Course description
This course is intended for anyone who works with words. It is ideal if you:
- want a refresher of the basics of English grammar
- feel that you never learnt enough grammar
- did learn grammar but have lost confidence in using it.
The course teaches you how to use basic grammar and punctuation accurately, communicate your message clearly, and reduce misunderstanding and misinterpretation.
By the time you’ve completed this training, you’ll understand:
- the basic conventions of English grammar, including sentences, verbs and pronouns
- the building blocks of English punctuation
- some finer points of usage and misusage
- the contexts in which these conventions should or need not be applied
The course concentrates on British English, although some differences in American English are highlighted where appropriate.
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Welcome
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Before you start
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Unit 1: Getting started
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Unit 2: Grammar – the basics
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Unit 3: Punctuation – the basics
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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Unit 7: Final exercises
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Course completion
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