The Grammar Ace Workbook

by Kevin S on 2011-06-07
Our family has really enjoyed this workbook. It is not a super in depth program, but provides enough practice to get the basics. Our kids are gifted in language arts (reading, writing, spelling)so that may be a factor in our liking the workbook - our daughter just got a 34 on the English portion of the ACT (99th percentile) and this is the only 'grammar' program we ever used besides copywork, lots of writing practice and other natural methods. She did also use Rosetta Stone Spanish which also encourages the learning of grammar. (written by Sara S.)

by BONNIE P on 2009-08-19
I have to agree...not enough help in this workbook. Really would like to see more information for those of us who struggle with grammar.

by ROBIN E. W on 2009-04-23
I hate to give such a low rating to a Sonlight product, but I think this grammar program falls short. Grammar is one area where I am not comfortable teaching, and this product did not help me to get over that. Way too many of the lessons had "answers may vary" as the only thing written in the answer key. I understand Sonlight's desire to use the natural approach and "real" writing to teach from, but if I couldn't understand the lesson on direct objects well enough to locate them in a newspaper article, how can I help my child do that assignment? In addition, the lesson on gerunds was not only confusing, I think it may have been wrong. Grammar Ace implies that using gerunds is poor writing and should be avoided. Indeed, the whole assignment for that lesson is taking sentences that contain gerunds and rewriting them without gerunds. My son and I tried to work these together and we couldn't find a way to do the assignment without changing the meaning of the sentences. Again the answer had the very unhelpful "answers may vary". I have later read that gerunds aren't bad or good, they simply are.