12: Grammar Last updated Save as PDF Page ID 20701 Athena Kashyap & Erika Dyquisto City College of San Francisco via ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative 12.1: Grammar Introduction This page articulates the key objectives for the chapter. 12.2: Spelling This page covers spelling rules for common spelling mistakes. 12.3: Word Order and Sentence Structure This page cover basic sentence structure in English. 12.4: Questions and Negative Statements This page covers sentence structure with regard to negative statements and questions, both of which can be tricky. 12.5: Word Form This page covers word form, including prefixes and -- especially -- suffixes, which indicate part of speech. 12.6: Verbs and Verb Tense This page covers the basics and the tricky points of verbs and verb tense. 12.7: Modal Auxiliaries 12.8: Other Verb-Like Words and Their Functions This page covers verbals and gerunds. 12.9: Count-Noncount (Collective) Nouns This page covers count and noncount (collective) nouns -- which many times are something that ELL writers need to work on. It affects a number of other grammar issues. 12.10: Articles This page covers articles. It is best to cover count/noncount nouns before learning articles. 12.11: Pronouns This page covers pronouns and pronoun reference. 12.12: Apostrophes- Posession and Contractions This page covers the confusing topic of apostrophes with possessives and contractions. 12.13: Subject-Verb Agreement This page covers the tricky points of subject-verb agreement, such as compound subjects. 12.14: Adjectives and Adverbs This page explains adjectives and adverbs. 12.15: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases This page explains the construction and usage of prepositional phrases. 12.16: Commas This page covers all things comma. 12.17: Semicolons, Colons, Question Marks, and Exclamation Marks This page covers some of the less-used punctuation marks. 12.18: Clause Joining and Punctuation This page covers punctuating when you join clauses and descriptive phrases together. 12.19: Extra Punctuation Practice This page provides some additional punctuation practice. 12.20: Run-On Sentences and Fragments This page provides practice identifying and fixing run-on sentences and fragments. 12.21: Grammatical Parallelism This page explains grammatical parallelism. 12.22: Standard American English Practice Exercises 12.23: Extra Grammar Practice with Verbs Extra verb practice. Thumbnail: pixabay.com/photos/grammar-m...-glass-389907/