Grammar
Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to Grammar!
Welcome to Albert's Grammar course!
This page provides specific content-related information for Albert's Grammar course, including how it is organized, how to find questions using standards or tags, and ideas for classroom uses. If you need technical assistance, please visit our Help Center or contact hello@albert.io.
Subject Organization
Grammar is organized by content themes and further broken down into topics. The themes begin with parts of speech then progress to parts of sentence. The course also includes practice for clauses and phrases and correct punctuation. Each topic includes a designation of Foundational or Advanced to show the difficulty level of content and skills within that topic.
Themes
- Parts of Speech
- Parts of a Sentence
- Clauses and Phrases
- Punctuation
Topics
Each theme contains a range of specific topics. For example, here are some topics within *Parts of a Sentence.
- Subjects | Foundational
- Predicates | Foundational
- Direct Objects | Advanced
- Indirect Objects | Advanced
Subtopics
Some larger topics that require more discrete practice are organized into subtopics. Here are some subtopics within the Subject-Verb Agreement topic.
- Simple Verb Tenses | Foundational
- Perfect Tenses | Foundational
- Irregular Verb Tenses | Advanced
- Verb Shifts | Advanced
Assessments
In addition to our practice guide, Grammar includes diagnostic exams, topic quizzes, and cumulative exams that include questions unique from those on our practice guide. Diagnostic Exams & Cumulative Exams are organized by themes and each offer 2 versions of the exam. Topic Quizzes are organized to match the topics in the practice guide.
Using Standards and Tags to Find Questions
Standards
All Albert questions are aligned to state standards relevant to the subject matter. Albert's Grammar course is also aligned to Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.
This standards-alignment provides another easy way to find useful questions besides the Theme and Topic organization. Using the Standards button at the top left corner of any subject page, you can filter for just your state’s standard set then simply search for your state’s standards to find all questions in our course library aligned to that standard! For more details, please see this article in our Help section.
In addition to searching by the standards’ names, you can also search by their content! Simply type in a few words from the standard description to see all relevant standards pertaining to that content.
Tags
Albert’s Grammar course includes content & skill tags. These are words or phrases that provide information about what a question covers, such as proper-nouns or subordinating-conjunctions. Tags provide another easy way to search for relevant content in our course library. Simply search using the Tags button at the top left corner of any guide level.
Question Types
Grammar uses uses a variety of question types to test students’ understanding of content and provide meaningful practice of important skills
- Two-Way Table
- Snippet Selection
- Fill in the Blank
- Passage Correction
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