Language Conventions

Here are the different areas to study to improve your English

Grammar

The primary focus is on functional grammar (putting sentences together correctly) vs. descriptive grammar (you understand what every word is and the function of each word in a sentence. Descriptive grammar will be taught to help you understand why a words or phrase is correct or incorrect.

• Verbs
  • Forms of "To Be"
  • Passive vs. Active
• Subjects
• Nouns
• Adjectives
• Adverbs
• Pronouns
• Prepositions
• Objects
  • Interjections
• Articles

Punctuation

• Capitalization
  • People
  • Places and Things
• Apostrophes
• Period
• Questions
• Exclamation Mark
• Quotations
• Commas
• Semicolons
• Dashes
• Colons
• Brackets
• Ellipis

Spelling

Vocabulary

• Reference Materials (all are online)
• Dictionary
• Glossary
• Thesaurus