Welcome to the new Grammar Resources site! 

 

Agreement

Learn about subject-verb agreement below by clicking on the link.

 

Agreement Subject - Verb

Agreement Subject - Verb   Practice Exercises (Check your answers)

 

Parts of Speech

Click each link below to learn about the different parts of speech.   

 

Adjectives

Adverbs

Conjunctions

Interjections

Nouns

Prepositions

Pronouns

Verbs

 

Practice identifying the parts of speech below.

 

Practice Exercise      (Check your answers!)

 

Punctuation

Click on any of the grammar concepts below for rules, explanations, and examples.

 

Commas

Apostrophes

Colons

Semicolons

End Mark punctuation

Capitalization

 

Use these practice exercises below and don't forget to check your answers!

 

Commas                (Check your answers)

Apostrophes           (Check your answers)

Colons                   (Check your answers)

Semicolons            (Check your answers)

End Marks              (Check your answers)

Capitalization          (Check your answers)

 

Sentence Errors

Learn about the most common sentence errors below by clicking on each link.

  

Fragments

Comma-splices

Run-ons

 

Practice identifying these errors by clicking on the practice sets below. Don't forget to check your answers!

 

Fragments                 (Check your answers)

Comma-splices          (Check your answers)

Run-ons                     (Check your answers)

 

Resources Used for This Site:

Schuster, Edgar. Breaking the Rules: Liberating Writers Through Innovative Grammar

    Instruction. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2003. 162-163. Print.

 

Sebranek, Patrick, Dave Kemper, and Verne Meyer. Writers INC: a Student Handbook for Writing and Learning. Wilmington,       MA: Write Source, Great Source Education Group, 2006. Print.

 

Shertzer, Margaret. The Elements of Grammar: The Essential Guide to Refining and Improving

     Grammar. New York, NY: Fall River Press, 1986. 92. Print.

 

Warriner's High School Handbook. Orlando, FL: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1992. 240- 

    241. Print.