Index to Grammar Materials

This page is an index to a range of materials created for students of the University of Victoria English Language Centre regular and online programs. It includes grammar presentations, interactive practice exercises, and help pages for basic writing skills.
Basics
Parts of Speech (Introduction & 3 exercises)
Nouns
Regular Plurals of Nouns (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Irregular Plurals of Nouns (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Count and Non-Count Nouns (Introduction & 2 exercises)
How to Count Non-Count Nouns (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Count and Non-Count Nouns (Review) (Introduction & 3 exercises)
Verbs
Tenses:
Forming the Simple Present Tense (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Negatives and Questions in the Simple Present Tense (Introduction & 3 exercises)
Forming the Present Continuous Tense (Introduction & 1 exercise)
Negatives and Questions in the Present Continuous Tense (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Simple Present or Present Continuous? (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Forming the Simple Past Tense (Regular Verbs) (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Forming the Simple Past Tense (Irregular Verbs) (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Negatives and Questions in the Simple Past Tense (Introduction & 3 exercises)
Forming the and Using the Past Continuous Tense (Introduction & 1 exercise)
Forming the Present Perfect Tense (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Using the Present Perfect Tense (Introduction & 3 exercises)
Present Perfect Tense (Introduction & 3 exercises)
Present Perfect and Simple Past (Introduction & 5 exercises)
The Future with "Will" (Introduction & 2 exercises)
The Future with "Be Going To" (Introduction & 1 exercise)
Four Ways to Talk About the Future (Introduction & 1 exercise)
Past Perfect Tense (Introduction and 2 exercises)
Stative and Dynamic Verbs (Introduction and 2 exercises) Past Tenses in Narrative (Introduction & 1 exercise)-->Voice:
The Passive Voice (Handout) (Introduction & 1 exercise)
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Gerunds and Infinitives:
Gerunds (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Gerunds and Infinitives (Introduction & 6 exercises)
Modals:
Modals: "Don't have to" and "Mustn't" (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Conditionals
Zero Conditional (Introduction & 1 exercise)
First Conditional (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Second Conditional (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Third Conditional (Introduction & 1 exercise)
Which Conditional Should I Use? (1 exercise)
Causatives
Causatives (Introduction and 2 exercises)
Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives (Introduction & 3 exercises)
Possessive Pronouns (Review) (1 exercise)
Reflexive Pronouns (Introduction & 1 exercise)
Impersonal "It" and "There" (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Adjectives
Regular Comparatives and Superlatives (Introduction & 6 exercises)
Adjective Order (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Adjective Clauses (Introduction & 3 exercises)
Adjective Clauses (Review) (Introduction & 4 puzzles)
Adverbs
Adverbs (Introduction and 2 exercises)
Adverb Phrases (Introduction and 2 exercises)
Adverb Clauses (Introduction and 1 exercise) Sequence Words (Handout) (Introduction)-->
Articles/Determiners
Choosing the Correct Article (Decision Tree)
Some and Any (Introduction and 1 exercise)
Prepositions
Basic Prepositions (Introduction & 1 exercise) Prepositions of Location (Handout) (Introduction & 1 exercise)-->
Conjunctions, Transitions and Linking
Basic Coordinating Conjunctions (Introduction & 1 exercise)
Basic Subordinating Conjunctions (Introduction & 2 exercises) Linking Words and Phrases (Handout) (Introduction & 1 exercise)
Cause and Effect Linking Words and Phrases (Handout) (Introduction & 1 exercise)
Linking Words and Phrases for Comparison (Handout) (Introduction & 1 exercise)-->
Punctuation:
Using Commas (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Using Colons and Semi-Colons (Introduction and 1 exercise)
Others
Practice Making Basic Questions (14 exercises) Words and Phrases for Introducing Examples (Handout) (Introduction)
Using a Thesaurus (Handout) (Introduction & 1 exercise)-->