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Tables of Contents for Developmental Exercises to Accompany a Writer''s Reference
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Effective Sentences
Parallelism: Guided practice
1
1
Parallelism
2
1
Parallelism
3
1
Parallelism: Guided review
4
1
Needed words: Guided practice
5
1
Needed words
6
1
Needed words
7
1
Needed words: Guided review
8
1
Misplaced and dangling modifiers: Guided practice
9
1
Misplaced modifiers
10
1
Misplaced and dangling modifiers
11
1
Misplaced and dangling modifiers: Guided review
12
1
Distracting shifts: Guided practice
13
1
Distracting shifts
14
1
Distracting shifts
15
1
Distracting shifts: Guided review
16
1
Mixed constructions: Guided practice
17
1
Mixed constructions
18
1
Mixed constructions
19
1
Mixed constructions: Guided review
20
1
Coordination and subordination: Guided practice
21
1
Coordination and subordination
22
1
Coordination and subordination
23
1
Coordination and subordination: Guided review
24
1
Sentence variety: Guided practice
25
1
Sentence variety
26
1
Sentence variety: Guided review
27
2
Effective sentences (E1--E7)
28
1
Word Choice
Wordy sentences: Guided practice
29
1
Wordy sentences
30
1
Wordy sentences
31
1
Wordy sentences: Guided review
32
1
Active and passive voice: Guided practice
33
1
Deciding whether a be verb is appropriate
34
1
Deciding whether a passive verb is appropriate
35
1
Active and passive voice: Guided review
36
1
Appropriate language: Guided practice
37
1
Appropriate language
38
1
Appropriate language
39
1
Appropriate language: Guided review
40
1
Exact language: Guided practice
41
1
Exact language
42
1
Exact language
43
1
Exact language
44
1
Exact language: Guided review
45
2
Choosing words (W1--W5)
46
1
Grammatical Sentences
Subject-verb agreement: Guided practice
47
1
Subject-verb agreement
48
1
Subject-verb agreement
49
1
Subject-verb agreement: Guided review
50
1
Other problems with verbs: Guided practice
51
1
Verb forms
52
1
Verb tense and mood
53
1
Active and passive voice
54
1
Other problems with verbs: Guided review
55
2
Pronouns: Guided practice
57
1
Pronoun-antecedent agreement and pronoun reference
58
1
Pronoun case
59
1
Pronouns: Guided review
60
1
Adjectives and adverbs: Guided practice
61
1
Adjectives and adverbs
62
1
Adjectives and adverbs
63
1
Adjectives and adverbs: Guided review
64
1
Sentence fragments: Guided practice
65
1
Sentence fragments
66
1
Sentence fragments
67
1
Sentence fragments
68
1
Sentence fragments
69
1
Sentence fragments: Guided review
70
1
Run-on sentences: Guided practice
71
2
Run-on sentences
73
2
Run-on sentences
75
1
Run-on sentences
76
1
Run-on sentences: Guided review
77
2
Grammatical sentences (G1--G6)
78
1
ESL Trouble Spots
Articles: Guided practice
79
1
Articles
80
1
Articles
81
1
Articles: Guided review
82
1
Special problems with verbs: Guided practice
83
1
Helping verbs and main verbs
84
1
Helping verbs, main verbs, and omitted verbs
85
1
Helping verbs and main verbs
86
1
Helping verbs and main verbs
87
1
Conditional verbs
87
1
Verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives
88
1
Two-word verbs
89
1
Special problems with verbs: Guided review
90
1
Sentence structure and other trouble spots: Guided practice
91
1
Omissions and needless repetitions
92
1
Placement of adjectives
93
1
Use of present and past participles
94
1
Sentence structure and other trouble spots: Guided review
95
2
Editing for ESL problems (T1--T4)
96
1
Punctuation
The comma: Guided practice
97
2
The comma
99
1
The comma
100
1
The comma
101
1
The comma
102
1
The comma
103
1
The comma: Guided review
104
1
The semicolon: Guided practice
105
1
The semicolon
106
1
The semicolon
107
1
The semicolon: Guided review
108
1
The colon: Guided practice
109
1
The colon
110
1
The colon
111
1
The colon: Guided review
112
1
The apostrophe: Guided practice
113
1
The apostrophe
114
1
The apostrophe
115
1
The apostrophe: Guided review
116
1
Quotation marks: Guided practice
117
1
Quotation marks
118
1
Quotation marks
119
1
Quotation marks: Guided review
120
2
Other punctuation marks: Guided practice
122
1
Other punctuation marks
123
1
Other punctuation marks
124
1
Other punctuation marks: Guided review
125
2
Editing for punctuation (P1--P7)
126
1
Spelling and Mechanics
Spelling, the hyphen, and capitalization: Guided practice
127
1
Spelling
128
1
The hyphen
128
1
Capitalization
129
1
Spelling, the hyphen, and capitalization: Guided review
130
1
Abbreviations, numbers, and italics: Guided practice
131
1
Abbreviations and numbers
132
1
Italics (underlining)
133
1
Abbreviations, numbers, and italics: Guided review
134
3
Spelling and mechanics (S1--S6)
135
2
Grammar Basics
Parts of speech: Preview
137
1
Nouns and noun/adjectives
138
1
Nouns and noun/adjectives
139
1
Pronouns and pronoun/adjectives
140
1
Verbs
141
1
Adjectives and adverbs
142
1
Prepositions and conjunctions
143
1
Parts of speech: Review
144
1
Parts of sentences: Preview
145
1
Subjects
146
1
Direct objects and subject complements
147
1
Indirect objects and object complements
148
1
Direct objects, indirect objects, and object complements
149
1
Parts of sentences: Review
150
1
Subordinate word groups: Preview
151
1
Prepositional phrases
152
1
Verbal phrases
153
2
Prepositional and verbal phrases
155
1
Subordinate clauses
156
1
Subordinate word groups: Review
157
1
Sentence types: Preview
158
1
Sentence types
159
1
Sentence types: Review
160
1
Answers to Guided Practice and Preview Exercises
161