English Essentials: A Refresher
Classroom
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for Federal employees, Federal contractors, and anyone else who needs or wants a thorough refresher in the fundamental rules of grammar and usage.
What You Will Learn
- Receive a thorough refresher in grammar and usage.
- Identify and correct some of the most common grammatical mistakes.
- Recognize and use standard, workplace English.
- Review the eight parts of speech and the most common grammar errors that writers make when using them.
- Verbs - learn the various grammar rules related to them, including subject and verb agreement, verb tenses, verb conjugation, and irregular verbs.
- Learn to use different types of sentences and sentence structures.
- Avoid run-on sentences, fragments, and comma splices.
- Understand the importance of recognizing independent and dependent clauses.
- Avoid making mistakes when using some of the most commonly misused words in the English language, such as "lie" vs. "lay" and "affect" vs. "effect."
- Punctuation- Learn easy to remember rules for commas, semicolons, colons, apostrophes, parentheses, quotation marks, and MORE!!!
- Learn rules for capitalization and numbers.
- Hands-On Training - work on numerous English and grammar exercises each day.
- Grammar Made Simple- Our professional reference materials and workbook - Flash Review for English Grammar - will help you use the proper grammar.
Why You Should Attend
This hands-on course will help you gain increased confidence in your writing. You will receive a comprehensive review of the fundamental rules of grammar and usage. Our expert instructor will focus on the most practical, real-world rules that most writers encounter every day.