Preparing for the GSP


Here are some resources that will help you prepare for the GSP. Check back to the page regularly because we will be adding resources as we locate them.

GSP Main Site

The UA Quality Writing Center also offers regular grammar workshops. These are not designed specifically to reflect the GSP, but their content is certainly applicable.

Better Writing Sites -- This is a list of grammar help sites on Professor Shurlds' Web page.

UA Tutoring PowerPoint notes:  Grammar   Spelling   Punctuation

GRAMMAR

These sites have been identified by the FOJ class, Spring 07. The ones marked (interactive) provide online quizzes to help you test yourself.

English Club:  http://www.englishclub.com

Grammar Lady: http://www.grammarlady.com/

Grammar Book. com:  http://www.grammarbook.com/default.asp (interactive)

English Plus: http://englishplus.com/grammar/

Capital Community College Foundation:  http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/which_quiz.htm  (interactive)

ESL Desk: http://www.esldesk.com/esl-quizzes/irregular-verbs/index.htm  (interactive)

QUIA: Flashcards on irregular verbs. http://www.quia.com/fc/65537.html

Activities for ESL Students: http://a4esl.org/

ESL Resource Center: http://www.eslus.com/eslcenter.htm

Lousy Writer.com: http://www.lousywriter.com/

English Test.net: http://www.english-test.net/

Tidewater Community College Writing Center: http://www.tcc.edu/students/resources/writcent/HANDOUTS/grammar.htm

Celebrity Grammar: Hone your grammar skills by identifying the errors in publications about celebrities. http://celebritygrammar.wordpress.com/

SAT + ACT + writing: Tips and tools for preparing for college entrance exams and applications: (and the GSP!) http://winrow.wordpress.com/tag/grammar/

The Learning Nerd: Some good interactive quizzes about halfway down the page. http://learningnerd.wordpress.com/2006/08/

ESL Gold: http://www.eslgold.net/grammar/quizzes.html

The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: http://www.grammarbook.com/quizzes_exercises.asp

The Penguin Handbook: http://wps.ablongman.com/long_faigley_penguinhb_1/0,7325,505968-,00.html

Carson-Newman College: http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/resource_gram.html

OWL: Online Writing Lab, Purdue University: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/

Verbals: A key to understanding concepts in English grammar: http://www.nvcc.edu/home/rorkwis/Verbals/verbals/nouns.htm

800score.com: http://www.800score.com/guidec4view1V.html

The English Grammar Practice Website: http://members.cox.net/lenco1/grammarpractice/

English Language Institute, University of Delaware:  http://www.udel.edu/eli/questions/g-contents.html

InfoPlease.com: http://www.infoplease.com/homework/hwenglish.html


SPELLING

GSP Spelling List -- All of the words on the exam are on this list.

Spelling WebSites:  Below are some excellent websites that can help you practice your spelling.

Spelling Troublesome Words: tips on how to study spelling and what type of words to focus on:
   http://www.utexas.edu/student/lsc/handouts/1112.html

Information on spelling for Teachers with LD students -:
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/teaching_techniques/spelling_test.html

Dictionary Resources on the web:   http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~dtappan/dictionaries.html

Spelling Bee: word of the week, lists of spelling bee words
   http://www.spellingbee.com/studyact.htm

Webster dictionary online:    http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm

Great site for info on spelling.  Includes homonyms/mnemonics/ etc
http://webster.commnet.edu/hp/pages/darling/grammar/spelling.htm

Plurals/interactive spelling site:   http://members.home.net/englishzone/spelling/spelling.html

Info on how to teach spelling + bibliography:
   http://homepage.tinet.ie/~seaghan/spellings/spellinfo.htm

Spelling self-test :  http://www.funbrain.com/spell/

A spelling test: http://www.sentex.net/~mmcadams/spelling.html

Online Writing Lab:   http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_spelhomo.html

Dyslexia. org:  http://www.dyslexia.org/spelling_rules.shtml

FactMonster.com: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0886513.html

Meredith College: http://www.meredith.edu/grammar/plural.htm

Dr. Grammar: http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/#108

Nonstop English: http://www.nonstopenglish.com/allexercises/grammar/index-006.asp

U.S. Speller: http://www.usspeller.com/keytutor.html

Gamequarium.com: http://www.gamequarium.com/spelling.html

Spelling Police: http://www.spellingpolice.com

American Heritage : http://www.bartleby.com/64/81.html

Writing for Business and Pleasure: http://www.wilbers.com/part24.htm

Word Info: http://www.wordinfo.info/newsletter-5.html#mnemonics

Writers.com: http://www.writers.com/tips_spelling.html


PUNCTUATION

Andromeda: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/t.html

Capital Community College Foundation: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/clauses.htm
    also: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm
             http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm
             http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/runons_quiz.htm

OWL: Online Writing Lab, Purdue University:: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_comma.html
          also  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaessEX1.html
                   http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html
                   http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_hyphen.html

Edit Fast: http://www.editfast.com/english/grammar/pronouns/pronoun_reference/essential_nonessential_clauses.htm

Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication: http://jmc.ou.edu/lst/example/ene.html

Internet 4 Classrooms: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_6th_original.htm

Daily Grammar: http://www.dailygrammar.com/126to130.shtml

Grammar Tips: http://www.grammartips.homestead.com/singlequotationmark.html

Grammar Book: http://www.grammarbook.com/interactive_quizzes_exercises.asp

English Plus: http://www.englishplus.com/grammar/contents.htm

Grammar Travel: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/2692/sentcomb.html

St. Cloud State: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/punct/avcsfsro.html

Bedford St. Martins: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/exercisecentral/tutorials/ApostropheUsage-1.html#

New York University: http://www.nyu.edu/classes/copyXediting/Hyphens.html

Activities for ESL Students: http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/m-cm.html

Chicago-Kent College of Law : http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/lrw/grinker/LwtaApostrophes.htm

The Tongue Untied: http://grammar.uoregon.edu/punctuation/hyphen.html

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