Grammar, Usage, & Mechanics Skillbook

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1 M A N Y V O I C E S L A N G U A G E Grammar, Usage, & Mechanics Skillbook Level G Perfection Learning

2 Chapter 1: The Parts of a Sentence Combining Subjects and Predicates Completing Sentences Finding Complete Subjects Finding Complete and Simple Subjects Finding Complete and Simple Subjects Using Complete or Simple Subjects Finding Complete Predicates Finding Complete Predicates and Verbs.. 16 Finding Verbs Expanding Sentences Finding Verb Phrases Finding Verb Phrases Writing Sentences Using Helping Verbs.. 21 Mixed Practice: Subjects and Verbs Finding Subjects and Verbs Finding Subjects and Verbs Using Different Positions of Subjects Mixed Practice: Subjects and Verbs Finding Compound Subjects Finding Compound Verbs Using Compound Subjects and Verbs Mixed Practice: Subjects and Verbs Classifying Sentences Mixed Practice: Kinds of Sentences Chapter 2: Nouns and Pronouns Finding Nouns Using Specific Nouns Finding Compound Nouns Writing Compound Nouns Finding Common and Proper Nouns Capitalizing Nouns Mixed Practice: Common and Proper Nouns 39 Finding Antecedents Finding Personal, Reflexive, and Intensive Pronouns Replacing Nouns with Pronouns Finding Indefinite Pronouns Finding Pronouns Writing Sentences Mixed Practice: Pronouns Chapter 3: Verbs Finding Action Verbs Revising with More Specific Verbs Understanding Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Finding Verb Phrases Using Verb Phrases in Sentences Mixed Practice: Verbs Finding Linking Verbs Finding Linking Verbs Finding Linking Verbs Revising Sentences with Linking Verbs Linking Verb or Action Verb? Writing Sentences with Linking and Action Verbs Mixed Practice: Action and Linking Verbs. 59 Chapter 4: Adjectives and Adverbs Finding Adjectives Adding Specific Adjectives Finding Adjectives Using Commas with Adjectives Finding Adjectives Capitalizing Proper Adjectives Adjective or Noun? Writing Sentences with Nouns and Adjectives Adjective or Pronoun? Writing Sentences with Adjectives and Pronouns Mixed Practice: Adjectives Finding Adverbs Writing Sentences with Adverbs Finding Adverbs Writing Sentences with Adverbs Mixed Practice: Adverbs Mixed Practice: Adjectives and Adverbs.. 76 Many Voices Language Level G 3

3 Chapter 5: Prepositions, Conjunctions, & Interjections Supplying Prepositions Finding Prepositional Phrases Finding Prepositional Phrases Writing Sentences Preposition or Adverb? Writing Sentences with Prepositional Phrases and Adverbs Mixed Practice: Prepositional Phrases Finding Conjunctions and Interjections.. 84 Revising Sentences with Conjunctions Determining Parts of Speech Determining Parts of Speech Writing Sentences with Different Parts of Speech Chapter 6: Complements Finding Direct Objects Writing Sentences with Direct Objects Finding Indirect Objects Revising Sentences with Indirect Objects.. 92 Mixed Practice: Direct and Indirect Objects. 93 Finding Predicate Nominatives Supplying Predicate Nominatives Revising Sentences with Predicate Nominatives Finding Predicate Adjectives Supplying Predicate Adjectives Writing Sentences with Predicate Nominatives and Adjectives Mixed Practice: Complements Chapter 7: Phrases Finding Prepositional Phrases Finding Adjective Phrases Finding Adjective Phrases Writing Sentences with Adjective Phrases. 104 Finding Misplaced Adjective Phrases Correcting Sentences with Misplaced Adjective Phrases Finding Adverb Phrases Finding Adverb Phrases Punctuating Adverb Phrases Mixed Practice: Prepositional Phrases Finding Appositives and Appositive Phrases Punctuating Sentences with Appositives or Appositive Phrases Mixed Practice: Appositive Phrases Chapter 8: Verbals and Verbal Phrases Finding Participles Finding the Words Participles Modify Participle or Verb? Finding Participial Phrases Recognizing Participial Phrases as Modifiers Writing Sentences with Participial Phrases Punctuating Participial Phrases Finding Participial Phrases Correcting Misplaced Participial Phrases Recognizing Infinitives Infinitive or Prepositional Phrase? Finding Infinitive Phrases Writing Sentences with Infinitive Phrases Mixed Practice: Verbals and Verbal Phrases Chapter 9: Clauses Independent or Subordinate Clause? Supplying Subordinating Conjunctions Finding Adverb Clauses Writing Sentences with Adverb Clauses Punctuating Sentences with Adverb Clauses Finding Adjective Clauses Identifying the Words that Adjective Clauses Modify Writing Sentences with Adjective Clauses Punctuating Sentences with Adjective Clauses Mixed Practice: Adverb and Adjective Clauses Recognizing Misplaced Adjective Clauses Correcting Sentences with Misplaced Adjective Clauses Recognizing Simple and Compound Sentences Simple or Compound Sentence? Writing Compound Sentences Punctuating Compound Sentences Many Voices Language Level G

4 Distinguishing Among Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences Punctuating Complex Sentences Mixed Practice: Kinds of sentences Chapter 10: Sentence Fragments and Run-ons Identifying Sentence Fragments Correcting Sentence Fragments Mixed Practice: Sentence Fragments Identifying Phrase Fragments Identifying Phrase Fragments Correcting Phrase Fragments Recognizing Clause Fragments Recognizing Clause Fragments Revising Sentence Fragments Identifying Run-on Sentences Identifying Run-on Sentences Correcting Run-on Sentences Mixed Practice: Sentence Fragments and Run-ons Chapter 11: Using Verbs Writing the Principal Parts of Regular Verbs Writing Sentences with Regular Verbs Using the Correct Verb Form Correcting Sentences with Irregular Verbs. 163 Determining the Correct Verb Form Using the Correct Verb Form Correcting Sentences with Irregular Verbs. 166 Determining the Correct Verb Form Using the Correct Verb Form Finding the Principal Parts in a Dictionary. 169 Correcting Sentences with Irregular Verbs. 170 Mixed Practice: Past and Past Participle Using Bring and Take Correctly Using Learn and Teach Correctly Using Leave and Let Correctly Using Problem Verbs Mixed Practice: Verb Forms Identifying Verb Tenses Writing Different Tenses Changing Tenses of Verbs Correcting Shifts in Verb Tense Identifying Progressive Verb Forms Changing Verb Tenses Mixed Practice: Verb Tenses Chapter 12: Using Pronouns Identifying the Cases of Personal Pronouns. 184 Using Pronouns as Subjects Using Pronouns as Subjects Using Pronouns as Predicate Nominatives. 187 Supplying Pronouns in the Nominative Case Correcting Nominative Case Errors Writing Sentences with Nominative Case Pronouns Mixed Practice: Personal Pronouns Using Pronouns as Direct and Indirect Objects Using Pronouns as Direct and Indirect Objects Using Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions. 194 Using Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions. 195 Supplying Pronouns in the Objective Case. 196 Correcting Objective Case Errors Writing Sentences with Objective Case Pronouns Mixed Practice: Personal Pronouns Using Possessive Pronouns Using Pronouns in the Possessive Case Contraction or Pronoun? Writing Sentences with Possessive Pronouns and Contractions Mixed Practice: Personal Pronouns Using Who and Whom Correctly Writing Sentences with Interrogative Pronouns Making Pronouns and Their Antecedents Agree Correcting Errors with Pronouns and Their Antecedents Making Pronouns and Their Antecedents Agree Correcting Errors with Pronouns and Their Antecedents Recognizing Unclear or Missing Antecedents Correcting Sentences with Unclear or Missing Antecedents Mixed Practice: Pronouns Many Voices Language Level G 5

5 Chapter 13: Subject & Verb Agreement Determining the Number of Nouns and Pronouns Determining the Number of Verbs Making Subjects and Verbs Agree Making Subjects and Verbs Agree Agreement Mixed Practice: Singular and Plural Subjects Making Subject and Verb Phrases Agree Writing Sentences Using Subject and Verb Agreement Agreement Making Subject and Verb Phrases Agree Agreement Making Interrupted Subjects and Verbs Agree Agreement Making Subjects and Verbs in Inverted Order Agree Writing Sentences Using Subject and Verb Agreement Agreement Mixed Practice: Subject and Verb Agreement Making Verbs Agree with Compound Subjects Making Verbs Agree with Compound Subjects Making Verbs Agree with Compound Subjects Agreement Making Verbs Agree with Collective Nouns Agreement Mixed Practice: Subject and Verb Agreement Making Verbs Agree with You and I Agreement 239 Making Verbs Agree with Indefinite Pronouns Making Verbs Agree with Indefinite Pronouns Writing Sentences with Indefinite Pronouns Agreement Mixed Practice: Subject and Verb Agreement Chapter 14: Using Adjectives and Adverbs Identifying the Degree of Comparison Forming Regular Comparisons of Modifiers Forming the Comparison of Modifiers Using the Correct Form of Modifiers Forming Comparisons of Modifiers Supplying the Correct Form of Modifiers Using the Correct Form of Modifiers Mixed Practice: Modifiers Identifying Problems with Other or Else Correcting Errors with Other or Else Identifying Double Comparisons Correcting Errors with Double Comparisons Identifying Double Negatives Correcting Errors with Double Negatives Using Good or Well Correcting Errors with Good or Well Mixed Practice: Modifiers A Writer s Glossary of Usage Finding the Correct Word Recognizing Correct Usage Finding the Correct Word Recognizing Correct Usage Finding the Correct Word Using Correct Forms of Verbs Finding the Correct Word Recognizing Correct Usage Mixed Practice: Usage Mixed Practice: Usage Chapter 15: Capitalization Capitalizing First Words and I Using Capital Letters Capitalizing Proper Nouns Capitalizing Geographical Names Using Capital Letters Using Capital Letters Using Capital Letters Many Voices Language Level G

6 Using Capital Letters Using Capital Letters Using Capital Letters Using Capital Letters Using Capital Letters Using Capital Letters Mixed Practice: Capital Letters Capitalizing Proper Adjectives Capitalizing Proper Adjectives Capitalizing Titles of People Using Capital Letters Capitalizing Titles Using Capital Letters Mixed Practice: Capital Letters Chapter 16: End Marks and Commas Using End Marks Using End Marks Using End Marks Using End Marks Using Commas in a Series Using Commas in a Series Using Commas Before a Noun Using Commas with Adjectives Writing Sentences with Adjectives Mixed Practice: Commas Using Commas with Compound Sentences Correcting for Commas in Compound Sentences Using Commas with Compound Sentences. 305 Using Commas with Introductory Elements Correcting for Commas with Introductory Elements Using Commas with Introductory Elements Using Commas in Dates and Addresses Using Commas Adding Commas to Sentences Using Commas with Direct Address Correcting for Commas with Direct Address Using Commas with Parenthetical Expressions Correcting for Commas in Parenthetical Expressions Writing Sentences with Parenthetical Expressions Using Commas with Appositives Correcting for Commas with Appositives Mixed Practice: Commas Using Commas with Nonessential Elements Correcting for Commas with Appositives Writing Sentences Mixed Practice: Commas Chapter 17: Italics and Quotation Marks Using Italics (Underlining) Using Underlining Correctly Punctuating Titles Correctly Correcting for Punctuation of Titles Writing Sentences with Titles Using Quotation Marks with Direct Quotations Punctuating Quotations Correctly Using Capital Letters with Direct Quotations Capitalizing Direct Quotations Correctly Using Commas with Direct Quotations Correcting for Commas in Direct Quotations Using End Marks with Direct Quotations Correcting for End Marks in Direct Quotations Mixed Practice: Direct Quotations Using Dialogue Writing Dialogue Correctly Quoting Long Passages Mixed Practice: Punctuation and Italics Chapter 18: Other Punctuation Forming Possessive Singular Nouns Using Apostrophes with Singular Possessive Nouns Forming Possessive Plural Nouns Forming Possessive Nouns Writing Sentences: Using Possessive Nouns Replacing Phrases with Possessive Nouns Using Possessive Pronouns Correcting for Possessive Pronouns Writing Sentences Mixed Practice: Possessive Nouns and Pronouns Forming Contractions Contraction or Possessive Pronoun? Many Voices Language Level G 7

7 Writing Sentences with Contractions Using Contractions and Possessive Pronouns Using Apostrophes Writing Sentences Using Plurals Mixed Practice: Apostrophes Using Commas and Semicolons with Compound Sentences Punctuating Compound Sentences Writing Sentences Using Commas and Semicolons Using Semicolons Punctuating Sentences with Semicolons Using Colons Using Colons Mixed Practice: Commas, Semicolons, and Colons Using Hyphens Correcting Sentences with Hyphens Using Hyphens Using Hyphens Correctly Mixed Practice: Punctuation Many Voices Language Level G

8 Name Date CHAPTER 7 Phrases (pages 44 49) Finding Appositives and Appositive Phrases An appositive is a noun or pronoun that identifies or explains another noun or pronoun in the sentence. Underline each appositive or appositive phrase. 1. Mr. Rich, our football coach, is looking forward to a great season this year. 2. Todd, the team captain, has been working hard all summer. 3. Tomorrow is the game against our rival school Central. 4. The referee, the one with the black hat, gave our team a penalty. 5. The song Fire Away will be our fight song this year. 6. The coach called for a new play, Blue Our receiver, the one with the school record, caught the pass in the end zone. All rights reserved. Copyright Perfection Learning 8. Billy, our kicker, scored the winning point. 9. Mrs. Johnson, the journalism teacher, said we should interview Billy. 10. Arthur Donovan, the opposing coach, congratulated our school. Many Voices Language Many Level Voices G Language Many Chapter Voices 5: Prepositions, Level Language G Chapter Conjunctions, Level 2: G Nouns Chapter & and Interjections 7: Pronouns Phrases 111

9 Name Date CHAPTER 7 Phrases (pages 44 49) Punctuating Sentences with Appositives or Appositive Phrases Add or delete commas so they are used correctly with appositives or appositive phrases in the sentences below. If a sentence is correct, make no changes. 1. My brother, Bob, likes to read. 2. The book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, is one of his favorites. 3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn a book by Mark Twain is also a favorite. 4. Tom my younger brother enjoys building models with his friends. 5. His favorite model, the Titanic, is on display in his room. Copyright Perfection Learning All rights reserved. 112 Many Voices Language Level G Chapter 5: 7: 2: Prepositions, Phrases Nouns and Pronouns Conjunctions, & Interjections

10 Name Date CHAPTER 12 Using Pronouns (pages ) Mixed Practice: Personal Pronouns Underline the correct personal pronoun for each sentence. 1. Last week (I, me) learned about sharks in science. 2. Sharks make (their, they re) homes in the temperate oceans around the world. 3. Long teeth help the shark capture (it, its) prey. 4. The best-known shark scientists are Dr. Eugenie Clark and (he, him). 5. The shark was swimming toward (they, them). 6. When one diver was bothered by a shark, she gave (it, its) a sharp blow to the head. 7. The surprised shark left (she, her) alone. 8. Most great white sharks are quite large, and (they, them) can weigh as much as 7,000 pounds. 9. Dr. Eugenie Clark and (she, her) will be lecturing at our school next week. 10. We hope she will give (we, us) some new information about sharks. 11. Carl and (she, her) did not know that sharks have boneless skeletons. 12. (Their, Theirs) bodies are sleek. 13. Have Karen and (he, him) seen the shark exhibit at the aquarium? 14. Laurie pointed out the model of the shark to Frank and (I, me). 15. (They re, Their) babies are called pups. Copyright Perfection All rights reserved. Learning 204 Many Voices Language Level G Chapter 12: Nouns Using and Pronouns Pronouns

11 Name Date CHAPTER 12 Using Pronouns (pages ) Using Who and Whom Correctly Underline the correct word in parentheses for each sentence. 1. (Whose, Who s) is this mystery book? 2. (Who, Whom) is your favorite character in the book? 3. About (who, whom) was the novel written? 4. (Who, Whom) is the author? 5. (Who, Whom) did you believe was really telling the truth? 6. (Whose, Who s) was the best alibi? 7. From (who, whom) did you pick up most of your clues? 8. (Who, Whom) did the detective question about the crime? Copyright Perfection Learning All rights reserved. 9. (Who, Whom) committed the crime? 10. (Whose, Who s) giving the book report on the next mystery story? Many Many Voices Voices Language Level Level G G Chapter Chapter 2: Nouns 12: Using and Pronouns 205