Grammar for Writers
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Module 1
Lesson 1.1: Introduction2 Steps -
Lesson 1.2: The Main Line2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 1.3: Subjects and Verbs2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 1.4: Objects and Complements2 Steps|2 Quizzes
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Lesson 1.5: The Five Clause Patterns2 Steps|2 Quizzes
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Lesson 1.6: Actors and Actions, Subjects and Verbs2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 1.7: What Is the Passive Voice?2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 1.8: When Is the Passive Useful?2 Steps|2 Quizzes
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Lesson 1.9: Nominalization2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 1.10: Strong Verbs, Precise Verbs2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 1.11: Keeping Verbs Close to Subjects2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 1.12: Compounds on the Main Line2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 1.13: Verb Tenses3 Steps|1 Quiz
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Module 2Lesson 2.1: Introduction2 Steps
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Lesson 2.2: Adjectives and Adverbs2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 2.3: What’s So Bad About Adverbs?2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 2.4: Prepositional Phrases I2 Steps
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Lesson 2.5: Prepositional Phrases II2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 2.6: Participles2 Steps
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Lesson 2.7: Participial Phrases2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 2.8: Infinitive Phrases2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 2.9: Subordinate Clauses2 Steps
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Lesson 2.10: Adjective Clauses2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 2.11: Adverb Clauses2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 2.12: More on Subordinate Clauses2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 2.13: Misplaced Modifiers2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 2.14: Conclusion2 Steps
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Module 3Lesson 3.1: Introduction2 Steps
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Lesson 3.2: Noun Clauses2 Steps|2 Quizzes
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Lesson 3.3: Gerunds and Infinitives2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 3.4: Appositives2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 3.5: Essential and Non-Essential Elements2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 3.6: Review2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Module 4Lesson 4.1: Introduction2 Steps
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Lesson 4.2: Subject-Verb Agreement2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 4.3: Pronouns and Antecedents2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 4.4: Connecting Clauses2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 4.5: Connecting Clauses (Part 2)2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 4.6: Parallelism2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 4.7: Nominative Absolutes2 Steps|1 Quiz
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Lesson 4.8: Course Wrap-Up2 Steps
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Question 1 of 11
1. Question
Mike leaned forward on the rail that separated the porch from the descending hillside.
What is the “main line” of this sentence? In other words, what is the main action, without any modifiers? Who did what?
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Question 2 of 11
2. Question
He makes his slow, gloating trot around the misshapen diamond squeezed into the backyard.
What is the “main line” of this sentence? In other words, what is the main action, without any modifiers? Who did what?
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Question 3 of 11
3. Question
My family moved to Phoenix from Chicago when I was seven.
What is the “main line” of this sentence? In other words, what is the main action, without any modifiers? Who did what?
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Question 4 of 11
4. Question
The truck has been sitting in my driveway for months.
What is the “main line” of this sentence? In other words, what is the main action, without any modifiers? Who did what?
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Question 5 of 11
5. Question
Going west, my family traded tornados for tumbleweeds and the occasional aftershock of an earthquake.
What is the “main line” of this sentence? In other words, what is the main action, without any modifiers? Who did what?
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Question 6 of 11
6. Question
They had not touched the bird feeder I hung two weeks ago.
What is the “main line” of this sentence? In other words, what is the main action, without any modifiers? Who did what?
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Question 7 of 11
7. Question
As the mists of my dullness gradually cleared, the truth broke with a light that pierces to this day.
What is the “main line” of this sentence? In other words, what is the main action, without any modifiers? Who did what?
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Question 8 of 11
8. Question
The worst water was in the middle of the channel, but that was also the safest place.
This sentence is a compound sentence. It has two independent (main) clauses. Identify the subject and verb for each of the two independent clauses.
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Question 9 of 11
9. Question
It was our third day out, and we had camped nearby, several miles from where our trip began.
This sentence is a compound sentence. It has two independent (main) clauses. Identify the subject and verb for each of the two independent clauses.
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Question 10 of 11
10. Question
Five of them bound together at their base where the stem holds them together, overlapping. An upside-down cup. Like the back of my grandmother’s hands, the delicate veins are visible. One thick purple line extending from base to tip with dozens of thinner ones stretching out from center to edges.
In that group of four “sentences,” only one is actually a sentence, with a subject and a verb. Which one is it?
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Question 11 of 11
11. Question
The two of us standing in her tiny kitchen with the avocado and pumpkin hued accents and stained Tupperware cups that made me squeamish every time I had to drink from one.
What is the main line (subject, verb, and object(s) or complement) of this sentence?
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