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| Adjectives | Connectors | Passive Voice | Punctuation |
| Adjective Clauses | Gerunds | Past Tense | Review |
| Agreement (sentence) | Infinitives | Prepositions | Writing |
| Articles | Modals | Present Tense | Commonly Confused |
| Conditional Tense | Noun Clauses | Present Perfect Tense | |
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Adjectives & Modifiers |
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| Adjective Summary | Summary of adjective and modifier use |
| Number Modifiers | Changing numbers to modifiers: a ladder with six steps vs. a six-step ladder |
| Noun Modifier Prac | Changing nouns to modifiers (adjectives); four-wheel drive |
| Adjective Order | Using multiple adjectives, word order; a big, new, shiny, red wagon |
| Fewer v. Less | Contrasting the use of fewer w/count nouns and less w/non-count nouns; many more and much more |
| Participial Adj 1 | Creating modifiers from verbs; agent vs. receiver: -ed vs. -ing endings |
| Participial Adj 2 | Using modifiers for ongoing states, falling trees versus completed states, fallen trees. |
Adjective Clauses |
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| Adj Clause Summary | Summary of adjective clause practices |
| Adding Clauses | Adding an adjective, modifying, clause; sentence transformation: dependent & independent clauses |
| Clause Pronouns | Using relative Pronouns: who, whom, that, which in adjective clauses |
| Possessive Clauses | Adding an adjective clause with the possessive pronoun: whose |
| Time & Place Clauses | Adding an adjective clause with time and place pronouns: when, where and in/on/at which |
| Punctuating Clauses | Using clause punctuation; identifying vs. non-identifying clauses; restrictive vs. non-restrictive |
| Restrictive Clauses | Punctuating restrictive (one/some) vs. non-restrictive (all) clauses: some vs. all |
| Quantity Phrases | Adding an adjective clause with quantity phrases: some of whom, much of which |
| Poss Inanimate Cl | Using inanimate possessives (things): the x of which vs. whose |
| Which v. That | Refering to an idea which (all of the preceding clause) vs. that (preceding noun) |
| Clause Shortening | Reducing a clause to a modifying phrase using "that + be deletion" [who is] living |
| Clause Shortening 2 | Reducing a clause to a modifying phrase using "-ing" forms |
| Participial Adj Clauses | Past & present-participle modifying phrases: served as / serving as |
| Modifying phrases | Reducing a clause to a modifying phrase with adverbs: while, when, before, after, since |
| PRACTICE | Azar Chapter Review 13 - adjective clauses |
| Adj Clause Quiz |
Adjective clause quiz: possessives and phrases of quantity: whose, some of whose |
Agreement |
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| Agreement Summary | Summary of subject-verb agreement : sentence, clause, quantifier phrases |
| Plural Nouns | Using plural Noun Forms (spellings): -s, -es, -ies, -ves |
| Plural Nouns 2 | Identifying uncommon plural noun forms: -ee-, -en, -oes, -a, -ae, -ices, -i, |
| PRACTICE | Plural Noun Practice Editing - final -s / -es in sentences |
| PRACTICE | Irreg Plural Noun Practice Editing for irregular plural nouns; -i, oes, -a, -es, -ves |
| PRACTICE | Final S sounds Listening for final -s [s] / [z] in words (audio) |
| Count and Non-count | Examples of count and uncountable (mass) nouns: money vs. dollars, coins, cents |
| Quantifiers for Food | Quantifiers used for food nouns: slice, cup, stick, bottle, spoonful ; pig - pork; calf–veal |
| PRACTICE | Group Nouns Group (mass) nouns - Identifying count & non-count nouns: jewelry vs. rings |
| PRACTICE | Much-Many Practice 1 Count & non-count: much vs. many |
| PRACTICE | Expressions of Quantity count and non-count nouns: some, several, a lot of, much |
| PRACTICE | Count Noun Practice Proofreading final -s for count nouns |
| PRACTICE | Count Noun Paragraph2 Proofreading plural nouns in a paragraph |
| Agreement Exceptions | Exceptions; irregular agreement examples: English is vs. the English are |
| PRACTICE | Subject-Verb Agreement Proofreading for final -s |
| Express. Quantity | Subject-verb agreement within sentences with expressions of quantity: some of, all of, the/a number of, none |
| Clauses | Subject-verb agreement within sentences with clauses or phrases |
| There | Subject -verb agreement with there |
| Pronouns | Replacing subject and object nouns with pronouns: he, she, we, they — him, her, us, them |
| Pronouns w/Quantifiers | Pronoun agreement with quantifier phrases: everyone has his / their hat; gender neutral phrasing |
| PRACTICE | Possessive Pronoun Agreement sentence agreement of quantity phrases and pronouns |
| PRACTICE | Possessive Nouns Sent. Agreement with Possessive Nouns: girl's vs. girls' |
| Gender Neutral | Gender and pronoun use; Everyone has his hat vs. their |
| Essay Agreement | Edit a paragraph for agreement |
| PRACTICE | Agreement Editing Sentence editing practice. |
| PRACTICE | Agreement Editing 2 Sentence editing practice. |
| Agreement In Context | Subject-verb agreement in context |
Articles |
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| Article Summary | Summary of Article Usage |
| One - Unspecific | Mentioning one as an example of all: A violin has four strings. |
| Plural v. The Class | Speaking in general: "wolves" (all-unspecific) versus "the wolf" (the class-unspecific) |
| The Class v. One | "The lion" ( the class - unspecific) versus "a lion" (one - unspecific) |
| All v. The | "People" (all) versus "The people" (ones - specific); |
| Spec v. Unspec | "A comet" (one as an example) versus "a comet" (one in particular) |
| The-2nd Mention | The - noun identified by earlier mention, or as part of another larger item |
| The-Identifying | The - noun identified by other means-uniqueness, name, shared knowledge |
| PRACTICE | Article-Mention First / Second Mention: a unidentified - the identified (indefinite-definite) |
| PRACTICE | Articles-Identified The - ways in which nouns can be identified (definite) |
| The-Landmarks | The - used with landmarks |
| The- Geography | The - used with geographical features |
| The-Countries | The - used with country names |
| The-Misc | The - used with "expected parts" and expressions of quantity |
| PRACTICE | Articles-Expressions Special Uses of the |
| PRACTICE | Articles-Superlatives Superlatives and the |
| PRACTICE | Articles Practice Review: Known or New? The, A, no marker Sentence editing |
| PRACTICE | Articles-Editing1 Paragraph Editing - Furniture: in general; specific vs. general nouns |
| PRACTICE | Articles-Editing2 Paragraph Editing |
| PRACTICE | Articles-Determining Determining which article to use; Luxury items on Castaway TV show. |
| PRACTICE | Articles - audio Superlatives: listening for the |
| PRACTICE | Article Summary.pdf | ArticlesGeneric.pdf | Artprac.pdf |
Conditional Tenses (& Hypothetical) |
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| Conditional Summary | Summary of conditional usage |
| Real Future | Real conditions; present and future; if, will, can |
| Real Past & Pres | Real conditions; present and past tense; if, whenever |
| Hypothetical-Pres | Hypothetical statements - present tense: strategizing; if, could, might, would |
| Hypothetical-Past | Hypothetical statements - past tense: cause effect; if, had had, would have |
| Titanic Errors | Cause-effect relationship-past; analyzing accidents; if, could have, would have |
| Late Advice | Hypothetical statements with modals: options not taken; advice after-the-fact; should have, could have |
| Hypoth-Prac | Practice choosing correct verb tense in hypothetical sentences |
| Mixed Conditionals | Mixed conditional practice; hypothetical statements; when past affects present |
| Real vs. Unreal | Real vs. Hypothetical Statements |
| Omitting "If" | Rephrasing "if" clauses: had, should, were |
| Wishes | Various Connotations of using: wish |
| Adverbs Condition | Conditional adverbials: if, only if, unless, otherwise |
| Adverbs Probability | Conditional adverbials: in the event, in case and should |
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Connectors, Adverbs, Conjunctions &Transition Words |
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| Connector Summary | Summary of connectors and transition words |
| Adverbs for Outcomes or Results |
Adverbs with unexpected outcomes: Because, since, due to vs. Although, in spite of, despite, regardless, nevertheless; Adverbs before noun phrases: because of, due to, in spite of, despite, regardless of |
| Adverbs Condition | Conditional adverbials: if, only if, unless, otherwise, or else |
| Adverbs Probability | Conditional adverbials: in the event, in case and should |
| Adverbials– Cause & Effect | Cause and effect - because, since, consequently, as a result, so, |
| Adverbs of Emphasis | Adverbs for emphasis: indeed, in fact, even; contrast even, even though, even if |
| So & Such That | Cause and effect phrases so . . . that & such . . . that |
| So-that v. so that | "So" clauses; contrasting so . . . that and so that |
| Coordinating Conj | Combining Independent Clauses: FANBOYS - for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so; punctuation for combining clauses |
| Paired Conjunc | Paired Conjunctions: both...and, either... or, not only...but also, neither...nor, (or else) |
| Connector Review | Sentence Connector Summary and Review - Practice |
| Connector Edit | Editing -- for connectors, transitions, sentence boundaries and punctuation |
| Clause Punc | Clause punctuation (sentence boundaries) |
| When vs. While New! | Adverb clauses indicating "at the time" or "during that time" - when, while |
| Modifying Phrases1 | Reducing clauses to modifying phrases - before, after, while, when, since |
| Modifying Phrases2 | Cause and effect in modifying phrases - Because |
| Adverbs of Time | Adverbs in future time (mixed verb tense) - before, after, as soon as |
| Comparisons | Words that compare- same as, different from, similar to |
| Parallel Phrasing | Parallel phrasing |
| By the Time | Future perfect tense by the time |
| Connector Essay | Selecting connectors and transition words in an essay; main cause, as a result, because |
| Error Analysis |
Editing -- for connectors, transitions, sentence boundaries and punctuation |
Gerunds |
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| Gerund Summary | Summary of gerund usage |
| Gerund-Subject | Gerunds as subjects; parallel phrasing, bulleted lists, spelling adding -ing |
| Gerund-Object | Gerunds as objects; expressing attitudes about activities; prepositions looking forward to |
| Ger-Ind Object | Gerunds as with direct & indirect objects; expressing attitudes and gratitude |
| PRACTICE | Verb Phrases 1 Gerund vs. Infinitive phrase completion |
| PRACTICE | Verb Phrases 2 Gerund vs. Infinitive phrase completion |
| PRACTICE | Verb+Prep Phrases 1 Verbs + prepositions before gerunds |
| PRACTICE | Verb+Prep Phrases 2 * Verbs + prepositions before gerunds |
| PRACTICE | Verb & Prepositions Preposition practice with verb phrases |
| "By" verbing | Gerund Phrases: Methods and Means: by verb+ing, with a noun |
| PRACTICE | Means & Methods Practice Methods and means: "by verb+ing" |
| "For" verbing | Stating function, purpose and means: by verb+ing, for verb+ing, to+verb |
| Gerund Phrases | Shortening sentences with gerund phrases after: see, hear, find, catch, watch, etc. |
| Participial Adj 2 | Modifiers for completed vs. ongoing states; falling trees vs. fallen trees |
| Parallel Phrasing | Parallel phrasing with gerunds |
| Gerund Article | Identifying gerunds in context of an article |
Infinitives |
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| Infinitive Summary | Summary of infinitive usage |
| Infinitive as Subject | Infinitives as subjects; formal use, definitions |
| Infinitive as Object | Expressing attitudes and opinions about activities; enjoy, hate, like |
| Infinitive-Indirect Obj | Getting other people to do things; also, have, do, let, make |
| Infinitive-Subjunctive | Changing command clauses to infinitive phrases: Imposing will on others; order, command, want, expect |
| Infin too-enough | Infinitives in expressions; too, enough |
| Infin-adjectives | Adjectives followed by infinitives; happy; amazed + infin; practice with verb forms |
| Infin-it takes X | Infinitives in expressions ; it takes X + to verb |
| infin- in order to | Infinitives in expressions; stating purpose: in order to |
| Infinitive in Context | Identifying infinitives in the context of a news article |
| Verb Phrases 1 | Gerund vs. Infinitive phrase completion. |
Modal Verbs |
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| Modal Summary | Summary of modal uses |
| Degrees of Certainty | Expressing degrees of uncertainty: will, may, might could, may have, might have |
| Future Intent | Expressing scheduled events vs. intent: will, be going to |
| Mixed Tenses | Using connectors with mixed time frames: so that, said that, which, who, if ... then |
| Predictions | Expressing predictions and expectations: will, should and be supposed to |
| Future Perfect | Stating plans vs. making predictions for completion: will have done |
| Advisability | Expressing advisability - should, ought to |
| Ability | Expressing ability: can, could, be able to |
| Request-Suggest | Giving permission, making requests and offering suggestions: may, can, could, would, shall, let's |
| Problem Solving | Using should and could to offer ideas and advice. |
| Expressions-Would | Expressions with would: stating preference, making requests, used to, making excuses would have |
| PRACTICE | Modal Review - Review the many meanings of modals |
| Modals Article | Modals in context; recognizing modals and meanings |
| PRACTICE | Modal Flash Cards |
| Late Advice | Hypothetical statements with modals: options not taken; advice after-the-fact; should have, could have |
| Modal Quiz | Auto-correcting practice quiz |
Noun Clauses |
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| Noun Clause Sum | Summary of embedding questions, statements and commands as noun clauses |
| Noun Clauses 1 | Reported/Indirect Speech: Wh Questions |
| Noun Clauses 2 | Reported/Indirect Speech: Yes-No Questions |
| Noun Clauses 3 | Reported/Indirect Speech: Commands |
| PRACTICE | Infinitive-Subjunctive Commands: changing infinitive phrases to clauses : order, command, want, expect |
| Noun Clauses 4 | Reported/Indirect Speech: Statements (Quoted Speech); other words for said |
| Noun Clauses 5 | Beginning a sentence with a that or a what clause |
| PRACTICE | Azar Chapter Review 12 - noun clauses |
| Noun Clause Quiz | Practice Quiz (auto-correcting quiz) |
| Reported Speech Qz | In context: An Interview - changing reported speech to quoted speech (auto-correcting quiz) |
Passive Voice |
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| Passive Summary | Summary of passive voice usage |
| Focus Project | Sentence transformation to place emphasis on the receiver. |
| Using "by" phrase | Determining when to include the "agent"; by phrase |
| Indirect Obj | Leading with the indirect object in a passive sentence. |
| Intransitive Verbs | Verbs that cannot take passive voice: happen |
| Passive - Get | Expressions with get; It's not my fault; I did it myself; I got it done |
| Participial Adj 1 | Creating modifiers from verbs: -ed vs. -ing endings |
| Participle+Preps | Participles adjectives and prepositions; interested in, surprised at |
| PRACTICE | Participle+Prep Prac Participial Adjectives and prepositions: known for; concerned with; accustomed to |
| Active-Passive | Past participle modifying phrases: was located / located |
| Participial Adj Clauses | Past & present-participle modifying phrases: served as / serving as |
| Passive In Context | Recognizing Passive Voice |
Past & Past Perfect |
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| Past Summary | Summary of past and past perfect uses |
| Completed | Referring to past actions and activities |
| Reporting Source | Reporting source or response; past tense vs. present perfect |
| Series of Events | Reporting a series of events; past v. past perfect |
| Earlier v. Later | Contrasting "earlier" from "later" past events; past adverbials, before, after, when |
| Past vs. Past Perfect | Paragraph editing practice |
Prepositions |
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| Preps_Time | Prepositions of Time: in, on, at |
| Preps_Place | Prepositions of Place: in, on, at |
| PRACTICE | Prepositions in a paragraph: in, on, at |
| Preps Gerunds | Verb+Preposition Phrases before Gerunds: He insisted on going |
| Preps IO Gerunds | Indirect Object and Preposition Phrases after Gerunds: excused him for burping/ excused his burping |
| PRACTICE | Verb+Prep Phrases 1 Verb+Preposition Phrases before Gerunds: about, against, after, for, etc. |
| PRACTICE | Verb+Prep Phrases 2 Verb+Preposition Phrases before Gerunds: put off doing, keep from hearing, etc. |
| Participle & Preps | Participles Adjective+Preposition Phrases; interested in, surprised at |
| PRACTICE | Participle+Prep Prac Participles Adjective+Preposition Phrases: known for, concerned with, accustomed to |
| During vs. In | Special conditions for using during or in; also, use with present perfect |
| Verbs & Preps |
Verbs and adjectives followed by prepositional phrases: about, against, after, for, from, in, like, of, off, on, over, to, with |
Present and Present Progressive |
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| Present Summary | Summary of Present tense uses |
| General Truths | Simple present tense; as used in more permanent states: facts of science and nature |
| At the Moment | Present progressive; as used in more temporary and ongoing activities: blogging |
| Habits and Customs | Simple present tense; as used for enduring customs and activities |
| Scheduled Events | Scheduled Events - Future Activities |
| Stative Verbs | States of "being" vs. Activities |
| Special Adverbs | Future Sequence of Actions: before, after, as soon as, while, when etc. |
| Story Telling | Narration - Telling stories and jokes |
| Pres vs Progressive | Present and present progressive practice |
Commonly Confused Verbs - make/do, say/tell, lie/lay, rise/raise, sit/set |
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| Present In Context | Identifying present tense in the context of a news article |
Present Perfect |
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| Pres Perf Summary | Summary of present perfect verb tense usage. |
| Up to Now | Past events continuing to present; for, since, so far, to date |
| Repeated Activ | Activities that have repeatedly continued up to now; several times |
| Perm vs Temp | Permanent events vs. temporary activities; since, ever since, for, this morning, all morning |
| Experience | Stating experience; ever, never, before |
| Pres Perf Prog | Completed vs. ongoing activities |
| Recent Activ | Activities completed Recently: recently, just, lately |
| Expectation | Activities completed sooner or later than expected; already, yet |
| Sentence Prac | Evaluating sentences: ongoing-completed, repetitive-non-repetitive, temporary-permanent |
| PresPerf -Adverbs | Matching Tense and Adverb Use |
| PresPerf Mind | Connecting the past to the present; the present perfect state of mind |
| PresPerf Parag | Using present perfect in a paragraph |
| Participle Practice 1 | Irregular Participles 1 |
| Participle Practice 2 | Irregular Participle 2 |
Punctuation |
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| Punctuation Sum | Summary of punctuation (partially under development) |
| Compl Thought | The Sentence to Nowhere", writing a complete thought |
| Run-On Sentences | Using a period to mark the end of a sentence; avoiding run-on sentences and fragments |
| Items in Series | Using commas with items in a series, clarifying meaning: commas |
| Comments | Punctuating comments within sentences: commas, parentheses and dashes. |
| Bullet Lists | Punctuating bulleted lists: parallel phrasing, introductory phrases, colons, semicolons, periods, capitals |
| Hyphens | Usage of hyphens and capitalization of hyphenated words in titles and headlines |
| So vs so that | Using a comma with a so (result) but not with so that (purpose) |
| Punc-Conjunc | Using commas with coordinating conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so |
| Punc-WordOrder | Using a comma to mark a word order change |
| Punc-Conditional | Using a comma with a conditional sentence |
| Punc-Adv-Even | Using a comma with an adverb of emphasis - even |
| Punc-AdjClause | Using a comma with a non-restrictive clause |
| Punc-Restrictive | Using a comma with a clause to include "all" or "some"; restrictive vs. non-restrictive |
| Punc-Which | Using a comma with which to refer to a whole sentence instead of just one word |
Review |
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| General Review 1 | A series of diagnostic questions to find which grammatical items need to be reviewed |
| General Review 2 | (with links from each item to a support page) |
| General Review 3 | |
| General Review 4 | |
| Az chap 6-8 | Chapter review of singular-plural agreement (follows Azar v.3 text chapters) |
| Az chap 12 | Chapter review of noun clauses |
| Az chap 13 | Chapter review of adjective clauses |
| Az chap 16-19 | Chapter review of Adverbials and other miscellaneous |
| Az chap 19 | Chapter review of sentence connectors and coordinators |
| Az chap 20 | Chapter review of conditional and hypothetical sentences |
Writing |
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| Planning Guide | Planning before beginning to write; pyramid of time spent |
| Creating a Thesis | Creating a thesis sentence for your paper (research) |
| Focusing Your Topic | Narrowing your topic down to a focused thesis |
| Introductions | Four Types of Introductions |
| Spatial Organization | A VR example of using focus to reveal details of your story |
| Ethics & Fair Use | What is "Fair Use"? (external link) |
| Avoiding Plagiarism | Strategies for avoiding plagiarism (external link) |
| Using Citations | Examples of in-text and bibliographic citations (external link) |
Commonly Confused Words |
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| affect vs. effect | Distinguishing usage: affect/effect |
| accept vs. except New! | Distinguishing usage: accept/except |
| say vs. tell | Distinguishing usage: say / tell |
| lie vs. lay | Distinguishing usage: lie / lay |
| Troublesome Verbs | Distinguishing usage: make / do, rise / raise, sit / set |
| when vs. while | Distinguishing usage: when / while |
| during vs. in | Distinguishing usage: during / in |
Listening Practice |
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| Been vs. being - audio | Distinguishing the sounds/words been and being |
| Articles - audio | Superlatives: listening for "the" |
| Final S sounds- audio | Listening for final -s [s] / [z] in words. |
Text Information |
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ESL Links and Resources |
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Contact Information
College of San Mateo Updated:
This website existed from November 1998 - April 2008 , as "Grammar Check", on the San Mateo Community College District server. |
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