| Writing |
| Book 1 - Spelling |
- Form plurals using s and es.
- Form plurals for words ending in y, f, and fe.
- Add suffixes that begin with vowels to words.
- Add suffixes that begin with consonants to words.
- Add common prefixes to words.
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| Book 2 - Mechanics |
- Capitalize proper nouns.
- Capitalize words in appropriate situations.
- Use correct end punctuation.
- Use commas to separate items in a series; to set off nonessential information; to separate main clauses in compound sentences; and in other situations.
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| Book 3 - Nouns and Verbs |
- Recognize roles of nouns and verbs in sentences.
- Use "helper" verbs correctly to form various tenses.
- Recognize words commonly mistaken for and misused as verbs.
- Use sit and set, lie and lay, and rise and raise correctly.
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| Book 4 - Agreement |
- Select correct verbs for subjects with either/or, neither/not, or but/also.
- Select verbs for subjects that are collective nouns.
- Select verbs for sentences beginning with there or here.
- Select verbs for each, everybody, no one, and everybody.
- Select verbs for subjects with positive and negative elements.
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| Book 5 - Pronouns |
- Use subject and object forms of pronouns correctly.
- Use "divide and conquer" strategy for compound subjects and objects.
- Use who, which, and that correctly.
- Use possessive pronouns correctly.
- Distinguish possessive pronouns from sound-alike contractions.
- Use these, those, and them correctly.
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| Book 6 - Modifiers |
- Recognize the function of modifiers.
- Use good and well correctly.
- Distinguish between real/very, fewer/less, and many/much.
- Use barely, scarcely, and hardly correctly.
- Use comparative and superlative forms of modifiers correctly.
- Recognize when the possessive of a noun is used and form it correctly.
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| Book 7 - Sentences |
- Recognize and correct run on sentences and sentence fragments.
- Place modifiers for clarity.
- Edit for parallel construction.
- Edit to combine ideas.
- Edit to omit the unnecessary.
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| Book 8 - Organization |
- Identify main ideas in paragraphs
- Select effective topic sentences.
- Order sentences in paragraphs for clarity.
- Omit irrelevant information and reduce wordiness.
- Use transitional words and phrases effectively.
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| Book 9 - Style |
- Reduce redundancy.
- Select correct homonyms.
- Edit for active voice.
- Eliminate it, you, and they when there is no clear antecedent.
- Distinguish between commonly confused words.
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| Book 10 - Review |
- Review ways to modify run-ons and fragments, rules for subject-verb agreement, rules for correct usage, guidelines for using helper verbs, ways to find and omit irrelevant information, ways to find effective topic sentences, ways to connect ideas.
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