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| Grammar Skills |
| Course Number: AP0308 |
| Category: Business Skills |
| Duration: 1.00 day |
Description
Students of this course learn how to use grammar effectively within their organizations. Students will learn to write effective sentences by identifying sentence elements, correctly using phrases and clauses, and understanding sentence classifications. The open, modular-style manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom, and is filled with interactive exercises that will allow students to explore the intricacies of Grammar Skills.
Outline
- Unit 1: The importance of grammar
- Topic A: Grammar skills
- Topic B: Nouns and verbs
- Unit 2: Pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs
- Topic A: Pronouns
- Topic B: Adjectives and adverbs
- Unit 3: Prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections
- Topic A: Prepositions
- Topic B: Conjunctions
- Topic C: Interjections
- Unit 4: Effective sentences
- Topic A: Sentence formation
- Topic B: Phrases and clauses
- Topic C: Sentence classifications
- Unit 5: Agreement rules
- Topic A: Subject and verb agreement
- Topic B: Parallel sentence structure
- Unit 6: Improving sentence structure
- Topic A: Sentence fragments
- Topic B: Run-on sentences
- Topic C: Active and passive voice
- Topic D: Split infinitives
- Unit 7: Word choice
- Topic A: The importance of word choice
- Topic B: Misused words
- Topic C: Spelling errors
- Topic D: Prefixes and suffixes
- Unit 8: Punctuation and mechanics
- Topic A: Punctuation to separate clauses
- Topic B: Parentheses and apostrophes
- Topic C: Quotation marks and numbers
- Topic D: Capitalization rules
- Unit 9: Synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms
- Topic A: Synonyms and antonyms
- Topic B: Homonyms