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UUnniitt 11:: PPaarrttss ooff SSppeeeecchhLesson 1: Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Lesson 2: Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Lesson 3: Adjectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Lesson 4: Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Lesson 5: Adverbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Lesson 6: Prepositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Lesson 7: Conjunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Lesson 8: Interjections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

UUnniitt 22:: PPaarrttss ooff SSeenntteenncceessLesson 9: Subjects and Predicates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Lesson 10: Complements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Lesson 11: Clauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

UUnniitt 33:: UUssaaggeeLesson 12: Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Lesson 13: Confusing Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

UUnniitt 44:: MMeecchhaanniiccssLesson 14: Capitalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Lesson 15: Punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Appendixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149A. The Verb To Be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149B. The Verb To Have . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149C. Personal Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

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WORDS TO KNOW

EEnndd PPuunnccttuuaattiioonn

When you ppuunnccttuuaattee a sentence, you add the correctpunctuation marks. PPuunnccttuuaattiioonn mmaarrkkss are special marks thathelp make the meaning of written work clear.

End punctuation is the ppuunnccttuuaattiioonn that appears at the end ofa sentence. There are three end punctuation marks. Each givesinformation about the type of sentence it ends.

Use a ppeerriioodd at the end of a declarative sentence (a statement).

He said that.

I could not believe it.

My brother agrees with him.

Use a period at the end of an imperative sentence (a command) if the command is a mild request.

Please shut the door.

Carry this bag for me.

aappoossttrroopphhee

ccoolloonn

ccoommmmaa

eexxccllaammaattiioonn ppooiinntt

ppeerriioodd

ppuunnccttuuaattee

ppuunnccttuuaattiioonn

ppuunnccttuuaattiioonn mmaarrkkss

qquueessttiioonn mmaarrkk

qquuoottaattiioonn mmaarrkkss

sseemmiiccoolloonn

LESSON 15: Punctuation

GOAL: To learn to punctuate sentences correctly

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Use a qquueessttiioonn mmaarrkk at the end of an interrogative sentence (aquestion).

He said that?

What did he mean?

Use an eexxccllaammaattiioonn ppooiinntt at the end of an exclamatorysentence.

He said that!

I could not believe it!

Use an exclamation point at the end of an imperative sentencewhen the command shows strong feeling.

Shut the door now!

Don’t get any closer to that bear!

■ PRACTICE 86: End PunctuationWrite the correct punctuation mark at the end of each sentence.(There may be more than one correct punctuation mark forsome sentences.)

11.. The boy went to bed early

22.. It had been a long day

33.. What happened

44.. The boy saved a friend from a burning building

55.. How did he do it

66.. He called 9-1-1

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77.. Hooray

88.. The boy is a hero

99.. Will he get a medal

1100.. Yes, from the fire department

CCoommmmaass

Use a ccoommmmaa to separate three or more words or phrases in a row.

I speak English, Spanish, and Hebrew.

The dog ran into the house, up the stairs, and under the bed.

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Punctuation marks can make a big difference inmeaning. Imagine that a sales group received thismemo from their boss:

Your group’s sales figures last month did notmeet our expectations.

The group might review figures, discuss ways tobring in more sales, and so on.

But what if they got this memo:

Your group’s sales figures last month did notmeet our expectations!

This memo communicates strong feeling. Thesalespeople might fear for their jobs. They wouldprobably work on ways to increase sales fast!

IN REAL LIFE


Use a comma to separate two independent clauses joined witha conjunction.

I love chocolate, but I am allergic to it.We were hungry, so we made a sandwich.I am going to eat, and then I am going to work.

Use a comma to separate an introductory phrase from the restof the sentence.

On our way to school, we saw a car accident.

Finally, the bus ride ended.

Although she was ill, she still had a good time.

Use a comma before a quotation.

He said, “Hurry up!”

She asked, “What time is it?”

Use a comma after a quotation, if the quotation is adeclarative sentence and the quotation does not end thesentence.

“I’ll be there in a minute,” she called.

Please come over here,” he said

■ PRACTICE 87: CommasThe following sentences need commas. Rewrite each sentencewith commas in the correct place.

11.. My favorite months are June July and August.

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22.. He wrote a paper and his mother read it.

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Table of ContentsTo the Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viBasic English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiiClassroom Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ixUse Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

UUnniitt 11:: PPaarrttss ooff SSppeeeecchhUnit Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Suggested Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

UUnniitt 22:: PPaarrttss ooff SSeenntteenncceessUnit Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Suggested Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

UUnniitt 33:: UUssaaggeeUnit Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Suggested Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

UUnniitt 44:: MMeecchhaanniiccssUnit Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Suggested Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Student Book Appendixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Tables and Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Student Book Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Unit 4 concentrates on the conventions of writing. Students learn and practice the rules ofcapitalization. They learn to correctly use end punctuation, commas, quotation marks, colons,semicolons, and apostrophes. Each punctuation mark is studied individually. The conventions areapplied in numerous practice activities.

Lesson 14—CapitalizationGoal: To learn to capitalize correctly

WORDS TO KNOW

ccaappiittaalliizzaattiioonn the rules of making words capital

ccaappiittaalliizzee to make the first letter of a word a capital, or uppercase, letter

Lesson 15—PunctuationGoal: To learn to punctuate sentences correctly

WORDS TO KNOW

aappoossttrroopphhee a punctuation mark that is used to show ownership, or to show that lettershave been left out, as in a contraction

ccoolloonn a punctuation mark that is used to introduce something that follows, such as alist, or used in expressions of time when numerals are used

ccoommmmaa a punctuation mark that is used to separate words or groups of words in asentence

eexxccllaammaattiioonn ppooiinntt a punctuation mark that is used at the end of an exclamatory sentence

ppeerriioodd a punctuation mark that is used at the end of a declarative sentence

ppuunnccttuuaattee to add the correct punctuation marks to a sentence

ppuunnccttuuaattiioonn marks that are used to make the meaning of written work clear

ppuunnccttuuaattiioonn mmaarrkkss marks, such as periods and commas, that are used to make the meaning ofwritten work clear

qquueessttiioonn mmaarrkk a punctuation mark that is used at the end of an interrogative sentence

qquuoottaattiioonn mmaarrkkss punctuation marks that are used around the words someone says in aquotation, or around the titles of short stories, songs, articles, and essays

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sseemmiiccoolloonn punctuation mark that is used to join two independent clauses into one sentence

NNootteess oonn AApppplliiccaattiioonn AAccttiivviittyy iinn SSttuuddeenntt TTeexxtt

AAddddiittiioonnaall AAccttiivviittyy SSuuggggeessttiioonnss■ Have students look for punctuation errors in newspaper articles. Another source of errors is e-

mails. Bring in or ask students to bring in e-mails they are willing to share. There will be plentyof errors to correct!

■ Write sentences on the board, without the punctuation. Ask students to rewrite the sentenceswith correct punctuation.

■ Divide students into small groups. Assign each group a punctuation mark. Have the members ofeach group work together to write a chapter of a punctuation handbook. Each group shouldprovide clear examples of how the punctuation mark is used. You can photocopy the entries andstaple them into booklets for reference.

DDiiffffeerreennttiiaattiioonn■ Use sentences from a book that students are reading for class as models for correct punctuation.

Choose sentences that show different punctuation marks. Have students name the punctuationmarks and tell what they do.

■ Say several sentences aloud, with clear emotion. Ask students which end punctuation mark theywould use at the end of the sentence if it was written.

■ Do a dictation exercise. Read a variety of sentences aloud, with strong emotion and pauses. Havestudents write the sentences. Then write the sentences on the board and discuss discrepanciesbetween your written sentences and those of students.

■ Students who are interested in language and are detail-oriented may enjoy looking throughpopular reference books about grammar and punctuation. Ask students to choose a particulartopic and read about it in different sources. They can then write a short paper telling theirfindings.

■ English-language learners may be willing to share some sentences that show what punctuationmarks are used in their first language and where the marks are placed.

AAccttiivviittyy SSkkiillllss AApppplliieedd PPrroodduucctt

EErrrroorr CChheecckk proofreading, analyzing information, correction tallies applying information

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TToo tthhee SSttuuddeenntt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii

AAccttiivviittyy 11Proper Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

AAccttiivviittyy 22Map of Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

AAccttiivviittyy 33Possessive Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

AAccttiivviittyy 44Drawing on Possessive Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

AAccttiivviittyy 55Plural Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

AAccttiivviittyy 66Plural Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

AAccttiivviittyy 77Possessive Pronoun Dialogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

AAccttiivviittyy 88A Question of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

AAccttiivviittyy 99Reflexive Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

AAccttiivviittyy 1100Interrogative Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

AAccttiivviittyy 1111Star Interrogation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

AAccttiivviittyy 1122Indefinite Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

AAccttiivviittyy 1133Indefinite Pronouns in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

AAccttiivviittyy 1144Demonstrative Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

AAccttiivviittyy 1155Demonstrate Your Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

AAccttiivviittyy 1166Demonstrate Your Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

AAccttiivviittyy 1177Adjectives Times Two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

AAccttiivviittyy 1188Quick (or Slow) Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

AAccttiivviittyy 1199Indefinite Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

AAccttiivviittyy 2200Action Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

AAccttiivviittyy 2211Action Verbs in Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

AAccttiivviittyy 2222Linking Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

AAccttiivviittyy 2233Sports Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

AAccttiivviittyy 2244Verbs in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

AAccttiivviittyy 2255A Day in the Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

AAccttiivviittyy 2266The Verb to Be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

AAccttiivviittyy 2277Helping Verbs and Main Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

AAccttiivviittyy 2288Simple Tenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

AAccttiivviittyy 2299Present Tense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

AAccttiivviittyy 3300Life in Simple Tenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

AAccttiivviittyy 3311To Be Correct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

AAccttiivviittyy 3322The Verb to Have . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

AAccttiivviittyy 3333The Verb to Be in the Past Tense . . . . . . . . . . . 33

AAccttiivviittyy 3344Present Participles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

AAccttiivviittyy 3355Past Participles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

AAccttiivviittyy 3366Singing Participles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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The Present Tense of to Have . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

AAccttiivviittyy 3388Irregular Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

AAccttiivviittyy 3399Irregular Past Participles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

AAccttiivviittyy 4400Adverb Addition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

AAccttiivviittyy 4411Adverb Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

AAccttiivviittyy 4422Adverbs and Arrows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

AAccttiivviittyy 4433Comparative and Superlative Forms . . . . . . . . 43

AAccttiivviittyy 4444Writing Comparative and Superlative Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

AAccttiivviittyy 4455Irregular Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

AAccttiivviittyy 4466Prepositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

AAccttiivviittyy 4477Coordinating Conjunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

AAccttiivviittyy 4488Correlative Conjunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

AAccttiivviittyy 4499Interject Some Humor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

AAccttiivviittyy 5500Sentence Fragments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

AAccttiivviittyy 5511Complete Subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

AAccttiivviittyy 5522Predicate Wanted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

AAccttiivviittyy 5533Sentence Interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

AAccttiivviittyy 5544Sentence Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

AAccttiivviittyy 5555Compound Subjects and CompoundPredicates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

AAccttiivviittyy 5566Predicate Nominatives and Predicate Adjectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

AAccttiivviittyy 5577Friendly Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

AAccttiivviittyy 5588Direct Objects and Indirect Objects . . . . . . . . . 58

AAccttiivviittyy 5599Direct Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

AAccttiivviittyy 6600Independent Clauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

AAccttiivviittyy 6611You Can Depend on It! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

AAccttiivviittyy 6622Clauses in the Great Outdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

AAccttiivviittyy 6633Simple, Compound, or Complex? . . . . . . . . . . 63

AAccttiivviittyy 6644Simple + Simple = Compound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

AAccttiivviittyy 6655Compound and Complex Sentences . . . . . . . . 65

AAccttiivviittyy 6666Subject-Verb Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

AAccttiivviittyy 6677Subjects and Verbs at Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

AAccttiivviittyy 6688Pronoun Fill-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

AAccttiivviittyy 6699Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . 69

AAccttiivviittyy 7700Pronoun Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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AAccttiivviittyy 7711Pronoun Substitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

AAccttiivviittyy 7722Accept or Except? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

AAccttiivviittyy 7733Take Everything but That! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

AAccttiivviittyy 7744Affect or Effect? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

AAccttiivviittyy 7755How the Effects Will Affect You . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

AAccttiivviittyy 7766We’re All Ready Already! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

AAccttiivviittyy 7777All Together, Altogether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

AAccttiivviittyy 7788Seeing It All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

AAccttiivviittyy 7799Is It Its or It’s? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

AAccttiivviittyy 8800There, Their, They’re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

AAccttiivviittyy 8811Amount, Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

AAccttiivviittyy 8822A Number of Amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

AAccttiivviittyy 8833Bad, Badly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

AAccttiivviittyy 8844A Bad Choice? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

AAccttiivviittyy 8855Can, May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

AAccttiivviittyy 8866Fewer, Less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

AAccttiivviittyy 8877Lie, Lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

AAccttiivviittyy 8888Raise, Rise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

AAccttiivviittyy 8899Sit, Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

AAccttiivviittyy 9900Capitalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

AAccttiivviittyy 9911End Punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

AAccttiivviittyy 9922Commas in a Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

AAccttiivviittyy 9933Commas with Two Independent Clauses . . . . 93

AAccttiivviittyy 9944More Commas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

AAccttiivviittyy 9955Birthday Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

AAccttiivviittyy 9966Semicolons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

AAccttiivviittyy 9977Apostrophes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

AAccttiivviittyy 9988Direct and Indirect Quotations . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

AAccttiivviittyy 9999Direct to Indirect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

AAccttiivviittyy 110000Quote Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

AAccttiivviittyy 110011Colons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

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On each line, write a logical proper noun. Remember, proper nouns are always capitalized.

11.. _______________________ is a great supermarket.

22.. _______________________ is my favorite singer.

33.. My dog, _______________________, plays fetch.

44.. My favorite athlete is _______________________.

55.. I would like to visit _______________________ someday.

66.. I buy music at _______________________.

77.. _______________________ was my first grade teacher.

88.. _______________________ is a good place to study.

99.. _______________________ is my dentist.

1100.. I rent videos at _______________________.

1111.. I like books by _______________________.

1122.. One monument I would like to visit is _______________________.

Replace each underlined common noun with a proper noun. Write the sentences with the propernoun on the line.

1133.. My teacher is at school by 7:30.

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1144.. The coach is the football coach.

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1155.. I read the local newspaper every day.

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Answer each question. Then write a sentence that shows the rule being applied.

11.. Which word in a sentence is always capitalized? _____________________________

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22.. What is the capitalization rule for titles of books, short stories, poems, plays, and songs?

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33.. What words are not capitalized in a title unless they are the first word? _____________

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44.. What pronoun is always capitalized? _____________________________________

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55.. What is the capitalization rule for proper nouns and proper adjectives? ____________

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66.. What is the capitalization rule for a title before a person’s name? _________________

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Table of ContentsTo the Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Testing Students Who Do Not Test Well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

Test-Taking Strategies for Power Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

PPrreetteesstt .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11

UUnniitt 11 TTeesstt:: PPaarrttss ooff SSppeeeecchh .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 88

UUnniitt 22 TTeesstt:: PPaarrttss ooff SSeenntteenncceess .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1122

UUnniitt 33 TTeesstt:: UUssaaggee .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1177

UUnniitt 44 TTeesstt:: MMeecchhaanniiccss .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2211

PPoosstttteesstt .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2255

Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Student Record-Keeping Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Stategies for Standardized Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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Decide what part of speech each underlined word is. Circle the letter of the correct answer.

11.. Malik felt tired after recess.

aa.. pronoun

bb.. verb

cc.. adjective

22.. Sandra and Tim ate hurriedly and bolted out the door.

aa.. pronoun

bb.. adverb

cc.. adjective

33.. Help! The cat is stuck in the tree!

aa.. interjection

bb.. verb

cc.. preposition

Circle the letter of the correct plural form that completes the sentence.

44.. George’s _____ got wet when he stepped in the puddle.

aa.. foot

bb.. feet

55.. Some people say that cats have nine _____.

aa.. lifes

bb.. lives

Decide which type of pronoun is underlined. Circle the letter of your choice.

66.. Lucie sharpened her pencil before the test.

aa.. possessive pronoun

bb.. demonstrative pronoun

cc.. interrogative pronoun

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Decide if each group of words is a complete sentence or a sentence fragment. Circle a for completesentence. Circle b for sentence fragment.

11.. The wind blew the leaves off the trees.

aa.. complete sentence

bb.. sentence fragment

22.. After the storm had passed and the sky had cleared.



33.. There was not much damage from the storm.



Decide what type of sentence each sentence is, classified by purpose. Circle the letter of your choice.

44.. Did you see the yearbook?

aa.. declarative

bb.. interrogative

cc.. imperative

dd.. exclamatory

55.. Laurie is not home right now.

aa.. declarative

bb.. interrogative

cc.. imperative

dd.. exclamatory

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Circle the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence.

11.. Eliza _____ piano lessons once a week.

aa.. take

bb.. takes

22.. Sophie _____ she could play as well as her sisiter.

aa.. wish

bb.. wishes

33.. Ricky and Simon _____ cousins.

aa.. is

bb.. are

44.. They _____ an interest in birds.

aa.. share

bb.. shares

55.. We sometimes _____ birds on the fire escape.

aa.. see

bb.. sees

66.. The boys ______ the birds by their calls.

aa.. know

bb.. knows

77.. Either Ricky or Simon _____ a pair of binoculars.

aa.. own

bb.. owns

88.. I _____ them sometimes.

aa.. borrow

bb.. borrows

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Decide what part of speech each underlined word is. Circle the letter of the correct answer.

11.. The dogs chased the cow out of the barn.

aa.. noun

bb.. pronoun

cc.. adjective

22.. The rangers searched for the lost hiker.

aa.. interjection

bb.. pronoun

cc.. adjective

33.. The twins were sound asleep on the couch.

aa.. verb

bb.. adverb

cc.. preposition

44.. Zack and Tim played together in a band.

aa.. conjunction

bb.. adverb

cc.. preposition

55.. Oops, I spilled the milk.

aa.. verb

bb.. interjection

cc.. preposition

Circle the letter of the correct plural form that completes the sentence.

66.. The farmer sharpened three _____.

aa.. ax

bb.. axes

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77.. The _____ played ball after lunch.aa.. manbb.. men

88.. The _____ have turned green.aa.. pennysbb.. pennies

Decide which type of pronoun is underlined. Circle the letter of your choice.

99.. Her bike is red.aa.. possessive pronounbb.. demonstrative pronouncc.. interrogative pronoun

1100.. Who said that?aa.. reflexive pronounbb.. demonstrative pronouncc.. interrogative pronoun

Decide if the underlined verb is an action verb or a linking verb. Circle a for action verb. Circle b forlinking verb.

1111.. Jonelle seemed upset after class.aa.. action verbbb.. linking verb

1122.. The dinner smelled delicious.aa.. action verbbb.. linking verb

Decide which tense the underlined verb is in. Circle the letter of your choice.

1133.. The Ellis School will open next fall.aa.. pastbb.. presentcc.. future

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