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For many years, my Web site has been focused on helping students improve their listening, vocabulary, speaking, writing, and thinking skills through a variety of exercises and activities.

Now, I am developing grammar activities that can help reinforce and recycle all of the other language skills in a unified manner around common topics. In other words, the vocabulary and language found in each listening conversation is used and recycled in the grammar exercises leading to better understanding, use, and retention.

Furthermore, quality language activities shouldn't just test something; they should teach and help students make connections between what they are learning in the classroom and in real life. Therefore, I try to make the explanations simple and easy to understand. They are not designed to take the place of a textbook or language class, but they can serve as follow-up activities or supplementary material to expand upon what has been learned.

Here are some examples:

• Simple Present (study abroad)
  Beginning to Intermediate

• Present Progressive (hotel reservations)
  Beginning to Intermediate

• Simple Past vs Present Perfect (movies)
  Intermediate

• Present Perfect Progressive (university degrees)
  Intermediate

• Basic Future Tense (mobile phones and cell phone service)
  Beginning

• Present Unreal Conditional (money management and financial planning)
  Intermediate

Here is a list of future grammar lessons that will be developed over time. Each title indicates the grammar point with the theme of the lesson in (parentheses):

1. Subject, Object, and Possessive Pronouncs (Family)
2. Simple Past - Irregular Verbs (Apartments for Rent)
3. Past Perfect (Vacation Travel)
4. Used To . . . (Sports and Hobbies)
5. Future Perfect (Computer Sales)
6. Future Perfect Progressive
7. Future in the Past (Healthy Lifestyle and Foods)
8. Modals of Future Possibility (College Majors)
9. Modals of Ability (can, be able to, could) (Cooking Recipes)
10. Modals of Present Possibility (Online Medical Advice)
11. Modals of Past Obligation and/or Regret (Wedding Anniversary)
12. Modals of Past Possibility (Security Systems)
13. Any/Some - Quantifiers (Grocery Shopping)
14. Quantifiers (Vacation Plans)
15. Basic Adjectives (Great Apartment Living)
16. Comparatives (A Greener World, Job Hunting)
17. Superlatives (Friday's Weather Forecast)
18. Adjective Clauses (Meeting People)
19. Adjective Phrases (Personality Types)
20. Enough, Very, So, and Such (Driving Road Test, Clothing Styles)
21. Prefer and Rather (Camping and Recreation)
22. Prepositions of Time (Daily Schedules)
23. Prepositions of Location (in, at, on)
24. Prepositions + ing (excited about . . .)
25. Phrasal Verbs
26. Infinitives
27. Gerunds (Language Learning)
28. Direct and Indirect Speech
29. Passive
30. Passive with Modals (Home Repairs)
31. Passive Causative (Hair Styles - Just a Hair Cut)
32. Stative Passive (Describing Your Country)
33. Reported Passive (World News Stories)
34. Past Real Conditional (Family Relationships)
35. Present Real Conditional (Exercise Program)
36. Future Real Conditional (English Language Center)
37. Present Unreal Conditional (Raising Successful Children)
38. Past Unreal Conditional (Making Money)
39. Mixed Conditionals
40. Advanced Conditionals (Traffic Ticket)
41. Wish and Hope (Plane Travel)
42. Subjunctive
43. Count and Non-Count Nous (Restaurant)
44. Articles (Computer Sales)
45. Quantifiers (Movie Show Times and Movie Reviews)
46. Modifiers (Our Aging Society)
47. Noun Clauses and Phrases
48. Adverb Clauses and Phrases

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