Research Guides: English Grammar: Home

Selected eBooks

Good Grammar for Students by Howard Jackson
ISBN: 9781848600843
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
This practical guide will give students a command of grammar, spelling and punctuation, enabling them to improve the quality and accuracy of their writing.
English Grammar for the Utterly Confused by Laurie Rozakis
ISBN: 0-07-143097-0
Publication Date: 2003
A well-organized guide with over 200 examples and problems to be worked through, broken down into sections on specific topics.
The Good Grammar Guide by Richard Palmer
ISBN: 9780203484159
Publication Date: 2003-09-02
This light-hearted guide offers extensive coverage of Parts of Speech, Syntax, Inflection and Punctuation, along with a detailed look at common errors and misconceptions. Regular exercises are included, as is a baleful survey of Political Correct usage, whose desire to sanitize and control the way we speak is injurious to grammar, language itself and indeed the way we live now.
Grammar Smart by Christine Sinclair
ISBN: 9780804125918
Publication Date: 2010
This eBook edition is formatted for on-screen viewing with cross-linked questions, answers, and explanations. The words you use say a lot about you. Grammar makes a lasting impression on friends, coworkers, and teachers, but learning the rules has always been notoriously dull.
English Grammar and Usage : Read Swiftly, Speak Fluently and Write Correctly by Shirkant Prasoon
ISBN: 97893-505742-6-3
Publication Date: 2015
Easy to understand text and ample exercises make this an ideal book to use for practicing English grammar and usage.

Databases

PrepSTEP (formerly Learning Express) This link opens in a new window
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A variety of interactive worksheets, assessments, and ebooks are available through Learning Express, including an entire section on English Grammar and Writing Skills in the College Students section.
Flipster This link opens in a new window
Magazines you know and love, available digitally.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (BadgerLink) This link opens in a new window
Complete online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Additional features include videos, magazine and journal articles, dictionary, thesaurus, notable quotations, and relevant Web links.

TEDEd Videos

Does grammar matter? - Teacher Tools
Offers a variety of questions for discussion and additional resources for supplemental use.

When to use "me", "myself" and "I" - Teacher Tools
Offers a variety of questions for discussion and additional resources for supplemental use.

Khan Academy

Websites

Speechling
Speechling is a tool that allows you to listen to a phrase in a particular language and then repeat it back, recording your version, which you can then compare to the recording on the system. For grammar practice, it can be helpful for the modeling of sentences.
Purdue University: Grammar Exercises
A comprehensive list of grammar topics with exercises.

Free Rice

Free Rice is an online game and a humanitarian effort all rolled into one. Users play a multiple choice style game and earn rice that is distributed by the United Nations World Food Programme for correct answers. There are multiple categories to choose from. The categories listed here pertain to this guide, but you can click on one of the links and change the category when you are on their website if you wish to practice a different category.

Free Rice: English Grammar
Choose the correct grammar from two choices.
Free Rice: English Vocabulary
Choose the correct synonym from four possible answers.

Films on Demand

Films on Demand are available through the MATC Libraries. You will need to log into your account with your MATC credentials when you click on the videos.

Grammar Follies
The Standard Deviants look at sentence problems, including sentence fragments, comma splices, and run-on sentences. Then we examine common grammatical traps, such as tense shifts, vague pronoun references, and faulty parallels. We'll wrap things up with a look at acceptable grammar "errors"—like the use of contractions, splitting infinitives, and using prepositions at the end of sentences. Topics include: Sentence Fragments, Comma Splices, Run-On Sentences, Tense Shifts, Vague Pronoun References, Faulty Parallels, and Acceptable Errors.
Examining the Sentence
Sentence time! The Standard Deviants look at simple sentences, not-so-simple complex sentences, and compound sentences. We'll also explain how phrases and objects work within sentences. Topics include: Simple Sentences, Phrases, Direct and Indirect Objects, Compound Sentences, Dependent and independent Clauses, Complex Sentences, and Sentence Fragments.
Adverbs, Prepositions, and Conjunctions
Cerebellum introduces grammar students to adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions. These are the structures that add grace and complexity to our sentences. Topics cover adverb review, preposition identification and use, conjunctions, paired conjunctions, and interjections. Topics include: Adverbs Compared to Adjectives, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Paired Conjunctions, and Interjections.