English grammar explained in plain language simple enough to be understood.
The word it’s is a contraction. When we push together the words it is, an apostrophe replaces the letter i; it is becomes it’s. I can see it is getting cloudy. I can see it’s getting cloudy.Billy has a kite,… Read more369. It’s vs. Its
Section A: Find the word or words in each sentence that should be capitalized.1. We celebrated memorial day last month.2. The kids like to dress up in costumes on halloween.3. We like to eat turkey and stuffing on thanksgiving day…. Read more360. Practice With Capitalization
The prepositional phrase can be an important part of your writing. Use the prepositional phrase to add information and interest to your sentences. Because a preposition tells the position of something or someone, prepositions can help your writing to be… Read more354. Highlight on Writing – The Prepositional Phrase
Prepositions are words that show position. Some prepositions are actually two or three words used together. These multi-word prepositions act as a single preposition to begin a prepositional phrase. The prepositional phrase always ends with an object of the preposition…. Read more344. Multi-Word Prepositions
Section A: Write a comparative or superlative adjective for each blank.1. Chocolate ice cream is good, but Bill thinks strawberry is _________.2. I ate less than Martha, but Sara ate the _______ of all.3. This red licorice tastes bad, but… Read more290. Practice with Adjectives and Participles
A participle looks like a verb and acts like an adjective. Words with an -ing ending are often verbs. The boy is swimming. The baby is crying. Swimming and crying are verbs that show show action. But we can also… Read more288. Participles as Adjectives
An adjective goes right in front of a noun to describe the noun. A proper adjective is a describing word that gets made from a proper noun. We always capitalize a proper adjective. These proper nouns are the names of… Read more278. Proper Adjectives
Section A: Find the collective noun in each sentence.1. I brought a cake to serve to the group.2. Our Boy Scout troop is going on a campout.3. The herd of cattle is clustered near the fence.4. I went to school… Read more265. Practice With Collective Nouns
We’ve been practicing writing complex sentences, and we’ve talked about beginning complex sentences two different ways: with a subordinate clause or with an independent clause. It’s helpful to learn how to write sentences in different ways so that our writing… Read more229. Highlight on Writing: Using Varied Sentence Structure
We talked yesterday about a grammar error called a comma splice. It is a mistake to use a comma between two simple sentences. Each simple sentence is a complete thought and must end with a period. Comma splice error (run-on… Read more209. Use Comma and FANBOYS to Avoid a Run-On Sentence