What are word classes? How can we recognize them? What role do they play in regards to punctuation? Grammar in Theory and in Practice was written for those who want straight answers, in plain English, to these crucial, yet rarely asked, questions.This essential guide empowers students to identify parts of speech rapidly, to employ punctuation marks confidently, and to examine syntax precisely, in four popular GCSE texts: Lord of the Flies, Animal Farm, Frankenstein, and 1984. Grammatical categories are neatly defined in the glossary, and each chapter is packed with practical and demanding exercises, testing your knowledge of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, and prepositions. Topics range from the relatively simple, such as common pronoun errors or subject-verb agreement problems, to the somewhat complex, such as appositives, participles, or rhetorical devices. At the end of the course, there is a large punctuation section that revises the usage of commas, colons, semicolons, hyphens, and apostrophes.

This lesson has 10 of the most common mistakes made by my students when speaking English. Try and make sure that you don't make them either! You can find more lessons and quizzes on my blog https://www.skype-lessons.com/online-english-lessons/ 1) On my happy birthday I went bowling 2) No one of the passengers survived 3) He didn't know where is his time machine 4) He went to holiday 5) The square of the flat is 75m2 6) I didn't want something 7) When she birthed this girl 8) She started shouting on Moss 9) Do you hear that? 10) He listened her voice in the woods More lessons and quizzes on my blog https://www.skype-lessons.com/ More lessons on gerunds and infinitives here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlx0uiAR8a4&list=PLEHBbj8NPA2ykYynnFugS4EJBwYfl3Djm ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsOeT24unvo

This lesson describes the following prefixes and explains their meaning. More info on my website https://www.skype-lessons.com/prefixes/ over - overcharge, overwork, overrated, oversleep under - underestimate, understaffed, underpaid ir (r) - irreversible, irresponsible ig (n) - ignoble il (l) - illegal, illiterate, illogical im (m,p) - impossible, immature, immaterial, impatient in - inadequate, inconsequential, inconsiderate, inconsistent More lessons and quizzes on my blog https://www.skype-lessons.com/ More lessons on gerunds and infinitives here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlx0uiAR8a4&list=PLEHBbj8NPA2ykYynnFugS4EJBwYfl3Djm And phrasal verbs are here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=677aAF3dM3E&list=PLEHBbj8NPA2z5GB5GBRxzl6IOi2iHukOn&index=1 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWeDo1tvJ1M

This lesson focusses on phrasal verbs containing the preposition 'as'. Answer the following questions: Who do you hold up as a shining example of a virtuous man? Who do you have down as a perfect example of an immoral man? Have you ever disguised yourself as someone else? Were you able to pass yourself off as an adult while you were still 16? Does your bedroom double up as your office? Would you go so far as to say that all politicians are corrupt? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X_yqj3xvr0