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Commonly Confused Words

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Parts of Speech

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        Grammar Bytes (link to doc of links)

        Online Grammar Quizzes for Practice

        Mr. Skipper dot Com Writing Resources

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        Parts of Speech Overview with 10 sentences at the end.

        Quia quiz over nouns

        Quia quiz: Identifying types of nouns

        Quia quiz over pronouns

        Quia quiz over adjectives

        Quia quiz over adjectives and adverbs

        Quia quiz over verbs 1

        Quia quiz over verbs 2

        Quia quiz over conjunctions

        Quia quiz over prepositions and prepositional phrases

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        Nouns (video 5 mins)

          Common and Proper Nouns (video 2 mins)

          Singular and Plural Nouns (video 5 mins)

          Possessive Nouns (video 5 mins)

          Concrete and Abstract Nouns (video 5 mins)

          Compound Nouns (video 3 mins)

          Collective Nouns (video 2 mins)

          Count and Non-Count Nouns (video 4 mins)

          Regular and Irregular Nouns (video 3 mins)

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      Pronouns (PowerPoint)

         Pronoun Chart (pdf)

         Identifying Antecedents Practice (PowerPoint)

         Indefinite Pronouns

         Pronoun Agreement (Grammar Bytes)

         Pronoun Agreement Practice (online)

         Nice guide and practice (Word doc)

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      Subject / Verb Agreement

         Townsun University

         Townsun University with quiz links

         Walden University

         Guide to Grammar quiz 1

         Guide to Grammar quiz 2

         Guide to Grammar quiz 3

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      Adjectives

        Adjectives (Grammar Bytes)

        Schoolhouse Rocks video 4 mins

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      Verbs and Adverbs

        Verbs (Grammar Bytes)

        Adverbs (Grammar Bytes)

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        Adjectives and Adverbs PowerPoint (Grammar Bytes)

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       Adjective or Adverb? (Quia quiz)

       Adjectives and Adverbs Worksheet (Grammar Bytes)

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      Prepositions

          Nice video / song by the Bazillions

          Socratica Video

          Prepositions (Grammar Bytes)

          Prepositional Phrases (Grammar Bytes)

          Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases Quiz (must have Quia account)

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      Conjunctions

          Video

          Coordinating Conjunctions - aka FANBOYS

          Subordinate Conjunctions and how to Punctuate Them

          Correlative Conjunctions

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    Capitalization

        Basic Rules

        Abbreviations, Initials and Acronyms

        Mom and Dad

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        I or me (video 1)

        I or me (video 2 - annoying voice lady, but explains subject and object well)

       Subject and Object pronouns with a discussion of I or Me

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       Capitalization PowerPoint (Grammar Bytes)

       Capitalization Worksheet (Grammar Bytes)

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    Sentence Types page 1

    Sentence Types page 2

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    Phrases and Clauses 1

    Phrases and Clauses 2

    Phrases and Clauses 3

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    Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases (see parts of speech above)

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    Basic Punctuation Rules

        Comma Rules

        More About Commas

        Semicolons

      

       

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