Websites for Practice with English

(Note: some of these sites are obviously going to be better than others, and we really haven't had time to evaluate them; here are a variety of links, some of which are likely to be helpful to you.)

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Composition Review

There's much more to composition and writing than just grammar, and this site (it's the Purdue O.W.L. site) has a lot of information that may help.

How to write an essay

Grammar Review

Diana Hacker

Exercise Central

English Review

Grammar Bytes

Guide to Grammar and Writing

Interactive Quizzes

Grammar Quizzes

Traditional Grammar – An Interactive Book

The English Zone

English Exercises Online

Guide to Writing a Basic Essay with Essay Links

English Grammar and Writing

Grammar and Writing Center

Writing and Grammar Guides

ILoveLanguages

Special Grammar Unit

English Plus

Daily Grammar

ESL Sites Learning English (This particular site has a German emphasis)

English Study

English Language Lessons

English Learner

Diagramming Sentences

This isn't for everybody, but for some students, especially the visually-oriented, this can be a useful way to understand the structure of a sentence.

Compiled by
Pamela I. Aurand AAI
West Charleston Testing Center

Debra L. Berry, M.A.
Department of English