Exercise Central is a free online grammar and punctuation resource provided by Bedford/St. Martin's publishing. It contains various exercises that students can access by creating a login and password. Exercises include multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and unscored writing questions. Students receive feedback on their answers, including scores on multiple choice quizzes and suggested answers for unscored writing exercises.

2.  Exercise Central is a free grammar and
punctuation website provide by
Bedford/St. Martin’s publishing house.
You can use it to help you understand
various concepts you will need to
understand and be able to use in writing
your essay.
 To begin, go to
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/exercis
ecentral/QuizHome.aspx?CourseID=15

3. Click to create a student
account. Be sure to keep
a record of your login and
password.

4. Even if you know you don’t
already have an
account, enter the email
address you want to use for
this website anyway and
click “go.”

5. The email address you
entered will be here.
Fill out the form and
click “register.”

6. Each time you return, enter with the
login and password you created.
Keep in mind that if you lose that
information, I will not be able to
retrieve it for you.

7. Log in to
access
materials.

8. Different exercises can be
accessed through the
menu on the left. Let’s try
pronouns.

9. When the drop-down menu
opens, you can choose
which sections to work on.
Sometimes, a specific
section may be assigned.
Let’s try “pronoun-
antecedent agreement.”

10. As you can
see, there
are quite a
few
exercises
available
for
pronouns.
Assigned
exercises
are given
by
number.
Otherwise,
you can
choose on
your own.
Let’s try
#36.

11. Enter my email address
so that I can access your
work later. Then, click
“continue.” The quiz will
open.

12. Choose the correct answer and click
on “next question.” Continue through
the questions until you are done.

13. Click
“submit” to
view your
score.

14. Your email address will be here
The score shows how well
you did in the exercise.
You can repeat any quiz
until you are able to score
100%.
Correct answers are
shown for each
item.

15.  There are a variety of exercises available:
› Multiple choice
› Fill in the blank
› Editing un-scored

16. Un-scored exercises require you
to write; they are un-scored
because there many ways to
write the answers to each item.
When you submit the exercise, a
suggested correct answer is given
to which you can compare your
answer. Let’s look at the end of
the parallel verb form quiz.

17. Read the instructions carefully.
Write your
answer in
the box. Be
careful of
your
spelling!
And work
through all
the items.

18. Original sentence.
Your
answer.
In case you’re wondering, this answer is
correct because all the verb forms end in
–ing.
Suggested
correct
answer.

19. Go to:
Exercise Central