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Khan Academy SAT Reading & Writing Practice - has phenomenal explanations and practice questions, especially for the writing (grammar) section
Proofreading for Grammar
Proofreading for Grammar
Your finished writing should have appropriate capitalization, punctuation, grammar and spelling.
Read your paper out loud to yourself. A lot of mistakes can be caught simply by taking the time to slowly read your own work out loud.
Capitalize the word "I." This is the most common error I see.
Use one of the editing checklists below to help you proofread and correct errors.
Common Errors
Common Errors
Top 20 Errors in Undergraduate Writing from Stanford University's Hume Center for Writing and Speaking
Run-on Sentences from Northern Illinois University
Lack of Parallel Structure
Editing Checklists
Editing Checklists
The Ultimate Self-Editing Checklist: A Formula for Lean Writing that Impacts Your Reader by Jerry Jenkins
Grammar
Grammar
Sentence Structure
Sentence Structure
Sentence Structure Playlist from Walden University
Terms to know:
Sentence
Fragment
Subject
Predicate
Complete thought
Incomplete thought
Independent Clause
Dependent Clause
Compound sentence
Coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)
Run-on sentence
Comma splice
Complex sentence
Subordinating conjunction
Comma Usage
Comma Usage
Comma Usage - 8 Rules plus Exercises from Okanagan College
Edpuzzle: Comma Usage - Coordinating Conjunctions (FANBOYS) & Subordinating Conjunctions (5 minute video)
The Oxford Comma - video from Khan Academy
Grammar Practice
Grammar Practice
Choose one of the following instructional videos to watch.
Login to NoRedInk and complete the practice module for the grammar topic that you watched.
Capitalization
Capitalization
Punctuation
Punctuation
How to Use Periods (2 minutes)
How to Use a Comma: Lists and FANBOYS (2 minutes)
Subject Verb Agreement
Subject Verb Agreement
Objective: Correctly identify subjects and verbs in a sentence.
Verb Tense
Verb Tense
Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech reference sheet
What is a noun? - a word that represents a person, place, thing or idea
common noun vs. proper noun (3 minute video)
What is a verb? - a word that describes the action in a sentence (the doing word)
action verb examples: play, read, run, eat
linking verbs - to be (is, am, are, was, were, will be, isn't, wasn't), to have (have, has, had)
Sentence - to be a complete sentence, there must be a subject and a predicate
Video explanation (3 minutes)
What is the subject in a sentence? - the noun (person, place, thing or idea) that is doing the action
What is the predicate in a sentence? - verb (the action word or linking verb) that indicates what the subject is doing
What is an adjective? - a word that describes a person, place, thing or idea
What is an adverb? - a word that describes how a verb is being done
What is a conjunction? - a word or phrase that joins two or more clauses
What is a preposition? - a word that indicates where or when something is in relationship to another thing
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