ADVANCED GRAMMAR

1. Problems in sentences with one subject and verb Skill 1 Be sure that sentences have a subject and a verb Skill 2 Be careful of objects of preposition Skill 3 Be careful of appositives 1 Skill 4 Be careful of present participles Skill 5 Be careful of past participles 2. Problems in sentences with more than one subject and verb 2 Skill 6 Use sentence connectors correctly (pattern 1) Skill 7 Use sentence connectors correctly (pattern 2) 3 Skill 8 Use sentence connectors correctly (pattern 3) Skill 9 Use sentence connectors correctly (pattern 4) Skill 10 Use sentence connectors correctly (pattern 5) 3. Problems with inverted subjects and verbs 4 Skill 11 Invert the subject and verb with question words Skill 12 Invert the subject and verb after place expression Skill 13 Invert the subject and verb after negatives 4. Problems with subject/verb agreement 5 Skill 14 Make verbs agree after prepositional phrases Skill 15 Make inverted verbs agree Skill 16 Make verbs agree after certain words 5. Problems with the comparative and superlative 6 Skill 17 Form of the comparative and superlative correctly Skill 18 Use the comparative and superlative correctly 6. Problem with parallel structure 7 Skill 19 Use parallel structure with coordinate conjunctions Skill 20 Use parallel structure with comparisons Skill 21 Use parallel structure with coordinate special expressions 7. Problems with nouns 8 Skill 30 Use the correct singular or plural nouns Skill 31 Distinguish countable and uncountable nouns Skill 32 Distinguish the person-noun from the thing noun 8. Problems with pronouns 9 Skill 33 Distinguish subject and object pronouns

Skill 34 Distinguish possessive and adjective pronouns Skill 35 Check pronoun reference after agreement 9. Problems with adjectives and adverbs 10 Skill 36 Use the basic adjectives and adverbs correctly Skill 37 Use the adjective after linking verbs Skill 38 Position adjectives and adverbs correctly Skill 39 Use ed and ing adjectives correctly 10. Problems with articles 11 Skill 40 Use articles with singular nouns Skill 41 Distinguish a and an Skill 42 Make article agree with nouns Skill 43 Distinguish specific and general ideas