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A Cozy Introduction to Grammar and Creativity Lesson 3: Exercise For this third lesson, find some time today to listen to the people around you. You don’t even need to have a notebook yet. Simply listen to what you hear people say. Then click “Lesson 3 Exercise” below!
A Cozy Introduction to Grammar and Creativity Lesson 2: Exercise For this second lesson, I have a different sort of exercise for you. Rather than checking to make sure you’ve understood what we said, this one calls on you to exercise your own capacity of imagination. Get somewhere cozy and then click “Lesson 2 Exercise”[…]
A Cozy Introduction to Grammar and Creativity Lesson 1: Exercise Here’s a simple set of exercises for the introduction. You can access the exercises in the box below. When you’ve finished the exercise, click the “Finish Exercise” button and be sure to use the “Review Answers” button on the following page to go over your[…]
A Cozy Introduction to Grammar and Creativity Lesson 4: Exercises Here’s a simple set of exercises about the four kinds of sentences. To try it out, simply click “Lesson 4 Exercise” below and then click the “Start Exercise” button. Feel free to do the exercise as many times as you’d like. Repetition can help us[…]
A Cozy Introduction to Grammar and Creativity Lesson 6: Exercise Here’s another set of exercises on subjects and predicates. Remember to use the helpful questions we talked about. And enjoy your increasing abilities!
A Cozy Introduction to Grammar and Creativity Lesson 5: Exercise I put together one set of exercises about subjects and predicates for you. You can do them at whatever speed you like. The answers are available by pressing the “Review Answers” button after each exercise. Can you find the subject and predicate in those three[…]
A Cozy Introduction to Grammar and Creativity Lesson 7: Exercise For this Cozy Introduction, here’s one last set of exercises for you to try. The exercises await beneath these instructions. Which is to say: Beneath these instructions the exercises await. In other words: Beneath these instructions await the exercises! I think you’ll enjoy them. And[…]
A Cozy Introduction to Grammar and Creativity Lesson 7 Study Notes A Secret for Making Writing More Interesting Having come this far, you may be wondering how knowing about subjects and predicates will help you to speak and write well. That is an excellent question! Let’s answer it by exploring a closely related matter: Clearly,[…]
A Cozy Introduction to Grammar and Creativity Lesson 6 Study Notes A Trick for Finding Subjects and Predicates I love the image that Marie gives to illustrate how a sentence can be divided into two parts: On one side we have the on the other we have the Here’s a trick you can use to help[…]
A Cozy Introduction to Grammar and Creativity Lesson 5 Study Notes The Two Parts of Every Complete Sentence Hello again! Thanks for joining me by my woodshed. While I chop a few more pieces of wood, let me explain why we’re out here. In the previous lesson, we looked at four kinds of sentences: interrogative[…]
A Cozy Introduction to Grammar and Creativity Lesson 4 Study Notes The Four Kinds of Sentences I started the lesson by using four different kinds of sentences. But what exactly is a sentence? A complete thought, by the way, is simply a thought that can stand on its own. For example: He ran. She sang.[…]
A Cozy Introduction to Grammar and Creativity Lesson 3 Study Notes I love the distinction that Marie makes between As a writer, I appreciate the precision that grammar can give to what I say, but I also appreciate the variety of ways that people actually talk in daily life. while, at the very same[…]
A Cozy Introduction to Grammar and Creativity Lesson 2 Study Notes Hi! My name is Thomas. Welcome to this excerpt from the Preface to the Basic Cozy Grammar Course! Throughout the Study Notes in our Complete Curriculum I offer helpful Here in this Cozy Introduction to Grammar and Creativity, let me start by sharing[…]
A Cozy Introduction to Grammar and Creativity Lesson 1 Study Notes Why Study Grammar Welcome! I’m so glad you decided to join me in my home on the beach for this cozy introduction to grammar and creativity. I hope that you’ll find these lessons will not only be the opposite of an impertinence, but might[…]
The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Conclusion: Workbook RETURN TO VIDEO VIDEO FROM THOMAS RETURN TO CONTENTS GLOSSARY OF TERMS GO TO MY COURSES Marie’s Study Notes: Conclusion Can you believe it? We’ve come to the end of this basic grammar course. I hope you’ve enjoyed the lessons and learned a thing or two. Before saying[…]
The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Lesson 27: Exercises I’ve created four sets of exercises for Lesson 27. They should help you not only to avoid these common errors, but also to become more skillful in writing sentences. I’m sure you’ll do well. Or, to put it another way, I’m sure you’ll do a good job![…]