ESL 1420 ACTIVITIES

ESL 1420 Syllabus

TOEFL Practice with Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

Listening Links:

· Randall’s Cyber Listening Lab – Tons of exercises and quizzes!!

· Listening Links from the Internet TESL Journal – All Levels

· About.com Listening Activites – All levels

· Listening with Note-taking Practice and quizzes from ManyThings.org

Grammar Activity Links:

The following exercises on the web are excellent ways for you to work on your grammar.

TOEFL

Free Structure Sample Tests!!

Links to Common TOEFL Grammar Topics:

· Noun Clauses

· Adjective Clauses

· Word Form and TOEFL vocabulary

· Gerunds and Infinitives

· Adverb Clauses

· Parallel Structures

· Pronouns

· Subject/Verb Agreement

· Verb Tenses

· Passive vs. Active

· Prepositions

· Phrasal Verbs

· Punctuation Patterns

· Overall Grammar – A great site with lots of practice for a variety of grammar points

· Angelfire.com – Tons of grammar links

· Different Grammar Tests from EnglishLearner.com

Noun Clauses

· Noun Clause Quizzes

· Noun Clause Quiz

· Noun Clause Quiz

· Noun Clause Quiz

· Noun Clause Explanation and Quizzes

· Changing quotations to indirect speech

· Page with tons more links for noun clauses

Adjective Clauses

· Explanation and Exercises

· Explanation and Quizzes

· Explanation and Exercises

· Explanation and Graded Quiz

· More Quizzes

Articles

· Charles Kelley’s Article Quiz

· Explanation and Self-graded exercise

· Explanation of Articles from Purdue University

Nouns

· Count vs. Non-count/mass nouns

Verbs

· Verb Tense Review

Prepositions

· Phrasal Verbs: Verb + Preposition combinations

Sentence Punctuation

· Punctuation rules and lessons from the Online Writing Lab (OWL)

General Clauses

· Wikipedia Explanation

· Independent vs. Dependent

Adverb Clauses

· Adverb Clauses of Time

· Adverb Clauses of Cause/Effect

· Adverb Clauses of Condition

· Adverb Clauses of Opposition/Argument

Fragments and Run-ons

· Lesson on writing correct sentences

· Sentence Fragments Quiz

Active vs. Passive Voice

· esl.about.com -- Explanation and Quizzes

· a4esl.org -- Active or Passive quiz

· Passive explanation and quizzes

· Passives with modals quiz

· Angelfire.com – Passive with Modals 1

· Angelfire.com - -Passive with Modals 2

· Angelfire.com – Passive or active quiz

· eflnet.com – Passive voice explanation with TOEFL-like test

Word Order

· angelfire.com – Adverbs of frequency 1

· angelfire.com – Adverbs of frequency 2

SPELLING PRACTICE

· http://english-zone.com/index.php?ID=7

· http://www.englishclub.com/writing/spelling.htm

· http://www.esldesk.com/esl-quizzes/misspelled-words/index.htm

· http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_spelhomo.html

· http://www.studygs.net/spelling.htm

CITING SOURCES:

· APA Style

· MLA Style