WORKSHEETS
(pdfs)

WRITING

1. Writing Academic Papers in the United States
2. Brainstorming and Organizing Ideas
3. Outlining an Essay
4. Avoiding Informal Language in Academic Writing
TAKING NOTES
5. Taking Lecture Notes
6. Taking Notes from a Journal Article
7. Taking Notes from a Primary Source Document
BUILDING VOCABULARY
8. Using a Dictionary
9. Using Online Sources to Find the Meaning of Words
10. Using Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots to Find the Meaning of a Word
11. Recording and Reviewing Vocabulary
12. Using Books and Websites to Improve Your Vocabulary
13. Finding Specific Background Information
14. Using Resources to Build Background Knowledge
UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING GRAPHS
15. Understanding and Interpreting Line Graphs
16. Understanding and Interpreting Bar Graphs
17. Understanding and Interpreting Circle (Pie) Graphs
18. Comparing Two Graphs
19. Using Vocabulary to Describe Graphs [coming soon]
IDENTIFYING AND USING PARTS OF SPEECH CORRECTLY
20. Using the Parts of Speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives…)
21. Pronoun Agreement
22. How to Tell Nouns from Adjectives
23. Using Articles
24. Word Form Errors
25. Possessives
VERB FORMS AND VERB TENSES
26. Verb Tenses
27. Choosing the Correct Verb Tense and Form in Context
28. Using Verb Tenses Correctly
29. Reported Speech [coming soon]
30. Subject-Verb Agreement: Basic Rules
31. Subject-Verb Agreement: Additional Rules [coming soon]
32. Using the –ED Form of Regular Verbs
33. Simple Present (It causes…) vs. Present Continuous (It is causing…)
34. Simple Past Tense (It caused...) vs. Past Progressive Tense (It was causing…)
35. Simple Past Tense (It caused…) vs. Past Perfect Tense (It had caused…)
36. Using the Present Perfect Tense (It has caused…)
37. Modal Verbs (can, might, should, must, have to…)
38. Passive Voice [coming soon]
39. Common Errors with Passive Voice [coming soon]
WORD ORDER AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE
40. Word Order
41. Word Order: Common Problems
42. Identifying and Correcting Fragments
43. Run-ons and Comma Splices: Problems and Solutions
44. Parallel Structure
45. Coordinating Conjunctions (and, but, or…)
46. Common Problems when Using Coordinating Conjunctions
47. Subordinating Conjunctions Introducing Adjective Clauses (who, whom, which, that, whose, when, where)
48. Subordinating Conjunctions Introducing Clauses of Reason and Purpose (because, so that…)
49. Subordinating Conjunctions Introducing Conditional Clauses (if, in case, unless…)
50. Subordinating Conjunctions Introducing Time Clauses (after, because, as soon as…)
51. Subordinating Conjunctions Introducing Clauses of Contrast and Direct Contrast (although, while…)
IDENTIFYING AND CORRECTING LANGUAGE TRANSFER ERRORS
52. Spanish Language Transfer Errors: Explanation and Examples
53. Russian Language Transfer Errors: Explanation and Examples
54. Korean Language Transfer Errors: Explanation and Examples [coming soon]
55. Chinese Language Transfer Errors: Explanation and Examples [coming soon]
EDITING CHECKLISTS
56. Checklist for Identifying and Correcting Fragments, Comma Splices, and Verb Errors
57. Checklist for Identifying and Correcting Errors with Articles and Noncount Nouns
58. Checklist for Identifying and Correcting Errors with Plurals, Possessives, and Spelling
PRACTICE EDITING EXERCISES WITH ANSWERS
59. How to Identify and Correct Fragments (Incomplete Sentences)
60. How to Identify and Correct Comma Splices (Commas between Sentences)
61. How to Identify and Correct Errors with Verbs
62. How to Identify and Correct Missing –ED Verb Endings
63. How to Identify and Correct Missing –S Verb Endings
64. How to Identify and Correct Errors with Articles and Noncount Nouns
65. How to Identify and Correct Errors with Plurals
66. How to Identify and Correct Missing Possessives
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