In Spanish, there are several verb tenses used to express things that happened in the past. The tricky part is figuring out which one is appropriate for your situation. Let this resource help you and your pupils as they master the...

This handy information sheet shows young grammarians how to distinguish among main, subordinate, relative, and noun clauses. 

Drafting a strong first sentence for a summary is an important step. Writers can use the formula presented on this handout to get started. The resource lists three steps to put together a strong topic sentence, as well as tips and hints...

Improve syntax with this explanatory handout. It clarifies one way to make writing more precise: avoiding nominalization. This resource provides four ways to find and change nominalization problems and 10 sentences to correct. There are...

Dependent, independent, coordination, and subordination. Everything you wanted to know about clauses, but were afraid to ask, recorded on this two-page information sheet.

This site has information on auxiliary verbs. Includes a short exercise to test your knowledge.

A helping and modal auxiliary verb site from the Capital Community College. Use this site as a reference tool when learning about modal auxiliary verbs.

Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a verb phrase in the context of a sentence.

Explanations and examples of helping verbs and main verbs with a link to additional information about helping verbs.

Explanations and examples of verb forms with links to additional information on tenses, forms of main verbs, forms of helping verbs, and a main verb forms quiz.

What are sentence fragments and run-on sentences? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Provides techniques for avoiding fragments and run-ons in writing assignments.

What is a sentence fragment and a run-on sentence? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Students and teachers can utilize this informative site to improve their writing skills.