Working with sentence structure

1. Select the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence
2. Select the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence
3. Identify independent and dependent clauses
4. Identify active and passive voice
5. Identify sentence types: simple, compound, complex
6. Identify text connectives and cohesive devices
7. Expand sentences using adverbial phrases
8. Identify embedded clauses

Nouns

1. Which word is a noun?
2. Identify nouns in a sentence
3. Identify common and proper nouns
4. Is the noun singular or plural?
5. Form and use irregular plurals
6. Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives
7. Form the singular or plural possessive
8. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

Pronouns

1. Identify pronouns and their antecedents
2. Pronoun antecedent agreement
3. Choosing between subject and object pronouns
4. Compound subjects and objects with I and me
5. Pronouns in compound subjects and objects
6. Use possessive pronouns
7. Choose between reflexive and intensive pronoun
8. Identify relative pronouns
9. Relative pronouns: who and whom
10. Relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that
11. Identify vague pronoun references
12. Possible antecedents for a vague pronoun

Verbs

1. Select between main and helping verbs
2. What function does the modal verb have?
3. Complete the sentence with the correct modal verb
4. Select the suitable subject or verb
5. Use the progressive verb tenses
6. Form the progressive verb tenses
7. Which fits in: the past tense or the past participle
8. Using the perfect verb tenses
9. Forming the perfect verb tenses
10. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
11. Identify transitive and intransitive verbs
12. Verbs with compound subjects
13. Irregular past tense verbs
14. Simple past, present and future tense verbs
15. Modal verbs

Adverbs and adjectives

1. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives
2. Irregular adjectives: Good, better, best, bad, worse and worst
3. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs
4. Irregular adverbs: Well, better, best, badly, worse and worst
5. Transitional expressions
6. Find adjectives in the sentence
7. Identify adverbs
8. Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where?
9. Choose between adjectives and adverbs
10. Is the word an adjective or adverb?
11. The order of adjectives
12. Use relative adverbs: where, when, why

Prepositions

1. Identify prepositions
2. Identify prepositions and their objects
3. Identify prepositional phrases
4. Prepositions review

Conjunctions

1. Using coordinating conjunctions
2. Identifying coordinating conjunctions
3. Using subordinating conjunctions
4. Identifying subordinating conjunctions
5. Correlative conjunction pairs
6. Fill in the missing correlative conjunction

Contractions

1. Contractions with pronouns and verbs
2. Contractions with "not"

Articles

1. Identify articles
2. Use the correct article: a or an

1. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections and interrupters
2. Commas with coordinate adjectives
3. What does the punctuation suggest?
4. Commas with nonrestrictive elements
5. Use dashes
6. Formatting and capitalising titles
7. Capitalising names of people and pets
8. Capitalising days, months, and holidays
9. Capitalising places and geographic features
10. Capitalising titles

Affixes

1. Words with pre-
2. Words with re-
3. Words with sub-
4. Words with mis-
5. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im- and non-
6. Words with -ful
7. Words with -less
8. Words with -able and -ible

Greek and Latin roots

1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Reference skills

1. Alphabetical order
2. Identify author's purpose
3. Distinguish facts from opinions

Word relationship

1. Choose the synonym
2. Choose the antonym
3. Form compound words
4. Form and use compound words
5. Identify homophones
6. Use the correct homophone
7. Analogies trivia
8. Identify formal and informal language
9. Positive and negative connotation

Figurative language

1. Using personification
2. Interpret figures of speech
3. Classify figures of speech
4. Identify similes and metaphors