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Lesson one:

Two main errors:

1- Fragment: it is a piece of sentence, but this piece of sentence is not understandable:


- It either lacks a subject
- It either lacks a verb
- It either misses a complete thought (dependent clause)
While zein was doing the exam,

2- Run-on: too many sentences but those sentences are not properly separated.
The parents ate, (FANBOYS) and the baby slept in the stroller

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The parents ate while the baby slept in the stroller

, alone can be used in three cases:


1- Listing or stating adjectives: zein is smart, clever and strong
2- After an introductory word or phrase: unfortunately, in the early 1980, gdhadg
3- To set off a supplementary piece of info: zein , who is studying Triple E , is applying for LAU

Lesson two:

Subject-verb agreement:

Present:

1- Simple present: habitual actions and scientific facts


He/she / it we add s to the verb
The rest of the pronouns I keep the verb as it is.
Do is used with (they, we, you, I)
Does is used with (he, she, it)
2- Present continuous: something happening at the instant moment and continuing for a certain of
period time.
Verb to be (am, is and are) + verb (ing)
3- Present perfect: have/has + verb (past participle form)

Past:
1- Simple past
2- Past continuous: verb to be (was and were)+ verb (ing)
3- Past perfect: had + past participle
4- Past perfect continuous: had+ been verb (ing)

Future:

1- Simple: will, shall, are going to


2- Continuous: will be ing
3- Perfect: will+ have + past participle

Subject-verb agreement:

1- Collective nouns: jury, family, team, classroom (singular)


2- Indefinite pronoun (something, somebody, anything….) are considered singular except for 4
(both, several, few, many) those are considered plural
3- Neither and either
Neither my friend nor my brothers are going
4- The title of a book w movie or organization
Rome and Juliette is a nice story

Lesson 3:

Pronoun antecedent:

They must agree in terms of:

1- Gender
2- Number
3- Form

- Subjective pronouns: he, she, it, we, I, you


- Objective pronouns: me, him, her, it, them…
- Possessive pronouns: mine, his, hers, its, theirs…

Lesson 4:

Modifiers are descriptive words or phrases:

Adjectives: words or phrases that describe nouns or pronouns

Adverbs: words or phrases that the verb.

Modifying phrases:
Lesson 5:

Commonly confused words:

There and their and they’re

Its and it’s (it is)

Saw and so

Number and amount

Few and less

Effect and affect

Lie and lay

Die and dye

Negative adverbials:

Hardly any

Rarely

Never

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