Grammar Skills Study Guide

0-619-07583-X © 2002 Publish date: March 22, 2002 200 pages

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Effective communicators understand the importance of good grammar. If you are lacking in basic grammar skills, this Grammar Skills study guide will teach you what you missed. CBT Planet carries a wide selection of computer training books as well as books aimed at improving your business skills.

By following the Grammar Skills courseware, you will learn how to use grammar effectively. You'll learn how to write effective sentences, how to identify sentence elements, how to use phrases and clauses, and you will understand sentence classifications.

This study guide takes the mystery out of grammar and teaches you the basics so that you can excel in your written communications.

The Grammar Skills courseware is broken down into nine, effective units. You'll learn the basics of sentence structures and how to use punctuation marks correctly. Exercises and review questions help reinforce your learning. You can use the manual on your own as a self-directed course, or use it to enhance your grammar skills while taking additional courses.

After completing the course, keep the manual nearby to refer to whenever you need a little extra grammar help. By improving your grammar and polishing your writing skills, you will become a more effective communicator.

Course Objectives

You will learn what grammar is and why it is important as well as how to correctly use different forms of nouns and verbs. You'll understand the roles of pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs and know how to use prepositional phrases, conjunctions, and interjections.

You'll learn how to improve your sentence structure by eliminating fragments and avoiding run-on sentences. You'll also learn how to write in active voice and avoid split infinitives.

Other topics include punctuation with an emphasis on the proper use of commas, parentheses, quotation marks, apostrophes, and other punctuation marks. You'll learn capitalization rules and the guidelines used when spelling out numbers and dates.

Course Contents

Unit 1 covers the importance of grammar

• Grammar skills
• Nouns and verbs

Unit 2 discusses pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs

• Pronouns
• Adjectives and adverbs

Unit 3 goes over prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections

• Prepositions
• Conjunctions
• Interjections

Unit 4 covers effective sentences

• Sentence formations
• Phrases and clauses
• Sentence classifications

Unit 5 covers agreement rules

• Subject and verb agreement
• Parallel sentence structures

Unit 6 talks about improving sentence structure

• Fragmented sentences
• Run-on sentences
• Active versus passive voice
• Split infinitives

Unit 7 covers word choice

• The importance of word choice
• Misused words
• Spelling errors
• Prefixes and suffixes

Unit 8 covers punctuation and mechanics

• Punctuation to separate clauses
• Parentheses and apostrophes
• Quotation marks and numbers
• Capitalization rules

Unit 9 covers synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms

• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Homonyms