Practice Your English

 

 

 

 

 

 

More Teachers' Websites

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Brungardt's SchoolRack website

 

 

  

ESL Intermediate Lessons

Compiled by Maria Hernandez-Villa

ESL Lesson Plans

Intermediate ESL Lesson Plans

Intermediate ESL Grammar Review

 

 

 

 

Reading Practice

Compiled by Kermey Wang

 

American History Timelines & Questions

U.S. Government, Geography, & History

100 Free Stories

 

 

 

 

USA Learns ~ Reading and Vocabulary 

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

1. Click here.

2. If you see a fire engine and Topic Menu, go to step number 5.

3. If you do not see a fire engine & Topic Menu, click Start Now.

4. Click Intermediate Reading Skills.

5. Click Family.

6. Click Community Rebuilds Playground.

7. Follow the directions for the story activities. Continue with additional Family stories or stories about other topics.

 

 

Sentence and Story Builders 

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

1. Click here to build sentences fast!
2. Click on "Mad Libs" here to build stories fast!

 

 

Practice Listening 

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

 

Click here to hear stories with nice, slow voices!

 

 

 

Fun Facts about the U.S.

Compiled by Carl Brungardt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fun Facts about California

The White House!  

Riverside City Council

Great Presentations with U.S. Facts 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Three Branches of Government

Adapted by Gemma Burns

 

Please click the purple text below to fill out a table about the three branches of federal government in the U.S.A.

The Three (3) Branches.doc

 

 

 

 

Government Officials

Compiled by Megan Brown

Federal Officials

State Officials

City Officials

 

 

 

Branches of the U.S. Government  

Compiled by Megan Brown

Exercise 1 

Exercise 2

 

 

 

Simple Past

Compiled by Gemma Burns

Explanation

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

 

 

 

 

Adjectives with Prepositions & Present Perfect 

Compiled by Maria Hernandez-Villa

Present Perfect

Grammar Quizzes  (Try Perfect Tense)

Adjectives with Prepositions

 

 

 

 

Present Perfect

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

 

Explanation 1

Explanation 2

 

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

Quiz 4

Quiz 5

Quiz 6

 

 

 

Present Continuous

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

Explanation  ~ Found by Sabine Cooke

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

Quiz 4

Who was Cesar Chavez?~ Found by Kathleen Bywater

 

 

 

Future Progressive  

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

 

1. Cartoon Introduction: The Future Progressive Tense ("Future Continuous" here)
2. Read the explanations. Then do Exercise 1. 
3. Take a short quiz here. 

 

Future Perfect

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

1. Cartoon Introduction: The Future Perfect Tense
2. Read the explanations. Then do Exercises 1 and 2. 
3. Take a short quiz here. 

 

 

Quizzes: Future Prog. & Future Perf.

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3  Click Play This Game to start.

 

 

 

 

Indirect Questions 

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

 

Explanation 

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

Quiz 4

Quiz 5

 

 

 

 

Tag Questions

Compiled by Alison Vinande

 

Explanations: Tag Questions

1. Read the tables and the section about Intonation on this page.
2. Listen and read the tables on this page. 
3. Read more examples here.

 

 

 

Quizzes: Tag Questions 

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3 

Quiz 4

Quiz 5

Quiz 6

Quiz 7 Decide the answer before looking at the answer.

Quiz 8

 

 

 

 

The Passive Voice 

Created by Alison Vinande

Active Voice

The humorous children placed the cat in a box.

 

Passive Voice

The cat was placed in a box by the humorous children.

 

What is the passive voice?

Click the purple "Introduction" link below for an explanation.

Introduction_Passive.ppt

 

Are the sentences active or passive?

Click the purple "Handout" link below. Fill out the sheet to better understand the passive voice!

Handout_Passive.doc

 

How do we write the passive voice in different verb tenses?

Click the purple "Sentences" link below.Fill out the worksheet to practice using the passive voice in various verb tenses! 

Sentences_Passive.doc

 

Can you see why we need to practice past participles to create sentences in the passive voice?

For extra practice with common past participles, click the purple "Past Participles" link below. Use an online dictionary to fill out the worksheet.

Past_Participles_Worksheet.doc

Present Perfect  

Compiled by Megan Brown

Quiz 1: Present Perfect vs. Simple Past

Quiz 2: Present Perfect vs. Present Perfect Progressive

 

 

 

Grammar Practice

Compiled by Megan Brown

Quiz 1: Present Perfect and Simple Past 

Quiz 1.5: More Present Perfect and Simple Past

Quiz 2: Active and Passive Voice

Quiz 3: Gerunds & Infinitives

Quiz 4: More Gerunds & Infinitives

 

 

 

 

Compiled by Alison Vinande

 

 

English Media Lab

Choose your level & start here 

 

 

ESL Galaxy

Test yourself & watch presentations that can help you learn English here

 

 

 

ESL Lounge

Relax & learn here

 

 

English For All - Video series 

1) Check out this wonderful series, and use it to learn more English and practice life skills here!  

2) Click on Visitor to watch episode clips and do exercises.

 

 

 

Compiled by Alison Vinande

City of Riverside Information

Voting: Part 1

Voting: Part 2