Friday, January 13, 2012

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

News Articles for Reading Practice

Here are two websites for reading the news. Try to read a small article every night. For more practice, write a short summary of the article or how you feel about it. This is a good practice for Journal writing.

Simple English News:

http://esl.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=esl&cdn=education&tm=6&f=11&su=p284.13.342.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&st=11&zu=http%3A//www.simpleenglishnews.com/

Easy English Times:

http://esl.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=esl&cdn=education&tm=7&f=11&su=p284.13.342.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&st=11&zu=http%3A//www.easyenglishtimes.com/

Five Easy Apps for Learning English

Check out the website below for Apps for learning English.

http://esl.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=esl&cdn=education&tm=6&f=11&su=p284.13.342.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&st=11&zu=http%3A//www.simpleenglishnews.com/

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Quantifiers and Subject-Verb Agreement

Here is a good website explaining subject-verb agreement with particular quantifiers. There is a good explanation on the exceptions to the rules.

http://sana.tkk.fi/awe/grammar/agreement.htm

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Vancouver Island Relative Clause Exercise

Here is a practice exercise for relative clauses.

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/19ithS7k46MoVb1DGCvvbohuSzFlw9qM0abzlGDyiP-k/edit?hl=en_US

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Unit 2 - Future

Here are some websites for practice exercises:

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

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ai116/esl-test.php

(online exercise)

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_futureforms.htm

(online exercise)

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-mix

(online-explanation on confusing tenses used for future)