As students enter college, English composition instructors complain that students lack essential grammar basics to create clear, coherent pieces of writing. The number of students requiring developmental coursework at institutions has increased significantly since the institution of mandatory placement in 2000. In the face of the challenge to provide grammar instruction that will serve students' writing needs while maintaining interest and enthusiasm, a mixture of games and electronic activities can provide resources and options for successful delivery and mastery of grammar concepts to enhance the basic writing skills of students. Games and electronic activities can replace or add onto the traditional skill-and-drill approaches to teaching grammar, allowing students to form other learning connections. Games and electronic activities give students opportunities to work alone or in groups where cooperative and collaborative learning makes them accountable for their own learning. Further, students using games and electronic activities experience a sense of control which helps improve their self-confidence (Guerrero K9). Students using interactive Web sites and software programs (often an added feature for textbooks) experience instant feedback, with graphics and sound effects, making learning fun while developing understanding of specific concepts. The repetition and measured sense of accomplishment have an undeniable appeal (Oh 74). Also, the computer individualizes learning; students can work at their own pace as they progress, controlling the degree of difficulty. Finally, games and electronic activities can be used as an assessment tool, giving instructors a simpler option for assessing learning and one that is less threatening to students. In addition to the grammar Web sites, grammar games add an interesting change of pace to the writing classroom. This essay describes a number of interactive games the authors have devised to foster enjoyment of grammar instruction, rather than dread.