Grammar overview
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Grammar overview is Khan Academy's ten-unit guide to standard English grammar. The first five units each take one part of speech: the noun (including regular and irregular plurals and common versus proper nouns), the verb (agreement, tense, and action, linking and helping verbs), the pronoun, the modifier, and the preposition and conjunction. Two punctuation units follow, covering end-of-sentence marks, the comma and the apostrophe, then the colon, semicolon and more. Two syntax units deal with sentences and clauses and with the conventions of standard English, and a final unit covers usage and style.
The page lists 100 skills; every unit has practice and a unit test, and a course challenge tests the whole course, with each skill tracked from Not started to Mastered. The course is free in full, with no certificate. No duration is stated, so it works as a start-to-finish course or as a reference for one rule at a time.
What you’ll learn
- Identify nouns, verbs, pronouns, modifiers, prepositions and conjunctions
- Use verb tense and agreement correctly
- Punctuate sentences with commas, apostrophes, colons and semicolons
- Build correct sentences and clauses and follow the conventions of standard English
- Make usage and style choices
Who it’s for
English learners and native speakers who want to tighten their writing, including adults preparing for tests or job applications. It does not issue a certificate.
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