Writing & Grammar - English Language Learners - Resources

Books

Here are some library books on English Grammar:

PrepSTEP for Colleges - Canada
(EBSCO LearningExpress) Online learning resources such as tutorials for improving English, math, computing, and college success skills, test preparation and practice exams (e.g. TOEFL, TOEIC, NCLEX, etc.), and career research and preparation.
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Grammar Guides
List of style guides available online.
Grammar Topics
Explains grammar rules and provides examples of adjectives, adverbs, nouns, verbs, etc. in use.

Grammar Tutorials
Interactive exercises on the following units: verb forms, verb tense, final S's, word forms, sentence structure, and sentence combining.
Self-Study Grammar Quizzes
Easy, medium and difficult quizzes on various grammar topics: articles, cloze, conjunctions, dialogs, functions, plurals, prepositions, pronouns, sentence structure, tag questions, verbs, sentence structure, word choice, and more.
EFL Net Grammar
Tutorials and interactive activities on adjectives and adverbs, general grammar exercises, nouns, prepositions, pronouns, verb tenses, and verbs.
UVic Upper Beginner Grammar Topics
Lessons and activities on: Adjectives and Adverbs; Comparatives and Superlatives; Count and Non-count Nouns; Determiners: "Some" and "Any"; "It" and "There"; Making Questions; and Prepositions.
UVic Lower Intermediate Grammar Topics
Lessons and activities on: Adjectives and Pronouns; Adverbs; Conditionals; Conjunctions; Imperatives; Modals; Nouns; Parts of Speech; Punctuation; and Verbs.
UVic Intermediate Grammar Topics
Lessons and activities on: Adjectives and Adjective Clauses; Adverb and Adverb Clauses; Articles - a/an, the; Conditionals; Gerunds and Infinitives; Modals; Nouns and Pronouns; Prepositions; Punctuation; and Verbs.

Grammarly
An online grammar and spelling checker that improves communication by helping users find and correct writing mistakes.
OWL Purdue: Online Writing Lab - Writing in North American Higher Education
This primer for international students provides explanations and suggestions for academic writing, incorporating research into your writing, proper references and citations.
Gallaudet University: English Centre
Guides about various processes and types of writing.
The UVic Writer's Guide
Guide to planning, organizing and presenting essays.