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English Writing

ESL Writing Tips: photo of a man writing on paper.

title: TOEFL or IELTS Essay Sample, with a picture of a clock & a list of 4 hints for essay success on timed tests. (See the page for the hints.)

How to Read & Explain Charts & Graphs, with pictures of various kinds of charts: a pie chart, a bar graph, a line graph, & a table of data.

Proofreading Checklist

Proofreading Practice

Proofreading Pr. Answers

Essay Writing Practice

Sample Essay for Test Prep

Charts and Graphs

Subject-Verb Agreement

Grammar

Picture of a plate with salmon, salad & a lemon. 'I've been trying to eat healthier foods. Yesterday I ate fish and vegetables for dinner.'

Reading, Listening, & Speaking

Listening & Reading Comprehension Exercises: Check your understanding of what you read & hear with these quizzes & practice (+ photos of a lady with hand to ear & ofa girl with earbuds, reading)

Vowel Digraphs: vowel sounds written with 2 letters (for example: OU)
Then a list of words including 'ou', with a few pictures of them.

English Conversation Practice: Hints for Getting Started
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'Check your understanding of what you read & hear with these exercises and practice.'
A woman with hand to ear, a young woman reading & listening with earbuds.

Vocabulary
(see also the 2 sections below this)

2 young people discussing their (English) study

Vocabulary Practice

Young people studying in a sunny library with the top of a crossword puzzle on Essential Academic Vocabulary

'Practice to make the words you've learned yours.'
Picture of part of a crossword puzzle and a word scramble.

'20+ puzzles to make learning academic vocabulary fun' & a picture of a crossword puzzle

TOEFL & IELTS Vocab.

Top 100 List of Vocabulary (links to practice)

Vocabulary Games (see also for puzzle pdfs)

Various Activities

19 AWL Words

Odd One Out (Game)

Personality Vocabulary

Sci. Discoveries

Sherlock Holmes

Unscramble Words index & 1st Game (links to 20 others: 5 AWL adjectives, 5 nouns, 5 civic, & 5 mixed unscramble games.)

Voc for Achievement

Vocabulary for Violence

Vocabulary Worksheets

Matching

Adj.Opposites Matching Games:

>Adjectives for Thinking

>Size and Importance

>Positive and Negative

Puzzles

Nervous System Voc: Online Crossword

Online Crossword: Essential Acad. Voc.

Printable Crossword Puzzles

Free Wordsearch Puzzles

Gap-fills

Ac. Voc: 1 JFK speech

2 US Presidents on Berlin

3 Obama on Polish Freedom

Be a Word Detective

British Power Vocabulary

Business Voc.

Conservation Terminology Practice

Disaster Assistance Voc.

Practice Citizenship & Immigration Vocabulary

Science Words

Voc. Building Games: Networking

VocExercises: Organizations

More VocExercises: NGOs

Words for Success

Writing Words

Vocabulary by Subject
(Including Voc. Practice & Quiz Sections)

Science-Related Voc. pgs

Scientific Method Voc

Scientific Words Quiz

Climate Change & Weather Voc

Conservation Terminology

Medical Vocabulary

Types of Germs

Comprehension Check

Nervous System Voc: Online Crossword

Sense Voc.

Charts & Graphs

Voc. for Other Subjects

Art Vocabulary

Bible English

News/Social Science Voc.

Understanding the News in English

News Vocabulary

Vocabulary for Violence

War Vocabulary

Words for Truth & Errors

Words for Truth Answers

Political Language

Psychology Voc. Quiz

Social Change Voc.

VocExercises: Organizations

More VocExercises: NGOs

Disaster Assistance Voc

British Power Vocabulary

Practice Ac. Voc: 1 JFK speech

2 US Presidents on Berlin

3 Obama on Polish Freedom

Practice Citizenship & Immigration Vocabulary

Business-Related Voc. pgs

Business Voc

Master Business English

Voc. Building Games:Networking

Product Design Voc.

Personality Vocabulary

Voc. for Writing

Writing Words

Transition Words

Linking Words

Writing Test Vocabulary

Advanced Adjective Opposites Matching Games:

>Adjectives for Thinking

>Size and Importance

>Positive and Negative

Roots, Prefixes, & Suffixes

Tree with leaves at its roots, along with its title

Title superimposed on a tree with colorful fall leaves with its roots showing

Tree with leaves at its roots, along with title

Idioms

Train tracks crisscrossing as an illustration of being 'sidetracked'

Lady sneezing into a tissue and thinking 'I wish I could just get over this cold!'

Women on the phone: 'Hey Susan, I need to get a hold of Mr. Anderson. Is he in?' 'Not now. Do you want to leave a message?' 'No, thanks. I'll try to get a hold of him next week.'

List of English Phrasal Verbs, A-M

List of Phrasal Verbs, P-W

English Conversation Lessons & Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verb Quiz (& Answers)

Idiom Examples

Shakespeare Ids

Sports Idioms

Quizzes & Tests

English Language Test Prep: Get Ready for Tests like the TOEFL or IELTS

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ESL Quizzes: Find Out What You Know-- & What Needs Study

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Courses to Help You Master English Test Vocabulary
4 picture collage: a lady reading, another listening with headphones, a man writing, & 2 women talking

English Language Test Prep

English Test Voc. courses

Academic Voc. Lessons

Clues to the TOEFL Reading Test course

Writing Test Vocabulary

A Practice Reading Test: TOEFL Prep

Practice for Reading Tests

Reading & Comp. Test: Where Ideas Come from

Comprehension Test

Academic Vocabulary Test 1 (AWL level 1-5)

Academic Vocabulary Gapfill Test

American Citizenship Test

ESL Quizzes & Tests

Quiz on Words from Greek & Latin Roots

Psychology Voc. Quiz

Scientific Words Quiz

Quiz on AWL Levels 6-10

Games

Picture of a grid of cards laid out for the game Concentration, with three turned over (find, found, & know) & the text: 'Here's one match. Now' find the card with the past tense of 'know.''

Picture of one person saying 'I'm thinking of a...' & other people facing him and asking

ESL Games (& see the Voc Practice section above & Voc Games for puzzles+)

Printable ESL Games

Question Game

Free Word Games

Concentration Games for Idioms, Roots, & Irregular Verbs

Memory Game 1: Idioms

Memory Game 2: Idioms

Roots Memory Game 1

Roots G. 2

Roots G. 3

Irregular Verb Memory G.1

Irregular Verb Game 2

Irregular Verb Game 3

mobile versions (1st 2- Idioms):

Lesson Plans & Help for ESL Teachers

ESL Lesson Plans & Resources
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'Communicative lessons, activities, & planning for adult ESL classes'

17 Adaptable ESL Activites, from Icebreakers to Info Gaps & Jigsaw Readings to Mingles
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Print & Play ESL Classroom Games
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Caption: Irregular past tense bingo

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