Grammar Quizzes. English Grammar 101: All You Need to Know. By Daniel Scocco Just ask a friend what is the role of prepositions within sentences, or what are the four moods of verbs, and I am sure that you will see a puzzled look on his face. Understanding the basic grammar rules is essential for communicating efficiently, but most of us have forgotten those concepts years ago.
In order to solve this problem we decided to put together all the basic rules on a single page, so that you can use it as a refresher, or print it out for future reference. Enjoy! Sentences Sentences are made of two parts: the subject and the predicate. The subject is the person or thing that acts or is described in the sentence. Complete sentences need both the subject and the predicate. Clauses Sentences can be broken down into clauses. For example: The boy is going to the school, and he is going to eat there. This is a complete sentence composed of two clauses. Independent clause example: The boy went to the school. Phrases Phrases act like parts of speech inside clauses. Nouns. Grammar review. Daily Grammar Archive - Comprehensive archive of all of our grammar lessons and quizzes. This archive contains links to all of our free grammar lessons and quizzes. You can use this archive to study Daily Grammar at your own pace.
Lessons 1-90 cover the eight parts of speech, which are verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. Lessons 91-300 cover the parts of the sentence, such as appositives, predicate nominatives, direct objects, prepositional phrases, clauses, and verbals. Lessons 301-440 cover the mechanics of grammar, which is also known as capitalization and punctuation. Our lessons have been organized by lesson number and by subject. Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - Quiz Lessons 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 - Quiz Lessons 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 - Quiz Lessons 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 - Quiz Lessons 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 - Quiz Lessons 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 - Quiz Lessons 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 - Quiz Lessons 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 - Quiz Lessons 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 - Quiz Lessons 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 - Quiz Lessons 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 - Quiz. English Grammar Review including Parts of Speech, Spelling Rules, and Homophones - ielanguages.com. A basic review of English grammar. If you are teaching English as a second language, my free ESL lesson plans are available to download.
If you are learning English, check out English vocabulary for my recordings as well as Yabla and FluentU for language learning through videos and subtitles. If you want to learn even more English, I suggest the English courses at Udemy. You may also find Why English is Easy helpful (also available for Spanish speakers and for Russian speakers). Articles and Demonstratives Short descriptive words used before nouns. Technically, they function as adjectives. Nouns Person, place, thing or idea usually preceded by articles or demonstratives. Adjectives Words that describe the attributes of nouns, such as beauty, color, age, goodness and size. Pronouns Words that substitute for nouns to prevent redundancy. Verbs Words that express action or emotion. Adverbs Words that describe a verb, an adjective, or even another adverb. Conjunctions Prepositions Sentences.
List of Interactive Quizzes. The quizzes with a magenta marble are also listed within the section or digital handout to which they apply. The twenty-one quizzes with a green marble and designated "Practice" have been adapted from the instructor's manual and other ancillary materials accompanying Sentence Sense: A Writer's Guide. They are duplicated here with permission of the author, Evelyn Farbman, and the publisher, Houghton Mifflin Inc. The seventeen quizzes with a gold marble were written by the English faculty at an estimable midwestern university and are used here with the permission of that department. The ten quizzes with a red marble were prepared by students in Professor Karyn Hollis's Tutor Training course at Villanova University.
Clicking on the NUMBER immediately before the quiz's name will take you to the section of the Guide pertaining to the grammatical issue(s) addressed in that quiz. Clicking on the Guide's logo at the top of a quiz-page will bring you back to this page. Grammar Review. Grammar Rules. This is a quick, basic grammar review for nouns, verbs, and the sometimes confusing usage of lay versus lie, and rise versus raise. This reference can be used for term papers, grammar class reviews, or simply for anyone confused or curious about the basics of English grammar. Nouns 1. Noun identification 2. Noun Identification What is a noun? For example: Person — Maria Place — Detroit Thing — Desk Quality — Width Animal — Dog Idea — Independence Activity — Navigation Spot the nouns in a sentence: Maria went into the city to purchase detergent. Nouns: Person — Maria Place — City Thing — Detergent The functions of nouns Nouns sometimes function differently in sentences.
Grammar vocabulary: Nominal means any word, or group of words, used as a noun. Types of Nouns The names of specific things, places, and people, like Maria or Detroit, are Proper nouns. General, colloquial names, like table or house are Common nouns. When it is a quality or idea, like freedom or justice, it is an Abstract noun.