Interactive & Multimedia Resources:

Knowledge Checks and Diagnostic Quizzes

Some of our instructional pages now include Knowledge Checks, which are quick quizzes to test your understanding of the content on those pages. Look for a brown tab labeled "Knowledge Check" on the right side of the screen or the blue button at the bottom of the page. Here is a list of the pages that include these Knowledge Checks.

Grammar & Composition

• Grammar
  • Main Parts of Speech
  • Sentence Structure and Types of Sentences
  • Run-On Sentences and Sentence Fragments
  • Parallel Construction
  • Relative, Restrictive, and Nonrestrictive Clauses
  • Comparisons
  • Verb Tenses
  • Verb Forms: -ing, Infinitives, and Past Participles
  • Subject–Verb Agreement
  • Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
  • Noun–Pronoun Agreement
  • Articles
  • Count and Noncount Nouns
  • Conjunctions
  • Modifiers
  • Prepositions

APA Style

• APA Style: Overview
• Citations: Overview
  • Block Quotations
  • Citing Yourself
  • Common Citation Errors
  • Abbreviations of Commonly Cited Sources
  • In-Text & Parenthetical Citations
  • Personal Communication
  • Secondary Sources
  • Using et al.
  • When to Include the Year
• Reference List: Overview
  • Common Reference List Examples
  • Multiple Sources With the Same Author
  • Common Military Reference List Examples
  • Quick Guide to Electronic Sources
  • Basic Web Page
  • Institutional Report
• Other APA Style Guidelines
  • Abbreviations
  • Anthropomorphism
  • Capitalization
  • Heading Levels
  • Italics
  • Latin Abbreviations
  • Numbers
  • Serial Commas
  • Seriation

If you would like to test your knowledge on particular aspects of writing, try one of our diagnostic quizzes that are part of our learning modules. Refer to the Questions & Technical Issues box of our Modules home page for help.