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  • Teacher Jane Gleason
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    Learning to Write and Writing to Learn

    Writing takes time and practice! This page will introduce grammar and writing practice web pages,TABE LANGUAE practice and typing skills.  It's up to you to use them! Please feel free to ask questions at any time. I encourage shared learning with your classmates too. 

    TYPING PRACTICE             DICTIONARY AND THESAURUS

    Learning through SONG            Song Lyrics (words)                                   Songs with Quizzes  (some songs are blocked) Try You'll Never Walk Alone

       What a Wonderful World               This Old Guitar      past tense practice    

     

     TODAY"S Lesson: Itasca State Park      Minnesota State Parks   

    Reading Skills -Marshal ABE lesson Memorial Day

    ELCivics Memorial Day Lesson 

     

     

    Basic Guide to Writing and Grammar 

    Explanations and Videos on parts of speech and grammar

    Sentence, paragraph and Index of writing practice lessons             

    QUIZZES-LANGUAGE ARTS FROM SOFTSCHOOLS

    Paragraph Basics

    Writing Exercises

    Azargrammar.com intermediate

    AzarGrammar Advanced  powerpoints

    VOA Explanation  present past and future

     

    READING SKILLS for Today's Adults- Marshall Adult ABE home page  

     

     

    1.  LINKING Verbs lesson- Read and do the quiz at the top of the page

    The Verb  To BE explained    More Practice To Be    Verb Be Answer practice          Yes/No Question Practice        Yes/No Read and Practice   . 

    2. What is a NOUN?     Proper Nouns Explained             Plural Nouns explained      --Proper or common nouns quiz          Proper Nouns Quiz   

    3. What is a Pronoun?       Practice 1         Practice 2     Practice 3       Practice 4         Practice 5       Pronoun Contraction Quiz     

     4.     Practice with Possessive pronouns and adjectives                 

    5. The Simple Present tense                Present Tense Review                      Present tense quiz                Quiz with explanations

     More Practice of the present tense    

    6.        List of common adverbs     ADVERBS of FREQUENCY Explained      Explanation Video:Adverbs of Frequency    Make Sentences   and write them HERE     Quiz 1   Quiz 2             
             List of common adjectives        

    7. Present Continous Click the lesson and continue with the exercises below the lesson.

    8.  ARTICLES explanation       Online quizzes   Here  and HERE  and HERE

    9.  Look at this lesson, then click on the practice and quiz links:   How to Use Commas Lesson  Kahn lesson   Practice Quiz1   Quiz 2   Quiz 3

    10. Compound Sentences  using and, or, so, but      

    11. Use of because in compound sentences                      Listen to sentences with Because   
      - so/becasue quiz

    12  Verb Tense Review and quiz           . 2. Verb Tense Quiz                          3. Verb Tense Quiz

    13. Present vs Past

    14. Make questions with Verb BE       Use Do verb in Yes/No Questions          Lesson to Compare Yes/No Activity questions and answers

    15. SIMPLE sentences: Lesson   
    Word Order: Practice putting the subjects, correct verbs and complements in order.  Exercise 1      Exercise 2     Choose from this list of exercises

    17 Adjectives ending in ed  OR ing  LESSON  GAME

    18.Topic Sentence Practice  Read and Practice         Choose the correct topic sentence

    19. Comparatives and Superlativers Lesson   Comparatives and Superlatives Quiz          Comparatives and Superlatives Quiz 

    20 Possessive Adjectives                    More exercises

    21. Read the Lessons on use of Future tense. Understand the difference between use of "will" and "be+going+to"

    Simple Future Tense Explained   2.  Future Tense 

    22.   Gerund and Infinitive Explained            Gerunds and Infinitives Quiz 1       Quiz 2        Lesson on Infinitive   

    23. Verbs followed by Gerunds         Gerunds Quiz    

    24. Practice SEQUENCE of EVENTS: Put in Order Menu        Practice with this story     

    25. Practice using semi colon, colon

    26. Perfect Tense Rules        This site is difficult, but it gives more examples for Present Perfect. Practice Verb tense exercise 5 on the bottom of the page. 

    27     Basic Structure of Business Letter    

      Business Letter practice Quiz                        Common Phrases for Business English

    28. Count and Non-Count Nouns  Quiz1      Quiz2

    29. Practice with Quotations,  Shorter Explanation   Quiz1  Quiz 2     Type sentences with quotes

    30  Independent and Dependent Clause Practice         QUIZ     QUIZ

     31. Using that, who, whom, which, where     

    32.  Relative pronouns

    33.   Double Negatives examples    Double negatives quiz 2   

    Quiz 3  

     

    Reading, Language and Spelling Skills TABE LANGUAGE TEST PRACTICE

    • Commas       Basic Grammar     Intermediate Grammar      Advanced Grammar      Nouns       Verbs     
    • Basic Reading Comprehension     Reading for the Main Idea         Advanced Reading Comprehension      Reading Vocabulary      Sentence Correction
    • Sentence Flow    Usage Review 1       Usage Review 2         Usage Review 3
    Jeopardy Grammar Quiz 

    Which tense?

    Irregular past

    parts of speech

    mix of vocabulary and grammar

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