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Writing activities for Intermediate Level

All levels - Beginner - Intermediate - Advanced

Essay Writing Tutorial (INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED) excellent series of online tutorials on the process of planning and writing university-level essays.

Guide to Grammar and Writing (INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED) grammar information and practice materials for sentence-level and paragraph-level grammar.

Correct the mistakes editing exercise

Identifying Independent Clauses identify the structure of sentences

Arrangement of Independent Clauses

paragraphpunch.com guided writing exercise - paragraph level

essayPunch.com guided writing exercise - paragraph level

Sentence Types identify Simple; Compound; Complex; and Compound-Complex Sentences

Fragments and Run-ons identify

Fragments and Run-ons repair

Sentence combining exercises -- combine to form sentences with only one main clause; increasing difficulty:

First Quiz on Sentence Combining
Second Quiz on Sentence Combining
Third Quiz on Sentence Combining

Terry...the terrible teacher (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE) proofreading exercises

Writing Machine (INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED) information on the writing process and on styles of academic writing, together with examples, links, and student writing assignments