Recognize usage errors occurring within context (i.e., subject-verb agreement, pronoun case, double negatives, comparative/superlative forms, troublesome word pairs: {to/too/two, their/there/they're, its/it's, sit/set, lie/lay, affect/effect, may/can, leave/let, teach/learn, accept/except, capitol/capital, principle/principal, between/among, rise/raise, stationary/stationery, where/were, which/that/who})within context. SPI 0801.1.14

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1. Comparative/Superlative
   1. Comparative/Superlative Quiz - interactive quiz, scores quiz and checks answers
   2. Comparative/ Superlative Quiz - choose answer, then select "see the answer" button.
2. Double Negatives
   1. Double Negatives - three progressively hard quizzes.
   2. Double Negatives Worksheets - print these for your class.
   3. Double Negatives - a quiz
3. Pronoun Case
   1. Pronoun Case Quiz - Fill-in-the-blank - answers are checked
   2. Pronoun Case Quiz One - drop-down option menus where you must select the appropriate pronoun form; answers are checked
   3. Pronoun Case Quiz Two - drop-down option menus where you must select the appropriate pronoun form; answers are checked
   4. Pronoun Case Practice - interactive quiz
4. Subject Verb Agreement
   1. ESL Subject Verb Agreement Quiz 1 - choose the correct verb so that subject and verb agree.
   2. ESL Subject Verb Agreement Quiz 2 - Take this quiz after mastering the quiz questions and their rules in the first quiz
   3. Let's see whether you understand subject-verb agreement - Read each sentence, enter your response in the space provided, and then press "Submit" to check your answer.
   4. Quiz on Subject-Verb Agreement - Select one answer from the choices provided after each sentence. The word you choose should fit the blank in the sentence.
   5. A Second Quiz on Subject-Verb Agreement - After each sentence select the verb form that will best fit in the blank. The explanation will describe the process of arriving at the correct choice for that sentence.
   6. Third Quiz on Subject-Verb Agreement - Select the appropriate verbs from the drop-down menus to complete each sentence correctly. There are thirty-three "opportunities for error" in these paragraphs.
   7. Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz - Select the correct verb form to agree with the subject.
   8. Subject-Verb Agreement: The Sore Thumb of Grammar
   9. Subject/Verb Agreement - Select the answer button to see the answer.
   10. Subject/verb agreement - Basic Principle: Singular subjects need singular verbs; plural subjects need plural verbs. Other SV agreement quizzes Quiz 2 | Quiz 3
   11. Subject and Verb Agreement - from LEO: Literacy Education Online
   12. Subject-Verb Agreement - from The Writer's Handbook
   13. Subject Verb Agreement - from Big Dog's Grammar
   14. Subject Verb Agreement Quiz
   15. There is or there are?
5. Troublesome Word Pairs
   1. Quiz on Forms of Who - Select the correct form of the word who or whoever from the choices provided after each sentence.
   2. Sit or Set Quiz - Complete the sentences using the proper form of "sit" or "set."
   3. Raise or Rise? - Make a choice by selecting the radio button, then compare it with the correct answer hidden under the answer button.
   4. Rise/Raise Practice Quiz - from Quia
   5. Confusing Verbs: Raise / Rise
   6. The Notorious Confusables - Quiz 1 | Quiz 2 | Quiz 3 | Quiz 4 | Quiz 5

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