Grammar

Adjectives and Adverbs Links verified on 8/11/09
 * 1) **Adjective** - select the correct form of the adjective
 * 2) **Adjective** - The ten-question quiz is at the **bottom** of the page
 * 3) **Adjective Review Game** - find the adjective or predicate adjective in each sentence
 * 4) **Adjectives/Adverbs** - Change adjectives into adverbs in this online quiz
 * 5) **Grammar Blast** - Select **Modifiers** from this cumulative review of 6th Grade Skills.
 * 6) **Grammar Gorillas** - Advanced level - practice identifying all parts of speech
 * 7) **Parts of Speech** - Decide what parts of speech should be used to fill out the blanks.
 * 8) **Parts of Speech: Part 1** - Identify the capitalized words as: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns. **Part 2** || **Part 3**
 * 9) **Possessive Adjectives** - Use keyboard controls to play this game similar to the old asteroids.
 * 10) **Power Proofreading** - [**adjective** practice] Choose 6th grade then select; **Travel Ad, Middle School Lunch Table**, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
 * 11) **Power Proofreading** - [**adverb** practice] Choose 6th grade then select; **Sports Mania Broadcast**, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
 * 12) **Using Irregular Adjectives** - Select the correct word or phrase from the choices provided.

Analogies Links verified on 8/10/09
 * 1) **Animal Analogies** - Don't be //Stubborn as a Mule//, try this quiz.
 * 2) **Analogy Challenge** - complete the analogies in a race against time
 * 3) **Analogies: Find the Appropriate Match** - Use the drop down menu below each word to select your answer.
 * 4) **Word Relationships** - Use the drop down menu to the right of each word to select your answer.
 * 5) **Analogy Quiz** - Use your keyboard to type the word that completes the analogy.
 * 6) **Analogy Quiz** - Solving analogies helps you develop critical thinking skills.
 * 7) **Analogy Quiz: Set 2** - More analogies from Diana Dell
 * 8) **Awesome Analogies** - Jeopardy style game for one or two players
 * 9) **SAT Analogy Quizzes** || **Analogy Quiz 8** //**||**// **Analogy Quiz 9** //**||**// **Analogy Quiz 10**
 * 10) **Fact Monster** - Analogy of the Day
 * 11) **Field Trip** - unscrambling synonyms - a word list is provided
 * 12) **Flash Analogy Set** - Mr. Anker's analogy practice quiz
 * 13) **Analogy Battleship** - Learn different types of analogies by playing this game.
 * 14) **Other Analogy Activities** at Readquarium
 * 15) Puzz.com has a **quiz with 152 analogies** - pick one or two a day and practice this valuable skill
 * 16) **The Thesaurus** - a reference book that lists words and their synonyms - Drag and drop the words to the right thesaurus entry.

Conjunctions Links verified on 8/11/09
 * 1) **Combining Sentences** - In the text-area below each group of sentences, combine all of those sentences into one effective sentence containing only one independent clause.
 * 2) **Combining Sentences with Appositives** - Combine the sentences in each numbered item by changing the information in the second sentence to an appositive or an appositive phrase and adding it to the first sentence.
 * 3) **Conjunctions** - click on the buttons to find the correct answer
 * 4) **Conjunctions Quiz I** - click the answer buttons to see the answers
 * 5) **Conjunctions Quiz II** - Combine the sentences using the conjunction given in parentheses.
 * 6) **Conjunction-itis Popup** - find the correct conjunction form to combine two short sentences together into one
 * 7) **Second Quiz on Combining Sentences** - In the text-area below each group of sentences, combine all of those sentences into one effective sentence containing only one independent clause.
 * 8) **Sentence Structure** - Select correct sentence structure that is underlined in the sentences.
 * 9) **Sentence Structure** - ten question quiz - Select correct sentence structure
 * 10) **Sentence Types** - Select the type of sentence; command, question, exclamation, statement; then edit the sentence
 * 11) **Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions** - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence will appear in the top text-area. Insert the necessary comma or commas (being careful not to insert commas where they aren't necessary).

Nouns or Pronouns Links verified on 8/11/09
 * 1) **Abstract or Concrete** - identify the types of nouns in this quiz
 * 2) **Grammar Gorillas** - Advanced level - practice identifying all parts of speech
 * 3) **Parts of Speech** - Decide what parts of speech should be used to fill out the blanks.
 * 4) **Parts of Speech: Part 1** - Identify the capitalized words as: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns. **Part 2** || **Part 3**
 * 5) **Plural and Possessive Nouns** - By clicking on a bubble, identify whether the highlighted word is a plural or possessive noun and then click on the "Submit Answer" button. The quiz is at the **bottom** of this page.
 * 6) **Irregular Plurals** - match the related words, singular to plural [ concentration style game ]
 * 7) **Irregular Plurals** - drag and match related words, oes, os
 * 8) **Irregular Noun Plurals: Quiz 1** - Click on the button beside the correct answer.
 * 9) **Irregular Noun Plurals: Quiz Two** - Type all of your answers in the spaces and the and click on "Check answers"
 * 10) **Noun Explorer** - select the correct spelling, or correct abbreviation
 * 11) **Parts of Speech** - noun, verb, preposition, etc - Interactive quizzes
 * 12) **Parts of Speech Quiz** - select correct part of speech
 * 13) **Plural Nouns** - add s or es
 * 14) **Power Proofreading** - [noun or pronoun practice] Choose 6th grade then select; **Jamie Rogers: Kid Detective, Memo to the Staff, Cooking with Tess and Les, Detective Dramas, Music Matters, Wanda the Wonder Dog, Quick Thinking, Memo to Creative Team**, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
 * 15) **Practicing adverbs, adjectives, nouns, pronouns, verbs** - **Word Skills 1** | **Word Skills 2** | **Word Skills 3** [ this site only works with Internet Explorer ]
 * 16) **Pronoun Case** - 6 exercises in the practice of this skill, interactive with handouts.

Plurals Links verified on 8/11/09 > == == > Prepositions > Links verified on 8/11/09 > == ==
 * 1) **Correct plural Spelling** - Find your way to the Cave of Stone Wonders by clicking on the correct spelling
 * 2) **Irregular Noun Plurals** - interactive quizzes
 * 3) **Irregular Plurals** - Choose the correct form of the plural for each noun
 * 4) **Irregular Plurals** - For each noun, type the plural form in the space.
 * 5) **Irregular Plurals** - Match the related words, singular to plural.
 * 6) **Irregular Plurals** - match related words, oes, os
 * 7) **Irregular Plurals** - type the correct plural
 * 8) **Plural and Possessive Nouns** - The quiz is at the **bottom** of this page
 * 9) **Plural Forms and Irregular Nouns** - select the correct plural form in these sentences.
 * 10) **Plural Nouns** - add s or es
 * 11) **Plural Girls** - type the correct plural form of words
 * 12) **Plural Play** - Be the first to fill a row, column or diagonal, like tic-tac-toe. You must get three in a row to win.
 * 13) **Plurals Picture Quiz** - In the space underneath each picture, write in the correct plural form of the word given in the singular
 * 14) **Plural Rules Quiz** - Three levels are available
 * 15) **Plural Rules** - The gnomes are waiting to go fishing. Will you catch the right plural spelling?
 * 16) **Plurals: Y Endings** - change the singular nouns into plurals
 * 17) **Singular and Plural Nouns** - three types of games to choose from (some words may be a bit above first grade
 * 1) **Prepositions at the Crossword I** - Type the correct letter in each box. Use the tab key to move from box to box or use your mouse-button to place the letter in each box.
 * 2) **Prepositions at the Crossword II** - Type the correct letter in each box. Use the tab key to move from box to box or use your mouse-button to place the letter in each box.
 * 3) **Prepositions at the Crossword III** - Type the correct letter in each box. Use the tab key to move from box to box or use your mouse-button to place the letter in each box.
 * 4) **Quiz on Prepositions** - For each question, choose the single best answer.
 * 5) **Recognizing the Function of Phrases** - When you click on "Start this test," you will be presented with a sentence.
 * 6) **Recognizing Prepositions** - The following paragraph is taken from Ernest Hemingway's short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber." Click on the prepositions in the order in which they appear and they will appear in the text-area below the paragraph.
 * 7) **Verb and Preposition Combinations I** - a quiz from the English-Zone
 * 8) **Verb and Preposition Combinations II** - a quiz from the English-Zone
 * 9) **Verb and Preposition Combinations III** - a quiz from the English-Zone