Learn English Grammar Step by Step

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Last updated 8/2023

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What you'll learn

Learn basic English grammar and write more confidently and competently.
Improve your knowledge of correct subject-verb agreement.
Know how to use the essential punctuation marks and proper capitalization.
Be able to employ appropriate word usage and correct spelling.

Course content

8 sections • 89 lectures • 5h 47m total length

Course Introduction6:42
This lecture provides a general introduction to the course and an overview of the curriculum.
FREE Course Companion Book0:02
This is a link to the free course companion book, with further explanations as well as more practice material with answers.

Unit 1: Introduction2:19
In our introduction to Unit 1, you will get an overview of the unit learning objective and an overview of the topics that will be explored in the lessons.
Unit 1, Lesson 1: The Complete Sentence6:55
In this lesson, you will learn what makes a complete sentence. The primary parts of a sentence are the subject, verb, and object. We will examine what each of these items is and how they work together to construct a well written sentence.
A Quick Note on Practices0:25
Practice 1.1: The Complete Sentence0:09
In this practice, you will get to apply what you learned in the unit up to this point. The topic for this practice is determining the subject, verb, and object in a sentence.
ANSWERS: Practice 1.1: The Complete Sentence0:09
These are the answers to Practice 1.1.
Unit 1, Lesson 2: Parts of Speech: Nouns6:02
In this lesson, you will begin to learn or review the parts of speech, beginning with the noun. Nouns can be people, places, things, or even ideas.
Unit 1, Lesson 3: Parts of Speech: Pronouns4:39
In this lesson, you will learn about pronouns. Pronouns can substitute for a noun in a sentence.
Unit 1, Lesson 4: Parts of Speech: Adjectives6:02
Practice 1.2: Parts of Speech 10:38
ANSWERS: Practice 1.2: Parts of Speech 10:36
Unit 1, Lesson 5: Parts of Speech: Adverbs7:44
This lesson will examine adverbs, which describe how the action in a sentence is done. In other words, they describe verbs.
Unit 1, Lesson 5b: Confusing Adjectives and Adverbs4:40
Unit 1, Lesson 6: Parts of Speech: Prepositions7:57
Unit 1, Lesson 7: Parts of Speech: Conjunctions7:45
Unit 1, Lesson 8: Parts of Speech: Interjections4:52
Practice 1.3: Parts of Speech 20:31
ANSWERS: Practice 1.3: Parts of Speech 20:33
The Elements of the Complete Sentence

Unit 2: Introduction3:44
Unit 2, Lesson 1: Point of View5:49
Unit 2, Lesson 2: Making Subjects and Verbs Agree4:37
Unit 2, Lesson 3: Mistakes Due to Confusing Clauses7:20
Practice 2.1: Subject-Verb Agreement0:30
ANSWERS: Practice 2.1: Subject-Verb Agreement0:32
Unit 2, Lesson 4: Mistakes Due to Prepositional Phrases6:18
Unit 2, Lesson 5: "Don't" versus "Doesn't"4:46
Unit 2, Lesson 6: "Each" / "Every" / "Either" / "Neither"5:06
Supplement: The Principal Parts of Verbs1:45
Practice 2.2: Subject-Verb Agreement 20:21
ANSWERS: Practice 2.2: Subject-Verb Agreement 20:26
Subject-Verb Agreement

Unit 3: Introduction2:12
Unit 3, Lesson 1: The Comma: Separating Items in a Series5:58
Unit 3, Lesson 2: The Comma: Following Introductory Elements6:36
Unit 3, Lesson 3: The Comma: Between Independent Clauses6:27
Unit 3, Lesson 4: The Comma: With Nonessential Clauses6:44
Unit 3, Lesson 5: The Comma: With Dates and Geographical Names6:36
Unit 3, Lesson 6: The Comma: With Direct Address5:17
Unit 3, Lesson 7: The Comma Splice5:01
Unit 3, Lesson 8: The Semicolon: Separating Items in a Series5:31
Unit 3, Lesson 9: The Semicolon: Before Certain Conjunctions5:38
Practice 3.1: Commas0:26
ANSWERS: Practice 3.1: Commas0:24
Unit 3, Lesson 10: The Hyphen7:12
Unit 3, Lesson 11: The Dash6:02
Unit 3, Lesson 12: Quotation Marks: Direct Quotations8:34
Unit 3, Lesson 12B: Quotation Marks: Direct versus Indirect Speech3:30
Unit 3, Lesson 13: Quotation Marks with Titles8:22
Supplement: Quotation Marks versus Italics with Titles of Artistic Works0:05
Unit 3, Lesson 14: Quotation Marks: Words Used in a Special Sense6:38
Practice 3.2: Hyphens and Quotation Marks0:23
ANSWERS: Practice 3.2: Hyphens and Quotation Marks0:22
Quiz 3: Punctuation

Unit 4: Introduction3:43
Unit 4, Lesson 1: Proper Names: People and Titles7:38
Unit 4, Lesson 2: Proper Names: Buildings and Streets6:33
Unit 4, Lesson 3: Proper Names: Cities, States, Countries, and Continents4:54
Unit 4, Lesson 4: Proper Names: Languages and Religions6:33
Unit 4, Lesson 5: Proper Names: Political Parties and Historical Documents4:10
Unit 4, Lesson 6: Proper Names: Days of the Week and Months of the Year3:32
Practice 4.1: Capitalization 10:19
ANSWERS: Practice 4.1: Capitalization 10:20
Unit 4, Lesson 7: Proper Names: Literary and Artistic Works7:26
Unit 4, Lesson 8: Proper Names: Wars and Historical Periods7:17
Unit 4, Lesson 9: Letters in Acronyms4:56
Practice 4.2: Capitalization 20:22
ANSWERS: Practice 4.2: Capitalization 20:23
Quiz 4: Capitalization

Unit 5: Introduction3:11
Unit 5, Lesson 1: “that” / “who”3:27
Unit 5, Lesson 2: “their” / “there” / “they’re”4:26
Unit 5, Lesson 3: “your” / “you’re”4:20
Unit 5, Lesson 4: “whose” / “who’s”2:58
Unit 5, Lesson 5: “its” / “it’s”4:45
Practice 5.1: Word Choice 10:26
ANSWERS: Practice 5.1: Word Choice 10:26
Unit 5, Lesson 6: “less” / “fewer”5:58
Unit 5, Lesson 7: “accept” / “except”6:16
Unit 5, Lesson 8: “affect” / “effect”5:08
Unit 5, Lesson 9: “lose” / “loose”4:35
Unit 5, Lesson 10: “to” / “two” / “too”7:31
Practice 5.2: Word Choice 20:25
ANSWERS: Practice 5.2: Word Choice 20:22
Quiz 5: Word Usage

Requirements

Before starting this course, students should already be proficient speakers of English.

Description

Welcome to your first step in how to learn English grammar!

Avoid writing mistakes by learning subject-verb agreement, punctuation, capitalization, word choice, and spelling.

You can improve your English grammar in just three weeks.

It's true. If you listen to these lessons carefully and complete the English grammar practice opportunities in the videos, you could begin to write English better.

Learn English grammar and how to become a better writer. Be more successful in your classes at school or your daily communications at work or in daily life. We will start from the very beginning, with learning the foundations of the English written language.

We will specifically focus on:

The essential elements of a complete sentence
Correct subject-verb agreement
The essential punctuation marks
The proper use of capitalization
Proper word choice
Correct spelling

This English grammar guide is ideal for you if you are:

A student in need of quickly and efficiently improving your writing for better success in school
A worker, manager, or even the owner of a company who is in need of writing better memos, letters, blog posts, and emails without embarrassing writing mistakes
Learning English as an additional language and need to strengthen your grammar to improve your writing skills
Just wanting a painless way to brush up on your basic grammar rules to be more confident in your daily communications

Get started today and learn English grammar and see yourself become a better writer!

Who this course is for:

This course is targeted to students from grade 8 to older adults who need to learn English grammar step by step.

Learn English Grammar Step by Step

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Course content

Course Introduction and Curriculum Overview2 lectures • 7min

Unit 1: The Elements of the Complete Sentence17 lectures • 1hr 2min

Unit 2: Subject-Verb Agreement12 lectures • 41min

Unit 3: Punctuation21 lectures • 1hr 38min

Unit 4: Capitalization14 lectures • 58min

Unit 5: Word Usage15 lectures • 54min

Unit 6: Spelling7 lectures • 25min

Course Conclusion and Thank You1 lecture • 2min

Requirements

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