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Grammar Bytes: The Gerund Phrase
This grammar tutorial for understanding the gerund phrase demonstrates how to use gerund phrases properly in sentences.
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Grammar Bytes: Presentations: Adjectives and Adverbs Power Point
A PowerPoint slide show introducing the types of questions one might see about adjectives and adverbs on a standardized test.
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Grammar Bytes: Presentations: Capitalization Power Point
A PowerPoint slide reviewing the rules of capitalization and showing how capitalization questions might look on a standardized test.
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Grammar Bytes: Presentations: Coordination and Subordination Power Point
A PowerPoint slide explaining the use of coordinate and subordinate conjunctions to join clauses. Questions that may be found on standardized tests are included.
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Grammar Bytes: Presentations: Fragments, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences
A PowerPoint slide explaining common sentence errors and how to correct them. Questions that may be found on standardized tests are included.
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Grammar Bytes: Presentations: Degree Power Point
A PowerPoint slide explaining when to use the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. Questions that may be found on standardized tests are included.
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Grammar Bytes: Misplaced Modifiers Power Point
Learn about placing modifiers correctly in a sentence and practice with misplaced modifier questions that could be found on standardized tests.
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Grammar Bytes: Parallel Structure Power Point
Learn about parallel structure and correcting mistakes in parallelism. Practice with parallel structure questions that could be found on standardized tests.
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Grammar Bytes: Pronoun Agreement Power Point
Learn about pronoun-antecedent agreement, and practice with pronoun agreement questions that could be found on standardized tests.
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Grammar Bytes: Pronoun Case Power Point
Learn about pronoun-antecedent agreement, and practice with pronoun agreement questions that could be found on standardized tests.
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Grammar Bytes: Pronoun Reference Power Point
Learn about vague pronoun references and practice identifying them in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
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Grammar Bytes: Pronoun Shift Power Point
Learn about using pronouns consistently and practice identifying them in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
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Grammar Bytes: Standard Punctuation Power Point
Learn about using end marks, commas, semicolons, and apostrophes correctly. Practice identifying correct usage in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
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Grammar Bytes: Spelling Power Point
Learn about spelling rules and commonly misspelled words. Practice identifying correct spelling in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
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Grammar Bytes: Subject Verb Agreement Power Point
Learn about subject-verb agreement and practice identifying correct agreement in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
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Grammar Bytes: Tense Shift Power Point
Learn about using consistent verb tenses and practice identifying tense shifts in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
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Grammar Bytes: Verb Forms Power Point
Learn about regular and irregular verbs and practice identifying correct verb usage in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
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Grammar Bytes: Appropriate Words or Expressions in Context Power Point
Learn about using context clues to find the most appropriate word choice in a specific context. Practice identifying correct word choices in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
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Grammar Bytes: The Gerund
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a gerund in the context of a sentence.
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Grammar Bytes: Commas: Exercise 1
This is a 20-question quiz for comma usage; it includes an interactive quiz or a PDF downloadable/printable quiz. Students select the best answer to correct the problem in each sentence from the two options given.
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Grammar Bytes: Presentations: Confused and Misused Words and Phrases Power Point
A PowerPoint slide reviewing the proper usage of commonly confused and misused words. Questions that may be found on standardized tests are included.
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Grammar Bytes: The Antecedent
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify an antecedent in the context of a sentence.
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Grammar Bytes: The Item in a Series
This site is concerned with writing any kinds of items in a series. It verbally and graphically illustrates parallel structure, and shows how to punctuate a series.
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Grammar Bytes: Pronoun Reference
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to recognize pronoun reference in the context of a sentence.