Our Mother Tongue

With Our Mother Tongue, the complete concise grammar guide, everyone can learn to love English.

Look Inside the Book

This package includes: 

• Our Mother Tongue: Student Workbook
• Our Mother Tongue: Answer Key

"The world seems to be quite full of grammar books, but it is not easy to find a text today that covers all the bases, still emphasizes diagramming, is not laden with politically correct jargon, and embraces a Christian world view.

I am certainly not claiming to have achieved all these things in this little book, but I have aimed for it.

I wanted to produce a grammar book that could be used to teach junior-high students as well as high-school or college students and adults, a book that covered many of the aspects of English grammar succinctly; I also wanted a book that could assume the biblical view of language.

At the same time I wanted to whet the appetite of the student to want to know more about the history of our language." ~ Nancy Wilson

In this English grammar guide, Nancy Wilson surveys the major concepts in English grammar for beginners at the late elementary and junior high level (recommended grades 6-9, ages 10-14).

Wilson avoids common, contrived sentences that serve merely to illustrate her point. Instead, she uses many selections from Scripture and from great English writers which help to instruct the student through their content, style, and structure.

In addition to a helpful format that highlights key definitions, punctuation issues, and important concepts, short historical sidebars tell the fascinating story of the development of English.

She continues the traditional and challenging exercise of sentence diagramming, which trains students to quickly analyze the structure of any given sentence.

The grammatical explanations, the logic of diagrams, and the rhetoric of her examples blend with complementary emphases to create a helpful classical and Christian text.

What's New in this Second Edition?

• Completely new and user-friendly layout.
• Semester-long daily schedules for classes meeting one to five days a week.
• Brand new sections on topics not covered in the previous edition, such as the famous Oxford comma
• Exercises designed by the author, based on the prose of the Bible and other famous authors
• Fun quotes at the beginning of each chapter about grammar, the rules of punctuation, and much more

What People Are Saying:

If I was taught grammar this way...rather than drill and kill, I believe I would have fallen in love with grammar and language. 
- Lekeshua

Five Stars. Lessons laid out nicely and able to use it at your own pace. Interesting, not overwhelming, understandable - grow in grace

By far the best grammar product we have used. Our daughter understood it with ease and didn't require any help even with diagramming sentences! There is also a wealth of sidebar info. You can't beat it for the price 
- Veronica Romano

Simple and clear with helpful exercises. This is a must for homeschooling grammar 
- Josh

I was looking for a text that [my son] could work through and then be finished. No more grammar study... I finally settled.
- Kristen

Amazing help for people grasping classical English! Really helped me get a grip.
- Lulu S.

Lessons are short and sweet and to the point, not much fluff to them. . . printed on nice thick paper, not the really flimsy others we have had. 
- Dana

This has been a great help for my children's writing and logic skills. 
- TN

A more "natural" way to teach the dry subject matter of grammar, Charlotte Mason style. 
- Sylvia

I purchased this to brush up on my grammar skills and am finding it to be an excellent tool. Highly recommended!
- R. Laycock