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Resources for Listening, Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing, and more

• Resource for Grammar, Writing and Punctuation
• Readings with Listenings and Questions
• Breaking News English
• Idiom List (50 most common)
• The Idiom Site
• Intermediate Listenings

Punctuation and Grammar

Handouts

1. Conditional Sentences: Present Unreal Condition
2. If..then..Statements (with could)
3. Past Perfect
4. Punctuation Guide
5. Present Perfect vs. Present Perfect Progressive
6. Present Perfect vs. Simple Past
7. The Subordinate Conjunction
8. Connector
9. Articles
10. Parts of Speech I
11. Past Participles and "to be"
12. Parts of Speech: Derivational Morphemes
1. This website explains how words change parts of speech,
2. like desire--> desirable; desire: verb --> desirable: adjective
13. Article fill-in-the-blank Worksheet
14. Word Form: Suffixes
15. Parallel Structure
16. Suggestions and Advice in English
17. Prepositions on, in, at
18. Prepositions for, to, of
19. Prepositions (All)

Websites

20. The Punctuation Guide
1. This guide tells you everything you need to know about punctuation in American English Writing. It has definitions and examples of all punctuation
21. Relative Clauses
22. English Page (listening resources)
23. English Page (main site)
24. ChompChomp.com

• This site has exercises and resources about Grammar!

Writing and Dictionaries

1. Academic Phrasebank
2. Purdue OWL
1. For writing research papers using APA, MLA, etc. style
3. What is Research?
4. Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
5. Online Thesaurus
6. TED

Test Prep (TOEFL)

TOEFL Writing

1. TOEFL Writing Integrated Task One
2. Integrated Writing Task Example
3. Sample Writing ANSWERS
4. TOEFL Writing Rubric

TOEFL Speaking

1. Part 1 Questions with sample answers
2. 40 Part One Speaking Topics
3. Example Responses for Speaking Task Two
4. Speaking Tips, Practice, Examples and Resources
5. All SIX TOEFL Speaking Practices with many exercises and sample responses
1. Once you enter the website, scroll down to find the tasks
6. TOEFL Speaking Advice and Tips
7. TOEFL Speaking Help (All speaking tasks)

TOEFL Listening

1. Listening Practice

Test Prep (IELTS)

IELTS Writing

1. IELTS Exam-Net–Writing Task One Examples
2. Writing Task One Sample Graph from IELTS.org
3. Writing Task One Strategy, and Sample Essay
4. Sample Notes for Above Sample Essay
5. IELTS Exam-Net–Tips for Writing the Introduction for Task Two
6. IELTS Writing Task Two Examples
7. How to Write a Thesis Statement for Task Two

IELTS Reading

1. Reading Practice Test from Exam English
2. IELTS Reading Gap Fill Exercise
1. There are many more additional exercises on this website to practice
3. IELTS Reading Passage (About Science)
4. IELTS Reading Practice Test to Download

IELTS Speaking

1. IELTS Speaking Topics for Parts 1 and 2 from Good Luck IELTS
2. Speaking Practice Test with Example Response from Exam English

IELTS Listening

1. IELTS Listening Sample Exercises

• Available to Download!

IELTS General Strategies and Help

1. IELTS General Test Taking Strategies
2. IELTS Grammar Exercises

Other

1. Listening Practice by Yourself!

• Julia Salehzadeh, Academic Listening Strategies: A Guide to Understanding Lectures (University of Michigan Press, 2005) – book and DVDs [don’t buy the book without the DVDs!! Available from the publisher: http://press.umich.edu/esl/]

2. YouTube Research Channel
3. Academic Earth–Online Lectures for you to listen to and practice
4. Random Group Creator
5. The Oatmeal

• Comics, Quizzes, etc. using English in a fun way