1) A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a period/full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark. a) The fat cat sat on the mat. b) where do you live c) My dog is very clever! 2) The order of a basic positive sentence is Subject-Verb-Object. a) John loves Mary. b) They were driving their car to Bangkok. c) Yellow dress. 3) Every sentence must have a subject and a verb. An object is optional. a) John English b) John teaches. c) John teaches English. 4) The subject and verb must agree in number. A singular subject needs a singular verb; a plural subject needs a plural verb. a) Most people eat three meals a day. b) They runs together as a group. c) John works in London. 5) When two singular subjects are connected by or, use a singular verb. a) The meeting are today or tomorrow. b) John or Mary is coming tonight. c) We will get either a cat or a dog. 6) When two singular subjects are connected by either/or or neither/nor, use a singular verb. a) Either coffee or tea is fine. b) Neither the hotel nor the cabin were ready when the group arrived. c) Neither John nor Mary was late. 7) Adjectives usually come before a noun. a) I have a big dog. b) I have a big white cat. c) I have truck yellow. 8) An adjective can come after the noun when they are separated by the verb. a) Her husband is rich. b) Dog brown. c) The car is fast. 9) When using two or more adjectives together, the usual order is opinion-adjective + fact-adjective + noun. a) I watched the old boring movie. b) I saw a nice French table. c) That was an interesting Shakespearian play. 10) Treat collective nouns (e.g. committee, company, board of directors) as singular, which means that they need a singular verb and pronoun. a) My family likes going to the zoo. b) The committee is having sandwiches for lunch. c) The group are meeting on Tuesday. 11) The words its and it's are different words with different meanings. a) Its a long drive to Miami. b) The dog has hurt its leg. c) He says it's two o'clock. 12) The words your and you're are different words with different meanings. a) Here is your coffee. b) Your going to be late if you don't hurry. c) You're looking good. 13) The words there, their and they're are different words with different meanings. a) There was nobody at the party. b) I saw their new car. c) Do you think they're happy? d) I want to visit there house. 14) Countable nouns are for things we can count using numbers. a) She has three dogs. b) How many friends do you have? c) This looks like a lot of trouble to me. 15) Use the articles a or an for countable nouns that are non-specific. a) I saw a bird and a balloon in the sky. b) John had the lunch special.  c) I saw a star last night. 16) Use the article the for countable nouns that are specific. a) Have you cleaned the car? b) There are six eggs in the fridge. c) We want to buy an umbrella. 17) Uncountable nouns are for the things that we cannot count with numbers. a) How much water did you collect? b) They went to two stores. c) He did a lot of research about the topic. 18) Use many or few with countable nouns. a) How many dollar bills do you have? b) There is a lot of water in the tub. c) There are a few cars outside. 19) Use much/a lot or little for uncountable nouns. a) They have been to many concerts. b) I have so much homework tonight. c) There are a lot of fish in the ocean. 20) To show ownership, use an apostrophe + s for singular owners, and s + apostrophe for plural owners. a) The girl's sister is very smart. b) The brothers' dog is mean. c) The students's teacher is very strict. d) The familys pet is a goldfish.

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