Does your class dread using semicolons? Use this resource to join two independent clauses using either a comma, semicolon, or colon. Several examples and six practice sentences are available at the bottom for learners to choose the...

This handy information sheet shows young grammarians how to distinguish among main, subordinate, relative, and noun clauses. 

Dependent, independent, coordination, and subordination. Everything you wanted to know about clauses, but were afraid to ask, recorded on this two-page information sheet.

Translate transition words for your class with this handout and brief exercise. Fairly straightforward and informative, it includes sample sentences and a working link to a more complete list of transition words. There are two different...

This learning exercise provides a good description of when to use a semicolon, followed by 6 sentences to practice inserting punctuation. A key is provided.

Help your young writers produce high-quality topic and thesis statements that go beyond basic wording and really illustrate complex ideas and critical thinking skills. From however and compound sentence statements to using...

Supplement instruction on sentence patterns and types by providing this reference sheet for your class members. Included on this page are definitions of many different sentence patterns and an example of each. A useful item for pupils to...

Defines and provides examples of adverb clauses, a type of dependent clause. Link to exercises.

This section of an online grammar guide from the University of Calgary provides definitions and examples of adjective clauses and adverb clauses.

Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify an adverb clause in the context of a sentence.

The first half of this tutorial on clauses and phrases covers topics such as independent clauses, dependent clauses, adjective clauses, adverb clauses, noun clauses, essential clauses, and nonessential clauses. The second part discusses...

Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a conjunctive adverb in the context of a sentence.

Information and examples about relative adverbs and how they are used to introduce relative clauses.

Definition of subordinate (dependent) clause. Links to complete glossary.

This online writing guide defines independent and dependent clauses and explains how dependent clauses are used in sentences. With examples. [PDF]

The University of Washington provides an excellent collection of grammar-related summaries. The collection includes material on verb tenses, agreement, noncount nouns, and many other topics.

This resource is a clear guide to explain the proper use of the comma with an adverb clause.

As you learn possessive forms, you will also learn about gerunds, present participles, compound nouns and more. This is a very complete resource tool for this subject.

A writing tutorial for the correct use of semicolons to link two independent clauses, clauses with commas, clauses connected by conjunctive adverbs or transitional phrases, and to link lists where the items contain commas. Examples and...

Rules for using semicolons and colons. Examples include semicolons with clauses, semicolons with lists, colons with quotes, colons with lists, and colons with appositives. L.9-10.2a Punc/Indep Clause

Explains when and how to use adverbs and adjectives properly. Also includes a short section on conjunctive adverbs and their rules of usage.

The University of Ottawa's Writing Center developed this site. The major sections of the site are "Comma Usage" and "Superfluous Commas." Right and wrong examples are included, along with links for definitions.

This entry provides the rules for semicolon use and examples of each including between independent clauses without coordinating conjunctions, between independent clauses with a conjunctive adverb, and between items in a series containing...

Review the uses of the subjunctive and see examples of each use in English and Spanish.