Unit 1 - Basic Skills
1.0 Objectives 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Using a Dictionary 1.3 A Guide to Basic Punctuation 1.3.1 Terminal Punctuation 1.3.1.1 Period 1.3.1.2 Question Mark 1.3.1.3 Exclamation Point 1.3.2 Sentence Punctuation 1.3.2.1 Comma 1.3.2.2 Semicolon 1.3.2.3 Colon 1.3.2.4 Apostrophe 1.4 Traditional Parts of Speech 1.5 Sentence Structure 1.5.1 Sentence Fragments 1.5.2 Run-On Sentences 1.6 Let Us Sum Up 1.7 Answers to Check Your Self Assessment Activities 1.8 Terminal Questions 1 . OBJECTIVES By the time you complete this Unit, you will be able to: Use dictionary to help select appropriate words for your writing; Apply basic rules that describe when and where to use punctuation such as periods: questions marks, commas, semicolons, colons, and apostrophes; Identify the parts of speech used in sentences, including nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections Idenlify sentence fragments and change them into compl...