Writing and Composition (Gr7)

Skills:

• Are the modifiers used correctly? (9:39)
• Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns (5:09)
• Choose between subject and object pronouns (5:33)
• Combine sentences using relative clauses (12:51)
• Compound and complex sentences (7:29)
• Commas with coordinate adjectives (3:49)
• Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections and interrupters (10:32)
• Comma Rules for Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Elements (1:26)
• Compound subjects and objects with “I” and “me” (7:50)
• Compound subjects and objects with pronouns (3:07)
• Correct capitalization errors (1:40)
• Correct errors with frequently confused words (6:10)
• Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement (15:18)
• Correct errors with signs (2:54)
• Correct errors with subject-verb agreement (2:26)
• Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives (6:19)
• Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs (6:12)
• Form and use plurals of compound nouns (7:12)
• Review of Regular & Irregular Plural Nouns (11:31)
• Form the perfect verb tenses (2:30)
• Form the progressive verb tenses (2:44)
• Form the singular or plural possessive (2:31)
• Formatting quotations and dialogue (2:43)
• Identify all of the possible antecedents (5:49)
• Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns (9:26)
• Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense (6:12)
• Identify vague pronoun references (8:15)
• Irregular past tense: review (9:15)
• Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? (4:56)
• Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? (4:52)
• Is it a complete sentence, a fragment or a run-on? (6:48)
• Misplaced modifiers with pictures (1:48)
• Order adjective (18:38)
• Remove redundant words or phrases (4:12)
• Select the misplaced or dangling modifier (3:23)
• Transitions with conjunctive adverbs (12:07)
• Use dashes (2:09)
• Use hyphens in compound adjectives (3:16)
• Use parallel structure (7:40)
• Use personification (5:19)
• Use reflexive pronouns (3:56)
• Use relative pronouns: who and whom (5:46)
• Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which and that (1:55)
• Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses (14:59)
• Use semicolons, colons and commas with lists (6:33)
• Use the correct frequently confused word (6:29)
• Use the correct homophone (13:22)
• Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions (3:11)
• Use the correct verb – with compound subjects (4:15)
• Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent (11:13)
• What does the punctuation suggest?
• Which sentence is more formal? (15:07)