UMHS Online Writing Lab

All about Grammar

 

Grammar Interactive Quizzes

 

Ø contains 174 interactive quizzes on 30 different grammar topics

Ø easily accessible to meet individual needs of students

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm                    

 

Grammar Handbook (Writer’s Workshop, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

 

Ø “This Handbook explains and illustrates the basic grammatical rules concerning parts of speech, phrases, clauses, sentences and sentence elements, and common problems of usage,”

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/grammar_handbook.htm

 

Purdue OWL--Practice Exercise Index

Ø students may take quizzes online and check answers

Ø printer friendly handouts available

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/index.html

 

Purdue OWL--Comma Power Point

Ø simple rules with sample exercises for class instruction or individual work

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/pp/comma.PPT

 

Purdue Owl—Sentence Structure

Ø basic sentence patterns with sample exercises for class instruction or individual work

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/pp/sentence.PPT