Review and Practice Tests

Choose from the following collection of exercises below to practice what you have learned about:

• Grammar
• Effective Sentences
• Diction
• Punctuation
• Mechanics
• Larger Elements (such as paragraphs)

Within the sections listed above, you will find a number of relevant topic links, each offering from one to four sets of exercises that will allow you to check your answers and find out more about refining your skills.

Grammar

• Overview of Nouns
• Overview of Pronouns with Test
• Nouns and Pronouns: Possessive Forms
• Pronoun Cases with Test
• Pronoun Reference with Test
• Identifying of Verbs with Test
• Verb Tenses
• Active and Passive Voice with Test
• Subject - Verb Agreement with Test
• Pronoun - Antecedent Agreement
• Adjectives with Test
• Adverbs
• Adjectives and Adverbs of Degree with Test
• Prepositions
• Conjunctions with Test
• Phrases and Clauses with Test
• Sentence Parts and Patterns with Test
• Sentence Fragments with Test
• Comma Splices and Fused Sentences with Test
• Modification Problems with Test

Effective Sentences

• Sentence Style
• Sentence Combining with Test
• Parallel Construction with Test
• Sentence Shifts

Diction

• Slang and Clichés
• Wordiness

Punctuation

• Commas with Test
• Apostrophes with Test
• Quotation Marks
• End and Other Punctuation with Test

Mechanics

• Capitalization with Test
• Italics
• Abbreviations
• Numerals with Test

Larger Elements

• Paragraph Topic Sentences 
• Paragraph Transitions
• Paragraph Introductions with Test
• Paragraph Conclusions