . . . from "absolute phrase" to "complementary infinitive" . . . from "complex sentence" to "finite verb" . . . from "future tense" to nominative absolute" . . . from "noun" to "phrasal verb" . . . from "phrase" to "relative pronoun" . . . from "retained object" to "voice" English Grammar and Usage Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Conjunctions, Prepositions, Expletives,
List of Interactive Quizzes The quizzes with a magenta marble are also listed within the section or digital handout to which they apply. The twenty-one quizzes with a green marble and designated "Practice" have been adapted from the instructor's manual and other ancillary materials accompanying Sentence Sense: A Writer's Guide. They are duplicated here with permission of the author, Evelyn Farbman, and the publisher, Houghton Mifflin Inc. The seventeen quizzes with a gold marble were written by the English faculty at an estimable midwestern university and are used here with the permission of that department. The ten quizzes with a red marble were prepared by students in Professor Karyn Hollis's Tutor Training course at Villanova University. Clicking on the NUMBER immediately before the quiz's name will take you to the section of the Guide pertaining to the grammatical issue(s) addressed in that quiz. Clicking on the Guide's logo at the top of a quiz-page will bring you back to this page.
Microsoft Translator: FAQ What languages does Microsoft Translator support? Microsoft Translator supports languages that cover more than 95% of worldwide gross domestic product (GDP)...and one language that is truly out of this world: Klingon. We would like to thank our community partners for their support in development of translation systems for the following languages: Hmong, Latvian, Queretaro Otomi, Urdu, Welsh, Yucatec Maya,and Klingon. Click here to learn more about our community partners. Can I test the Translator API before I buy a monthly subscription? Whether you are building a solution as a side project, you simply want to test Microsoft Translator, or your project will translate fewer than 2 million characters per month, you can subscribe to the free 2M-characters/month volume tier through Windows Azure Marketplace. Can I use the Translator API for free? Where do I buy a subscription to the Translator API? Purchase details are in the How to buy section. How do I calculate the monthly volume? No.
e-anglais.com Teaching approaches and strategies / Oral language / ESOL teaching strategies / Pedagogy Te Kete Ipurangi Navigation: Te Kete Ipurangi Communities Schools Te Kete Ipurangi user options: Close Search community Searching ...... English - ESOL - Literacy Online website navigation You are here: Teaching approaches and strategies This page includes teaching approaches that are effective for all learners, and particularly useful for English language learners. Key resources Background to teaching and learning strategies Thinking Back to top Writing Speaking/Listening Reading Before reading: During reading: Comprehension strategies After reading: Vocabulary Metacognition RIQ (also called 3,2,1) Published on: 24 Feb 2009 Footer: TKI - Te Kete Ipurangi New Zealand Government © Crown copyright.
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