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Getting to Grips with Grammar and Punctuation

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Welcome to Getting to Grips with Grammar and Punctuation

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Unit 1: Getting started

1 GETTING STARTED: INTRODUCTION
Exercise 1: Jabberwocky
Exercise 1: How did you get on?

Unit 2: Grammar – the basics

2 GRAMMAR – THE BASICS: INTRODUCTION
2.1 SENTENCES
Exercise 2: Parts of a sentence
Exercise 2: How did you get on?
2.2 VERBS
Exercise 3: Verbs
Exercise 3: How did you get on?
2.3 PRONOUNS
Exercise 4: Pronouns
Exercise 4: How did you get on?

Unit 3: Punctuation – the basics

3 PUNCTUATION – THE BASICS: INTRODUCTION
3.1 COMMAS
Exercise 5: Commas
Exercise 5: How did you get on?
3.2 FULL STOPS, QUESTION MARKS, COLONS AND SEMICOLONS
Exercise 6: Full stops, question marks, colons and semicolons
Exercise 6: How did you get on?
3.3 APOSTROPHES
Exercise 7: Apostrophes
Exercise 7: How did you get on?
3.4 HYPHENS AND DASHES
Exercise 8: Hyphens and dashes
Exercise 8: How did you get on?
Exercise 9: Check your learning
Exercise 9: How did you get on?
Unit 3 quiz

Unit 4: Grammar – next steps

4 GRAMMAR – NEXT STEPS: INTRODUCTION
4.1 MORE ABOUT VERBS
Exercise 10: More about verbs
Exercise 10: How did you get on?
4.2 MORE ABOUT PRONOUNS
Exercise 11: More about pronouns
Exercise 11: How did you get on?
4.3 COMPARISON
Exercise 12: Comparison
Exercise 12: How did you get on?
4.4 MISPLACEMENT
Exercise 13: Misplacement
Exercise 13: How did you get on?
4.5 CONSOLIDATE YOUR GRAMMAR LEARNING
Exercise 14: Welcome to Pemberley
Exercise 14: How did you get on?

Unit 5: Punctuation – next steps

5 PUNCTUATION – NEXT STEPS: INTRODUCTION
5.1 QUOTATION MARKS AND BRACKETS
Exercise 15: Quotation marks and brackets
Exercise 15: How did you get on?
5.2 LISTS AND ELLIPSES
Exercise 16: Lists and ellipses
Exercise 16: How did you get on?
5.3 SOME FINER POINTS OF PUNCTUATION
Exercise 17: Check your learning on punctuation
Exercise 17: How did you get on?

Unit 6: Usage and context

6 USAGE AND CONTEXT: INTRODUCTION
Exercise 18: Ambiguity, tautology and misused words
Exercise 18: How did you get on?
Unit 6 Quiz

Unit 7: Final exercises

7 FINAL EXERCISES: INTRODUCTION
Exercise 19: The shape of leadership
Exercise 19: How did you get on?
Exercise 20: The real Egypt
Exercise 20: How did you get on?
Exercise 21: Phari Dzong
Exercise 21: How did you get on?

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