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Grammar

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Contents

Handbook of Definitions and Rules .........................1

Troubleshooter ........................................................23

Part 1 Grammar ......................................................45

Unit 1 Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences

1.1

Kinds of Sentences: Declarative

and Interrogative .........................................47

1.2

Kinds of Sentences: Exclamatory

and Imperative ............................................49

1.3

Subjects and Predicates: Simple

and Complete ..............................................51

1.4

Subjects and Predicates: Compound ..........53

1.5

Simple and Compound Sentences .............55

1.6

Sentence Fragments ....................................57

1.7

Run-On Sentences.......................................59

Unit 1 Review ..........................................................61

Cumulative Review .................................................62

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Unit 2 Nouns

2.8

Nouns: Proper and Common ......................63

2.9

Nouns: Singular and Plural ........................65

2.10

Nouns: Collective ........................................67

2.11

Nouns: Possessives .....................................69

Unit 2 Review ..........................................................71

Cumulative Review: Units 1¨C2................................72

Unit 3 Verbs

3.12

Action Verbs and Direct Objects ................75

3.13

Action Verbs and Indirect Objects .............77

3.14

Transitive and Intransitive Verbs ...............79

3.15

Linking Verbs and Predicate Words ..........81

3.16

Verb Tenses: Present, Past, and Future .....83

3.17

Main Verbs: Principal Parts ........................85

3.18

Helping Verbs..............................................87

3.19

Verb Forms: Present Progressive

and Past Progressive....................................89

3.20

Perfect Tenses: Present and Past ................91

3.21

Irregular Verbs I...........................................93

3.22

Irregular Verbs II .........................................95

3.23

Irregular Verbs III ........................................97

3.24

More Practice with Verb Forms..................99

Unit 3 Review ........................................................101

Cumulative Review: Units 1¨C3 .............................102

Unit 4 Pronouns

4.25

Personal Pronouns ....................................105

4.26

Using Pronouns Correctly.........................107

4.27

Pronouns and Antecedents.......................109

4.28

Possessive Pronouns .................................111

4.29

Indefinite Pronouns ..................................113

Unit 4 Review ........................................................115

Cumulative Review: Units 1-4 ..............................116

Unit 5 Adjectives

5.30

Adjectives and Proper Adjectives ............119

5.31

Articles and Demonstratives.....................121

5.32

Adjectives That Compare..........................123

5.33

Special Adjectives That Compare ............125

Unit 5 Review ........................................................127

Cumulative Review: Units 1¨C5..............................128

Unit 6 Adverbs

6.34

Adverbs Modifying Verbs .........................131

6.35

Adverbs Modifying Adjectives

and Adverbs ..............................................133

6.36

Adverbs That Compare .............................135

6.37

Irregular Comparative Forms....................137

6.38

Telling Adjectives and

Adverbs Apart I .........................................139

6.39

Telling Adjectives and

Adverbs Apart II........................................141

6.40

Avoiding Double Negatives ......................143

Unit 6 Review ........................................................145

Cumulative Review: Units 1¨C6 .............................146

Unit 7 Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections

7.41

Prepositions...............................................149

7.42

Prepositional Phrases................................151

7.43

Pronouns After Prepositions.....................153

7.44

Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives

and Adverbs ..............................................155

7.45

Telling Prepositions and

Adverbs Apart ...........................................157

7.46

Conjunctions .............................................159

7.47

Interjections...............................................161

Unit 7 Review ........................................................163

Cumulative Review: Units 1¨C7..............................164

Unit 8 Subject-Verb Agreement

8.48

Making Subjects and Verbs Agree ............167

8.49

Subject Pronouns and

Verb Agreement.........................................169

8.50

Locating the Subject..................................171

8.51

Agreement with Compound

Subjects......................................................173

Unit 8 Review ........................................................175

Cumulative Review: Units 1¨C 8 .............................176

Unit 9 Diagraming Sentences

9.52

Diagraming Simple Subjects

and Simple Predicates ..............................179

9.53

Diagraming the Four Kinds

of Sentences...............................................181

9.54

Diagraming Direct and Indirect

Objects and Predicate Words....................183

9.55

Diagraming Adjectives and Adverbs ........185

9.56

Diagraming Prepositional Phrases............187

9.57

Diagraming Compound

Sentence Parts ...........................................189

Unit 9 Review ........................................................191

Cumulative Review: Units 1¨C 9 .............................192

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Part 3 Mechanics ...................................................211

Unit 11 Capitalization

11.63 Capitalizing Sentences, Quotations,

and Salutations I .......................................213

11.64 Capitalizing Sentences, Quotations,

and Salutations II ......................................215

11.65 Capitalizing Names and

Titles of Persons I......................................217

11.66 Capitalizing Names and

Titles of Persons II.....................................219

11.67 Capitalizing Names of Places I .................221

11.68 Capitalizing Names of Places II ................223

11.69 Capitalizing Other Proper Nouns

and Adjectives I.........................................225

11.70 Capitalizing Other Proper Nouns

and Adjectives II .......................................227

Unit 11 Review ......................................................229

Cumulative Review: Units 1¨C11 ...........................230

Unit 12 Punctuation

12.71 Using the Period and

Other End Marks .......................................233

12.72 Using Commas I ........................................235

12.73 Using Commas II .......................................237

12.74 Using Commas III ......................................239

12.75 Using Commas IV......................................241

12.76 Commas in Review....................................243

12.77 Semicolons and Colons.............................245

12.78 Quotation Marks........................................247

12.79 Quotation Marks and Italics .....................249

12.80 Apostrophes ..............................................251

12.81 Hyphens.....................................................253

12.82 Abbreviations I ..........................................255

12.83 Abbreviations II.........................................257

12.84 Writing Numbers I.....................................259

12.85 Writing Numbers II ...................................261

Unit 12 Review ......................................................263

Cumulative Review: Units 1¨C12 ...........................264

Part 4 Vocabulary and Spelling ...........................267

Unit 13 Vocabulary and Spelling

13.86 Building Vocabulary: Learning

from Context..............................................269

13.87 Building Vocabulary: Prefixes ..................271

13.88 Building Vocabulary: Suffixes..................273

13.89 Synonyms and Antonyms.........................275

13.90 Homonyms ................................................277

13.91 Basic Spelling Rules I ..............................279

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13.92 Basic Spelling Rules II ..............................281

13.93 Basic Spelling Rules III .............................283

13.94 Often Misspelled Words ...........................285

13.95 Easily Confused Words .............................287

13.96 Review: Building Vocabulary ..................289

13.97 Review: Basic Spelling Rules ..................291

Unit 13 Review ......................................................293

Cumulative Review: Units 1¨C13 ...........................294

Part 5 Composition................................................297

Unit 14 Composition

14.98 The Writing Process: Prewriting I ............299

14.99 The Writing Process: Prewriting II ...........301

14.100 The Writing Process: Drafting I ................303

14.101 The Writing Process: Drafting II ...............305

14.102 The Writing Process: Revising I................307

14.103 The Writing Process: Revising II ..............309

14.104 The Writing Process: Editing ....................311

14.105 The Writing Process: Presenting...............313

14.106 Outlining ...................................................315

14.107 Writing Effective Sentences I....................317

14.108 Writing Effective Sentences II ..................319

14.109 Writing Effective Sentences III .................321

14.110 Building Paragraphs I................................323

14.111 Building Paragraphs II ..............................325

14.112 Building Paragraphs III .............................327

14.113 Paragraph Ordering ...................................329

14.114 Personal Letters I.......................................331

14.115 Personal Letters II......................................333

14.116 Personal Letters III ....................................335

14.117 Business Letters: Letters of Request

or Complaint..............................................337

14.118 Business Letters: Letters

of Opinion .................................................339

Index

...................................................................341

TAE Tests

Unit 1: Subjects, Predicates, and

Sentences.................................................349

Unit 2: Nouns ......................................................351

Unit 3: Verbs........................................................353

Unit 4: Pronouns .................................................357

Unit 5: Adjectives ...............................................359

Unit 6: Adverbs ...................................................361

Unit 7: Prepositions, Conjunctions, and

Interjections.............................................365

Unit 8: Subject-Verb Agreement .........................369

Unit 9: Diagraming Sentences.............................371

Unit 10: Usage Glossary .......................................373

Unit 11: Capitalization ..........................................375

Unit 12: Punctuation .............................................377

Unit 13: Vocabulary and Spelling ........................381

Unit 14: Composition ............................................383

Answer Key to Testing Program ..........................387

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Part 2 Usage ..........................................................195

Unit 10 Usage Glossary

10.58 Usage: accept to a lot ................................197

10.59 Usage: beside to chose ..............................199

10.60 Usage: in to learn.......................................201

10.61 Usage: leave to sit......................................203

10.62 Usage: than to whose ................................205

Unit 10 Review ......................................................207

Cumulative Review: Units 1¨C10 ...........................208

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