Recognize and correct usage errors (e.g., subject-verb agreement, pronoun case {with emphasis on who/whom}, double negatives, comparative and 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}).
0801.1.2

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1. Double Negatives
   1. Double Negatives - three quizzes, each progressively harder than the previous quiz
   2. Double Negatives Worksheets - print these for your class.
   3. Double Negatives - a quiz
2. 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
3. Subject Verb Agreement
   1. ESL Subject Verb Agreement Quiz 1 - In the quiz questions - 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
   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. Making Subjects and Verbs Agree - Brought to you by the Purdue University Online Writing Lab [This expired page comes from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
   5. Making Subjects and Verbs Agree: Exercises - a worksheet to print, not interactive [This expired page comes from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
   6. 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.
   7. 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.
   8. 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.
   9. Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz - Select the correct verb form to agree with the subject.
   10. Subject-Verb Agreement: The Sore Thumb of Grammar
   11. Subject/Verb Agreement - Click the answer button to see the answer.
   12. Subject/verb agreement - Basic Principle: Singular subjects need singular verbs; plural subjects need plural verbs. Other SV agreement quizzes Quiz 2 | Quiz 3
   13. Subject and Verb Agreement - from LEO: Literacy Education Online
   14. Subject-Verb Agreement - from The Writer's Handbook
   15. Subject Verb Agreement - from Big Dog's Grammar
   16. Subject Verb Agreement Quiz
   17. The grammar outlaw - Disagreeing Subject and Verb, AKA The Disagreeable Sentence [This expired page comes from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
   18. There is or there are?
4. 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. Past Tenses of Sit/Set and Lay/Lie - What is the correct verb form in each sentence? [This expired page comes from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
   4. Raise or Rise? - Make a choice by clicking on the radio button, then compare it with the correct answer hidden under the answer button.
   5. Rise/Raise Practice Quiz - from Quia
   6. Confusing Verbs: Raise / Rise
   7. The Notorious Confusables - Quiz 1 | Quiz 2 | Quiz 3 | Quiz 4 | Quiz 5

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