Sentence Resources Links
Adjectives & Adverbs | Verbs | Nouns | Spelling | Prepositions |
Sentence Structure | Pronouns | More
Adjectives and Adverbs
What's an Article and which do I use, when?
The Use and Non-Use of Articles
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Link includes chart for visual clarification and two exercises with answer keys.
When do I use "A" or "An" with a noun?
A
or An
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Link includes an exercise and answer key.
What's the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
Adjective or Adverb
(Purdue Online Writing
Center) Link includes exercises with answer keys.
Which Adjective do I use with count and non-count nouns?
Adjectives
With Count and Non Count Nouns
(Purdue Online Writing Center)
Nouns
When do I capitalize words?
A
Little Help with Capitals
(Purdue Online Writing Center)
What's the difference between a count noun and a non-count noun (mass nouns)?
Count
and Non Count Nouns (with plurals, articles and quantity words)
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Link offers visuals
to call attention between distinction of count/non-count nouns.
When do I use an article with a noun?
Count
and Non-Count Nouns with Articles
Link includes a chart for visual aid and an exercise with an answer key.
When do I spell out a number?
Writing
Numbers
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Link includes exercise and answer key.
Prepositions
What are Prepositions?
Prepositions of Direction:
To, On (to), In (to);
Prepositions of Time, of Place, of Location and to Introduce Objects;
Prepositions of Spatial Relationships.
Each of these Links from the Purdue Owl use graphics to illustrate points. The first two links also have exercises with answer keys.
Pronouns
What are pronouns and how do I use them?
Pronoun Case
(Purdue Online Writing
Center) Link provides charts for pronoun case, and outlines typical problems with pronoun use.
How do I make my pronouns agree?
Using
Pronouns Clearly
(Purdue Online Writing Center)
Verbs
What are active and passive verbs?
Active
Verb Tenses
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Link provides visual illustration of concepts.
Passive Verb Tenses
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Link provides visual illustration of concepts.
What are the different verb tenses and when do I use them?
Verb Tenses, a Chart of Tenses and Sequence of Verb Tenses
(Purdue Online Writing Center)
Why does my verb tense need to be consistent?
Verb
Tense Consistency
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Link includes exercise
with answer key.
What are irregular verbs?
Irregular
verbs
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Link provides visual illustration of concepts.
How do I use Helping Verbs?
Verbs with Helpers
(Purdue Online Writing
Center)
What's the difference between a gerund and a participle?
(Purdue Online Writing
Center)
Spelling and Word Usage
How do I decide between words that sound alike?
Common
Words that Sound Alike
(Purdue Online Writing Center)
When do I use "ie" rather than "ei"?
Spelling
IE/EI
(Purdue Online Writing Center)
What plural ending do I use?
Spelling:
Noun Plurals
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Link uses chart to illustrate ideas.
How do I know when to use "able" versus "ible"?
Able
and Ible Words
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Link uses chart to illustrate idea.
Sentence Structure
What are the basics for sentence structure?
Sentence Structure by Bob Leroy
What is an appositive?
Appositives
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Link provides exercise and answer key.
What's a Dangling Modifier?
Dangling
Modifiers
(Purdue Online Writing Center)
What are clauses?
Dependent
and Independent Clauses
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Link defines types of clauses and shows how to punctuate when using
them.
How do I make my subjects agree with my verbs?
Making Subjects and Verbs Agree
(Purdue Online Writing
Center)
What is parallel Sentence Structure?
Parallel
Sentence Structure
(Purdue Online Writing Center)
How do I avoid run-on sentences?
Run-ons,
Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences
(Purdue Online Writing Center)
What are sentence fragments and how do I eliminate them?
Sentence
Fragments
(Purdue Online Writing Center)Link includes three exercises with answer keys.
How do I make my sentences clear and concise?
Strategies
for Improving Sentence Clarity
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Link discusses pronoun clarity, active verbs, clause placement,
parallelism, wordiness.
How do I avoid wordiness?
Conciseness
(Purdue Online Writing Center)
This page suggests a variety of ways to condense wordy sentences.
How do I emphasize ideas in my sentences?
Adding
Emphasis
(Purdue Online Writing Center) This page suggests
several way to highlight ideas ranging from punctuation choices to use of
clauses and order of ideas.
How do I make my sentences and ideas more interesting to readers?
Sentence
Variety
(Purdue Online Writing Center) This page suggests ways
to eliminate monotony from your writing through varying sentence length &
style, as well as through variety in word choice. Discusses coordination and
subordination of ideas.
Also see: Metaphors
(Purdue Online Writing Center)
This link defines metaphors, gives examples and suggests ways that they may enliven your sentences.
How do I avoid sexist language?
Using
Non-Sexist Language
(Purdue Online Writing Center) This
page offers examples of sexist writing and alternatives to eliminate it.
For Additional Grammar and Punctuation Resources
Purdue
Online Writing Center
In addition to the handouts linked above,
Purdue's site offers a number of exercises and answer keys.
Grammar,
Mechanics and Usage
From Texas A&M University. Many of their
handouts have tutorials, which include an exercise and an answer key.
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