Grammar

This series is designed for users who want to improve their grammar skills in a business setting. It examines sentence structure in detail, including parts of speech, subject/verb agreement, use of pronouns, and irregular verbs. Punctuation is discussed, including the proper use of apostrophes, quotation marks, capital letters, numbers, and abbreviations. Advanced topics include pronoun types, adjectives and adverbs, colons and semicolons, other punctuation, and modifiers.

Syllabus

FUNDAMENTAL SENTENCE STRUCTURES

Provides instruction and practice in basic business grammar skills for the area of sentence structures.

• Verbs and Subjects
• Prepositional Phrases
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Pronouns
• Irregular Verbs
• Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

PUNCTUATION

Provides an overview of the use of business grammar skills and how to use it to punctuate sentence structures.

• Apostrophes
• Quotations
• Capital Letters
• Numbers and Abbreviations

COMPLEX SENTENCE STRUCTURES

Provides an overview of the use of business grammar skills.

• Types of Sentence Fragments
• More Sentence Fragments
• Run-On Sentences
• Correcting Run-Ons
• Commas
• Faulty Parallelism

ADVANCED GRAMMAR

Provides an overview of advanced grammar and how to use pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, special punctuation, and modifiers.

• Pronoun Types
• Adjectives And Adverbs
• Colons and Semicolons
• More Special Punctuation Marks
• Misplaced And Dangling Modifiers

Qualifications

Qualification: Printable Transcript

On completion of this course you may print a transcript off as evidence of your progression throughout the course.

Requirements for Entry

There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.

Study Options

If you do not have Internet access, or would prefer to study this course via the traditional paper/postal based study method, you can find more information on the course by clicking on the link below.

Study Hours

This is only an approximate figure and is dependant upon how much time you can dedicate to your studies and how well you grasp the learning concepts in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each lesson there is a question paper that needs to be completed and returned to your tutor. You should allow at least 1 - 2 hours of study to complete each question paper.

The approximate amount of time required to complete the course is: 40 hrs.