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Grammar

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Grammar Resources:


 

 

And as an added incentive to help you learn better grammar, you can earn extra credit for every grammar mistake you find in the world.  So pay attention to signs, read your teachers' handouts carefully, and every once in a while you will find some very funny goofs like this one:



 

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Grammar Resources  Nouns and Pronouns  Verbs and Verbals  Adjectives and Adverbs  Conjunctions, Prepositions, and Interjections  Phrases and Clauses 
Sentence Types 
Fragments and Run-on Sentences
Comma Rules   Active vs. Passive Voice Pronoun Problems  Misplaced and Dangling Modifers 

 

THE PARTS OF SPEECH

 

 

Nouns and Pronouns:

 

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Verbs and Verbals:


  • IN OUR GRAMMAR GUIDE: Explanation of types of verbs and verbals and how they are used are found on pages 6-7 of our Grammar Guide.
  • More on identifying verbals.
  • More than you need to know about tenses.
  • PRACTICE EXERCISES:
  • A bit more about subject-verb agreement:

 

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Adjective and Adverbs

 

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Conjunctions, Prepositions, and Interjections

 

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Phrases and Clauses

  • IN OUR GRAMMAR GUIDE: Explanation of types of adjectives and adverbs and how they are used are found on pages 16-17 of our Grammar Guide.
  • PRACTICE  EXERCISES:
    • IN OUR GRAMMAR GUIDE: Need the answers for the practice activities in our Grammar Guide? Here you go!  
    • You might also want to take a look at this exercise
    • Here's fun site that uses videos and interactive activities to help you better understand what a clause does.

 

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Sentence Types

 

 

 

 

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UNDERSTANDING SENTENCE ERRORS

 

Fragments and Run-ons

  • A explanation of how to fix fragments and run-on sentences can be found on pages 23-29 of our Grammar Guide.
  • LEARN ABOUT FRAGMENTS, COMMA SPLICES, AND RUN-ON SENTENCES:

 

 

  • PRACTICE  EXERCISES:
    • Take some time to review the exercises on pages 24 and 28 of your Grammar Guide.  Find the answers HERE.
    • HINT, HINT - You might want to take this ONLINE QUIZ!
    • Here's some extra help: check out this page on fragments and this one on run-on sentences
    • And this is an AWESOME personalized quiz site.  When you go to it for the first time, cut and paste this code into the site: b71ba949  
  • MORE ON FRAGMENTS:
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  • MORE ON RUN-ON SENTENCES:

 

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Comma Rules or COMMAS RULE!

  • A explanation of how to comma problems can be found on pages 30-35 of our Grammar Guide.
  • LEARN ABOUT THE COMMA RULES:

 

  • PRACTICE  EXERCISES:
    • Take some time to review the exercises on pages 34 and 35 of your Grammar Guide.  Find the answers HERE.

 

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Active vs. Passive Voice

  • A explanation of how to fix fragments and run-on sentences can be found on pages 36-38 of our Grammar Guide.
  • LEARN ABOUT ACTIVE VOICE:

      

  • PRACTICE  EXERCISES:
    • Take some time to review the exercises on pages 37 and 38 of your Grammar Guide.  Find the answers HERE.

 

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Pronoun Problems

  • A explanation of how to fix pronoun problems can be found on pages 39-42 of our Grammar Guide.
  • LEARN ABOUT ACTIVE VOICE:

  • PRACTICE  EXERCISES:
    • Take some time to review the exercises on pages 40 and 41  of your Grammar Guide.  Find the answers HERE.
    • More practice exercises shared with the presenting group can be found HERE.

 

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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

  • PRACTICE  EXERCISES:
    • Take some time to review the exercises on pages 49-51 of your Grammar Guide.  Find the answers HERE. 
    • Understanding misplaced modifiers - try this online quiz.
    • Grammar Girl has a great explanation of misplaced modifiers. Check it out HERE.

 

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