Feel a little rusty with your grammar skills? Take our Improve Your Grammar and Punctuation course! Students taking this course will benefit from a review of English grammar, punctuation, and capitalization rules. Other topics covered include how to construct sentences and paragraphs that flow gracefully and we will provide clarification to some of the English language's most confusing and confounding words. The practical nature of this course will provide students of all ages with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in the workplace or to improve their writing skills for other purposes.
Improve Your Grammar & Punctuation Module 1
Rules of English Grammar
Module one focuses on the rules of English grammar. Students will benefit from a clearly articulated review of English grammar. The module also addresses writing sentences and paragraphs that are clear and easy to read.
Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Pronouns
Subject-Verb Agreement
Clauses and Phrases
Adjectives and Adverbs
Effective Writing
Improve Your Grammar & Punctuation Module 2
Using Punctuation
The emphasis of this module is on punctuation. Among other things, students will learn how to use periods, commas, semicolons, colons, and quotation marks.
Periods and Commas
Semicolons and Colons
Quotation Marks
Apostrophes
Parentheses and Brackets
Improve Your Grammar & Punctuation Module 3
Rules of Capitalization
This module reviews the rules of capitalization. Our students will learn when to capitalize words in a title, how to capitalize proper nouns, and many other rules that are often confusing for writers.
Titles and Occupations
Brand Names
Proper Nouns
Titles of Books and Articles
Cities, Towns, and States
Improve Your Grammar & Punctuation Module 4
All the Extras
In this module our students will learn how to write numbers and dates correctly, using correct punctuation and capitalization. There is also a chapter that covers confusing words and homonyms. The chapter contains an extensive list of common perplexing words and clear explanations on how to use them correctly.
Writing Numbers in Sentences
How and When to Capitalize Numbers
Writing Fractions and Decimals
Writing Dates
Homonyms and Confusing Words
After completing this course, learners should be able to:
Recall the proper rules of English grammar
Recognize parts of speech and how to construct sentences and paragraphs
Define the rules of capitalization and punctuation
Identify how to write numbers and dates correctly
Certificate of completion.
This class is an independent-study course. Students will have all the resources needed to successfully complete the course within the online material. A student helpdesk is available for technical support during the course enrollment.