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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: What Are Modifiers? How to Use Them Correctly

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on modifiers including what modifiers are -- adjectives, adverbs, and descriptive phrases and clauses; misplaced modifiers and how to correct them; and limiting modifiers and how to use them. Examples are provided.
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: Using Semicolons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A writing tutorial for the correct use of semicolons to link two independent clauses, clauses with commas, clauses connected by conjunctive adverbs or transitional phrases, and to link lists where the items contain commas. Examples and...
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The Tongue Untied

University of Oregon the Tongue Untied: Semicolon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discover more about semicolon usage when you visit this informative resource. Students and teachers will benefit from the examples listed for semicolon use.
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University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Grammar Topics

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of concise explanations of various aspects of English grammar and usage. All topics include exercises that can be done, checked, and corrected online. Solid resource for English language learners at the intermediate...
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Other

Using English: Glossary of English Grammar Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive A-Z index of grammar terms with explanations and examples. Each entry provides links to activities and other resources available on the site for more practice on that aspect of grammar. Suggested activities are often...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Modifiers

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial provides a slideshow focusing on modifiers; it defines them, explains dangling and misplaced modifiers, gives examples, and tells how to prevent them. There is also a short automated slideshow of a practice example and its...
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Other

Kryss Tal: Grammar: Introduction to Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a very good overview of grammar components. Grammar examples and links are provided.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: 9.1: Parts of Speech

For Students 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn about nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs through explanations and examples. Also learn to distinguish between words and phrases and between form and...
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Other

Saint Michael's College: Semicolon and Colon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site discusses the three major uses of the semicolon and provides examples for each of the uses. Also discusses the use of the colon.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Nominalizations

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial begins with a slide show which defines nominalizations; gives examples of adjectives and adverbs changed into nouns, gerunds, and infinitives. Practice with simplifying nominalizations is provided. It also offers a YouTube...
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Grammar Logs #311

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page, which seems to be connected to the online "Guide to Grammar and Writing," provides a log of questions to the author of the online "Guide." The fourth question explains and provides an example of how other parts of speech...
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University of Ottawa (Canada)

University of Ottawa: The Comma

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The University of Ottawa's Writing Center developed this site. The major sections of the site are "Comma Usage" and "Superfluous Commas." Right and wrong examples are included, along with links for definitions.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Sentence Openers

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial focuses on adding variety to your writing with sentence openers. A PowerPoint presentation explains sentence openers and gives examples of ways to create interesting sentences, such as beginning with a prepositional phrase,...