Commonsense Composition

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 9. Parts of Speech Example 2- Is this the picture ofJose’s mother? By making “Jose” (formally a prop ...

http://www.ck12.org CHAPTER 10 Parts of the Sentence Chapter Outline 10.1 Parts of the Sentence ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 10. Parts of the Sentence 10.1 Parts of the Sentence Lesson Objectives Identify independent and dep ...

10.1. Parts of the Sentence http://www.ck12.org The first clause is dependent because it begins with “if,” which is classified a ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 10. Parts of the Sentence Any phrase (with a handful of exceptions) that begins with a preposition i ...

10.1. Parts of the Sentence http://www.ck12.org The infinitive phrase is functioning as a noun by being the subject of the sente ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 11. Punctuation CHAPTER 11 Punctuation Chapter Outline 11.1 Punctuation ...

11.1. Punctuation http://www.ck12.org 11.1 Punctuation Lesson Objectives Use commas with coordinating conjunctions, subordinati ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 11. Punctuation Use a comma after a dependent clause when it comes before an independent clause. Use ...

11.1. Punctuation http://www.ck12.org Semicolons Use semicolons to connect two independent clauses when the second clause restat ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 11. Punctuation Ingrid received a huge bonus last Christmas; because she singlehandedly sealed the ...

11.1. Punctuation http://www.ck12.org Use the hyphen to join two or more words serving as a single modifier before a noun. We us ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 11. Punctuation Ex. my brother-in-law’s money Add [’s] to the last noun to show joint possession of ...

11.1. Punctuation http://www.ck12.org In this case, the phrase that comes after the dash is more important than the independent ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 12. Verbs and Sentence Types CHAPTER 12 Verbs and Sentence Types Chapter Outline 12.1 Verbs and Sent ...

12.1. Verbs and Sentence Types http://www.ck12.org 12.1 Verbs and Sentence Types Lesson Objectives Distinguish between the subj ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 12. Verbs and Sentence Types (subject)+(beverb)+(subject complement [noun phrase]) TABLE12.3: Subj ...

12.1. Verbs and Sentence Types http://www.ck12.org The taxi driver seemed like a nice man. The inside of the bakery smells deli ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 12. Verbs and Sentence Types TABLE12.7: Subject Transitive Direct object [NP] The children Kicked Th ...

12.1. Verbs and Sentence Types http://www.ck12.org The voters elected Mr. Thompson mayor. ...