Reading Skill Builders
Author's Purpose
- Author's purpose activity - This section includes a variety of activities designed to help you determine the author's purpose. Follow the directions on each screen and complete the activities
- Author's Purpose - [designed for grade 4] read paragraphs and decide author's purpose
- Author's Purpose - online quiz with self checking
- Author's Purpose - read a passage and answer fifteen multiple choice questions
- Game - Author's Purpose - matching game
- Purpose and Point of View - Choose the correct answer for each question. self checking.
- Reading for a Purpose - many quizzes on author's purpose
- Text Types Game - [Skillwise game] Can you spot the text types?
- Types of text - [Skillwise quiz] Entry 3 quiz
- Types of text - [Skillwise quiz] Level 1 quiz
- Types of Text Game - [Skillwise game] Can you spot the text types?
- Be a Critical Reader - By reading between the lines you can discover meaning not stated by the author.
- Bees - Read a passage and answer five questions.
- Dr. Stripp: Reading Ring - Put the comic strips in sequence, then answer questions about the comic strip.
- Drawing Conclusions - Read the story and choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
- Drawing Conclusions - Read the story and choose the correct answer.
- The Happy Monkey - Read a passage and answer five questions.
- How are They Selling It? - Students read advertisements and evaluate the type of persuasive writing being employed.
- Inference Battleship - Sink your opponent's ships by answering questions correctly. Interactive Quia game.
- Inference Riddle Game - Guess using riddles! Infer what is being described by the clues you read
- Looking for the Fine Print - Students read advertisements to practice reading critically.
- Practice Making Inferences - Read the story and answer three questions.
- Reading Comprehension Stories - 6 stories and quizzes. Additional quizzes on sequencing summarization of each story.
- Stated Information - Online story about elephants and a quiz.
- Stated Information - Online story about dolphins and a quiz.
- Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion - Hit the appropriate button to indicate if the following statements are either fact, opinion, or a blend of both. Answers are provided in small pop up windows.
- Fact or Opinion - [this site only works in Internet ExplorerInteractive game from Toon University.
- Fact or Opinion Quiz - Decide which of these statements are fact or opinion from the drop-down list, then click on the "Finished" button to obtain your score out of ten.
- Fact and Opinion Self-Test - Click on the appropriate choice after each statement.
- Fact or Opinion: Quiz 1 - Read the statements and determine if they are facts or opinions. Select your answer from the popup menu. There are a total of 30 statements to evaluate.
- Fact or Opinion: Quiz 2 - Read the statements and determine if they are facts or opinions. Select your answer from the popup menu. There are a total of 30 statements to evaluate.
- Fact, Habit, Opinion or Schedule? - An English-Zone quiz with ten multiple-choice questions. Choose the correct answer for each sentence below. When you are done, click on the 'Check Answers' button to check your answers.
- Fact or Opinion? - [10 questions] Decide if sentences are fact or opinion.
- Factual Information or Opinions of the Author - Often the author's opinions are disguised as fact, to make the author's argument seem more believable. There is nothing wrong with mixing opinions and fact together in an argument, it's done all the time. What is important is that the reader be able to distinguish the fact from the opinion, in order to make a sound judgment about the information they are receiving!
- Main Idea Quiz - Find the main idea in this Quia quiz.
- Finding the Main Idea - Read the passages and tell where the main idea is located.
- Get The Idea - Read text to determine the main idea or essential message & identify relevant supporting details &facts.
- Identify the Main Idea - Read and answer 4 questions.
- Identify the Main Idea - Read and answer 6 questions.
- Main Idea and Supporting Detail - Choose the main idea of the paragraphs. Remember to make sure the main idea is covers the entire paragraph, not just one sentence. Quia quiz.
- Reading Detective - Reach each paragraph carefully in this Quia quiz and decide what it is mostly about.
- Reading Headlines - Read eight headlines and try to determine what the article is about.
- Strategies for Better Reading - When you summarize, eliminate unnecessary details. Focus on the main idea of the whole passage.
- Understanding What You Read - Online interactive tutorial and quiz.
- What's the Big Idea - Solve a riddle by answering questions about the main id
- Aesop's Fables - Short reading passages with a moral to analyze.
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - An unabridged, dramatic audio production in RealAudio� Directed and Narrated by Karen Chan.
- Author Index - Search for online books by author.
- A Chapter a Day - Books online divided up into chapters with vocabulary words for the chapter and quotes. Many classical novels here.
- Chapter Books On-line - Many classic novels online with tools to help students read on line.
- Classic Short Stories - Online text of some of the short story classics.
- The Electronic Text Center - The Modern English Collection contains fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, letters, newspapers, manuscripts and illustrations from 1500 to the present, arranged for browsing by author's last name or by category of interest.
- Folktale of the Month - Selection plus an index of recent selections.
- The Internet Classics Archive - Bringing the wisdom of the classics to the Internet since 1994.
- Learn Out Loud - Podcasts of novels.
- Novels On-Line - Found at the Carnegie Mellon University English server.
- The On-line Books Page - You may search by author, title or subject.
- Poetry 180 - A list of poems and authors.
- Poetry Index of Canonical verse at the Carnegie Mellon University English server. Poets from Angelou to Wordsworth.
- Read Print - Free online library, thousands of free books.
- Short Fiction on the Carnegie Mellon University English server.
- Characters - Select a character & create your own story. When you have finished typing print the page.
- Circle Plot diagram - Identify and interpret main incidents using this interactive graphic organizer.
- Elements of a story - Dissect Cinderella by discussing the story elements.
- Evaluation Station - Evaluate a story that you have written.
- Name That Literary Element - Online Interactive Game - from Glencoe.
- The Realm of Fairy Tales - [not interactive] Students will analyze fairy tales by identifying recurring themes. Then they will Outline a story map for their own fairy tale, including standard story elements and fairy tale themes. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
- Settings - Select a setting and create your own story. After you select a setting, suggested vocabulary can be found at the bottom of the page where you type.
- Story Element Quiz - Play these concentration, matching and flashcard games to review the definitions.
- Story Elements Quiz - Quizlet quiz for advanced students.
- Story Elements Language Arts Quiz - 20 online questions.
- Story Elements Quiz - Quizlet quiz for 6th grade.
- Test Tutor - Read stories and answer questions about story elements.
- Understanding Setting, Plot and Theme - Read each description and choose the correct setting.
- Understanding Setting, Plot and Theme - Read a short story. Then read each sentence and decide if it is part of the setting, plot or theme.
Grammar Skill Builders
Adjectives and Adverbs
Vocabulary Games
- Adjective - Select the correct form of the adjective.
- Adjective - Lesson with a ten-question quiz at the bottom of the page.
- Adjective Review Game - Quia quiz. Find the adjective or predicate adjective in each sentence.
- Adjectives/Adverbs - Change the adjectives into adverbs in this online quiz.
- Grammar Blast - Select Modifiers from this cumulative review of 6th Grade Skills.
- Grammar Gorillas - Advanced Level - Practice identifying all parts of speech.
- Parts of Speech - Decide the parts of speech that should be used to fill in the blanks.
- Possessive Adjectives - [Internet Explorer] Use the keyboard controls to play this game similar to the old asteroids.
- Power Proofreading - [Adjective Practice] Choose 6th grade then select Travel Ad , Middle School Lunch Table, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
- Power Proofreading - [adverb practice] Choose 6th grade then select; Sports Mania Broadcast, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
- Using Irregular Adjectives - Select the correct word or phrase from the choices provided.
- Animal Analogies - Don't be Stubborn as a Mule, try this quiz.
- Analogy Challenge - When you see the word that completes the analogy, click on the button at the bottom left of the screen. Be quick!
- Analogies: Find the Appropriate Match - Use the drop down menu below each word to select an answer.
- Analogy Quiz - Use your keyboard to type the word that completes the analogy.
- Analogy Quiz - Solving analogies helps you develop critical thinking skills. Select the correct answer choice for this Quia activity.
- Analogy Quiz: Set 2 - More Quia analogies from Diana Dell.
- Awesome Analogies - Jeopardy style game for one or two players. Figure out why the first pair of words go together so that you can finish the second word pair.
- Fact Monster - Analogy of the Day - Choose the word that best completes the analogy.
- Field Trip - Unscramble the letters of the word in red to find a synonym for each word in black. A word list is provided.
- Flash Analogy Set - Mr. Anker's analogy practice quiz.
- Analogy Battleship -Sink your opponent's ships by answering questions about different types of analogies correctly.
- Other Analogy Activities at Readquarium.
- Puzz.com has a quiz with 152 analogies - Pick one or two a day and practice this valuable skill.
- The Thesaurus - finding new ways to say something
- Word Relationships - Use the drop down menu to the right of each word to select an answer.
- Combining Sentences - In the text-area below each group of sentences, combine all of those sentences into one effective sentence containing only one independent clause.
- Combining Sentences with Appositives - Combine the sentences in each numbered item by changing the information in the second sentence to an appositive or an appositive phrase and adding it to the first sentence.
- Conjunctions Quiz I - Click the answer buttons to see the answers.
- Conjunctions Quiz II - Combine the sentences using the conjunction given in parentheses.
- Conjunction-itis Popup - Find the correct conjunction form to combine two short sentences together into one!
- Second Quiz on Combining Sentences - In the text-area below each group of sentences, combine all of those sentences into one effective sentence containing only one independent clause.
- Sentence Structure - Select the correct sentence structure that is underlined in the sentences.
- Sentence Structure - Ten question quiz. Select the correct sentence structure: simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, or a compound-complex sentence.
- Sentence Types - Select the type of sentence [command, question, exclamation, statement] and then edit the sentence.
- Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence will appear in the top text-area. Insert the necessary comma or commas (being careful not to insert commas where they aren't necessary).
- Abstract or Concrete - Identify the types of nouns in this quiz: abstract or concrete.
- Grammar Gorillas - Advanced Level - Practice identifying all parts of speech.
- Parts of Speech - Decide what parts of speech should be used to fill out the blanks.
- Plural and Possessive Nouns - By clicking on a bubble, identify whether the highlighted word is a plural or possessive noun and then click on the "Submit Answer" button. The quiz is at the bottom of this page.
- Irregular Plurals - Match the related words, singular to plural. [concentration style game]
- Irregular Plurals - Drag the words on the right to the plural form of the word on the left.
- Irregular Noun Plurals: Quiz 1 - Choose the correct plural of the noun.
- Irregular Noun Plurals: Quiz Two - Type the plural form of the word in the space provided and click on "Check answers."
- Noun Explorer - Select the correct spelling or correct abbreviation for the word in parentheses.
- Parts of Speech - Choose the correct part of speech for each word.
- Parts of Speech Quiz - Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in each of the sentences.
- Power Proofreading - [Noun or Pronoun Practice] Choose 6th grade then select; Jamie Rogers: Kid Detective, Memo to the Staff, Cooking with Tess and Les, Detective Dramas, Music Matters, Wanda the Wonder Dog, Quick Thinking, Memo to Creative Team, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
- Pronoun Case - 6 exercises in the practice of this skill with accompanying handouts.
- Correct plural Spelling - Find your way to the Cave of Stone Wonders by clicking on the correct spelling.
- Irregular Noun Plurals - Lesson followed by an interactive quiz.
- Irregular Plurals - Choose the correct form of the plural for each noun.
- Irregular Plurals - For each noun, type the plural form in the space.
- Irregular Plurals - Match the related words, singular to plural.
- Irregular Plurals - Match related words, oes, os.
- Plural and Possessive Nouns - Lesson with a quiz at the bottom of this page.
- Plural Forms and Irregular Nouns - Select the correct plural form in these sentences.
- Plural Girls - Type in the correct plural form in the box above, then click on 'Check It'.
- Plural Play - Be the first to fill a row, column or diagonal. You must get three in a row to win, like tic-tac-toe.
- Plurals Picture Quiz - In the space underneath each picture, write in the correct plural form of the word given in the singular.
- Plural Rules Quiz - Select from the three levels available and select the answer to each question.
- Plural Rules - The gnomes are waiting to go fishing. Will you catch the right plural spelling?
- Plurals: Y Endings - Change the singular nouns into plurals.
- Singular and Plural Nouns - Match the singular nouns with the correct plural nouns. Words include both regular and irregular nouns. Three games to choose from Quia.
- Prepositions at the Crossword I - Type the correct letter in each box. Use the tab key to move from box to box or use your mouse-button to place the letter in each box.
- Prepositions at the Crossword II - Type the correct letter in each box. Use the tab key to move from box to box or use your mouse-button to place the letter in each box.
- Prepositions at the Crossword III - Type the correct letter in each box. Use the tab key to move from box to box or use your mouse-button to place the letter in each box.
- Quiz on Prepositions - For each question, choose the single best answer.
- Recognizing the Function of Phrases - When you click on "Start this test," you will be presented with a sentence with a group of words in ALL CAPS. You will then be offered four possible descriptions for that group of words.
- Recognizing Prepositions - Click on the prepositions in the order in which they appear and they will appear in the text-area below the paragraph. For the purposes of this exercise, consider only those prepositions which begin prepositional phrases.
- Verb and Preposition Combinations I - A quiz from the English-Zone. Choose the correct answer for the sentence.
- Verb and Preposition Combinations II - A quiz from the English-Zone. Choose the correct answer for the sentence.
- Verb and Preposition Combinations III - A quiz from the English-Zone. Choose the correct answer for the sentence.
- Exercise in Capitalization - If a word is capitalized correctly, write a C in the space; if it is incorrect, write an I (use capital letters). When you're finished, click on the "submit application" at the bottom of the page and the computer will check your answers.
- Exercises at Grammar Bytes - To start proofreading, select any Interactive Exercise and begin. Nine categories are listed at the top of the page.
- Extreme Sentence Surgeons -Your paragraph surgery skills will be needed as critically injured paragraphs enter your emergency room. Their injuries are significant: poor spelling, no punctuation, wrong word usage, and much more.Use your superior skills to fix the bad spelling words, add commas, capital letters, periods, apostrophes, and change words used incorrectly.
- Power Proofreading - Choose your grade level. Each grade level offers various skills to practice. (Grades 2-8)
- Proofreading Exercise #1 - If the sentences are not correct, choose the type of error the sentences illustrate.
- Proofreading Exercise #2 - If the sentences are not correct, choose the type of error the sentences illustrate.
- Proofreading for Errors in Verb Tense - [not interactive] Five paragraphs are listed and you are told how many errors are there. Answers are below the last paragraph.
- Proofreading Game - [Quia] Read sentences for errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and usage.
- Proofreading Makes Perfect - Correct errors in grammar, usage, punctuation and spelling.
- Proofreading Practice - Two exercises in correcting passages
- Proofreading Practice - [Advanced Level] These passages were designed for 9th grade students.
- Apostrophe Quiz - Click inside the box then copy out each sentence adding apostrophes where they are needed.
- Colon Exercise - Twelve multiple choice questions. Self checking.
- Colon Exercise - "Use a colon to improve the sentence's style by making it more forceful."
- Comma practice - 5 interactive quizzes of varied levels with accompanying handouts.
- Commas in Quotations - If you believe a comma belongs in a box, then add a comma. If you believe no punctuation is necessary, put an "x" in the box. Choose "check" to see if your decisions are right.
- Dear Mr. Henshaw - Practice finding mistakes in parts of a friendly letter. Look very carefully! Quia quiz.
- Index of Punctuation Quizzes - Listing of numerous activities to select from to practice punctuation.
- Interactive exercises on using commas - Exercise 1 - Exercise 2 - Exercise 3 - Exercise 4 - Exercise 5
- Is this sentence correct? - Online Quia Quiz. Select if a sentence is correct or not by clicking on the yes or no button. Teachers: If a sentence is not correct, have the students change the sentence to make it correct (to be done orally before selecting yes or no).
- Parts of Speech - Decide what parts of speech should be used to fill out the blanks. (Then see if you can supply an appropriate word).
- Power Proofreading - [Comma Practice] Choose 6th grade then select; Where They Lived Interview, Howard Shows You How, E-mail to Lou, The Evening News, Memo to Camera Operators or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
- Proofreading Makes Perfect - Choose Capitalization and Punctuation. Correctly rewrite the sentences.
- Quiz on Comma Usage - Click on "The paragraph, please!" and a paragraph will appear in the top text-area.
- Quiz on Punctuation - Select the correctly punctuated sentences. [10 sentences]
- Quiz on Punctuation #2 - Eleven sentences are used on this quiz. Select the correct punctuation for each.
- Quiz on Punctuation #3 - Insert the necessary punctuation marks and capitalize words where necessary.
- Quiz on Punctuation #4 - Click to see the paragraph and then edit the paragraph with correct punctuation.
- Review of Punctuation - Select the sentence that is punctuated correctly for the first seven and then select sentences which are punctuated incorrectly for the last three.
- Quotation Marks and Commas - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence or sentences will appear in the top text-area. Insert the necessary punctuation marks -- quotation marks, commas, etc. -- and capitalize words where necessary.
- Using Commas - Select the sentence with the correctly used commas.
- Using Commas with Introductory Phrases - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence will appear in the top text-area. Insert any necessary comma or commas (being careful not to insert commas where they aren't necessary).
- Welcome to Commas: Fill in the Blanks! - In each blank space provide a comma where it is appropriate or write a small-case "x" (without the quotation marks) where a comma is not necessary.
- Avoiding Run-on Sentences - Select the group of words that corrects the run-on.
- Combining Sentences - In the text-area for each group of sentences, combine all of those sentences into one effective sentence containing only one independent clause.
- Combining Sentences with Appositives - Combine the sentences in each numbered item by changing the information in the second sentence to an appositive or an appositive phrase and adding it to the first sentence.
- Conjunctions Quiz I - Click the buttons to see the correct answers.
- Conjunctions Quiz II - Combine the sentences using the conjunction given in parentheses.
- Conjunction-itis Popup - Find the correct conjunction form to combine two short sentences together. Quia quiz.
- Finding Fragments in Short Passages - Read each passage and use your mouse to choose the part that is a fragment. Keep track of your answers on the printable handout.
- Fragments and Types of Sentences - Select the answer choice for each question. Self checking.
- Repairing Run-on Sentences - After each run-on sentence select the remedy that would best repair that sentence. (The remedy will show only enough of the sentence to indicate what was wrong and how to fix it.) If the sentence is correctly written the way it stands, select the first option. If you choose the correct response, it might still be a good idea to consult the explanation.
- Revising Sentence Fragments - Rewrite each sentence fragment, adding a subject or a predicate or both to form a complete sentence.
- Run-on Sentence Practice - From the group of three sentences that follows, select the group of words that corrects the run-on.
- Second Quiz on Combining Sentences - In the text-area below each group of sentences, combine all of those sentences into one effective sentence containing only one independent clause.
- Sentence Fragment Practice - Exercise 1 - Of the three sentences in each group, select the one that is not a sentence fragment.
- Sentence Fragment Practice - Exercise 2 - Of the three sentences in each group, select the one that is not a sentence fragment.
- Sentence Fragment Practice - Exercise 3 - Of the three sentences in each group, select the one that is not a sentence fragment.
- Sentence Sort - Select the answer for the type of sentence shown: simple, compound, or complex.
- Sentence Structure - Select correct sentence structure that is underlined in the sentences.
- Sentence Structure - Ten question quiz. Identify whether the sentence is a simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, or a compound-complex sentence.
- Sentence Types - Select the type of sentence [command, question, exclamation, statement] and then edit the sentence.
- Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence will appear in the top text-area. Insert the necessary comma or commas (being careful not to insert commas where they aren't necessary).
- Choose the correct spelling - Quia Quiz. Choose the correct spelling for the commonly misspelled words.
- Contractions - Type the correct contraction for each sentence.
- Look, Cover, Write and Check - Phonetic family of words to practice. Choose your level from easy to hard.
- Look, Cover, Write and Check from Ambleweb - This spelling site has 30 pre-built lists of words, but you can create your own list. Double-click any word on the list and type a word appropriate for your grade level. Student gets to see the word, then it is covered and they must type the correct spelling.
- Look, Say, Cover, Type and Check - Type a list of ten spelling words, then watch a flash card show, remember the word and type it.
- Online Spelling Quizzes - Numerous quizzes in TCAP format.
- Online Stories - Find the correct spelling of the word in the blanks.
- Spell Words - Magnetic Board - Drag letters to create word. If you run out of a particular letter, hold down the shift key while you click and then type the letter.
- Spell Check - TCAP format - Select word that is spelled incorrectly and type the correct spelling in the blank.
- Spelling Practice Grade Six - Several activities, instruction and practice for improving spelling.
- Spelling Wizard - Use this scholastic site to enter a list of words and then make a spelling scramble or a word search.
- Stop the Machine - Click and drag letters to form a correctly spelled word.
- Fearless Frieda - [Somewhat Elementary] Use the keyboard to spell the words Frieda says. Three letter words on level one, four letter words on level 2.
- Fearless Frieda the Big Kahuna - [Somewhat Elementary] Use the keyboard to spell the words Frieda says. Frieda starts with four letter words in this game.
- Field Trip - Unscramble the letters of the word in red to find a synonym for each word in black and type your answer in the box. (A word list is provided.)
- Furious Frogs - Multi-player game practicing synonyms, antonyms or homonyms. Select what you want to practice and then join a game.
- General Tso's Spicy Synonyms - Prove to General Tso you can withstand his spiciest chicken by using your skills to identify the non-synonym.
- Say it Another Way - finding new ways to say something
- Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms - Read each pair of words; write S, A, or H beside the pairs.
- Synonym Challenge - When you see the word that is a synonym of the given word, click on the button at the bottom left of the screen. Be quick!
- Synonym Match - Identify the matching terms in two columns.
- Synonym Matching - [3rd grade and above] Find pairs or words with the same meaning.
- Synonym Practice - The exercises are grouped into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Determine your level of knowledge and then select an exercise from the lists below. Be sure to have a dictionary handy!
- Synonym Toast - Click on the word that has a similar meaning as the toast in the toaster.
- Be - Verb usage online quiz. Type the correct verb form for each question.
- Grammar Gorillas - Advanced level - Practice identifying all parts of speech.
- Irregular Verbs - Learn the past tense of irregular English verbs with this Quia Jeopardy type game for two players.
- Irregular Verbs - 6 exercises in the practice of this skill, interactive with handouts.
- Linking Verbs - Identify whether the underlined verb is used as a linking verb.
- Power Proofreading - [Verb Practice] Choose 6th grade then select; E-mail to Ms. Jackson , Chuckles the Clown, The Mouse Power Awards, Just Plain Dirt, Morning Talk Show, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
- Parts of Speech - Decide what parts of speech should be used to fill in the blanks.
- Practicing Past, Present & Future Tenses - [these activities only work in Internet Explorer] Tense Activity 1 | Tense Activity 2 | Tense Activity 3
- Subject-Verb Agreement - 6 exercises in the practice of this skill, interactive with handouts.
- To Be - Present and past tense quiz. Use keyboard or mouse to select the answers.
- Verb Phrases - Identify the complete verb phrase in each sentence. From Quia.
- Verb Tenses - Identify whether the highlighted verb or compound verb is formed correctly in the sentence.
- Verb and Preposition Combinations III - A quiz from the English-Zone. Choose the correct words to complete the sentence.
- Analogies: Find the Appropriate Match - Use the drop down menu below each word to select your answer.
- Analogy Challenge - When you see the word that completes the analogy, click on the button at the bottom left of the screen. Be quick!
- Analogy Quiz - Use your keyboard to type the word that completes the analogy.
- Analogy Quiz - Analogies are like a word puzzle. Solving analogies helps you develop critical thinking skills. Find the analogies for this Quia activity.
- Analogy Quiz: Set 2 - More Quia analogies from Diana Dell.
- Antonyms - When you see the word that is an antonym of the given word, click on the button at the bottom left of the screen. Be quick!
- Antonym Matching - Find the matching squares with opposite meaning.
- Antonym Practice - The exercises are grouped into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Determine your level of knowledge and then select an exercise from the lists below. Be sure to have a dictionary handy!
- Awesome Analogies - Jeopardy style game for one or two players. Figure out why the first pair of words go together so that you can finish the second word pair.
- Fact Monster - Analogy of the Day. Find the word that best completes the analogy.
- Field Trip -Unscramble the letters of the word in red to find a synonym for each word in black and type your answer into the box (a word list is provided).
- Flash Analogy Set - Mr. Anker's analogy practice quiz.
- Homophone Challenge - Select the best answer choice for each question.
- Homophones Game - Learn when to use and spell words that sounds the same correctly.
- Index of Vocabulary Building Quizzes - Challenge yourself! The quizzes listed are meant for college-level work. They include a number of words that are alleged to appear on the Scholastic Aptitude Tests and Graduate Record Exams from year to year.
- Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms - Read each pair of words; write S, A, or H beside the pairs.
- Synonym Challenge - When you see the word that is a synonym of the given word, click on the button at the bottom left of the screen. Be quick!
- Synonym Matching - [3rd grade and above] Find the matching pairs or words with same meaning.
- Synonym Practice - The exercises are grouped into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Determine your level of knowledge and then select an exercise from the lists below. Be sure to have a dictionary handy!
- The Thesaurus - finding new ways to say something
- Word Jungle - Turn the dial to 6th grade and then click Start. Choose correct meaning of given word to swing in jungle.
- Word Relationships - Use the drop down menu to the right of each word to select your answer.
- Affect and Effect - Write in the correct form of the word in parentheses. Then click "submit" to check your answers.
- Can or May - Read each of the sentences below carefully and choose the correct word. Answer the questions below and then click "submit" to check your answers.
- Commonly Confused Words Quiz - Use the drop down menus to select the correct word for each question and then submit your answers to see if you got them correct.
- Confusing Verbs - Lay / Lie - Read the sentence, choose the answer, and get your score instantly!
- Its/It's and There/Their/They're - Select one answer from the choices provided after each sentence. The word you choose should fit the blank in the sentence.
- Lay or Lie - Explanation and five sample questions. Write in your answers below and then click "submit" to check your answers.
- Leave and Let - Explanation and five sample questions. Write in your answers below and then click "submit" to check your answers.
- Problem Verbs: Sit/Set/Lie/Lay/Rise/Raise - Practice with these Quia games to get a clear meaning of each of these troublesome verbs.
- Sit or Set - Complete the sentences using the proper form of "sit" or "set."
- To Lie / To Lay and To Sit / To Set - Select one answer from the choices provided after each sentence. The word you choose should fit the blank in the sentence.
- To, Too and Two - Fill in the blanks below; type your answers using commas to separate answers.
- To/Two/Too - Learn the difference between the homophones to, two, and too using this Quia quiz. [5 questions per page]
- To/Two/Too - Choose the correct homonym in this Quia quiz.
- To/Two/Too - Another Quia quiz to help learn the difference between the homophones to, two, and too. [1 question per page]
- Troublesome Words - 14 interactive exercises for common troublesome words that sound the same.
- Words Commonly Confused - Links to a vast array of commonly confused words.
Vocabulary Games