Course Description
This one day instructor-led Grammar Skills Training course covers common topics in intermediate grammar, such as perfect verb tenses and adjective clauses. It will also cover "tricky English" grammar topics that learners of English often find frustrating. Improve on your skills to write effective sentences by identifying sentence elements, correctly using phrases and clauses, and understanding sentence classifications. This interactive Grammar Skills class is filled with interactive exercises that will allow you to explore the intricacies of grammar skills.
Objectives
In the Grammar Skills Training course, you will learn:
• The importance of grammar
• How to Form Effective Sentences, Use Phrases and Clauses and Classify Sentences
• Identify Sentence Fragments, Correct Run-On Sentences and Use Active Voice
• Apply Word Choice Rules, Find Spelling Errors and Attach Prefixes and Suffixes
• Use Punctuation and Apply Mechanics
• Use Synonyms, Antonyms and Homonyms
Agenda
Unit 1: The importance of grammar
Topic A: Grammar skills
Topic B: Nouns and verbs
Unit 2: Pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs
Topic A: Pronouns
Topic B: Adjectives and adverbs
Unit 3: Prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections
Topic A: Prepositions
Topic B: Conjunctions
Topic C: Interjections
Unit 4: Effective sentences
Topic A: Sentence formation
Topic B: Phrases and clauses
Topic C: Sentence classifications
Unit 5: Agreement rules
Topic A: Subject and verb agreement
Topic B: Parallel sentence structure
Unit 6: Improving sentence structure
Topic A: Sentence fragments
Topic B: Run-on sentences
Topic C: Active and passive voice
Topic D: Split infinitives