Karen Peterson: ESL4Everyone
Grammar
Our two goals for grammar are
1) to look at your individual problems and
2) adding sophisticated grammar structures to your writing.
Individual Problems
Students often can’t identify their individual problems and when I ask students what their individual problems are in the grammar of their writing, they often tell me problems that are not an issue or not the main issue. After reading your own writing, I will identify your problems and then show you how to edit for those problems. If you have writing you want me to look at, please chat with me or register as a member.
Sentence Types.
In order to understand the first 3 major individual problems, you need to first understand what a sentence is so let's look at the 4 types of sentences. Click on this link for sentence types.
Common Individual Problems: Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices
Fragments
Which one of these is a complete sentence?
1 The people that make these structures they are impressive.
2.In the world are a lot of amazing places.
3.Is one of the most beautiful places in the world.
4.I want to go there because is one of the most beautiful places in the world.
5. There are several people study English.
6.I think that they crazy.
7.I would love to visit the Pyramids. Because they are one of the most impressive structures that man has built.
8.I think that every country has its own unique places that are beautiful.
In this lesson, we will learn the 5 types of fragments and learn how to identify and edit our own fragments. Please click on this link to learn more and for the answers.
Run-ons and Comma Splices
Let’s look at a few sentences and you tell me if there are any problems:
Sentence 1: I went to McDonald's today and the people in the car in front of me paid for my food but I didn’t know them.
Sentence 2: The simplest act of kindness doesn’t take much time the impact can last for a long time.
Sentence 3: That was a true story, I still can’t believe that it really happened.
In this lesson, we will look at two of the biggest grammatical problems in written English: run-ons and comma splices. Please click on this link to learn more and for the answers.