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English Grammar
Grades 3–8: the parts of speech, sentences, punctuation, usage, and diagramming, in three levels
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What to cover
96 of 96 lessons are MUST COVER. They are tested on the unit tests and exams, or are skills the SAT/ACT relies on. OPTIONAL lessons are enrichment. Do them if time allows. The course is complete when the MUST COVER lessons are done.
Unit 1: Sentences
- MUST COVER 1.1 What Is a Sentence? · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 1.2 Four Kinds of Sentences · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 1.3 Subjects and Predicates · exam
- MUST COVER 1.4 Diagramming the Subject and the Verb · exam
Unit 2: Nouns
- MUST COVER 2.1 Common and Proper Nouns · exam
- MUST COVER 2.2 Making Nouns Plural · exam
- MUST COVER 2.3 Irregular Plurals · exam
- MUST COVER 2.4 Possessive Nouns · exam
Unit 3: Verbs
- MUST COVER 3.1 Action Verbs · exam
- MUST COVER 3.2 Helping Verbs and Verb Phrases · exam
- MUST COVER 3.3 Linking Verbs · exam
- MUST COVER 3.4 Past, Present and Future · exam
Unit 4: Pronouns and Adjectives
- MUST COVER 4.1 Personal Pronouns · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 4.2 Adjectives · exam
- MUST COVER 4.3 Articles · exam
- MUST COVER 4.4 Comparing with Adjectives · exam
Unit 5: Adverbs and Objects
- MUST COVER 5.1 Adverbs · exam
- MUST COVER 5.2 Direct Objects · exam
- MUST COVER 5.3 Subject and Object Pronouns · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 5.4 Irregular Verbs · exam
Unit 6: Prepositions
- MUST COVER 6.1 Prepositions · exam
- MUST COVER 6.2 Prepositional Phrases · exam
- MUST COVER 6.3 Object of the Preposition · exam
- MUST COVER 6.4 Diagramming Prepositional Phrases · exam
Unit 7: Conjunctions and Compound Parts
- MUST COVER 7.1 Conjunctions · exam
- MUST COVER 7.2 Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates · exam
- MUST COVER 7.3 Interjections and Commands · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 7.4 Compound Sentences · exam, SAT/ACT
Unit 8: Capitals, Punctuation and Usage
- MUST COVER 8.1 Capital Letters · exam
- MUST COVER 8.2 Commas · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 8.3 Contractions and Apostrophes · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 8.4 Words Often Confused · exam
Unit 9: Sentences Revisited
- MUST COVER 9.1 The Eight Parts of Speech · exam
- MUST COVER 9.2 Fragments and Run-ons · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 9.3 Simple and Compound Sentences · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 9.4 Diagramming Compound Sentences · exam, SAT/ACT
Unit 10: Nouns and Pronouns
- MUST COVER 10.1 Kinds of Nouns · exam
- MUST COVER 10.2 Pronouns and Antecedents · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 10.3 Pronoun Case · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 10.4 Other Kinds of Pronouns · exam, SAT/ACT
Unit 11: Verbs in Depth
- MUST COVER 11.1 The Principal Parts of Verbs · exam
- MUST COVER 11.2 Irregular Verbs · exam
- MUST COVER 11.3 The Perfect Tenses · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 11.4 Progressive Forms and Consistent Tense · exam, SAT/ACT
Unit 12: Subject–Verb Agreement
- MUST COVER 12.1 Agreement Basics · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 12.2 Agreement with Compound Subjects · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 12.3 Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 12.4 Tricky Subjects · exam
Unit 13: Complements
- MUST COVER 13.1 Direct Objects Reviewed · exam
- MUST COVER 13.2 Indirect Objects · exam
- MUST COVER 13.3 Predicate Nominatives · exam
- MUST COVER 13.4 Predicate Adjectives · exam
Unit 14: Modifiers
- MUST COVER 14.1 Adjective or Adverb? · exam
- MUST COVER 14.2 Degrees of Comparison · exam
- MUST COVER 14.3 Adjective and Adverb Phrases · exam
- MUST COVER 14.4 Using Modifiers Correctly · exam, SAT/ACT
Unit 15: Punctuation
- MUST COVER 15.1 Commas with Introductory Words, Direct Address and Appositives · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 15.2 Quotation Marks and Dialogue · exam
- MUST COVER 15.3 Titles · exam
- MUST COVER 15.4 Semicolons and Colons · exam, SAT/ACT
Unit 16: Usage and Conjunctions
- MUST COVER 16.1 Coordinating and Correlative Conjunctions · exam
- MUST COVER 16.2 Troublesome Verbs: lie and lay, sit and set, rise and raise · exam
- MUST COVER 16.3 Words Often Confused · exam
- MUST COVER 16.4 Capitalization in Depth · exam
Unit 17: Phrases
- MUST COVER 17.1 Phrases and Clauses · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 17.2 Participles and Participial Phrases · exam
- MUST COVER 17.3 Gerunds and Gerund Phrases · exam
- MUST COVER 17.4 Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases · exam
Unit 18: Clauses
- MUST COVER 18.1 Independent and Dependent Clauses · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 18.2 Adjective Clauses · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 18.3 Adverb Clauses · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 18.4 Noun Clauses · exam, SAT/ACT
Unit 19: The Four Sentence Structures
- MUST COVER 19.1 Simple and Compound Sentences Reviewed · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 19.2 Complex Sentences · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 19.3 Compound-Complex Sentences · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 19.4 Diagramming Long Sentences · exam, SAT/ACT
Unit 20: Verbs: Voice and Mood
- MUST COVER 20.1 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs; Objective Complements · exam
- MUST COVER 20.2 Active and Passive Voice · exam
- MUST COVER 20.3 Mood · exam
- MUST COVER 20.4 Shifts in Tense, Voice and Mood · exam, SAT/ACT
Unit 21: Pronouns in Depth
- MUST COVER 21.1 Who and Whom · exam
- MUST COVER 21.2 Pronouns in Comparisons and Compounds · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 21.3 Agreement with Indefinite and Collective Antecedents · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 21.4 Clear Pronoun Reference · exam, SAT/ACT
Unit 22: Modifiers
- MUST COVER 22.1 Misplaced Modifiers · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 22.2 Dangling Modifiers · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 22.3 Complete and Logical Comparisons · exam
- MUST COVER 22.4 Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Elements · exam
Unit 23: Punctuation Mastery
- MUST COVER 23.1 Comma Rules Reviewed · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 23.2 Semicolons and Colons · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 23.3 Dashes, Parentheses and Hyphens · exam
- MUST COVER 23.4 Quotations Within Quotations; Long Quotations · exam
Unit 24: Usage and Style
- MUST COVER 24.1 Words Often Confused I · exam
- MUST COVER 24.2 Words Often Confused II · exam
- MUST COVER 24.3 Parallel Structure · exam, SAT/ACT
- MUST COVER 24.4 Grammar and Good Writing · exam
36-week pacing calendar
From the course’s own 32-week pacing guide, with catch-up and review weeks added to fill a 36-week (180-day) year.
| Week | Plan | Done | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | Lesson 1.1 What Is a Sentence? Lesson 1.2 Four Kinds of Sentences Lesson 1.3 Subjects and Predicates | ||
| Wk 2 | Lesson 1.4 Diagramming the Subject and the Verb Lesson 2.1 Common and Proper Nouns Lesson 2.2 Making Nouns Plural | ||
| Wk 3 | Lesson 2.3 Irregular Plurals Lesson 2.4 Possessive Nouns Lesson 3.1 Action Verbs | ||
| Wk 4 | Lesson 3.2 Helping Verbs and Verb Phrases Lesson 3.3 Linking Verbs Lesson 3.4 Past, Present and Future | ||
| Wk 5 | Lesson 4.1 Personal Pronouns Lesson 4.2 Adjectives Lesson 4.3 Articles | ||
| Wk 6 | Lesson 4.4 Comparing with Adjectives Lesson 5.1 Adverbs Lesson 5.2 Direct Objects | ||
| Wk 7 | Lesson 5.3 Subject and Object Pronouns Lesson 5.4 Irregular Verbs Lesson 6.1 Prepositions | ||
| Wk 8 | Lesson 6.2 Prepositional Phrases Lesson 6.3 Object of the Preposition Lesson 6.4 Diagramming Prepositional Phrases | ||
| Wk 9 | Lesson 7.1 Conjunctions Lesson 7.2 Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates Lesson 7.3 Interjections and Commands | ||
| Wk 10 | Lesson 7.4 Compound Sentences Lesson 8.1 Capital Letters Lesson 8.2 Commas | ||
| Wk 11 | Lesson 8.3 Contractions and Apostrophes Lesson 8.4 Words Often Confused Lesson 9.1 The Eight Parts of Speech | ||
| Wk 12 | Lesson 9.2 Fragments and Run-ons Lesson 9.3 Simple and Compound Sentences Lesson 9.4 Diagramming Compound Sentences | ||
| Wk 13 | Lesson 10.1 Kinds of Nouns Lesson 10.2 Pronouns and Antecedents Lesson 10.3 Pronoun Case | ||
| Wk 14 | Lesson 10.4 Other Kinds of Pronouns Lesson 11.1 The Principal Parts of Verbs Lesson 11.2 Irregular Verbs | ||
| Wk 15 | Lesson 11.3 The Perfect Tenses Lesson 11.4 Progressive Forms and Consistent Tense Lesson 12.1 Agreement Basics | ||
| Wk 16 | Lesson 12.2 Agreement with Compound Subjects Lesson 12.3 Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects Lesson 12.4 Tricky Subjects | ||
| Wk 17 | Catch-up and review week (no new lessons) | ||
| Wk 18 | Lesson 13.1 Direct Objects Reviewed Lesson 13.2 Indirect Objects Lesson 13.3 Predicate Nominatives | ||
| Wk 19 | Lesson 13.4 Predicate Adjectives Lesson 14.1 Adjective or Adverb? Lesson 14.2 Degrees of Comparison | ||
| Wk 20 | Lesson 14.3 Adjective and Adverb Phrases Lesson 14.4 Using Modifiers Correctly Lesson 15.1 Commas with Introductory Words, Direct Address and Appositives | ||
| Wk 21 | Lesson 15.2 Quotation Marks and Dialogue Lesson 15.3 Titles Lesson 15.4 Semicolons and Colons | ||
| Wk 22 | Lesson 16.1 Coordinating and Correlative Conjunctions Lesson 16.2 Troublesome Verbs: lie and lay, sit and set, rise and raise Lesson 16.3 Words Often Confused | ||
| Wk 23 | Lesson 16.4 Capitalization in Depth Lesson 17.1 Phrases and Clauses Lesson 17.2 Participles and Participial Phrases | ||
| Wk 24 | Lesson 17.3 Gerunds and Gerund Phrases Lesson 17.4 Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases Lesson 18.1 Independent and Dependent Clauses | ||
| Wk 25 | Lesson 18.2 Adjective Clauses Lesson 18.3 Adverb Clauses Lesson 18.4 Noun Clauses | ||
| Wk 26 | Lesson 19.1 Simple and Compound Sentences Reviewed Lesson 19.2 Complex Sentences Lesson 19.3 Compound-Complex Sentences | ||
| Wk 27 | Lesson 19.4 Diagramming Long Sentences Lesson 20.1 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs; Objective Complements Lesson 20.2 Active and Passive Voice | ||
| Wk 28 | Lesson 20.3 Mood Lesson 20.4 Shifts in Tense, Voice and Mood Lesson 21.1 Who and Whom | ||
| Wk 29 | Lesson 21.2 Pronouns in Comparisons and Compounds Lesson 21.3 Agreement with Indefinite and Collective Antecedents Lesson 21.4 Clear Pronoun Reference | ||
| Wk 30 | Lesson 22.1 Misplaced Modifiers Lesson 22.2 Dangling Modifiers Lesson 22.3 Complete and Logical Comparisons | ||
| Wk 31 | Lesson 22.4 Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Elements Lesson 23.1 Comma Rules Reviewed Lesson 23.2 Semicolons and Colons | ||
| Wk 32 | Lesson 23.3 Dashes, Parentheses and Hyphens Lesson 23.4 Quotations Within Quotations; Long Quotations Lesson 24.1 Words Often Confused I | ||
| Wk 33 | Lesson 24.2 Words Often Confused II Lesson 24.3 Parallel Structure Lesson 24.4 Grammar and Good Writing | ||
| Wk 34 | Catch-up week: finish any MUST COVER lesson not yet done | ||
| Wk 35 | Catch-up week: finish any MUST COVER lesson not yet done | ||
| Wk 36 | Year-end review, portfolio and records |