run-ons, fragments, intro phrases, and subject-verb agreement

Three skills to study:

 

I. Avoid run-ons and fragments.

1. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQfJdhyeQfU

 

2. Practice: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm

 

3. A visual representation: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/punct/avcsfsro.html

 

4. More info from great source: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/598/02/

 

 

II. Commas after Introductory clauses:

 

1. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNoSepSmN3Y

 

2. Same person: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziNVkSMgaNA

 

3. Different person – introductory elements, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91yGM9r0alI

 

III. Subject-Verb agreement

 

1. YouTube BestACTPrep.org : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0emlVxINBUk

 

2. Shmoop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEVhUEq6P1w

 

3. Lessons and quizzes: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sv_agr.htm

 

 

 

 

Tosha Caston-Smith

Pre-AP English 9

Spain Park High School

 

See my website: http://bit.ly/sphstcs