READING AND LISTENING WEBSITES

READING

Short readings with exercises


100 stories
http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/

Reading Comprehension
http://englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Reading-Comprehension.htm

LISTENING

Listen to the News and do a Quiz
https://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/

VOA News and other sites
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/

Randalls
http://www.esl-lab.com/

5 Minute English
http://www.5minuteenglish.com/listening.htm

ESL Lounge - 115
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening-pre-intermediate.php
ESL Lounge - 110 - 125 levels
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening.php

Short Videos for Listening
http://www.eslgold.com/video.html

Good link to website for listening practice.

There are different levels of listening with short quizzes--easy, medium and difficult. Great to use at home to practice listening skills.
http://www.esl-lab.com/


Good link for easy reading plus general grammar quizzes

When you click on this link, go to Super Easy Reading or Easy Reading (1) or (2) for Reading practice.
For grammar practice go to Easy Grammar Exercises.
http://www.rong-chang.com/

SMRT 125 - UNIT 5 - PRESENT PERFECT

Great Verb Tense Chart

Great Verb Chart for all Tenses. This is a link to a very good verb chart for all tenses with 'key' or 'sign' words that are used with different tenses. This chart also gives questions and negative forms and when to use each tense, with examples. Go to the link and bookmark it for yourself or copy it into a file to keep on your computer.
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/tenses_table.pdf
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/english_tenses.htm

This site has visual explanations with words for verb tense and aspect and is very helpful to understand the most used tenses in English. I recommend this for all ESL students at any level to review. You do not need a teacher to go through this--you can easily follow the notes and diagrams. Very good help to students!! The animated diagrams with the explanations of the verb tenses are really easy to understand to make learning the tenses so much easier!! Try it for yourself. You do not need a teacher to show you anything.
http://www.elihinkel.org/tips/tenses.htm

Athabasca University Chart
http://write-site.athabascau.ca/esl/verb_tenses.php


Irregular Verb List

The following link has the verbs and you can click on the word for meaning-it leads to dictionaries
http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregularverbs.html

The following link is just a list of common irregular verbs--easy to copy
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/irregular-verbs-list.htm

Irregular Verb exercise (past participles)
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/irregular-verbs-exercise-1.html  (past simple)
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/irregular-verbs-exercise-3.html(present perfect)


Present Perfect Practice exercises links below:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast1.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html

Present Perfect Simple Vs Present Perfect Continuous
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepersim-preperpro



Links to practice speaking present perfect
http://www.eslflow.com/presentperfecttenselessonplans.html

http://www.canada-esl.com/lessonsmain/haveyouever.pdf
On the link pages above, scroll down to the list that says: Have you ever...




Passive Verb Tense List
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/601/02/

SMRT 125 - UNIT 1 - 4 REVIEW LINKS

Exercise Links for Grammar Practice for Units 1 - 4

Passive Voice
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?06
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?05

Modals
http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.may3.i.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/330-modals-ability1.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/330-modals-ability2.htm

Future forms
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-mix/exercises
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_futureforms.htm

Quantifiers
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-quantifiers.php

Countable and Uncountable nouns
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-countable-uncountable-nouns.php
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/210.html
http://www.language-worksheets.com/countable-uncountable-elementary.html

Fun Vocabulary Exercise

This is a website where you can practice general English vocabulary AND earn rice for people who need it in the world.
http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1539

SMRT 125 -UNIT 4 - MODAL VERBS, Probability and Possibility and Future

SMRT 125 - UNIT 4 - MODALS OF POSSIBILITY AND PROBABILITY PRESENT AND FUTURE
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http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/410-future-possibility-and-probability-modals1.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/410-future-possibility-and-probability-modals1.htm

5 ex and mixed
http://www.englishpage.com/modals/might.html

http://usefulenglish.ru/grammar/modal-verbs-exercise-five

http://www.learnenglish-online.com/grammar/modals/tests/modalspossibility.html

http://www.englishexercises.org/-CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO COMPLETE THIS ONE.
CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE DOC https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1VtWR48OoQNKwFoFQs2nRyMGwkysAldB5XawrTvsd3bY/edit


Good exercises-just present not past

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5901

http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/intermediate/intermediate-grammar-exercise-modal-verbs-for-present-probability-must-cant-could-may-might




SMRT 125 - UNIT 4 - Modals/Probability, Advice, Necessity
Links to exercises

Obligation, Ability, Permission, Advice
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-12439.php

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-modals.php

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-of-obligation-exercise-1.html

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.may2.p.htm


University of Victoria Study Zone Exercises

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/

Probability, Possibility

good notes on possibility modals with exercise
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-of-probability.html

http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.may3.i.htm

This one has good grammar notes and exercise for probability, possibility
http://www.vivquarry.com/wkshts/modal.html

Mixed Modal Exercises
http://www.e-grammar.org/modal-verbs-can-may-must/

SMRT 125 - UNIT 3 - QUANTIFIERS

SMRT 125 - UNIT 3 - Quantifiers

Special Notes on Quantifiers including 'so, too, quite'

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1RFRIUKUVeZBqdFRsA8XxW6Eq6iGeSaf7V2MgDtWhQdQ/edit


Grammar Notes and Quizzes for Quantifiers

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/determiners/determiners.htm#quantifiers

Exercises

http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/quantifier.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/mengen.htm

link to quantifier games
http://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/grammar/nouns-un-count-9.htm

Count and Uncount Nouns Exercise

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1MG9lEhAwkdDCrWeZRjAgTVJ70REQx12PTV6zV7OH8FI/edit

List of Count, Uncount, Abstract and Mass Nouns

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/11p36YKisCf8Yzgf93RIYP5FHTOMHDBSjcSCgAMdE3D8/edit

Quantifier Review Exercise (Carrie's/Quiz)

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1MvB9PtLqZq2ODuSJGPk6Y2mSTt6BBVv3bP1jmQVLHW4/edit

READING

Pre-reading-Holiday Spending sized up

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1SltVh47TvTehj2uE2nzsqxnM-1tPCeR2hrxV1e33zbA/edit



Reading-Holiday Spending Sized Up

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1MpDfLsO-9ni0qvNAjxLu8JkelNbnAjo4rBgwdWBI3I4/edit


Moon Festival

http://www.readingesl.ca/stories/index_holidays.html


Poinsettas for Christmas

http://www.readingesl.ca/stories/index_holidays.html#story3


Christmas Carol-Merry Christmas

http://www.readingesl.ca/stories/index_holidays.html#story2


St. Valentine's Day

http://www.readingesl.ca/stories/index_holidays.html#story6

http://eslholidaylessons.com/02/valentines_day.html


St. Patricks's Day

http://www.readingesl.ca/stories/index_holidays.html#story8

SMRT 115 - UNIT 2 - Present Simple and Continuous

SMRT 115 - UNIT 2 - Present Simple/Present Continuous

Here are some links for practice exercises

Things in Common:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Uuhd1Z0oMiv9zPh7ECQoM9VN_vrmmV8ZaEoomRPouTk/edit   speaking

http://www.teach-this.com/images/resources/fact-or-fiction.pdf (speaking)

Present Simple or Present Continuous?

Notes and Exercise
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/simcon.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs1.htm

short notes and exercise
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentContinuous1A.html

LINK TO A 115 BLOG UNIT 2
http://115smrt.blogspot.ca/p/unit-2.html

SMRT 115 - READING AND LISTENING SITES

READING 

Short readings with exercises


100 stories
http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/

Reading Comprehension
http://englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Reading-Comprehension.htm

LISTENING

Listen to the News and do a Quiz
https://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/

VOA News and other sites
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/

Randalls
http://www.esl-lab.com/

5 Minute English
http://www.5minuteenglish.com/listening.htm

ESL Lounge - 115
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening-pre-intermediate.php
ESL Lounge - 110 - 125 levels
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening.php

Short Videos for Listening
http://www.eslgold.com/video.html

Good link to website for listening practice.

There are different levels of listening with short quizzes--easy, medium and difficult.  Great to use at home to practice listening skills.
http://www.esl-lab.com/


Good link for easy reading plus general grammar quizzes

When you click on this link, go to Super Easy Reading or Easy Reading (1) or (2) for Reading practice.
For grammar practice go to Easy Grammar Exercises.
http://www.rong-chang.com/

SMRT 115 - SHORT VIDEO LISTENING SITE

LINK
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/index.html

SMRT 115 - UNIT 1

Unit 1 SMRT 115  Blog
http://115smrt.blogspot.ca/p/unit-1.html

Exercise - Open document and make a copy to complete the exercises.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nGmcrlSG3cYBH0I0XStwnU98zO5p1zj1GYnkOjxQJ2E/edit#heading=h.zgu4io9ra85k

exercises

Present Simple

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-present-1

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-simple-present.php

Past Simple

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises?06

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_mix.htm

http://www.english-room.com/pasttense_6a.htm

SMRT 115 - Unit 9 - 12 Review

UNIT 9 - 12 GRAMMAR NOTES SUMMARY
Open this document to review grammar on Units 9 - 12, then practice the grammar with the online exercises below for each Unit.  These exercises have the correct answers to check your work.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BqWcE3aVHSYESEnv3jQfF4KbvLE5LrM0PUd7XBJqz5E/edit?ts=562012bc


Unit 9 - First Conditional and Time Clauses Exercises

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/if_clauses/type_1_mix3.htm

http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/firstconditional/exercise1.swf

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/if_clauses/type_1_negation.htm

https://www.learnclick.com/mchoice/show/937

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/intermediate/a_grammar/file04/nef_int_grammar04_a02?cc=us&selLanguage=en

http://www.e-grammar.org/time-clauses/test1-exercise1/


Unit 10 - Second Conditional, Wish and Hope, Advice

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/2cond1.

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/grammar-secondconditional2.html

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/exercises

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/secondconditional/exercise6.swf

google doc exercise (answers in the next link)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a2ga0VGEnxZ5Rw9OVF0tdiqtO-kWSSWOtOvIa8GwEBA/edit?ts=5682da4a
ANSWERS for this google doc exercise
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15KBIE85D3oIU_qpIZdse-drcasfn1EWaeP9FY3Uq5Mw/edit?ts=5682da54


Unit 11 - Passive Voice with Modals and Present Perfect Exercises

Google doc exercise - open and make a copy to complete exercises, then open the next link, which is the google doc with the ANSWERS to check your answers.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bVPb3jvSgthfEFGTR3cw4rsBhnAwPSnKQt-r3sC9nRk/edit
ANSWERS
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PPQgwyy84qonhiK7e9H-BilBCygd9skJBSsVSUMwfcw/edit



Unit 12 - Present Perfect for How long> (Duration) Explaining Now, and Past Simple or Present Perfect

Grammar notes on Present perfect simple and continuous with exercises.
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/presentperfectsimpleorcontinuous/menu.php

Notes on  "Just, Yet, Still, Already" - words often used with Present Perfect Tense
https://docs.google.com/document/d/148d6FUeajy4G3yKTb6VywsosVh0pF5D5XWZWC5NXI-c/edit?ts=569405df

SMRT 115 - UNIT 12 - Present Perfect - How long? Now. Past Simple

Irregular Verb List


The following link is just a list of common irregular verbs--easy to copy
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/irregular-verbs-list.htm

Irregular Verb exercises (past simple and past participles)


http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/interactiveirregularverbs1.htm

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/irregular-verbs/exercise

Here is a very very long list of irregular verbs to put in past simple and past participle form. You can check your answers online.
http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/verbs/5.htm

Great Verb Tense Chart

Great Verb Chart for all Tenses. This is a link to a very good verb chart for all tenses with 'key' or 'signal' words that are used with different tenses. This chart also gives questions and negative forms and when to use each tense, with examples. Go to the link and bookmark it for yourself or copy it into a file to keep on your computer.
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/tenses_table.pdf
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/english_tenses.htm

How long? (duration)  Explaining now.
Exercises

Present perfect simple or continuous?
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepersim-preperpro

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs8.htm