Worksheets/Handouts/Answer Keys

The links below will take you to web-friendly versions of most of the handouts and skills-based worksheets we have available in the University Writing Center.  Though we believe that the best way to learn writing skills is by practicing them in your own writing projects, the worksheets and handouts we offer here may provide some focused help with issues that arise in your own writing.    

Rhetorical Issues: Handouts

Writing Term Papers
Writing Definitions
Writing a Longer Paper
Principles of Organization
Outlining
Thesis and Thesis Statements
Thesis Statement Guidelines
Introductions and Conclusions
Concluding Paragraphs
Paragraph Development
Transitional Words and Their Use
Transitions and Connective Phrases
Transitions

Style and Usage: Handouts

Phrases to Avoid
Commonly Confused Words
Homonym List
Parallelism Explained

Style and Usage: Worksheets

Commonly Confused Words Worksheet	key
Homonym Worksheet 1	key
Homonym Worksheet 2	key
Homonym Worksheet 3	key
Passive Voice	key
Redundancy 1	key
Redundancy 2	key
Trite Expressions Worksheet	key
Wordiness Worksheet 1	key
Revising Paragraphs With Excessive Coordination	key
Diction and Usage Worksheet	key
Faulty Diction Worksheet 1	key
Faulty Diction Worksheet 2	key
Double Negatives Worksheet	key
Parallelism Worksheet 1	key
Parallelism Worksheet 2	key
Parallelism Worksheet 3	key

Grammar: Handouts

The Possessive Noun
English Verb Tenses
Auxiliary Verbs Explained
Articles Defined
Definite and Indefinite Articles
Prepositions
Working With Prepositions

Grammar: Worksheets

Sentence Parts Worksheet	key
Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Clauses Worksheet	key
Verbs and Relative Clauses Worksheet	key
Subordination Worksheet	key
Correcting Comma Splices Worksheet 1	key
Sentence Fragments Worksheet 1	key
Sentence Fragments Worksheet 2	key
Identifying Subjects	key
Nouns as Subjects	key
Adjectives and Adverbs Worksheet	key
Articles Worksheet	key
Pronoun/Antecedent Worksheet 1	key
Pronoun/Antecedent Worksheet 2	key
Pronoun Case Worksheet 1	key
Pronoun Case Worksheet 2	key
Who vs. Whom Worksheet	key
Subject/Verb Agreement Worksheet 1	key
Subject/Verb Agreement Worksheet 2	key
Subject/Verb Agreement Worksheet 3	key
Verb Forms Worksheet 1	key
Verb Forms Worksheet 2	key
Verb Forms Worksheet 3	key
Verb Tense Worksheet 1	key
Dropped Endings and Verb Tense Worksheet	key
Irregular Verbs Worksheet 1	key
Auxiliary Verb Worksheet 1	key
Auxiliary Verb Worksheet 2	key
Auxiliary Verb Worksheet 3	key
Auxiliary Verb Worksheet 4	key
Auxiliary Verb Worksheet 5	key
Auxiliary Verb Worksheet 6	key
The Verb "Do" Worksheet	key
The Verb "Have" Worksheet	key
Preposition Worksheet 1	key
Preposition Worksheet 2	key

Punctuation and Mechanics: Handouts

Simple Punctuation Rules
Comma Rules (basic)
Apostrophe Rules (all forms)
Possessive Apostrophe Rules
The 'S Problem
Direct Quotation Rules
Punctuating Independent and Dependent Clauses

 

Punctuation and Mechanics: Worksheets

Apostrophe Worksheet 1	key
Apostrophe Worksheet 2	key
Possessive Apostrophe Worksheet 1	key
Possessive Apostrophe Worksheet 2	key
Possessive Apostrophe Worksheet 3	key
Possessive Forms Worksheet	key
Capitalization Worksheet 1	key
Capitalization Worksheet 2	key
Capitalization Worksheet 3	key
Comma Worksheet 1	key
Comma Worksheet 2	key
Comma Worksheet 3	key
Comma Worksheet 4	key
Comma Worksheet 5	key
Comma Worksheet 6	key
Comma Worksheet 7	key
Commas and Semicolons Worksheet 1	key
Commas and Semicolons Worksheet 2	key
Commas with Conjunctions Worksheet	key
Punctuating Adverb Clauses	key
Quotation Marks Worksheet	key

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