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ALPHA UNIT-Sentences

Is it a sentence or not?
Parts of a Sentence
Simple Subject
Subjects
Subject/Predicate
Simple Predicate
Finding the Verb
Main and Helping Verbs
Compound Subjects and Compound Verbs
Four Kinds of Sentences-Part 1
Four Kinds of Sentences-Part 2
Understood Subjects
Subjects in Unusual Order
Questions, Exclamations and Commands

BETA UNIT-Nouns

Singular and Plural Nouns
Common and Proper Nouns
Nouns used as Subjects
Capital Letters
Direct Objects
Indirect Objects
Predicate Nouns
Apostrophes with Possessive Nouns
Apostrophes
Possessive Nouns
Revising Sentences with Nouns

CHI UNIT-Pronouns

Identifying Pronouns-Part 1
Identifying Pronouns-Part 2
Subject Pronouns
Subject and Predicate Pronouns
Object Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns and Contractions
Pronoun Antecedents
Indefinite Pronouns
Using Pronouns-Part 1
Using Pronouns-Part 2
Correct Pronoun Usage
Revising Sentences with Pronouns

DELTA UNIT-Verbs

Action Verbs-Part 1
Action Verbs-Part 2
Linking Verbs-Part 1
Linking Verbs-Part 2
Action or Linking Verb
Action Verbs vs. Linking Verbs
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Main/Helping Verbs
Verbs with Direct Objects
Verb Tenses
Verb Tenses-Part 2
Principal Parts of Verbs
Irregular Verbs-Part 1
Irregular Verbs-Part 2
Troublesome Verbs
Past Tenses of See, Do and Come
Past Tenses of Sit/Set and Lie/Lay
Past Tenses of Eat and Drink
Subject/Verb Agreement
Infinitives
Revising Sentences with Verbs

EPSILON UNIT-Adjectives

Adjectives-Part 1
Adjectives-Part 2
Identifying Adjectives
Predicate Adjectives 1
Predicate Adjectives 2
Articles
Possessive Adjectives
Possessive Pronouns Used as Adjectives
Comparative Adjectives
Demonstrative Adjectives or Pronouns?
Using Comparatives Correctly
Expanding Sentences with Adjectives

GAMMA UNIT-Adverbs

Adverbs
Writing with Adverbs
Comparative Adverbs
Adjective or Adverb?
Using Negative Words
Expanding Sentences with Adverbs

IOTA UNIT-Prepositions

Identifying Prepositions and Their Objects
Identifying Prepositional Phrases
Prepositional Phrases-Part 1
Prepositional Phrases-Part 2
Prepositions vs Adverbs
Using Prepositional Phrases
Expanding Sentences with Prepositions

KAPPA UNIT-Sentences-Advanced

Diagramming Sentences 1
Parts of Speech 1
Compound Subjects
Using Subjects and Verbs that Agree
Clauses
Who or Whom in Clauses
Noun Clauses
Compound Predicates
Simple and Compound Sentences
Simple, Compound, or Complex Sentences?
Avoiding Run-On Sentences
Sentence Fragments
Combining Sentences
Commas 1
Commas 2
Commas 3