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Tables of Contents for Sentence Skills
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
To the Instructor
xiii
PART ONE SENTENCE SKILLS
1
8
Introduction
2
1
Learning Sentence Skills
3
6
Section 1: Grammar
9
131
Subjects and Verbs
9
9
Sentence Fragments
18
17
Run-Ons
35
16
Standard English Verbs
51
9
Irregular Verbs
60
11
Subject-Verb Agreement
71
8
Consistent Verb Tense
79
4
Additional Information about Verbs
83
8
Pronoun Reference, Agreement, and Point of View
91
11
Pronoun Types
102
13
Adjectives and Adverbs
115
7
Misplaced Modifiers
122
6
Dangling Modifiers
128
6
Faulty Parallelism
134
6
Section 2: Mechanics
140
19
Paper Format
140
5
Capital Letters
145
9
Numbers and Abbreviations
154
5
Section 3: Punctuation
159
43
End Marks
159
3
Apostrophe
162
11
Quotation Marks
173
10
Comma
183
13
Other Punctuation Marks
196
6
Section 4: Word Use
202
53
Dictionary Use
202
9
Spelling Improvement
211
8
Omitted Words and Letters
219
5
Commonly Confused Words
224
21
Effective Word Choice
245
10
PART TWO REINFORCEMENT OF THE SKILLS
255
130
Introduction
256
1
Mastery Tests
257
76
Subjects and Verbs (4 tests)
257
4
Sentence Fragments (4)
261
4
Run-Ons (4)
265
4
Standard English Verbs (4)
269
4
Irregular Verbs (4)
273
4
Subject-Verb Agreement (4)
277
4
Consistent Verb Tense (2)
281
2
Pronoun Reference, Agreement, and Point of View (4)
283
4
Pronoun Types (2)
287
2
Adjectives and Adverbs (2)
289
2
Misplaced Modifiers (2)
291
2
Dangling Modifiers (2)
293
2
Parallelism (2)
295
2
Capital Letters (4)
297
4
Numbers and Abbreviations (2)
301
2
End Marks (2)
303
2
Apostrophe (4)
305
4
Quotation Marks (4)
309
4
Comma (4)
313
4
Other Punctuation Marks (2)
317
2
Dictionary Use (2)
319
2
Spelling Improvement (2)
321
2
Omitted Words and Letters (2)
323
2
Commonly Confused Words (4)
325
4
Effective Word Choice (4)
329
4
Combined Mastery Tests
333
12
Sentence Fragments and Run-Ons (2)
333
2
Verbs (2)
335
2
Pronouns (2)
337
2
Faulty Modifiers and Parallelism (2)
339
2
Capital Letters and Punctuation (2)
341
2
Word Use (2)
343
2
Editing and Proofreading Tests
345
26
Sentence Fragments
347
2
Run-Ons (Fused Sentences)
349
2
Run-Ons (Comma Splices)
351
2
Standard English Verbs
353
2
Irregular Verbs
355
2
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
357
2
Faulty Parallelism
359
2
Capital Letters
361
2
Apostrophes
363
2
Quotation Marks
365
2
Commas
367
2
Commonly Confused Words
369
2
Combined Editing Tests
371
14
PART THREE SENTENCE VARIETY THROUGH COMBINING ACTIVITIES
385
46
Introduction
386
1
Four Traditional Sentence Patterns
387
12
The Simple Sentence
387
1
The Compound Sentence
388
2
The Complex Sentence
390
4
The Compound-Complex Sentence
394
1
Review of Coordination and Subordination
395
4
Other Patterns That Add Variety to Writing
399
12
-ing Word Groups
399
1
-ed Word Groups
400
2
Appositives
402
1
-ly Openers
403
1
To Openers
404
1
Prepositional Phrase Openers
405
2
Series of Items
407
4
Sentence-Combining Exercises
411
20
PART FOUR WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
431
32
Introduction
432
1
Writing Effectively
433
2
Writing a Paragraph
435
23
Best or Worst Job
435
4
Best or Worst Teacher or Boss
439
3
Living Where You Do
442
2
Owning a Car or Using Public Transportation
444
1
Quality of a Parent or Relative
445
3
Writing a Story
448
2
Describing a Process
450
1
Examining Causes
451
2
Three Paragraph Topics: Personal
453
1
Three Paragraph Topics: Persuasive
453
1
Writing a Paragraph Summary: I
454
3
Writing a Paragraph Summary: II
457
1
Writing an Essay
458
5
Taking a Position: I
460
1
Taking a Position: II
461
1
Changing the World
462
1
APPENDIXES
463
38
Introduction
464
37
Diagnostic and Achievement Tests
465
12
Answers to Introductory Projects and Practice Exercises
477
16
Progress Charts
493
8
Index
501