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Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Grammar sites. Mostrar todas las entradas

viernes, 14 de diciembre de 2012

BBC grammar videos and activities for elementary students

The British Council's Learn English Kids site features a new section devoted to grammar for lower level students, those at A1 (Básico 1) and A2 (Básico 2) levels. Originally, the contents are designed for children, but the material can be used by learners of all ages at an elementary level.

This is the way The British Council introduces the section on its webpage:
"Do you want to practise your English grammar? Watch the grammar videos, play the grammar games, print the grammar worksheets, write to us in the grammar quiz section and then test yourself with our downloadable grammar tests. Don't forget you can always print the grammar reference cards to help you."


As you can see from the screenshot above, there are four parts in the section. I found the grammar videos and grammar tests the most interesting ones for learners.

In the grammar videos you will find one-minute videos with explanations on a number of grammar topics: countable/uncountable nouns; future with will; present simple vs simple continuous; comparatives and superlatives; how to use prepositions of place.

In the grammar tests, you will find explanations of grammar topics with lots of examples (adjectives, past and present of to be, possessives, pronouns, demonstratives, like/don't like, modals, have got) and tests or activities for you to download together with a "reference card", which is a fast and effective way of revising and consolidating how to use a specific grammar point. You will need to register to be able to download this stuff, but it is free and you gain instant access.

sábado, 29 de septiembre de 2012

The Internet Grammar of English

The Internet Grammar of English is "an online course in English grammar written primarily for university undergraduates, (...) but  it will be useful to everyone who is interested in the English language."

The Internet Grammar of English does not assume any prior knowledge of grammar and is accessible free of charge.

The site is easily accesible and is divided in user-friendly sections:

Contents
Glossary of terms
A-Z index
Search box
Exercises

I stumbled upon The Internet Grammar of English through Jeffrey Hill and his excellent The English Blog.


Remember that this blog features other grammar sites:

Grammar Speaks (Azar Grammar)

viernes, 3 de agosto de 2012

Grammar check.net

Grammar check.net sounds like a different site for learning and revising grammar, punctuation and spelling.


It seems really easy to use: Copy or paste the text you want to check in the text box and then click the button .

If there is a problem with the sentence you wrote, http://www.grammarcheck.net/ will underline in green the incorrect part. You just have to click on the underlined phrase for GrammarCheck.net to tell you what the problem is.


Remember the other grammar sites that this blog features.

Grammar Speaks (Azar Grammar)

H/T to Technology Tidbits

sábado, 7 de abril de 2012

Grammar quizzes

Grammar-Quizzes.com is an open educational resource for understanding, learning and practicing English grammar through the use of current event stories, pictures and self-quizzes.

Although it is originally written for intermediate students, Grammar-Quizzes now includes practices for native speakers.

Grammar points are listed both by grammar term and by word on this index page.



Remember that this blog features other grammar sites:

Grammar Speaks (Azar Grammar)

sábado, 4 de febrero de 2012

English verb charts

I discovered English Verb Tenses Explained through Larry Ferlazzo.

English Verb Tenses Explained can help English students to all levels get a quick overview of the English tense system.

They give examples for all the tenses and use a colour code to identify tenses, and also provide the basic usage rules for each tense.

English Verb Tenses Explained can be a good revision tool for us.

viernes, 20 de enero de 2012

English Grammar Secrets

We have already mention English Grammar Secrets on this blog when referring to some specific grammar point.

I think it is only fair to let everybody know about this site by Caroline and Pearson Brown. Below you will find the grammar topics which are dealt with on the site. There is a theoretical introduction to each point with some examples. Then a number of interactive exercises of varying difficulty follow. We are always provided with an answer to the different tasks.

English Grammar Secrets is an excellent online grammar-cum-activities site.


Present Continuous
Present Simple
Present Simple or Continuous
Past Simple
Past Continuous
Past Simple or Continuous
Irregular Verbs
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect or Past Simple
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
Past Review 1
Past Review 2
The Future - Going to
The Future - Will
Will or Going to
The Future - present forms
Will - other uses
Shall
The Imperative
The Passive
The -ing form
Can
Could
May/Might
Should
Should 2
Must /Have to
Zero Conditional
First Conditional
Second Conditional
Third Conditional
Wish
Had better
Used to
Questions 1
Questions 2
Question tags
Reported speech
Reported speech 2
Suppose
Suppose 2
Have something done
Should have
Can have / could have
Will be doing
Will have done
Vocabulary Lessons