Grammar and Language Workbook

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Proper adjectives, 8, 15, 44, 119, 225, 227

Proper nouns, defined, 3, 63

Punctuation rules. See specific types

Purpose, choosing in writing, 20, 301

Q

Question marks, 15, 233

and quotation marks, 17, 247

Quiet, quite, 13

Quotation marks, 17, 247

with colons or semicolons, 17

with commas or periods, 17, 38–39, 247

in direct quotations, 17, 247

within a quotation, 17

with question marks or exclamation points,

17, 247

with titles of short works, 17, 249

Quotations, capitalizing, 14, 44, 213

R

Raise, rise,13, 203

Reflexive pronouns, 6

Regular verbs, 4 – 6, 85

Relative pronouns, 6

Request, letters of, 22, 337

Revising, 20, 307, 309

sentence variety, 20, 309

topic sentences, 307

transition words, 307

Rise, raise,13, 203

Roots of words, 19

Run-on sentences, 26 –27, 59

S

Semiblock form of letters, 21, 337

Semicolons, 16–17, 245

to correct run-on sentences, 26, 59

Sentence, defined, 47

Sentence fragments, 24 –25, 57

Sentence structure, 9–10, 55

complex, 10

compound, 10, 55

simple, 10, 55

Sentences, effective, 309, 317, 319, 321

active voice, 6, 319

passive voice, 319

special effects, 321

topic sentence, 319

varied length, 317

varied structure, 317

Sentences, kinds of

declarative, 10, 47

exclamatory, 10, 49

imperative, 10, 49

interrogative, 10, 47

Sentences, run-on, 26–27, 59

Series

commas in, 16, 38, 235

colon before, 17, 245

Set, sit,14, 203

Simple predicates, defined, 3, 51

Simple sentences, defined, 10, 55

Simple subjects, defined, 3, 51

Singular nouns, 3, 65

Sit, set,14, 203

Spatial order, 20, 325

Spelling

adding -ly, 20, 281

doubling the final consonant, 19, 281

of easily confused words, 287

forming compound words, 20, 281

of often misspelled words, 285

of plural nouns, 20, 283

of prefixes, 19

of suffixes, 19, 279

of ieand ei,19, 279

of unstressed vowels, 19

Subject-verb agreement, 4, 11, 28 –31, 67, 167,

169, 171, 173

and collective nouns, 4, 67

and compound subjects, 11, 30–31, 173

and intervening expressions, 11, 28, 171

and prepositional phrases, 11, 28, 171

and indefinite pronouns, 11, 29, 113

in inverted sentences, 11, 28–29, 171

with subject pronouns, 11, 29, 169

with titles of works, 11

Subjects

agreement of verb with, 4, 11, 28–31, 67,

167, 169, 171, 173

complete, 3, 51

compound, 3, 30–31, 53, 173

pronouns as, 34–35, 105, 107, 169

simple, 3, 51

Subordinate (dependent) clauses, 9 –10

Subordinating conjunctions, 9