Punctuation and Grammar 101

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16

Lessons
31

Exams &
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11

Hours
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1.1

CEUs
4,306

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Course Description

Do you need a refresher course in basic punctuation and grammar? Is your business writing, school writing or personal writing a disaster and you're tired of stressing over mistakes? Improper grammar and punctuation is a sign for some people, right or wrong, that you may be less educated or less intelligent.

Your writing reflects more about your personality than you realize: it reflects your attention to detail, your education and how you think. Even the most basic writing -- like thank-you notes and emails -- can be sabotaged by just one grammatical error. In the business world, this can give clients the impression that you aren't careful. If your work is as sloppy as your writing, you aren't the person they want to hire or promote.

This self-paced course will help you learn what you need to polish your grammar and punctuation skills. Punctuation and Grammar 101 is divided into two subjects which focus on grammar and punctuation topics. At the end of each lesson will be a brief quiz and/or assignment based on the lesson material. Your knowledgeable and caring instructor will review and grade all work and you can ask questions anytime.

Isn't it time to finally master the critical writing skills of grammar and punctuation?

So join us today. As always, you can attend this course at the times that fit your schedule. Our system requires no special software or hardware, so why not enroll today and become informed and inspired?

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6 Months to Complete
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Course Lessons

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Introduction to Grammar Section

Introduction to this course. Grammar topics will be discussed in lessons 1-7. 1 Total Points

Lesson 1 Video
Take Poll: Rate Your Grammar Skills
Complete Assignment: Introductions

Subject and Predicate

This lesson defines what a subject and predicate is and when to use singular or plural verbs. 31 Total Points

Lesson 2 Video
Review 4 Practice Worksheets
Review Article: Identifying the Subject and Predicate Exercise
Complete: Lesson 2 Exercise: Subject Verb Agreement
Complete: Lesson 2 Exercise: Subject and Predicate Agreement
Complete: Lesson 2 Exam

Nouns and Pronouns

This lesson defines nouns and the different forms of pronouns. 46 Total Points

Lesson 3 Video
Review 5 Practice Worksheets
Review 2 Articles: Pronoun Central; Pronoun Exercises
Complete: Lesson 3 Exercise: Pronoun Use
Complete: Lesson 3 Exercise: Using the Correct Pronoun
Complete: Lesson 3 Exercise: Pronoun Substitution
Complete: Lesson 3 Exercise: Find the Subject Noun
Complete: Lesson 3 Exam

Verb Tenses

This lesson discusses the three main tenses of verbs and their sub-categories. 32 Total Points

Lesson 4 Video
Review 10 Practice Worksheets
Review Article: Verb Tense Exercises
Complete: Lesson 4 Exercise: Find the Verb
Complete: Lesson 4 Exercise: Simple Present Verb Tenses
Complete: Lesson 4 Exam

Common Irregular Verbs

This is a list of some of the most common irregular verbs and their tenses. 10 Total Points

Lesson 5 Video
Review 9 Practice Worksheets
Review 4 Articles: Grammar Exercises for Irregular Verbs; Irregular verb list- 4 forms; Irregular verbs list- different forms; Extensive List of Irregular Verbs
Complete: Lesson 5 Exercise: Irregular Verbs

Adjectives and Adverbs

This lesson defines what adjectives and adverbs are and the different degrees of each. 40 Total Points

Lesson 6 Video
Review 5 Practice Worksheets
Review Article: Adjective and Adverb exercises
Complete: Lesson 6 Exercise: Identifying Adjectives and Adverbs
Complete: Lesson 6 Exercise: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Complete: Lesson 6 Exam

Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

This lesson gives examples of how prepositions are used and a list of the most common prepositions. 34 Total Points

Lesson 7 Video
Review Practice Worksheet: optional-WordSearch-Activity-7097.pdf
Complete: Lesson 7 Exercise: Identify the Preposition
Complete: Lesson 7 Exam

The Clause

This lesson defines clauses and the difference between a subordinate and an independent clause. 12 Total Points

Lesson 8 Video
Review 2 Articles: Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses; Subordinate Clause
Complete: Lesson 8 Exam

Introduction to Punctuation Section

Topics on Punctuation will be displayed in lessons 9-15. 2 Total Points

Lesson 9 Video
Review Article: Punctuation
Take Poll: Rate Your Punctuation Skills
Complete Assignment: Your Current Punctuation Skills

Periods and Other End Stops

This lesson describes the different kinds of end stops (period, question mark, exclamation point) to put on a sentence and how and when to use periods in abbreviations. 20 Total Points

Lesson 10 Video
Review 2 Practice Worksheets
Review 2 Articles: Periods and Other End Stops; The Proper Use Of The Period And Other End Marks
Complete: Lesson 10 Exercise: Sentence Punctuation
Complete: Lesson 10 Exam

Commas

This lesson explains how and when to use commas and when to put them in clauses and phrases. 24 Total Points

Lesson 11 Video
Review Practice Worksheet: optional-Grammar_Punctuation_Wk_4.pdf
Review 3 Articles: Comma Review; Comma Use Exercise; Commas vs. Semicolons Worksheet
Complete: Lesson 11 Exercise: Comma Usage
Complete: Lesson 11 Exam

Apostrophes

This lesson explains the proper use of apostrophes and how to make a word possessive, individual or joint. 22 Total Points

Lesson 12 Video
Review 2 Articles: Additional examples on Apostrophes; The Apostrophe
Complete: Lesson 12 Exercise: Using Apostrophes
Complete: Lesson 12 Exam

Colons and Semicolons

This lesson describes how to properly use colons and semicolons in a sentence. 9 Total Points

Lesson 13 Video
Complete: Lesson 13 Exam

Hyphens

This lesson describes the proper use of hyphens in words. 20 Total Points

Lesson 14 Video
Review 2 Articles: Hyphens; How to Use Hyphens in Your Writing
Complete: Lesson 14 Exercise: Hyphen Usage
Complete: Lesson 14 Exam

Quotation Marks

This lesson describes the correct usage of quotation marks for dialogue, quotations, and titles. 8 Total Points

Lesson 15 Video
Review 4 Practice Worksheets
Review Article: Exercise 7: Quotation Marks
Complete: Lesson 15 Exam

Additional Writing Resources

This lesson has additional writing resources for your review. 98 Total Points

Lesson 16 Video
Take Poll: Course Completion Poll: Your Thoughts
Take Survey: Final Course Survey
Take Survey: Program Evaluation Follow-up Survey (End of Course)
Complete: FINAL EXAM

409

Total Course Points

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:

Define, recognize, and correctly use the subject and predicate.
Define, recognize, and correctly use nouns and pronouns.
Define, recognize, and correctly use verb tenses.
Identify common irregular verbs.
Define, recognize, and correctly use adjectives and adverbs.
Define, recognize, and correctly use prepositions and prepositional phrases.
Identify the clause.
Define, recognize, and correctly use periods, commas, apostrophes, colons, semicolons, hyphens, question marks, and quotation marks, and
Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.

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Course Title: Punctuation and Grammar 101

Course Number: 7550404

Languages: English - United States, Canada and other English speaking countries

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UniversalClass.com > Writing Help > Writing Improvement

Course Type: General Education (Self-Paced, Online Class)

CEU Value: 1.1 IACET CEUs (Continuing Education Units)

CE Accreditation: Universal Class, Inc. has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).

Grading Policy: Earn a final grade of 70% or higher to receive an online/downloadable CEU Certification documenting CEUs earned.

Assessment Method: Lesson assignments and review exams

Instructor: Daphnee St.Val

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Student Testimonials

"Great instructor!" -- Kari U.
"I found the whole course very helpful. I wanted to ease myself back into taking classes since I hadn't taken any for over ten years and since I want to work my way towards an editing or proofreading type of job, I thought I'd start with this course. The course was fantastic. It helped me get brushed up on grammar and punctuation." -- Mary S.
"All was helpful!" -- Catherine D. H.
"I really learned a lot in this course! I appreciated the additional audio version to the text lessons. The additional Netlinks, materials and book recommendations were also very helpful. The instructor is very friendly, supportive and competent. Her corrections came always back in a good time span. I really liked to work with her." -- Jennifer M.
"The overall course was very helpful." -- Michele R.
"The lessons on punctuation were most helpful to me." -- Catherine M.
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