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  Last updated: 7 December, 2003 12:27 PM

READING

Englishclub

A selection of texts and poems to read, with explanations of some words.

JCU Study Skills - Reading quickly

A lesson on measuring and improving your reading speed.

Elephants

Dolphins

Aesop's Fables
Over 300 Aesop's Fables!

Mystery Net

Lots of mystery stories to read, and try to solve yourself.

Stories and Poems

Read and listen to lots of different stories.

 

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WRITING

IELTS

The official webpage.  Contains lots of information and a sample test.

Argumentative Essays

Very in-depth analysis of the procedure and structure of these essays. 

Advice on Academic Writing

Lots of advice, very high level.

More Advice on Academic Writing

Some good tips.

ESL Planet

Very detailed explanation of:

Writing Argumentative essays

ESL Blues

Modern Manners

Common irritations

Correct mistakes in compositions.

Combining sentences 1

Combining sentences 2

Combining sentences 3

Quizzes on writing longer sentences.

Englishclub

Spelling rules

An explanation of some common spelling.

English Zone

Lots of exercises, but only a few can be used for free.

SPELLING
Adding Word Endings, Contractions, Punctuation, and Capitalization, Comparatives & Superlatives, Spelling Practice

WRITING
Parts of a Story, Paragraph Writing, and MORE!

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab

Lots of help with all aspects of writing, from structure to grammar.

Paragraph Punch

Goes through the way to write good paragraphs.

Proofreading

How to correct mistakes in your writing.

Wacky Tales

Finish the stories.

Big Conversation

Tell the government what you think about their work and make suggestions.

 

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SPEAKING

Pronunciation (you will need a media player and headphones for these)

Englishclub.com

Word stress

A lesson on using correct stress on sylables in words.

Sentence stress

A lesson on using stress correctly in sentences.

Homophones

A brief introduction to words that sound the same but have different spelling and meaning (e.g. bear and bare).

Linking

Explanation of how we link words together in a sentence when speaking quickly.

Presentations

Step by step guide to making presentations.

The Evil Landlady Action Maze
Make the correct choices to beat her!

 

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LISTENING

Englishclub.com

Poems

A selection of English poems to listen to.

Randalls ESL Cyber Listening Lab

Choose your level and select from hundreds of recordings with questions to answer.

About

Fairly easy listening texts with questions.

Videos

Selection of videos to watch.

The English Listening Lounge

Lots of texts about community service, education,  sport, customs and travel (American).

British Council Stories & Poems

Listen to stories and do activities.

Capture Wales

This is a site where you can watch RealMedia movies made and edited by people around Wales telling stories.

English Bites

Watch RealAudio streaming video, read the text, see words defined.

Songs and Lyrics

Listen to popular songs and read the words.

Leonard's Story

Listen to his story and learn!

 

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VOCABULARY

Englishclub

Vocabulary quiz

Prefixes quiz

Phrasal verbs quiz 1

Phrasal verbs quiz 2

Male and female animals

Saying goodbye, formal and informal 1

Saying goodbye, formal and informal 2

British vs American English 1

British vs American English 2

Confusing pairs 1

Confusing pairs 2

Making Adjectives using suffixes

Plurals

English Zone

Lots of exercises, but only a few can be used for free.

Easy, Intermediate +, Advanced, Games

DICTIONARIES
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs, Preposition Combinations,
IDIOMS
Idioms Dictionary, Food Idioms, and MORE!

Dave's ESL Cafe

Animal idioms quiz

Face idioms quiz

Numbers quiz

English Page

General Vocabulary

* Unique Personalities - Adjectives for unique personalities

* Higher Education - Vocabulary related to American education

* Internet 101 - Internet vocabulary

* Ordering in a Restaurant - Restaurant vocabulary

* Changing Jobs - Vocabulary related to changing jobs

* Getting an Apartment - Vocabulary related to getting an apartment

* States and Territories - Vocabulary related to states and territories

* A Unique Circus - Vocabulary related to circuses

* Grocery Store Choices - Vocabulary used in grocery stores

* Entertaining Films - Vocabulary used to describe films

* Returns and Refunds - Vocabulary related to returning a purchase

* Santa Fe, New Mexico - Vocabulary related to Santa Fe, New Mexico

* Aerospace Industry - Vocabulary related to the aerospace industry

* Humor - Vocabulary related to humor

* Telecommunications - Vocabulary related to phone companies

* Hiking / Trekking - Vocabulary related to hiking

* Coffee Houses - Vocabulary related to coffee houses

* E-commerce - Vocabulary related to e-commerce

* Presidential Elections - Vocabulary related to presidential elections

* Turn off the TV - Vocabulary related to TV programs


Holiday Vocabulary

Halloween  |  Printable - Vocabulary related to Halloween and scary things.

Thanksgiving  |  Printable - Vocabulary related to Thanksgiving and recipes.

Christmas  |  Printable - Vocabulary related to Christmas.

 

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GRAMMAR

eflnet

Lots of grammar exercises, including
Adverbs of Agreement
Agreement (all, most, some, half, part)
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Count/Noncount Nouns GAME (156 Kb) You must have the FLASH 5 Plug in properly installed
Gerunds vs. Infinitives
Grammar Practice Quiz 1 A general quiz
Much and Many
Passives
Prepositions Quiz 1
Prepositions Quiz 2
Prepositions Quiz 3
Prepositions Quiz 4
Present Perfect vs. Simple Past
Pronouns
Simple Past and Past Progressive
Simple Present and Present Progressive
Subject - Verb Agreement
Tag Questions
Adjectives (Tutorial)

Englishclub

Tenses quiz

English Zone

Lots of exercises, but only a few can be used for free.

Adjectives and Adverbs, Articles, Comparatives, Clauses, Conditionals, Confusing Words, Nouns, Numbers, Prepositions and Conjunctions, Pronouns, Questions

BE verb, Irregular Verbs, Modals & Auxiliaries, Gerunds & Infinitives, Passive Voice, Phrasal Verbs, Verb Tenses, Subject-Verb Agreement, Preposition Combinations

Dave's ESL Cafe

Grammar quizzes

English Page

Modal verbs tutorial

Explanations and exercises to practise a wide range of modals.

Conditionals tutorial

Explanations and exercises to practise all the conditional structures.

Irregular verbs

List of common irregualr verbs with practice exercises.

Verb tenses

Wide range of exercises to practise all tenses.

Prepositions

Exercises looking at verb + preposition patterns and phrasal verbs.

Better English Grammar

Lots of practice exercises including: Present Forms, Present Forms 2, Always + -ing, Do/does revision, Do for emphasis, Present forms, Past Simple 1, Past Simple 2, Past Simple 3, Irregular Verbs 1, Past Simple Pronunciation, Present Perfect 1, Present Perfect 2, Present Perfect 3, Past Simple v Present Perfect, For or Since, Duration, Going to 1, Going to 2, Going to 3, Going to 4, Going to 5, Going to 6, Present forms for future, Will 1, Will 2, Will 3, Will 4, Will 5, Will or going to?, Futures, Decisions, Future Arrangements, First Conditional1, First Conditional 2, Second Conditional 1, Second Conditional 2, Second Conditional 3, Second Conditional 4, Third Conditional 1, Wish, Wish 2, Wish 3, Mixed Conditionals, Mixed 2, Can 1, Can 2, Can 3, Could 1, Could 2, Should 1, Should 2, Needn' t have, Musn't, Needn't, The -ing form, Prepositions, Word order, Word order 2, Passive 1, Passive 2, Passive 3, Imperative 1, Question tags 1, Question tags 2, Have something done, Non-defining clauses, The, A/The, The again, Apostrophe s, Conjunctions, Conjunction 2, Prepositions, Prepositions of time, Fewer/Less, Few 2, Passives, Past Passives, Adjectives and adverbs, Adjectives with -ed or -ing, The + adjective, Some/A/An, Few / A little, Fewest/Least, Me Myself, Myself, Noun + noun, Noun + noun 2, Of + determiner, One, Possessives, Singular or plural?, They, Too much, Adjective order, Adjective order 2, Only/even, As/like, Comparatives of adjectives/adverbs, More comparatives, still/yet/already, Than or that?, very/very much, as as, make/do, have, Present future, Suppose, Used To, When Future, have done, have got, agree, can/could, Certainly, Future Arrangements, Holiday Jokes, managed to, Past 4, Past 5, Past 6, remember, So Do I, So That, The 2, Was 2, Whatever, Won't, Will again, Bye

 

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COMPUTERS

Eonpage

Free and simple site to make homepages.

BBC Webwise

Ask Bruce

Ask Bruce the spider questions about the Internet.

Becoming Webwise

A basic Internet course online.

Absolute Beginners' Guide

Very basic course about using the mouse, keyboard and windows.

Microsoft Word

Tutorial 1

The basics of Word.

Tutorial 2

A more detailed tutorial of Word 97.

Typing

Speed test

Tests how fast you can type.

Learn 2 Type

A free online typing course.  You will need to register.

 

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