STRUCTURE

SKILL I: BE SURE THE SENTENCE HAS A SUBJECT

AND A VERB
SKILL 2:
BE CAREFUL OF OBJECTS OF
PREPOSITIONS
BE CAREFUL OF APPOSITIVES
SKILL 4: BE CAREFUL OF PRESENT
PARTICIPLES
BE CAREFUL OF PAST PARTICIPLES
USE COORDINATE CONNECTORS
CORRECTLY
USE ADVERB TIME AND CAUSE
CONNECTORS CORRECTLY
• when the connector comes at the beginning of the sentence, a
comma (,) is required in the middle of the sentence.
USE OTHER ADVERB CONNECTORS CORRECTLY
USE NOUN CLAUSE CONNECTORS
CORRECTLY
USE NOUN CLAUSE
CONNECTOR/SUBJECTS CORRECTLY
USE ADJECTIVE
CLAUSE
CONNECTORS
CORRECTLY
USE ADJECTIVE
CLAUSE
CONNECTOR/SUBJ
ECTS CORRECTLY
USE REDUCED ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
CORRECTLY
USE REDUCED ADVERB
CLAUSES CORRECTLY
INVERT THE SUBJECT AND VERB WITH
QUESTION WORDS
INVERT THE SUBJECT AND VERB WITH PLACE
EXPRESSIONS
INVERT THE SUBJECT AND VERB WITH NEGATIVES
INVERT THE SUBJECT AND VERB WITH CONDITIONALS
INVERT THE SUBJECT AND VERB WITH
COMPARISONS
MAKE VERBS AGREE AFTER
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
MAKE VERBS AGREE AFTER EXPRESSIONS OF
QUANTITY
MAKE INVERTED VERBS AGREE
MAKE VERBS AGREE AFTER CERTAIN
WORDS
USE PARALLEL STRUCTURE WITH
COORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS
USE PARALLEL STRUCTURE WITH PAIRED
CONJUNCTIONS
USE PARALLEL STRUCTURE WITH
COMPARISONS
FORM COMPARATIVES AND
SUPERLATIVES CORRECTLY
USE COMPARATIVES A N D
SUPERLATIVES CORRECTLY
USE THE IRREGULAR -ER, -ER
STRUCTURE CORRECTLY
AFTER HAVE, USE THE PAST
PARTICIPLE
AFTER BE, USE THE PRESENT
PARTICIPLE OR THE PAST PARTICIPLE
AFTER WILL, WOULD, OR OTHER
MODALS, USE THE BASE FORM OF THE
VERB