Grammar on the Web
A Grammar Sonnet
Must SEE before you continue.
Purdue's Online Grammar ****
Grammar Bytes
TO BE
What
Punctuation Mark Are You? I'm a colon.
Project: Parts of the Sentence
Creating sentences is an art form, a mathematic
art form. Let's get started.
The sentence contains a verb, a subject, and expresses a complete thought.
John hit the ball.
First identify the verb, that is what is the ACTION of the sentence? In
the above sentence, HIT is the verb. Is it Action or linking? The information of whether verb is
action or linking will be important later. Once the verb has been
identified, we must find the subject of the sentence. To do this ask: Who
or What plus the verb. So in this case, the verb is HIT. So Who or What
hit? Answer is John Hit so John is the subject of the sentence.
Under Construction
Permanently
One day the Nouns were clustered in the street.
An Adjective walked by, with her dark beauty.
The Nouns were struck, moved, changed.
The next day a Verb drove up, and created the Sentence.
Each Sentence says one thing-for example, "Although it was a dark
rainy day when the Adjective walked by, I shall remember the pure
and sweet expression on her face until the day I perish from the
green, effective earth."
Or, "Will you please close the window, Andrew?"
Or, for example, "Thank you, the pink pot of flowers on the window
sill has changed color recently to a light yellow, due to the heat from
the boiler factory which exists nearby."
In the springtime the Sentences and the Nouns lay silently on the grass.
A lonely Conjunction here and there would call, "And! But!"
But the Adjective did not emerge.
As the adjective is lost in the sentence,
So I am lost in your eyes, ears, nose, and throat--
You have enchanted me with a single kiss
Which can never be undone
Until the destruction of language.
Poem: "Permanently," by Kenneth Koch, from Selected Poems, 1950-1982
(Vintage).
Active Verb vs passive Varb
Active vs passive
Active and Passive from Purdue's OWL
The American HeritageŽ Book of English Usage
Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
The Grammar of Reading
40 Tips to Proper English is a
humorous introduction of what not to do in grammar. An ice breaker.
Break the "be" verb bad habit.
Common Errors in
English Paul Brian's very useful explanation of grammar with fine
links and examples.
Diagramming
English Grammar The Easy Way Everyone
can learn English; this site explains English, so that everyone can understand.
EnglishPage Fabulous resources!!!!
Ebonics links to provide
further insight into dialect
English 255 College grammar course.
English Grammar
is a grammar book online. Correcting work can make reference to the files
herein so the writer can learn about the grammar mistake and correct it.
Very useful and comprehensive.
Essential English Grammar
Grammar Cat is a
basic introduction to basic grammar concepts for basic grammar lessons.
Very basic.
Grammar Check created by an English
teacher/tutor who lives in Thailand.
Grammar Conflicts like their
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Grammar Games from Jessica Brogley
Grammar Girl podcasts.
Grammar, Grammars, and the
Teaching of Grammar by PATRICK HARTWELL, College English 47.2 (February 1985): 105-27.
Grammar Grabbers
Guide to
Grammar Neat guide with digital quizes and other goodies.
KISS Dr. Ed Vavra's KISS
Approach to Sentence Structure
Learn English Grammar Step by Step
Modern
English Grammar English 126 with Dan Kies
NCTE's RAID Vol 1
Outlandish
Eng Lang Website as the name connotes provides excellently outrageous
diatribes about grammar with fine support.
OWL Handout page from purdue.
Parts of Speech unit
PowerPoint Presentations for Grammar and Writing Check out these PowerPoint presentations available within the Guide to Grammar and Writing.
Purdue's Online Grammar ****
Preposition Song
More
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAMusicPrepositionSongBriefIdea46.htm
http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/grammar/Prepositions/Song.htm
http://www.songsforteaching.com/grammarspelling.htm
http://middle.usm.k12.wi.us/Faculty/kendall/prepositionsong.htm
Verb and Preposition Collocations
Verb and Preposition Collocations
The Role of Grammar in the Language Arts Curriculum by Nancy Patterson
Singular "their"
SPELL The Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature
UsingEnglish Great resource.
Webgrammar
Writer's Guidebook
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