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Review Quizzes

What's Your Level?

Take this test to discover your business English level. This quiz focuses on English as it is used in the workplace.

Review by Level

Review Essential Grammar

Take the time to review key grammar by using these in-depth guides. Each guide includes a brief description, links to detailed explanations, quizzes, free lesson plans for teachers, related activities and worksheets.

All About Verbs

Kenneth's ESL Blog

Use these reading tips and lessons

Friday May 9, 2008
Here are some specific suggestions for ways to use your reading to work on specific English skills. A number of suggestions have links to lesson plans which you can use on your own, or in class if you are a teacher. Each lesson plan provides objectives, the lesson plan step-by-step and materials to use in class.

To get the most out of reading, it's important to know the difference between different types of reading which include: scanning, skimming, intensive and extensive reading.

Reading Tips to Improve Your Pronunciation
Reading Tips to Improve Your Vocabulary
Reading Tips to Improve Your Conversational Skills
Reading Tips to Improve Your Grammar
Reading Tips to Improve Your Listening Skills

Punctuation Marks and Formatting

Thursday May 8, 2008
This quiz focuses on the correct use of punctuation marks and formatting. Before taking this quiz, you might want to first brush up on the basic rules of punctuation using a period, comma, colon, semicolon, question mark and exclamation point. It is intended for intermediate to advanced level ESL EFL English classes.
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