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Drills & Exercises

Some writing errors can best be corrected with practice and lots of it. In this section, you’ll find links to self-study grammar and sentence exercises. Many provide instant feedback to help you improve your grammar and sentence structure.

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Grammar Topics

  • Self-Study Grammar Quizzes. A project of The Internet TESL Journal.

Verb Tenses

  • Purdue OWL: Tense Consistency Exercises

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