Resources for grammar practice

Several on-line grammars exist on the Web, ready to be used for all kinds of student level, age, learning style and character. Grammar theory, practice, handouts, quizzes, exercises and so on are available on the net. Some of these grammars, though, are paper-based grammars which have been put up onto Web pages, while others are specially designed for the Internet. Some of them are are very interactive and even motivating for students. Following are the ones I found more interesting.
 

  • Hiway, elementary grammar, a rather lightweight grammar aimed at elementary students. There is a section for nearly each grammatical feature: word order, definite sentences, relatives, prepositions, comparison of adjectives, comparison of adverbs and so on. I strongly recommend to use this grammar in class.

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  • Edunet has a much more comprehensive approach than Hiway, although both sites are aper-based grammars which have been put up onto Web pages, with a few added hyper links. Edunet has two interesting features for our students:
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      • An Online English Grammar, offered by The Hampstead School of English with an extensive table of contents which widely covers almost every grammatical point a student would ever need to consult.
      • English Grammar Clinic , an outstanding resource for students and teachers as well as those who just like the English language. English grammar questions can be sent to this site, and the professional teaching staff at Lydbury English Centre post the answer. There is also a page of FAQs (frequently asked question) pages for speedy research and the grammar café, for a chat with friends. 
       
  • The Grammar Safari from the Lingua Center at the University of Illinois, offers an alternative approach, explaining to students how to use the search facilities of the Web to retrieve examples of usage, that is to say, a guide to finding English structures in context on the WEB, especially good for taking upper-level students out of the safe confines of the grammar book into the real world of English grammar.
       
There are many other web sites aimed at helping students with their English grammar, which offer interactive grammar exercises and which allow visitors to ask questions about English Grammar. Most of these sites are maintained by one person rather than a school or institution and so might be not so popular and extensive as the ones mentioned above. Nevertheless they can be very interactive and thus, very useful to our students.  

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