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Resources for Language Study Practice

Here you will find web-based activities to enhance/practice your knowledge of the language lesson studied in class. You will be given a test to evaluate your mastery of skill. This will be done on a per unit basis.


 * Unit 1**: Parts of speech,the comma, verb tense, word origins


 * Parts of Speech**: Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb

Here are two videos based on the two quiz activities: Activity One: media type="custom" key="10466512" Activity Two: media type="custom" key="10466518"


 * The following are PDF worksheets from the resource, Worksheet Works. The best way to use them is to print the first page, complete the work sheet, then check your answers using the answer sheet. Cheating here only gives you a false sense of security since you will need to demonstrate your knowledge on a test at a later date.


 * Identifying Noun Types: [[file:WorksheetWorks_Identifying_Nouns_1.pdf]] **
 * Identifying Verb Types: [[file:WorksheetWorks_Action_and_Linking_Verbs_1.pdf]] **
 * Identifying Adjectives:[[file:WorksheetWorks_Identifying_Adjectives_1.pdf]] ** For this activity, you also need to draw arrows connecting the adjectives to the words they modify.
 * Identifying Adverbs:[[file:WorksheetWorks_Identifying_Adverbs_1.pdf]] ** For this activity, you also need to draw arrows connecting the adverbs to the words they modify.
 * Identifying Verb Tense: [[file:WorksheetWorks_Past_Present_and_Future_1.pdf]] **

**Noun Types:** a quick refresher in the form of a quiz**: [|Noun Type Quiz]** **Verb Types:** this page contains a detailed description and an exercise at the end**: [|Verb Types]** **Adjectives:** here is an online quiz**: [|Adjective Quiz]** here is a worksheet**: [|Adjective Worksheet]** **Adverbs:** a tricky online quiz can be found here**: [|Adverb Quiz]** Verb Tenses: **thorough information about verb tenses here: [|Verb Tense Info] a verb tense quiz: [|Verb Tense Quiz]

Online Comma Quizzes: [|Comma Quiz 1], [|Comma Quiz 2]

For Word Study Activities, use the following website, [|Online Etymology Dictionary], to discover the origin of 5 words taken from any one of the humorous personal narratives read in class.

Cheesy Video about punctuation: [|Commas Rule!] media type="youtube" key="2EDsJwL4dbA" height="345" width="420"