8 lessons on the mechanics of writing — capital letters, end marks, every kind of comma, apostrophes, semicolons and colons, dashes, and how to punctuate speech and titles. Each lesson has theory, Mimi's tips, three quizzes and a rapid-fire round.
The 8 word families at a glance.
Person, place, thing, idea — and 13 sub-types.
Personal, possessive, reflexive & more.
Dynamic, stative, auxiliary, modal & phrasal.
12 types of words that describe nouns.
Manner, time, place, frequency, degree.
Coordinating, correlative, subordinating.
Time, place, direction & relationship.
Wow! Oh! Ouch! — emotional bursts.
Independent, dependent & relative clauses.
Noun, verb, adverb & prepositional phrases.
Simple, compound, complex, compound-complex.
Simple, complete, compound subjects.
Simple, complete, compound predicates.
Direct, indirect & object of preposition.
Subject, object & adverbial complements.
Sentences, I, names, days, places, titles, nationalities — every rule for capitals.
Full stop, question mark, exclamation mark — and statement, question, command, exclamation.
Lists, dates & addresses, direct address, introductory words and interjections.
Compound & complex sentences, interrupters, coordinate adjectives, non-restrictive clauses — and the comma splice.
it's vs its, the boy's vs the boys', children's, Ravi and Priya's — the apostrophe's two jobs.
; joins two sentences and sorts long lists; : introduces a list, a quote or an explanation.
well-known vs well known, the dash for drama, … for trailing off, (brackets) for asides.
“Wait,” she said. — speech marks, commas and capitals in dialogue; quoting; italics vs quotes for titles.
All 12 tenses — Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Cont.
Flip who does what to whom.
Report what was said.
a, an, the & the zero article.
21 lessons: categories, comparisons, tools.
can, could, must, should — the power words.