Welcome to Sir Richard’s

English Learning Enrichment Webpage

Brush up your English by clicking on the topics below.

I.             Grammar and Correct Usage

a.    Nouns : Plurals and Possessives

b.   Verbs: Tenses

c.    Modifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs

d.   Subject-Verb Agreement

II.           Sentence Structure

III.          Capitalization and Punctuation

a.    Capitalization

b.   Commas, Colons, And Semicolons

c.    Period and other End marks

IV.         Reading Comprehension

V.           Spelling

Bonus Lesson : The Library and General Reference Books

GRAMMAR AND CORRECT USAGE

Nouns: Plurals and Possessives

At the end of the on-line lesson, you should be able to :

·       recognize the different types of nouns

·       form plurals of troublesome nouns

·       for the possessive form of nouns

·       use nouns in plural forms correctly in written and oral communication

To view the lesson on Nouns: Plurals, click here.

To view the lesson on Nouns: Possessive Case, click here.

Verbs: Types and Tenses

At the end of the on-line lesson, you should be able to :

·       recognize the uses of different verbs

·       understand the uses of perfect tenses and past participles correctly

·       apply correct verb tenses in communication

To view the lesson on Verbs: Types, click here.

To view the lesson on Verbs: Tenses, click here.

Adjectives and Adverbs

At the end of the on-line lesson, you should be able to :

·       distinguish adjectives from adverbs

·       avoid errors in misusing adjectives for adverbs

·       understand the different classes of adjectives

·       for comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives

To view the lesson on Modifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs, click here.

Subject – Verb Agreement

At the end of the on-line lesson, you should be able to :

·       understand the rules of agreement between subjects and verbs

·       make verbs agree with subjects

·       compose sentences observing the rules of subject-verb agreement.

To view the lesson on Subject-Verb Agreement, click here.

SENTENCE STRUCTURE

          The Effective Sentence

At the end of the on-line lesson, you should be able to :

·       recognize simple and complete subjects in sentences

·       understand the structure of sentences

·       avoid using misplaced and dangling modifiers in  sentences

To view the lesson on The Effective Sentence: Subjects and Verbs, Simple and Compound Subjects, click here.

To view the lesson on The Effective Sentence: Word Order, Misplaced Modifiers, Dangling Modifiers, click here.

CAPITALIZATION AND PUNCTUATION

Capitalization

At the end of the on-line lesson, you should be able to :

·       use basic rules of capitalization

·       correctly capitalize nouns and proper adjectives

·       decide when to capitalize titles, family relationships, points of compass and academic subjects

To view the lesson on Capitalization, click here.

Punctuations: Commas, Colons and Semicolons

At the end of the on-line lesson, you should be able to :

·       understand the guidelines in using commas and semicolons

·       use commas in independent adjectives, phrase and clauses

·       correctly use colons in introductions, and other expressions

To view the lesson on Punctuations: Commas, Colons, and Semicolons, click here.

Punctuations: Period and End Marks

At the end of the on-line lesson, you should be able to :

·       use end marks correctly to punctuate statements

·       use period in abbreviations and numerals

To view the lesson on Punctuations: Period and End Marks, click here.

Reading

Reading Comprehension

At the end of the on-line lesson, you should be able to :

·       prepare correctly for reading activities

·       understand tips to better understanding any reading materials

·       apply SQ3R strategy in reading

To view the lesson on Reading Comprehension, click here.

Spelling

At the end of the on-line lesson, you should be able to :

·       recognize the importance of spelling correctly in written communication

·       apply the guidelines to correctly spell commonly misspelled words

·       distinguish spelling of words that have similar sounds

To view the lesson on Spelling, click here.