Grammar Games

WEBSITES YOU ARE ALLOWED ON TODAY

Today’s class will be spent independently covering grammar that will arise on your mid-term examination on Friday. Use your time wisely and test your knowledge.

*If you are caught on an undesignated web-site, you will lose your computer privilege for today as well as the opportunity to play the review game on Wednesday.

WEBSITE CHOICES:

Work on locating fragments vs. sentences:
http://www.chompchomp.com/frag01/frag01.htm
http://www.chompchomp.com/frag05/frag05.01.htm

Work on comma usage:
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas01.htm
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas02.htm
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas05a.htm (AWESOME!)

Work on subject-verb agreement:
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/sva04.htm
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/sva05.htm

Work on locating the parts of speech:
http://www.kwarp.com/portfolio/grammarninja.html (select the most difficult option)

Practice combining sentences:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/compoundsentences/game.shtml

PLUG IN YOUR HEADPHONES FOR THIS SITE:

Review dependent and independent clauses:
http://www.greatsource.com/iwrite/students/s_grammar_hndbk.html
Click on the last hyperlink entitled “Sentences Combining” to hear a brief explanation of dependent and independent clauses.