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English: conventions of standard English

Verb forms, adjectives vs adverbs and idioms

English: conventions of standard English · Lesson 5 of 5

Lesson 5 of 5

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Unit 3

English: conventions of standard English

5 lessons · 6 h 50 min of study

Sentence boundaries: fragments, run-ons and comma splices1 h 30 min of study
Sentence formation: parallelism, modifiers and shifts1 h 20 min of study
Punctuation: commas, semicolons, colons, dashes and apostrophes1 h 40 min of study
Agreement: subject–verb and pronoun1 h 10 min of study
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Lesson 5 of 5 · English: conventions of standard English

Verb forms, adjectives vs adverbs and idioms

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Use the correct verb tense, sequence of tenses, and irregular past participles (for example, ‘had swum’, not ‘had swam’)
Distinguish adjectives from adverbs, and form comparatives and superlatives correctly (more/most versus -er/-est; between two versus among three or more)
Choose idiomatic prepositions and standard expressions (for example, ‘capable of’, ‘different from’, ‘regard as’)

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Distinguish commonly confused words (than/then, affect/effect, its/it’s, whose/who’s, lie/lay, fewer/less)

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