Great Source Writer's Express

by Kemper, Dave; Nathan, Ruth; Sebranek, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9780669471700
• ISBN10: 0669471704
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Great Source Education Group Inc

Table of Contents

Proofreading Activities
Marking Punctuation
End Punctuation 1 and 2	3	(4)
Commas in a Series	7	(1)
Commas Between Independent Clauses	8	(1)
Commas Between Items in Dates	9	(2)
Commas to Set Off Phrases and Clauses	11	(2)
Commas and Appositives	13	(2)
Comma Review	15	(2)
Commas and End Punctuation Review	17	(1)
Semicolons	18	(1)
Colons 1 and 2	19	(4)
Dashes	23	(2)
Hyphens	25	(2)
Apostrophes 1 and 2	27	(4)
Quotation Marks 1, 2, and 3	31	(4)
Punctuating Dialogue	35	(2)
Punctuating Titles	37	(2)
Italics and Parentheses	39	(2)
Punctuation Review 1 and 2	41	(4)
Editing for Mechanics
Capitalization 1 and 2	45	(4)
Abbreviations	49	(2)
Plurals 1 and 2	51	(2)
Numbers 1 and 2	53	(2)
Checking Your Spelling
Becoming a Better Speller	55	(2)
Proofreading Practice	57	(1)
Commonly Misspelled Words 1 and 2	58	(2)
Homophones	60	(1)
Homographs	61	(1)
Spelling Review	62	(1)
Using the Right Word
Using the Right Word 1, 2, and 3	63	(6)
Using the Right Word Review	69	(4)
Sentence Activities
Sentence Basics
Simple Subjects and Verbs	73	(2)
Compound Subjects and Predicates	75	(2)
Prepositional Phrases	77	(2)
Clauses	79	(2)
Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences 1 and 2	81	(2)
Kinds of Sentences 1 and 2	83	(2)
Sentence Combining
Key Words	85	(2)
Phrases	87	(2)
A Series of Words or Phrases 1 and 2	89	(3)
Simple and Compound Sentences	92	(1)
Compound Sentences	93	(2)
Compound Subjects and Verbs	95	(2)
Subordinating Conjunctions	97	(2)
Relative Pronouns	99	(1)
Sentence-Combining Review	100	(1)
Sentence Problems
Fragments 1 and 2	101	(4)
Run-On Sentences 1 and 2	105	(2)
Rambling Sentences	107	(2)
Sentence Problems	109	(2)
Sentence Errors Review	111	(2)
Sentence Variety
Changing Sentence Beginnings	113	(2)
Specific Nouns and Powerful Verbs	115	(4)
Language Activities
Nouns
Nouns	119	(2)
Common and Proper Nouns	121	(2)
Singular and Plural Nouns	123	(2)
Concrete and Abstract Nouns	125	(2)
Uses of Nouns	127	(2)
Nouns as Objects	129	(2)
Pronouns
Subject and Object Pronouns	131	(2)
Possessive Pronouns	133	(2)
Indefinite Pronouns	135	(2)
Person of a Pronoun 1 and 2	137	(2)
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement 1 and 2	139	(4)
Verbs
Types of Verbs	143	(2)
Helping Verbs	145	(2)
Verb Tenses	147	(2)
Irregular Verbs 1 and 2	149	(3)
Irregular-Verbs Review 1 and 2	152	(2)
Subject-Verb Agreement 1, 2, and 3	154	(4)
Subject-Verb Agreement Review 1 and 2	158	(2)
Adjectives
Adjectives	160	(1)
Forms of Adjectives	161	(2)
Colorful Adjectives 1 and 2	163	(2)
Adverbs
Adverbs	165	(2)
Forms of Adverbs	167	(2)
Prepositions
Prepositional Phrases 1 and 2	169	(4)
Interjections
Interjections	173	(1)
Conjunctions
Conjunctions	174	(1)
Coordinating Conjunctions	175	(2)
Subordinating Conjunctions	177	(3)
Conjunctions Review	180	(2)
Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech Review 1 and 2	182