The content and activities for this course are divided into four stages, each of which builds on the knowledge of the previous one.
The activities are in three parts:
1. a lesson
2. practice exercises
3. a short test on what you have just learnt
Stage 1 |
Stage 2 |
Stage 3 |
Stage 4 |
1. Using Capitals: for names of people, pets, I, the first word in a sentence and the first word in direct speech |
1. Using Capitals: for days, months, holidays, historical events, and in the greeting and closing of letters |
1. Using Capitals: |
1. Using Capitals: |
| 2. Full Stops, Question and Exclamation Marks | 2. Verbs: simple tenses |
2. Verbs: identifying regular and irregular verbs |
2. Contractions: using pronouns |
3. Nouns and Proper Nouns: recognition and use |
3. Basic Sentence Structure: |
3. Abbreviations: recognised in the business world |
3. Colons and Semi-colons |
4. Pronouns: recognition and use |
4. Abbreviations: in measurements |
4. Basic Sentence Structure: |
4. Abbreviations: in common use |
5. Basic Sentence Structure: |
5. Commas: after an introductory word/phrase and around names |
5. Commas: in a series/as brackets |
5. Pronouns: |
6. Verbs: |
6. Pronouns: whom or what they refer to |
6. Pronouns: possessive | 6. The Apostrophe: belonging |
7. Direct speech: how to punctuate it |
7. Review Test | 7. Contractions: using verbs | 7. Review Test |
8. Review Test |
8. Review Test | 8. Graduation Test | |
| 9. Certificate of Course Completion |
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