Grammar
23 drills
- It's or Its?The apostrophe test that trips up everyone.
- Your or You're?Possessive, or short for “you are”?
- There / Their / They'reThe homophone hat-trick.
- Than or Then?Comparison versus sequence.
- Affect or Effect?Usually a verb versus a noun.
- Who or Whom?Subject or object? Try the m-test.
- Fewer or Less?Countable things versus uncountable amounts.
- A or An?It's about the sound, not the letter.
- Me or I?Pronoun case — cover the other name.
- Commonly Confused WordsA grab-bag of classic mix-ups.
- One Word or Two?everyday vs. every day, and friends.
- Apostrophes & PossessivesSingular, plural, and possessive.
- Irregular PluralsMice, geese, cacti, and friends.
- Irregular VerbsPast tense and past participle.
- Subject–Verb AgreementMatch the verb past the distractions.
- Comma SenseSplices, series, and clauses.
- CapitalizationProper nouns, titles, and sentence starts.
- Spot the ErrorFind the one part that's wrong.
- Sentence, Fragment, or Run-on?Complete, fragment, or run-on?
- Active or Passive?Who is doing the doing?
- Subject, Predicate, or Copula?Harvey's analysis: name the notion, the quality, and the asserting word.
- Transitive, Intransitive, or Copulative?Does the verb pass action to an object, stop with the subject, or link a predicate?
- Nominative or Objective?After 'be,' the word renames the subject — so it stays nominative.