This is the first in a series of units covering grammar and punctuation. The units cover information as follows: English Grammar 1 (this unit)- Words in context
- The simple sentence (subject and predicate)
- Verbs; transitive and intransitive, active and passive.
- Nouns; common and proper, collective, abstract.
English Grammar 2 - Inflection
- Verbs; number, person,tense.
- Nouns and pronouns; number, gender, case, possession.
English Grammar 3 - Adjectives and Adverbs
- Adjectival and adverbial phrases
- Complex sentences; conjunction and compound.
English Grammar 4 - Words; stems, prefixes, suffixes, Greek prefixes.
Punctuation - Full stops
- Exclamation marks
- Capital letters and Questions marks
- Commas and colons
- Hyphens, Dashes, Apostrophes.
- Brackets (parentheses)
- Quotation marks.
This unit covers the main elements of a simple sentence: subject, object, predicate,verbs and nouns.
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