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Sentence structure
Learn - Sentences
1.1 - Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory?
1.2 - Is it a direct object or an indirect object?
1.3 - Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
1.4 - Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?
1.5 - Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
1.6 - Is it a complete sentence, a fragment or a run-on?
Sentence types
Direct and indirect object
Complete and run-on sentence
Complete and fragment sentence
Nouns
Learn - Nouns
2.1 - Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives
2.2 - Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
2.3 - Plurals
2.4 - Singulars and plurals
Nouns
Possessive nouns
Singular and plural nouns
Pronouns
Learn - Pronouns
3.1 - Choose between subject and object pronouns
3.2 - Compound subjects and objects with pronouns
3.3 - Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
3.4 - Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive?
3.5 - Compound subjects and objects with 'I' and 'me'
3.6 - Identify vague pronoun references
3.7 - Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent
3.8 - Use reflexive pronouns
3.9 - Pronouns I
3.10 - Pronouns II
Pronouns
Subject and object pronoun
Vague pronoun references
Personal and reflexive pronouns
Intensive and relative pronouns
verbs
Learn - Verbs
4.1 - Use the correct verb – with compound subjects
4.2 - Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives and predicate nouns
4.3 - Correct errors with subject-verb agreement
4.4 - Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement
4.5 - Transitive and Intransitive verbs
4.6 - Present progressive tense
Verbs
Transitive and intransitive verbs
Subject-verb agreement
Pronoun-verb agreement
Present progressive tense
Linking verbs, predicate nouns, and adjectives
Adjectives and adverbs
Learn - Adjectives and adverbs
5.1 - Choose between adjectives and adverbs
5.2 - Is the word an adjective or adverb?
5.3 - Identify adjectives
5.4 - Order adjectives
5.5 - Identify adverbs
5.6 - Comparative and superlative adjective
5.7 - Comparative and superlative adverb
Adjectives and adverbs
Comparative and superlative adjectives
Comparative and superlative adverbs
Order of adjectives
Punctuation, capitalisation and formatting
Learn - Formatting titles and punctuation
6.1 - Formatting titles
6.2 - Formatting and capitalizing titles: review
6.3 - Capitalizing titles
6.4 - Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
6.5 - Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
6.6 - Use semicolons, colons and commas with lists
6.7 - Capitalization
6.8 - Punctuation
Punctuation
Capitalising titles
Prefixes and suffixes
Learn - Affixes
7.1 - Words with pre-
7.2 - Words with re-
7.3 - Words with sub-
7.4 - Words with mis-
7.5 - Words with -ful
7.6 - Words with -less
7.7 - Words with -less
7.8 - Words with -able and -ible
7.9 - Words with un-, dis-, in-, im- and non-
7.10 - Affixation I
7.11 - Affixation II
Suffixes
Prefixes
Words with re-, un-, de-, pre-
Suffixes ful, less, able, ible
Prefixes with sub, mis, un
Prefixes with dis, in, im, non
Greek and Latin roots
Learn - Greek and Latin roots
8.1 - Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
8.2 - Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
8.3 - Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
8.4 - Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Greek roots
Latin roots
Latin and Greek roots
Reference skills
Learn - Dictionary skills
9.1 - Alphabetical order
9.2 - Use guide words
9.3 - Use thesaurus entries
9.4 - Using a dictionary
Guide words
Alphabetic order
Abbreviations and thesaurus entries
Word relationships and usage
Learn - Synonyms, antonyms, and confused words
10.1 - Choose the synonym
10.2 - Choose the antonym
10.3 - Describe the difference between related words
10.4 - Use the correct frequently confused word
10.5 - Correct errors with frequently confused words
10.6 - Connotations and denotations
10.7 - Positive and negative connotations
10.8 - Use the correct homophone
10.9 - Analogies
10.10 - Analogies: challenge
Connotation
Antonyms
Anologies
Difference between related words
Frequently confused words
Homophones
Positive and negative connotation
Synonyms
Context clues
Learn - Context clues
11.1 - Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
11.2 - Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
11.3 - Use context to identify the meaning of a word
11.4 - Context clues
11.5 - Context clues
Context clues
Using synonyms in context
Using antonyms in context
Writing clear and concise sentences
Learn - How to write clearly and concisely
12.1 - Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
12.2 - Use parallel structure
12.3 - Are the modifiers used correctly?
12.4 - Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
12.5 - Commonly confused words
12.6 - Homophones
Homophones
Frequently confused words
Modifiers and correlative conjunctions
Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Author's purpose and tone
Learn - Author's purpose and tone
13.1 - Which sentence is more formal?
13.2 - Author's purpose
13.3 - Characterization
13.4 - Genre
Genre
Characterization
Author's tone
Author's purpose
Literary devices
Learn - Figure of speech
14.1 - Use personification
14.2 - Identify the source of allusions
14.3 - Interpret figures of speech
14.4 - Classify figures of speech
14.5 - Interpret the meaning of allusions
14.6 - Simile
Allusions
Figure of speech
Personification
Simile
Sentences and clauses
Learn - Sentences and clauses
15.1 - Is the sentence simple, compound, complex or compound-complex?
15.2 - Is it a phrase or a clause?
15.3 - Relative clauses
15.4 - Dependent and independent clauses
15.5 - Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence
