1. Flemings
LANGUAGE & GRAMMAR
MECHANICS
English/Gram
mar
Grade: 10

2. GRAMMAR MECHANICS
The writing process takes time, accuracy, and detail.
Good grammar allows for better dialect, enhanced writing
skills, and better word verbiage.
Definition – According to the Oxford Dictionary, the word
grammar is “the whole system and structure of a language or of
languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and
morphology (including inflections) and sometimes also
phonology and semantics.”

3. PROPER GRAMMAR USAGE?
Learning Adjectives
The big girl was riding a new bike. Big tells us
which girl we’re talking about. New tells us what
kind of bike we’re talking about.
The tough teacher gave us a final test. Tough tells
us what kind of teacher we’re talking about. Final
test tells us which test we’re talking about.

4. WORDS AND PHRASES
 Furthermore
 Therefore
 Also
 Meanwhile
Moreover
In addition
Lastly
Nevertheless
Finally
Next
Subsequently
In the meantime

5. SPEECH AND WRITING
Direct Speech
Reported Speech
“I write books.”
He says he writes books.

6. PROPER GRAMMAR AND VERBIAGE
YouTube Video
 “Grammar Style”
http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=3rw GbhGeM8
Refer to these useful sites
Chicago Manual of Style
http://www.chicagomanual
ofstyle.org/15/ch05/ch05_
toc.html
Purdue Owl
https://owl.english.purdue.
edu/owl/section/1/5/

7. Using Words and Phrases
Pick the Correct Word
Sentence 1: She went over their/there.
Sentence 2- She likes pizza and Josh does
to/too.
Correction
Sentence 1: The correct answer is there. In
this sentence, there is described as a
destination or place.
Sentence 2: The correct answer is too. In
this form too is described as an adverb. This
indicates to us that something is
additionally, or in conjunction with
something else.

8. REFERENCES AND ACKNOWLEGEMENTS
Websites
Other Sources
 Purdue Owl
 Oxford Dictionary
 Chicago Style Manual
 YouTube (video)