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AMERICAN ENGLISH ONLINE: http://americanenglish.state.gov
See especially the Grammar Feature at:   http://americanenglish.state.gov/search/solr/grammar

GRAMMAR EXERCISES from OWL (very useful for teachers as it includes very clear explanations):
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/2/
OWL is the Online Writing Lab from Purdue University in the U.S.

GRAMMAR HANDOUTS:
http://contentbuilder.merlot.org/toolkit/html/snapshot.php?id=49933138815624

ROAD TO GRAMMAR is a free resource featuring quizzes, games, and lessons for English language learners. Visitors to Road to Grammar will find 365 grammar quizzes. Each quiz provides instant feedback and notes to explain why an answer is correct or incorrect. Before taking the quizzes visitors can work through a dozen practice activities and five practice games. Teachers will find the collection of eight downloads offer discussion starters for English lessons, lesson warm-up activities, and some worksheets.

A COLLECTION OF ONLINE GRAMMAR GUIDES may be found at:
http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/writing/grammar.htm

OPEN COURSE LIBRARY FOR ENGLISH COMPOSITION II:  http://cnx.org/content/m41506/latest/

CONJUGATION OF ENGLISH VERBS: http://conjugation.com/
provides tables of conjugation of English verbs – searchable. In the search box provided, type in the verb “lie”: yes, this conjugation tends to confound even native English speakers! Similar to the 500 conjugated verbs, regular and irregular, that one used to buy in bookstores.

SPIN THE WHEEL OF IRREGULAR VERBS: THE IRREGULAR VERB WHEEL:
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/verb-wheel/
The MacMillan Dictionary created a game for students to practice identifying the various forms of a verb. The Irregular Verb Wheel Game is played by spinning the wheel then identifying the past, present, and future tenses of the word that the wheel stopped on. Players earn points for correctly identifying each form of the verb in the time allotted.

The GRAMMAR PRACTICE PARK produced by Harcourt School Publishers provides 12 games for students in grades three, four, and five. Excellent for young children. http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html

VERBS ONLINE - VERB CONJUGATION IN 6 LANGUAGES
Verbs Online provides foreign language students with a good selection of activities for practicing verb conjugations. Practice activities are available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese. The practice activities deal with the past, present, and future tenses of regular and irregular verbs. Students can choose to do the activities in sets of ten through fifty practice items. http://www.verbs-online.com/english-verbs/english-verbs.htm

Grammar Cheat Sheet:

5 Great Grammar Resources: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2008/11/five-great-grammar-resources.html

English Grammar 101: http://www.dailywritingtips.com/english-grammar-101-all-you-need-to-know/

Internet Grammar of English:

Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation:

Grammar Bytes:
Provides a glossary of terms, handouts, interactive exercises, and slide show presentations. There are eighteen slide show presentations available for free download from Grammar Bytes. Each slide show is accompanied by a handout for students to complete as they view each presentation. The Grammar Bytes interactive activities require students to read sentences and identify errors. Each interactive activity is accompanied by a handout on which students can record their scores and measure their progress. Contains online exercises as well (Contains handouts and interactive exercises)

Guide to Grammar and Writing:

Grammar Girls Guide to Better Writing and Understanding the Finer Points of Grammar:

Grammar Girl http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/
is a great weekly podcast containing tips on the use of the English language. The Grammar Girl podcast is a great resource for personal use and for classroom use. I have listened to the podcast off and on for the last two years. Listening to the podcast has helped students get a better understanding of the trickier parts of the English language.

University of Minnesota, Online Grammar Handbook: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~jewel001/grammar/

Self-Study Grammar Quizzes: http://a4ESL.org/q/h/grammar.html

Grammar Guides and Writing Resources from The New York Public Library:
http://www.nypl.org/weblinks/2576/strong>