Grammar Lessons
19 lessons
- Lesson 1 · FoundationsObjects, words, sentences, propositions, and the four kinds of sentences.
- Lesson 2 · The NounCommon & proper nouns, plurals, abbreviations, contractions, and sentence parts.
- Lesson 3 · The VerbFinding verbs; action/being/state; transitive, intransitive & copulative; verb mistakes.
- Lesson 4 · Adjectives & ParticiplesAdjectives, the two kinds, a/an, participles, and participial nouns.
- Lesson 5 · The PronounPersonal & possessive pronouns, the three persons, possessives & apostrophes, and appositives.
- Lesson 6 · Relative & Interrogative PronounsRelative pronouns & clauses, antecedents, who/which/what, interrogatives, and pronoun mistakes.
- Lesson 7 · The AdverbFinding adverbs; how/when/where/how much; what they modify; adverbial clauses; adverb mistakes.
- Lesson 8 · Prepositions & PhrasesPrepositions, prepositional phrases, adjective vs adverbial phrases, infinitives, and misplaced modifiers.
- Lesson 9 · ConjunctionsFinding conjunctions, conjunction vs preposition, compound subjects/predicates/objects, and the series comma.
- Lesson 10 · Building Sentences & the InterjectionSimple/compound/complex sentences, principal vs subordinate clauses, interjections, and the eight parts of speech.
- Lesson 11 · The Noun in DepthGender, number & plurals, the four cases, singular vs plural, and noun properties.
- Lesson 12 · Pronouns & Adjectives in DepthReflexive pronouns, who vs whom, degrees of comparison, kinds of definitive adjectives, and adjective mistakes.
- Lesson 13 · The Verb in Depth IVoice (active/passive), the five modes, the six tenses, subject-verb agreement, and verb properties.
- Lesson 14 · The Verb in Depth IIHelping verbs, regular vs irregular, principal parts, progressive/emphatic/interrogative forms, and verb mistakes.
- Lesson 15 · Adverbs to Interjections in DepthThe five classes of adverbs, comparing adverbs, classes of conjunctions, interjections, and common errors.
- Lesson 16 · Advanced AnalysisEllipsis, simple vs complete subject, simple vs complete predicate, and sentence analysis.
- Lesson 17 · Syntax & Letter-WritingThe case rules, the agreement rules, and the parts of a friendly letter.
- Lesson 18 · PunctuationEnd marks, the comma, and naming the marks — period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, colon, semicolon, apostrophe, dash, and more.
- Lesson 19 · Irregular Verbs & CapitalsPrincipal parts of common irregular verbs, how they change, unipersonal verbs, and the capital-letter rules.