Section 01 : Parts of speech : Identification and Function
1. The Noun
1.1. common and proper nouns
2. The pronoun
2.1.Using Pronouns Correctly: Subject And Object Forms
2.2.The Forms of Personal Pronouns
2.3.Special Pronoun Problems
2.4.Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
2.5. Demonstrative and Relative Pronouns
2.6. Indefinite and Interrogative Pronouns.
3. The Adjective
4. The verb.
4.1.Action Verbs and Linking Verbs)
4.2.Helping verbs.
5. The Adverb
6. The Preposition
7. The Conjunction
8. the Interjection
Section 02 : Parts of the sentence
1. Sentence or Sentence Fragment?
2. The Subject
2.1. Simple subject vs. Complete subject
2.2.Compound subject
3. The Predicate
3.1. Predicate nominative
3.2. Predicate adjective
4. the Complements: Direct and indirect objects, subject complements
4.1. Recognizing Complements
4.2. Direct Objects and Indirect Objects
5. Classifying Sentences by Purpose
6. Sentence patterns :
6.1. Simple Sentences and Compound Sentences
6.2. Complex Sentences and Compound-Complex Sentences
6.3. Expanding simple sentences.
Section 03 : The Phrase
1. Prepositional phrases
1.2. The Prepositional Phrase
1.3.The Adjective Phrase
1.4.The Adverb Phrase
2. Verbal phrase
2.1.Gerund phrase
2.2.Participal phrase
2.3.Infinitive phrase
3. Appositive phrases.
Section 04 : The Clause
1. definition, types of clauses (independent and subordinate clauses)
2.1. The noun clause
2.2. The Adjective Clause
2.1. the relative clause
2.2. restrictive vs non-restrictive clause
2.3. The Adverb Clause
Section 05 : Sentence Style and Mechanics
- Avoiding fragments and run-ons
- Avoiding Unnecessary shifts in sentences
- Avoiding Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
- Avoiding Faulty Pronoun Reference
- Understanding Basic Punctuation and Capitalization Rules
- Punctuation: End Marks, Semicolons, Colons, And Commas
5.1.Commas with compound sentences
5.2.Commas with Sentence Interrupters and Introductory Elements
5.3.Semicolons and Colons
- Punctuation: Underlining (Italics), Quotation Marks, Apostrophes, Hyphens, Parentheses, Brackets And Dashes
6.1.Underlining (Italics) and Quotation Marks with Titles
6.2.Quotation Marks
6.3.Apostrophes
6.4.Hyphens, Parentheses, Brackets, and Dashes