ESL | Studying | Spelling | Grammar/Parts of Speech | Writing
Writing, Grammar, and ESL Handouts
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- Common prefixes, roots, and suffixes
- Forming the plural of nouns
- 150 words most often misspelled
- Spelling rules
- Spelling tips
General
Pronouns
- Noun and pronoun agreement
- Objects: direct and indirect
- Pronoun agreement
- Pronoun case
- Pronoun reference
- Relative pronouns
Punctuation
- Capitalization
- Comma usage
- How to punctuate quoted material
- Punctuation of clauses
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Punctuation reference
Sentences
- Clauses: independent, dependent, adjective, adverbial
- Comma splices
- Conjunctions: coordination/subordination
- Dangling modifiers
- Parallel structure
- Run-ons
- Sentence fragments
- Sentence types
- Parts of a sentence
Verbs
- Conjugation of the verb "TO BE"
- Main verbs, helping verbs + reference chart
- Subject-verb agreement
- Subject-verb rules
- Verb tenses
- Verbs: transitive, intransitive
- Verbals
Miscellaneous
General
Documentation
- Annotating a bibliography
- APA style bibliography format
- MLA style bibliography format
- Quoting material: using elipses (...)
- Quoting material: excerpts from a literary paper
Essay
- A 7-step writing formula
- Beginnings: a dozen suggestions
- Eliminating wordiness
- Endings: a dozen suggestions
- Essay: the argumentative theme
- Essay: cause and effect
- Essay: comparison and contrast
- Essay: the descriptive theme
- Essay: the expository theme
- Essay: prewriting
- Essay: a checklist
- Paragraphs: introductory and concluding
- How to write a research paper
- The thesis statement
- Transitions
Outline
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ESL | Studying | Spelling | Grammar/Parts of Speech | Writing
