ENG 090 Writing

Articles | Auxiliary Verbs | Choosing a Topic | Choppy Writing| Irregular Verbs | Organization | Prepositions | Participle | Sentence Parts, Types, and Structures | Sentence and Word Building Exercises | Simple Past Tense | Subject/Verb Agreement | Supporting Paragraphs | Topic Sentences | Transitions | Wordiness | Writing A Paragraph | Writing Is A Process

Sentence Parts, Types, and Structures

• http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/partse.html
  A Review of the Parts of A Sentence
• http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/sntstrct.html
  A Sentence Structure Review
• http://www.wonderfulwritingskillsunhandbook.com/html/sentence_parts.html
  Learning the Parts of A Sentence
• http://www.uvsc.edu/owl/tests/sentenc2/sentpart.html
  30 Question Sentence Parts Practice Test
• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/definitions.htm
  Identifying the Parts of Speech and Sentence Parts Practice Tests
• http://www.uvsc.edu/owl/practice_tests/Sentence_Parts.htm
  A 20 Question Sentence Part Test
• http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:QltSCtfMOdoJ:writingprogram.hfa.umass.edu/courses_programs/111/grammar/2sentence_parts.rtf+sentence+parts&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=11
  Great Sentence Building Explanatory Tutorial
• http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/sentences_core_parts.htm
  Identifying Subject and Verb Quizzes
• http://www.answers.com/topic/parts-of-a-sentence
  Learn About the Parts of Speech at Answers
• http://gut.languageskills.co.uk/657.html
  Sentence Parts Match Game
• http://library.thinkquest.org/10679/english/eng_def.html
  A Great Set of Definitions of the Parts of Speech
• http://www.lafsd.k12.ca.us/people/mrayden/DiagrammingSentenceParts.htm
  A Powerpoint Presentation Focusing on the Parts of Speech with Exercises
• http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/main/grammar.html
  Many Parts of Speech Exercises
• http://wwwnew.towson.edu/ows/SentPattTrans.htm
  Sentence Pattern Transformation Charts and Outlines
• http://wps.ablongman.com/long_dodds_rrh_4/0,11015,2502073-,00.html
  Identifying Parts of Speech Paragraph Revision Exercise
• http://wps.ablongman.com/long_dodds_rrh_4/0,11015,2502073-,00.html
  Identifying Parts of Speech Multiple Choice Exercise

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Choosing a Topic

• http://www.sparknotes.com/college/admissions/page21.html
  Strategies to Use and Traps to Avoid
• http://essayinfo.com/tips/choosing_topic.php
  Things to Consider When Choosing A Topic
• http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:ooccEW-0lN4J:www.lib.umt.edu/research/guide/pdf/gen_topic.pdf+Choosing+a+Writing+Topic&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=9
  Choosing a Successful Topic: Methods and Ideas
• http://www.lib.odu.edu/libassist/idea/index.php
  The Old Dominion Idea Generator Provides Hundreds of Topics
• http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/topic/
  Tutorial On Broadening and Narrowing Your Topic
• http://www.lib.iastate.edu/commons/resources/topic/
  Guide To Choosing and Narrowing A Topic
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/topic.html
  Choosing a Topic for an Essay or Paragraph
• http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/topic/list3.cfm
  Choosing Workable Topics - How to Find, Strategies, and Generating Ideas
• http://www.teachwriting.com/choose_a_topic.htm
  Choosting a Topic for an Editorial
• http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/english2/termindex.htm
  Hot Paper Topics - An Extensive List of Topics for Argumentative Papers

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Topic Sentences

• http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/partopic.html
  Defining the Topic Sentence with Examples
• http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/KR/WRITE/GEN/topic_sent.html
  The Function and Placement of a Topic Sentence
• http://www.eslbee.com/topic_sentences.htm
  Sentence Examples with A Quiz about Main Topics and Supporting Ideas
• http://www.utoronto.ca/ucwriting/topic.html
  Tutorial about Writing Topic Sentences
• http://web.mit.edu/writing/Writing_Process/topicsentence.html
  Topic Sentence Fact Sheet
• http://www.delmar.edu/engl/wrtctr/handouts/topicsentence.htm
  A Short Tutorial on Writing A Topic Sentence
• http://palc.sd40.bc.ca/palc/StudentWriting/02-02/topicsamples.htm
  Sample Topic Sentences with Comments as to Why They Are Good or Not
• http://www.eslbee.com/topic_sentences2.htm
  Example Topic Sentences with Explanations

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Writing A Paragraph

• http://info.wlu.ca/writing/handouts/paragraph1.htm
  A Very Good Step by Step Paragraph Writing Tutorial
• http://www.buowl.boun.edu.tr/students/Paragraph%20Writing%20Exercises.htm
  Paragraph Writing Online Exercises
• http://www2.actden.com/writ_Den/Tips/paragrap/
  Complete Overview of Paragraph Writing
• http://www.tustin.k12.ca.us/cyberseminar/paragraph.htm#apple
  A Basic Tutorial on Writing A Paragraph
• http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/paragrph.html
  Information About Writing Effective Paragraphs
• http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/units/paragraph.htm
  Tutorial on How to Write A Paragraph
• http://www.aueb.gr/lessons/english/int_eng2/int_eng2_writing.html
  A Comprehensive Paragraph Writing Tutorial Focusing on Various Rhetorical Strategies

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Sentence and Word Building Exercises

• http://www.englishbanana.com/int331.html
  Interactive Sentence Building Exercise
• http://www2.gsu.edu/~eslhpb/aegweb/exercises/x2/x2-C/x2-14_links.html
  3 Scrambled Sentences
• http://web.uvic.ca/hcmc/rnd/weblang/weblang12c.htm
  Intermediate Sentence Building Exercise
• http://hotpot.uvic.ca/wintutor6/jmix1.htm
  Jumbled Sentence and Word Interactive Exercise
• http://www2.gsu.edu/~eslhpb/aegweb/exercises/x1/x1-B/x1-8_links.html
  Sentence Building Exercise - 5 Sentences
• http://www.gettoefl.com/toefl_essay/X_ex1.htm
  Sentence Building Exercises Using Noun Clauses, Adjective Clauses, and Adverb Clauses
• http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lscr/lscrindex.html
  Scrambled Sentence Activities
• http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/grammar/Interactive/scrsen01.html
  10 Sentence Word Scramble
• http://www.mrmyers.org/Language_Lab/Exercises/Scrambled_Sentences/202/Set_1/1.htm
  10 More Scrambled Sentences

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Supporting Paragraphs

• http://www2.pvc.maricopa.edu/tutor/eng/engessbody.htm
  How to Write Support Paragraphs
• http://www.renaissancewedding.org/ENGLISH/supporting_paragraphs.htm
  What are Supporting Paragraphs and Transition Examples
• http://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/5paragraph_edit.htm
  Supporting Paragraphs Defined via A Five Paragraph Essay

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Wordiness

• http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/wordines.html
  Wordiness: Danger Signals and Ways to React
• http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/wordiness.html
  Strategies for Identifying and Eliminating Wordiness
• http://www.transaction.net/web/tutor/text/terse.html#holistic
  Curing Wordiness Tutorial
• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/concise.htm
  Writing Concise Sentences
• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova8.htm
  Eliminating Wordiness Quiz - 10 Sentences
• http://people.whitman.edu/~hashimiy/wordness.htm
  Some Advice on Wordiness
• http://www.hamilton.edu/academics/resource/wc/sins/sin3.html
  The Seven Sins of Wordy Writing
• http://www.nipissingu.ca/english/hornbook/WORDINES.HTM
  Several Strategies to Consider in Order to Reduce Wordiness
• http://www2.gsu.edu/~accerl/wordiness/WO.html
  Examples of Wordiness and Solutions
• http://www2.gsu.edu/~accerl/wordiness/WO-ST.html
  10 Wordiness Tests - Very Helpful
• http://www2.gsu.edu/~accerl/selftest/CO-ST.html
  10 Comprehensive and Challenging Self Wordiness Reduction Tests
• http://imej.wfu.edu/articles/1999/1/02/demo/tutorial/wordines.html
  Eliminating Wordiness Ideas
• http://www.class.uidaho.edu/adv_tech_wrt/resources/sentence_style/Wordiness.htm
  Eliminating Wordiness by Looking at Parts of Speech
• http://projects.uwc.utexas.edu/virgil/?q=node/235
  Things to Cut Down to Reduce Wordiness
• http://wps.ablongman.com/long_dodds_rrh_4/0,11015,2502073-,00.html
  Wordiness Reduction Exercise
• http://wps.ablongman.com/long_dodds_rrh_4/0,11015,2502073-,00.html
  Wordiness Exercise Rewritring A Paragraph

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Organization

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_essay.html
  Strategies for Writing and Organizing an Essay Exam
• http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/structure.html
  The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
• http://www.rscc.cc.tn.us/owl&writingcenter/OWL/HowtoBegin.html
  How to Begin to Write: Organization, Introductions, and Conclusions
• http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/write.shtml
  A Site Focusing On Writing Structure and Organization
• http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/organization/patterns.html
  Organizational Writing Patterns
• http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~WAC/page.jsp?id=48&c_type=category&c_id=32
  Writing Organizational Issues to Consider
• http://www.sparknotes.com/college/admissions/page18.html
  Methods of Oganizing a Paragraph or Essay
• http://www.essayisay.homestead.com/organization1.html
  Additional Perspective on Organization
• http://www.learnnc.org/articles/few-organization
  Organization - The Five Features of Effective Writing

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Transitions

• http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/trans2.html
  Short Tutorial On Transitions
• http://www.cms.edu.do/Teachers%20Folders/willian%20farren/Pages/express/TWlistGL.htm
  An Extensive List of Transition Words
• http://www.ssdd.uce.ac.uk/learner/writing/transex.htm
  Another Transition Word List with Meanings and Short Manual Exercise with Answers
• http://www.msu.edu/~jdowell/135/transw.html
  Extremely Extensive Transition Words List
• http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/transitioncues.html
  A Long List of Transition Cues and Meanings
• http://www.writinghelp-central.com/article-transition-words.html
  Transition Words Used with Sample Sentences
• http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:qJPp5KrRj8wJ:virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/lumanr2/English_25/Using%2520Transitions2.ppt+Transition+Word+Exercises&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3
  Transition Tutorial
• http://eleac.ln.edu.hk/wts/transition%20exercise.htm
  Transition Quiz
• http://www.gettoefl.com/toefl_essay/VIII_ex3.htm
  Transition Drag and Drop Exercise
• http://www.longleaf.net/ggrow/transitions.html
  Transition Words with Contextual Examples
• http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/fwalters/causeconnect.html
  Cause and Effect Transition Interactive Exercise
• http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/paragraph/tutorial_4/transitions_tutorial.html
  Using Transitions Slide Show
• http://www.utdallas.edu/~tet021000/Writing/transitions.htm
  A Good List of Transitions
• http://www.bbchs.k12.il.us/dept/English/transitions.htm
  A Great List of Transitions

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Choppy Writing

• http://www.dianahacker.com/bedhandbook6e/subpages/pdf/exmaster14-1.pdf
  A Printable Choppy Sentence Revision Exercise
• http://www.kristisiegel.com/variety.html
  Article on Learning to Vary Sentence Length within an Essay or Paragraph
• http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/writing/III_5.htm
  How To Avoid Choppy Sentences
• http://www.dianahacker.com/writersref/pdf/looking/REF5-186-7.pdf
  A List of Causes and Cures of Choppy Writing
• http://www.harpercollege.edu/writ_ctr/comma9.htm
  Identifying Choppy Sentences and Eliminating Them
• http://writing.umn.edu/sws/quicktips/style_grammar/choppy.htm
  Defining Choppiness and Providing Examples
• http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/WritingGuide/05choppy.htm
  Choppy Sentences
• http://writing.umn.edu/docs/sws/quicktips/choppysentences.pdf
  A Great Tutorial on How to Eliminate Choppy Writing

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Writing Is A Process

• http://www.owc.umn.edu/Overcoming_the_Fear_of_Writing.html?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={855EE111-754F-4109-A27F-31847506A694}
  Overcoming the Fear of Writing
• http://www.owc.umn.edu/Considering_your_Audience.html?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={361ABE45-75EC-4CAC-B1A8-4153576CBBB3}
  Considering Your Audience
• http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/essay/
  An Overview of the Writing Process
• http://library.thinkquest.org/J001156/writing%20process/writingprocess.htm
  Elements of the Writing Process
• http://www.delmar.edu/engl/instruct/stomlin/1301int/lessons/language/history.htm
  The History of Writing
• http://www.delmar.edu/engl/instruct/stomlin/1301int/lessons/process/intro.htm
  A Comprehensive Overview of the Writing Process
• http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/writing/process.html
  A List of Writing Process Websites and Information

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Grammar

Auxiliary Verbs
• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/auxiliary.htm
  Extensive Totorial on Auxiliary Verbs with A Quiz
• http://wwwnew.towson.edu/ows/aux_verbs.htm
  A Good Page with Sample Charts Showing How Auxiliary Verbs Are Used
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_auxiliary_verbs
  A List of Auxiliary Verbs
• http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/strategy/error/auxil.htm
  Short Online Auxiliary Verb Exercise
• http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfbxb/class/3700/auxexer.htm
  Good Printable Test with Answer Key
• http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/verbs/ex4.htm
  Auxiliary Verb Tutorial with A Short Quiz
• http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/auxiliary-verbs/exercises?03
  Short Exercise on Auxiliary Verbs
• http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/auxvb.html
  Auxiliary Verb Tutorial

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Prepositions
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_prepositions
  A List of Prespositions with Definitions and Sentence Examples
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslprep.html
  Prepositions - Explanation for To, On, In with 1 Exercise
• http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/grammar/main/prep.htm
  Prepositions - In, On, and At Explanations and Exercises
• http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/grammar/prepo.htm
  Prepositions - In, On, At Tutorial and Exercise
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/eslprepEX1.html
  Prepositions - To, On to, and In to Exercise
• http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/grammar/course/speech/1_5a.htm
  Prepositions - Tutorial and Identying Exercise
• http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/preposition_time.htm
  19 Prepositions of Place with Examples and No Exercise
• http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/preposition_in_at_on.htm
  3 Prepositoins of Place and Direction IN ON AT with Examples and No Exercise
• http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/prepositions_place.htm
  33 Prepositions of Place and Direction with Examples and No Exercise

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Subject/Verb Agreement
• http://www.eslgold.com/site.jsp?sk=FMydLfRKMt4w2pmb&resource=pag_stu_grammar_expl_exa_exer_li_sub_verb_noun_phrases
  Subject/Verb Agreement with Quantifiers Exercise
• http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/sva1.html
  Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz
• http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/sva02.htm
  25 Question Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz 2
• http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/sva01.htm
  25 Question Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz
• http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/sva03.htm
  25 Question Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz 3
• http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/sva04.htm
  25 Question Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz 4
• http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/sva05.htm
  25 Question Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz 5
• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/sv_agr_quiz.htm
  13 Question Intermediate Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz with Explanations
• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/agreement_add2.htm
  13 Question Intermediate Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz with Explanations 2
• http://wwwnew.towson.edu/ows/exercisesub-verb.htm
  10 Question Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz
• http://wwwnew.towson.edu/ows/exercisesub-verb2.htm
  10 Question Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz 2
• http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/sva1.html
  10 Question Subject-Verb Agreement Qiuz 3
• http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:jxXnU8ytZaAJ:www.flinders.edu.au/SLC/Subject-Verb_Agreement.pdf+Subject+Verb+Agreement+Explanation&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=14
  Subject/Verb Agreement Tutorial With Examples
• http://www.guilford.edu/services/index.cfm?ID=700002010
  A Short Subject/Verb Agreement Tutorial
• http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/subverag.html
  A Good Subject/Verb Agreement Tutoria
• http://www.meredith.edu/grammar/subject-.htm#number
  An Extensive Tutorial on Subject Verb Agreement

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Articles
• http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/articles.htm#exercise
  Articles - Complete Explanation with 3 Exercises
• http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/grammar/main/articles.htm
  Articles - Graphic Explanations and Interactive Exercises
• http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/articles.htm
  Articles - Short Tutorial and Quizzes
• http://a4esl.org/q/f/y/zz95mck.htm
  Articles - A, An, or Null Article Quiz - 56 Questions
• http://a4esl.org/q/h/9801/cg-a_an.html
  Articles - A or An Quiz -10 Questions
• http://a4esl.org/q/f/y/zz94mck.htm
  Articles - A, An, The, or Null Article Quiz - 10 Questions
• http://a4esl.org/q/h/mc008-ld.html
  Articles - A, An, The, or Null Article Quiz - 10 Questions
• http://a4esl.org/q/h/fb-lb-aanon.html
  Articles - A, An or Null Article Quiz - 10 Questions
• http://a4esl.org/q/h/vt/a_or_an.html
  Articles - A or An Quiz - 24 Questions
• http://www.rong-chang.com/ex/exarticle01.htm
  Articles - 10 Question Quiz
• http://www.rong-chang.com/ex/exarticle02.htm
  Articles - 10 Question Quiz
• http://www.rong-chang.com/ex/exarticle03.htm
  Articles - 10 Question Quiz
• http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/articles/Art2.htm
  Articles - 13 Question Quiz with Explanations
• http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/artikel.htm
  Grammar Exercises - Articles

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Simple Past Tense
• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/simple_past.htm
  Simple Past Explanation with No Exercise
• http://www.english-the-easy-way.com/Past_Tense/Past_Simple_Tense.htm
  Simple Past - A Very Clear and Simple Explanation
• http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/past_simple.htm
  Simple Past Tense - Form, Use, and Contrast Exercises
• http://efl.bbti.nl/mixpasttense.htm
  Simple Past Tense - Interactive Exercise
• http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepast.html
  Simple Past Tutorial and Several Interactive Exercises
• http://www.eslgold.com/site.jsp?resource=pag_stu_grammar_expl_exa_exer_lb_simp_past
  Explanation with Sound and Exercises
• http://www.english-room.com/pasttense_6a.htm
  Exercise with 20 Questions
• http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepast.html
  Explanation with 11 Exercises

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Irregular Verbs
• http://efl.bbti.nl/irrpasttense.htm
  Irregular Past Tense - Interactive Exercise
• http://a4esl.org/q/h/irv001-ck.html
  Irregular Verb Tense Quiz - 20 Words
• http://a4esl.org/q/h/irv002-ck.html
  Irregular Verb Tense Quiz - 19 Words
• http://a4esl.org/q/h/irv003-ck.html
  Irregular Verb Tense Quiz - 20 Words
• http://a4esl.org/q/h/irv004-ck.html
  Irregular Verb Tense Quiz - 20 Words
• http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/fb2-irregularverbs.html
  Common Irregular Verbs - 3 Forms - Quiz - 85 Questions
• http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/fb4-irregularverbs.html
  Common Irregular Verbs - 5 Forms - Quiz - 85 Questions
• http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/verbs.htm
  Irregular Verbs List - Present, Past and Past Participle - Printable

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