Word-Level Grammar

Get reacquainted with the parts of speech. Don''t worry! There''s no painful memorizing involved. With these fundamentals in your back pocket, you''ll learn how to choose the right word from pairs that sound alike, but have very different meanings. Then you''ll learn about subjects and predicates, the very foundation of sound sentence structure. You will build a grammar vocabulary and discover the value of using a dictionary as an everyday grammar research tool. Agenda Unit 1: Parts of Speech -Verbs, Nouns, and Pronouns -Adjectives and Adverbs -Conjunctions, Prepositions, and Interjections Unit 2: Mixed-up Words -Homophones -Contractions vs. Possessive Pronouns -Other Confusables Unit 3: Contractions and Possessives -Common Contractions -Regular Possessives -Irregular and Unusual Possessives Unit 4: Subjects and Predicates -Getting to Know Subjects and Predicates -Predicate Basics: Action Verbs and Linking Verbs -Compound Predicates and Verb Phrases -Subject Basics: Nouns and Pronouns