Revised 6/16/05: CB Putnam

 

The Episcopal Academy

Middle School Modern Language Department

 

Online Grammar and Vocabulary Explanations and Practice: A-II Form

 

Top picks for Middle School French and Spanish!

 

 

Goals:            To explain the rules in English; and recall patterns from memory in Modern Language

To practice and use each point, orally and in writing.

 

 

TO DO:

1. Read and memorize rules for each assigned point of grammar or vocabulary topic.

2. Practice on each site until you can recall (orally and in writing) all rules correctly and without hesitation.

3. Complete exercises and quizzes correctly and quickly until without error.

 

Keep written track of all completed online exercises and quizzes for credit.   Have fun and enrich your language performances!

 

TOP SITES

 

  1. Indo-European Languages: select language (French, Spanish) to bring up a large menu of grammar points.  Excellent site to review specific points of grammar and to review vocabulary lists. Click on a specific grammar point to put to memory and work your way through the list.  No audio component.

 

 

  1. For additional grammar practice, select a structure for explanation and practice lessons

French Language Grammar Glossary - Alphabetic Index:

Ortholud French Activites for Grammar,Conjugating verbs and for spelling match subject with verb; match image with vocabulary word then memorize: enriching and fun.

 

Learn Spanish: A Free Online Grammar Tutorial: listen, practice and memorize pronunciation, grammar, verb drills and vocabulary: enriching and fun.

 

 

  1. To practice pronunciation, with audio, try:

CASLT Beginning FL Interactive activities with audio: select French, Spanish, German, Italian and follow directions> Descriptions in French but activities are in language selected.  Enriching and fun for beginners.

 

French Vocabulary and Pronunciation for Beginners

 

Spanish Pronunciation Tutorial

 

3.      To practice vocabulary, select:

Skynet Illustrated Vocabulary in French, English, Dutch and danish topics including food, colors, school, transport, sports

Willamette Hot Potatoes French Vocabulary Matches match images with French.

Learn Spanish: A Free Online Vocabulary Tutorial

 

5.   To conjugate a specific verb in all tenses, go to:

Verbix: online verb conjugator: select language to conjugate verbs in more than 100 languages

Ultralingua verb conjugator: type in an infinitive in French, Spanish, Italian, German and Portuguese for all tenses

Logos Universal Conjugator: French  type in specific verb infinitive for its conjugation

Logos Universal Conjugator: Spanish type in specific verb infinitive for its conjugation

 

 

6.      To conjugate and practice verb sets by tense:

 

London Metropolitan U French Verb practice:

For present tense:  start at formation on left side menu for rules for regular and irregular verbs. Once you finish all sections on the left, then start exercises at center, under the heading Le Présent.

For Passé Composé, Imparfait, and all other verb tenses, click on Index bottom of left side menu to access rules and exercises.

 

Univ. of Alberta French Verb conjugator

Scroll down and click on “un exercice SVP” at left.  One or more lists of verbs pop up at right.

Select one at a time, practice and check yourself. Attention you must type in the subject and verb. 

Click on the little question mark by your answer to have the computer check it. Click on "conjuguaison" at the bottom right of the screen for a full conjugation.

 

Spaleon Spanish Verb Conjugator Trainer

Click on a tense under study (present, prederite, imperfect, future, conditional, subjunctives) then select from predefined verb      sets (basic/regular/irregular). Practice until memorized.

Click on random selection button and conjugate verbs until all correct

Select personal list of verbs to work on

 

Study Spanish Verb Drills select tense and verb group from the menu, practice and memorize.

 

 

 

7.   For a young people’s dictionary to hear and look up words, try:

LOGOS MULTILINGUAL PORTAL: French

LOGOS MULTILINGUAL PORTAL: Spanish

 

8.  For additional exercises to practice specifics from your text or other similar textbooks, select:

 

French:

Glencoe World Languages Français click on your EA text 2005 edition then on Chapter quizzes and exercises

Holt Rinehant and Winston series French select level 1 in French

Quia Shared Activities: at pull-down menu, select French activities

French Online Grammar Quiz by C. Reitan

Resources by Chapter -1 - Allez, viens!

 

Spanish:

Holt, Rinehart and Winston;Adelante/En Camino/ texts

Click on your EA text then on Chapter for activities

Glencoe Online Español select level of Buen Viaje for exercises

Quia Shared Activities: at pull-down menu, select Spanish activities