Websites that Help Improve Writing Skills

A must-see:

http://blog.ed.ted.com/2014/05/29/be-a-better-writer-in-15-minutes-4-ted-ed-lessons-on-grammar-and-word-choice/

 

Dictionaries:

• www.yourdictionary.com
• www.wordhippo.com
• http://visuwords.com/
• http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/
• http://www.wordandphrase.info/
• http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/
• http://dynamo.dictionary.com/
• http://www.urbandictionary.com/

Collocations:

• http://www.eslflow.com/collocationsandphrasalvebs.html
• http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zy37mjp.htm
• http://prowritingaid.com/ Free-Online-Collocations-Dictionary.aspx                   Type in the word you are working on and see what other words appear before and/or after. e.g. Abrupt: abrupt change, abrupt stop, abrupt halt, abrupt move, abrupt sound, come to an abrupt ..., made an abrupt...

 

Parts of speech

• http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz30fna.htm
• http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/parts_of_speech/quiz395.html
• http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/215.html

Phrases vs. Clauses

• http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/phrase_or_clause/quiz2825.html
• http://teachro.publiccomputingservices.org/grammarpractice/preposition/clause.htm
• http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Orange%20Level/Orange_Level_Quiz_4_Clauses_and_Phrases.html

IELTS:

• http://www.ielts-exam.net/IELTS-Writing-Samples/ielts-writing.htm
• http://www.ielts.org/test_takers_information/test_sample/listening_sample.aspx
• http://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/prepare-test/free-practice-tests
• http://www.english-online.org.uk/ieltsfolder/ieltshome.php?name=International%20English%20Language%20Testing%20System&fun=startIntroRequest()&spt=readcontent
•  http://www.ieltsbuddy.com/
• http://www.ielts.org/test_takers_information/test_sample.aspx
• http://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/prepare-test/free-practice-tests
• http://www.ielts-exam.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=15&Itemid=64

 IELTS vocabulary:

• http://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/IELTSVocabulary.htm
• http://www.ieltsbuddy.com/ielts-vocabulary.html
• http://www.examword.com/ielts/practice.aspx
• http://www.dcielts.com/ielts-vocabulary/#academic vocabulary