The Best Grammar Workbook Ever: Grammar, Punctuation, and Word Usage for Ages 10 Through 110
- Length: 207 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: bigwords101
- Publication Date: 2015-03-28
- ISBN-10: 0991167406
- ISBN-13: 9780991167401
- Sales Rank: #21670 (See Top 100 Books)
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The Best Grammar Workbook Ever! is a comprehensive instructional guide for ages 10-110. The workbook covers grammar basics, common grammar problems, punctuation, capitalization, and word usage. In addition to a Pretest and Final Test, there are more than 100 practice exercises and tests at the end of each chapter. A complete list of answers is included in one of the appendixes. Other appendixes include commonly misspelled words, commonly mispronounced words, Greek and Latin word roots, and writing tips. The book is written in a friendly and easy-to-use tone. There are helpful hints throughout and a complete index. 2016 award winner from the New York Book Festival.
Acknowledgments Introduction How to Use This Book Conventions Used in This Book Pretest Chapter 1 The Parts of Speech 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Nouns The Five Types of Nouns Practice 2—Recognizing Types of Nouns 1.3. Pronouns Antecedents Practice 3—Pronouns and Antecedents Types of Pronouns Practice 4—Personal Pronouns Practice 5—Demonstrative Pronouns Practice 6—Interrogative Pronouns Practice 7—Relative Pronouns Practice 8—Intensive/Reflexive Pronouns Practice 9—Indefinite Pronouns Practice 10—Pronoun Review Brain Challenge 1.4. Verbs Action Verbs Practice 11—Action Verbs Linking Verbs Practice 12—Linking Verbs Practice 13—Action and Linking Verbs Tenses Practice 14—Verb Tenses Irregular Verb Forms Practice 15—Regular Verbs Voice Practice 16—Active and Passive Voice Transitive/Intransitive Practice 17—Transitive and Intransitive Verbs 1.5. Adjectives Special Types of Adjectives Practice 18—Identifying Adjectives 1.6. Adverbs 1.7. Prepositions 1.8. Conjunctions Subordinating Conjunctions Practice 23—Identifying Subordinating Conjunctions 1.9. Interjections 1.10. Using the Parts of Speech Chapter 1 Test The Parts of Speech Chapter 2 Sentences 2.1. Introduction: What Is a Sentence? 2.2. Subjects Complete Subjects 2.3. Predicates 2.4. Objects Direct Objects Practice 28—Identifying Direct Objects Indirect Objects Practice 29—Identifying Indirect Objects Objects of a Preposition Practice 30—Identifying Objects of Prepositions 2.5. Predicate Words 2.6. The Four Kinds of Sentences Declarative Sentence Interrogative Sentence Imperative Sentence Exclamatory Sentence Practice 32—Identifying the Types of Sentences Chapter 2 Test Sentences Chapter 3 Phrases 3.1. Introduction: What Is a Phrase? 3.2. Prepositional Phrases 3.3. Infinitive Phrases 3.4. Participial Phrases Present Participles Past Participles Practice 36—Identifying Participles 3.5. Gerundial Phrases 3.6. A Few Words About Appositives Chapter 3 Test Phrases Chapter 4 Clauses 4.1. Introduction: What Is a Clause? 4.2. Independent Clauses 4.3. Subordinate (Dependent) Clauses Adjective Clauses Practice 42—Identifying Adjective Clauses Adverb Clauses Practice 43—Identifying Adverb Clauses Noun Clauses Chapter 4 Test Clauses Chapter 5 Types of Sentence Structures 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Not a Sentence Sentence Fragment Practice 44—Identifying and Rewriting Sentence Fragments Run-on Sentences Practice 45—Identifying and Correcting Run Ons 5.3. Types of Sentence Structures Simple Sentence Compound Sentence Practice 46—Simple and Compound Sentences Complex Sentence Practice 47—Complex Sentences Compound-Complex Sentence Practice 48—Identifying Sentence Structures 5.4. A Variety of Sentence Patterns Chapter 5 Test Types of Sentence Structures Chapter 6 Special Issues with Pronouns 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Personal Pronoun Problem: Cases—Is It I or Me? 6.3. Demonstrative Pronouns and Adjectives: This, That, These, Those 6.4. Reflexive Pronouns: Using the -self Words Correctly 6.5. Interrogative Pronoun Issues Whose or Who’s? Practice 54—Whose and Who’s 6.6. Relative Pronouns: Using Who, Which, and That Correctly 6.7. Indefinite Pronouns: Singular or Plural? Singular Indefinite Pronouns Practice 56—Singular Indefinite Pronouns Plural Indefinite Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns That Can Be Either Singular or Plural Practice 57—Indefinite Pronouns 6.8. Unclear Antecedents Chapter 6 Test Special Issues with Pronouns Chapter 7 Special Issues with Verbs 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Tense Tense Trouble Using the Past Perfect Practice 59—Using Correct Tenses 7.3. Irregular Verb Forms 7.4. Verbs of Being Adjectives After Linking Verbs Pronouns After Linking Verbs 7.5. Voice: Active or Passive? 7.6. What Is Subjunctive Mood, Anyway? Commands and Recommendations Things That Are Not True Practice 62—Using Subjunctive Mood 7.7. Using Strong Verbs Chapter 7 Test Special Issues with Verbs Chapter 8 Commas: Yup! A Whole Chapter 8.1. To Comma or Not To Comma: That Is the Question 8.2. Series Comma (Oxford Comma) 8.3. Compound Sentences 8.4. Between Two Adjectives 8.5. Introductory Elements Introductory Words and Transition Words Introductory Phrases Introductory Clauses 8.6. Interrupting Material Commas Needed No Commas Needed Practice 64—Commas for Introductory and Interrupting Elements 8.7. Other Common Uses for Commas etc., i.e., e.g. Dates Commas with Numbers With Too Direct Address Setting off Academic Degrees Addresses Company Names Contrasting Expressions and Elements When a Word Is Left Out Commas for Emphasis Letters and Emails Unusual Word Order in a Sentence Setting off However and Therefore Anyplace Where Not Using a Comma Would Be Confusing Practice 65—More Comma Rules 8.8. Don’t Put Commas Here! Chapter 8 Test Commas Chapter 9 Punctuation (Except Commas) 9.1. Introduction 9.2. Periods (.) Abbreviations Decimals Lists or Outlines Measurements Practice 66—Using Periods 9.3. Question Marks (?) 9.4. Exclamation Points (!) 9.5. Semicolons (;) Compound Sentences Compound Sentences with Series or Other Commas Confusing Series 9.6. Colons (:) Digital Time Salutation of a Business Letter Between the Title and Subtitle of a Book In a Compound Sentence Introducing a Quote Introducing Lists Practice 69—Semicolons and Colons 9.7. Parentheses ( ) and Brackets [ ] Parentheses Brackets Practice 70—Parentheses and Brackets 9.8. Hyphens and Dashes (-/–/—) Hyphen (-) En Dash (–) Em Dash (—) Practice 71—Hyphens and Dashes 9.9. Italics Words Used as Themselves Letters and Numbers Used as Themselves Foreign Terms and Phrases Titles: Italics or Quotes? Other Uses for Italics Practice 72—Italics Practice 73—Italics Versus Quotation Marks 9.10. Quotation Marks (“”) Dialogue Other Uses for Quotation Marks Quotation Marks with Other Punctuation Single Quotation Marks Practice 74—Quotation Marks 9.11. Ellipses ( . . . ) Chapter 9 Test Punctuation Chapter 10 Capitalization 10.1. Introduction 10.2. The Basic Rules 10.3. More Capitalization Rules Titles Directions Letter/Email Salutations and Closings Earth Seasons Some “Common” Proper Nouns President of the United States and Other Titles Departments School Courses Decades Dog Breeds/Names Words That Come Before Numbers Hyphenated Words Practice 76—More Capitalization Chapter 10 Test Capitalization Chapter 11 Some Really Important Grammar Issues 11.1. Introduction 11.2. Run-on Sentences and Fragments Run-on Sentences Fragments Practice 77—Run Ons and Fragments 11.3. Agreement Interrupting Words and Phrases with Subject/Verb Agreement Practice 78—Agreement Using and, or, neither, either Between Subjects Practice 79—More Agreement Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement Sentences That Begin with There Practice 80—More Agreement Indefinite Pronouns Singular Nouns That Look Plural Collective Nouns A Quirky Little Issue Practice 81—More Agreement 11.4. Comparison Forming Comparatives and Superlatives What If It Isn’t More? What If It Is Less? Irregular Forms Faulty Comparisons Practice 82—Comparison 11.5. Misplaced Modifiers 11.6. Possessives Singular Nouns Plural Nouns Words That Already End in -s Last Names Exceptions Possessive Pronouns Practice 84—Possessives 11.7. Parallel Structure Parallel Structure in Lists Practice 85—Parallel Structure 11.8. Using Numbers: When to Spell Them Out 11.9. Double Negatives 11.10. Apostrophes in Plurals 11.11. Let’s Be Clear: Avoiding Vagueness This and It The Lonely Which Unclear People Practice 89—Clarity 11.12. Can I Do These Things? Use Abbreviations Use Contractions Use Slang Start a Sentence with And, So, or But End a Sentence with a Preposition Split an Infinitive Use They as a Singular Practice 90—Can I Do These Things? Chapter 11 Test Important Grammar Issues Chapter 12 Commonly Confused Words/A Dictionary of Usage 12.1. A Through D 12.2. E Through H 12.3. I Through L 12.4. M Through P 12.5. R and S 12.6. T Through Z Chapter 12 Test Confusing Words Final Test Part 1—English Language Basics Part 2—Sentence Correction Appendix A Redundancy Appendix B Commonly Misspelled Words Appendix C Commonly Mispronounced Words Appendix D Common Prefixes, Suffixes, and Word Roots Appendix E Writing Tips Appendix F Glossary Appendix G Answers to Practices and Chapter Tests Pretest Chapter 1 Practice 1—Recognizing Nouns Practice 2—Recognizing Types of Nouns Practice 3—Pronouns and Antecedents Practice 4—Personal Pronouns Practice 5—Demonstrative Pronouns Practice 6—Interrogative Pronouns Practice 7—Relative Pronouns Practice 8—Intensive/Reflexive Pronouns Practice 9—Indefinite Pronouns Practice 10—Pronoun Review Practice 11—Action Verbs Practice 12—Linking Verbs Practice 13—Action and Linking Verbs Practice 14—Tenses Practice 15—Regular Verbs Practice 16—Active and Passive Voice Practice 17—Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Practice 18—Adjectives Practice 19—Adverbs Practice 20—Placement of Adverbs Practice 21—Prepositional Phrases Practice 22—Coordinating Conjunctions Practice 23—Subordinating Conjunctions Practice 24—Interjections Brain Challenges Chapter 1 Test Chapter 2 Practice 25—Identifying Subjects Practice 26—Identifying Verbs Practice 27—Subjects and Predicates Practice 28—Direct Objects Practice 29—Indirect Objects Practice 30—Objects of Prepositions Practice 31—Predicate Adjectives and Nominatives Practice 32—Types of Sentences Chapter 2 Test Chapter 3 Practice 33—Prepositional Phrases Practice 34—Infinitives Practice 35—Infinitives as Subjects and Objects Practice 36—Identifying Participles Practice 37—Identifying Gerunds Practice 38—Gerund or Participle? Practice 39—Appositives Chapter 3 Test Chapter 4 Practice 40—Independent Clauses Practice 41—Subordinate Clauses Practice 42—Identifying Adjective Clauses Practice 43—Identifying Adverb Clauses Chapter 4 Test Chapter 5 Practice 44—Identifying and Rewriting Sentence Fragments Practice 45—Identifying and Correcting Run Ons Practice 46—Simple and Compound Sentences Practice 47—Complex Sentences Practice 48—Identifying Sentence Structures Practice 49—Writing Sentences with Different Structures Chapter 5 Test Chapter 6 Practice 50—Using the Correct Pronoun Case Practice 51—Using Demonstratives Correctly Practice 52—Using -self Pronouns Practice 53—Who and Whom as Interrogative Pronouns Practice 54—Whose and Who’s Practice 55—Essential Versus Nonessential Clauses Practice 56—Singular Indefinite Pronouns Practice 57—Indefinite Pronouns Chapter 6 Test Chapter 7 Practice 58—Tenses Practice 59—Using Correct Tenses Practice 60—Irregular Verb Forms Practice 61—Active and Passive Voice Practice 62—Using Subjunctive Mood Chapter 7 Test Chapter 8 Practice 63—Some Important Comma Rules Practice 64—Commas for Introductory and Interrupting Elements Practice 65—More Comma Rules Chapter 8 Test Chapter 9 Practice 66—Using Periods Practice 67—Question Marks Practice 68—Exclamation Points Practice 69—Semicolons and Colons Practice 70—Parentheses and Brackets Practice 71—Hyphens and Dashes Practice 72—Italics Practice 73—Italics Versus Quotations Practice 74—Quotation Marks Chapter 9 Test Chapter 10 Practice 75—Basic Capitalization Rules Practice 76—More Capitalization Chapter 10 Test Chapter 11 Practice 77—Run Ons and Fragments Practice 78—Agreement Practice 79—More Agreement Practice 80—More Agreement Practice 81—More Agreement Practice 82—Comparison Practice 83—Misplaced Modifiers Practice 84—Possessives Practice 85—Parallel Structure Practice 86—Numbers Practice 87—Double Negatives Practice 88—Plurals with Apostrophes Practice 89—Clarity Practice 90—Can I Do These Things? Chapter 11 Test Chapter 12 Practice 91—Confusing Words A Through D Practice 92—Confusing Words E Through H Practice 93—Confusing Words I Through L Practice 94—Confusing Words M Through P Practice 95—Confusing Words R and S Practice 96—Confusing Words T through Z Chapter 12 Test Final Test Part 1 English Language Basics Part 2: Sentence Correction
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