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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Review of Verbs, Nouns, and Pronouns

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Review of Verbs, Nouns, and Pronouns

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... to Mordor, and he leaves secretly to continue it alone.continuedREVIEW OF VERBS, NOUNS, AND PRONOUNS 65 Lesson 10Review of Verbs, Nouns, and PronounsREVIEW OF VERBS, NOUNS, AND PRONOUNS ... ___________________.L.V. 4. Ice becomes ___________________.L.V.5. Rembrandt and Picasso were ___________________.L.V.6. Iceland and Greenland are ___________________.L.V.In the exercise you have just ... a summary of the rules for formingplurals of nouns.must have lost62 PARTS OF SPEECH 1. Olives imported from Spain are sold in supermarkets.2. They spoke in words that were full of bitterness.3....
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... indicated.Samples:the plural of windowthe singular of kittens1. the singular of chairs2. the plural of passenger3. the singular of gloves4. the plural of bandage5. the plural of treekittenwindowsNOUNS ... bark of the dogthe visitor’s name34 PARTS OF SPEECHWe are building up our library at: www.waystoenglish.com We are building up our library at: www.waystoenglish.com Review of Adjectives and ... and wife:Change f to v and add s to form the plural.knife kniveslife liveswife wivesEXERCISE 4.Write the plural of the following nouns.1. thief2. riff3. loaf4. grief5. roof6. proof7....
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Adverbs

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Adverbs

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... wellExtremely82 PARTS OF SPEECH ADJECTIVE WORD MODIFIED8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.23.24.25.26.27.28.29.30.90 PARTS OF SPEECH Lesson 13Review of Adjectives and AdverbsREVIEW ... above passage.Adverbs 1–5 and the words they modify are shown as samples. List the remainingtwenty-four adverbs and the words they modify, including the part of speech of thewords modified.FIRST ... yesterday. (hoarse, hoarsely)accuratelyREVIEW OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS 93 EXERCISE 2.Indicate whether the italicized word is an adverb or an adjective, and tell what it modifies.Samples:The clock...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Basic Paragraph Composition

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Basic Paragraph Composition

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... sheet of paper or a paperclip?” They have no intention of giving it back, and I really do not expectthem to. The same is true of pencils. How often has a teacher asked, “Willyou lend so -and- so ... abil-ity and a competitive streak. These qualities helped him win the KidsTriathlon at age 13 and, at age 16, become a professional triathlete. Thecycling part of the triathlon became his focus, and ... They are a major cause of air pollution, endangering the nation’s health.______ 2. They destroy billions of dollars of property annually.______ 3. They kill thousands of people (43,000 in 2002)...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Compound Verbs

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Compound Verbs

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... the subject and the verb of each sentence in the passageyou have just read. Caution: Some of the subjects are compound, and some of the verbsare compound. The subject and the verb of the first ... was Ellen’s, and the handwriting was ______________, too.EXERCISE 2.Find the pronoun (PRON.) and its antecedent (ANTECED.), and writethem in the spaces at the right.Samples:Sandra said ... two verbs of the same subject, connected by and, give us the compound verbstumbled and fell.Here are more examples of compound verbs:The wind all night.S. compound verbAt night I often television.S....
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Nouns

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Nouns

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... indicated.Samples:the plural of windowthe singular of kittens1. the singular of chairs2. the plural of passenger3. the singular of gloves4. the plural of bandage5. the plural of treekittenwindowsNOUNS ... predicted.Did Terry and Mallika agree with you?1. Vermont and New Hampshire are next toeach other.Terry and MallikaRain or snow Here are the singular and plural forms of a few more nouns.SINGULAR ... verb connected by and or or.1. Erin and Sean our group.compound subject verbErin is a subject of the verb joined.Sean is also a subject of the verb joined.These two subjects of the same verb,...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Prepositions

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Prepositions

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... object of the preposition.He slammed the ball out of the infield.PREP. OBJ. OF PREP.(The noun infield is the object of the preposition out of. )Please do not leave without us.PREP. OBJ. OF PREP.(The ... win and lose.)4. A conjunction connects pronouns, or a noun and a pronoun:You and she are always on time.PRON. CONJ. PRON.(The conjunction and connects the pronouns You and she.)Alex and ... few prepositions consist of more than one word: because of, in spite of, etc.miiiiiiijx5. We were late because of the fog.ADJ. PREP. N.(The preposition because of relates the noun fog to...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Capitalization

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Capitalization

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... the republican candidate 7. lord of the rings: return of the king3. english and history 8. grandma and aunt louise4. the planet saturn 9. in the southwest near phoenix5. fourth of july holiday ... Senate,Department of the InteriorTitles of persons showing office, rank, professionPresident Roosevelt, General Marshall, Dr. Reed, Professor HutchinsonNames of planets, satellites, stars, and constellationsJupiter, ... ___________________Words Often ConfusedIn addition to words that are tricky to spell, English also has its share of words that areeasily and often—confused. Note the correct spelling of the words in...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Nouns

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Nouns

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... adjectives (Lessons 11 and 13) and adverbs(Lessons 12 and 13)—how they function, how they differ, and how some adverbs areformed from adjectives. In this lesson, we touch on a couple of usage concerns.Adjectives ... the cafeteria and sat down next to Page.176 COMMON USAGE ERRORS 8. Alex walked confidently to the front of the room and speaks to the class.9. My sister handed the clarinet to me and then cringes ... thrownwin won (have) wonwind wound (have) woundwrite wrote (have) writtenForms of have and of be and do are often used as helping verbs: has left, were chosen,do agree.PROBLEMS WITH VERBS...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Pronouns

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Pronouns

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... letter to Karin and (I, me).19. We saw Marisol and (he, him) in the stands at the baseball game.20. (Him and I, He and I) went on a rafting trip on the Nantahala River.Agreement of a Pronoun ... words and expressions; and use of commas in letters, dates, and addresses.Commas in a SeriesUse a comma to separate items in a series.Last summer we hiked, swam, golfed, and played softball.My ... is not capitalized as part of the name, but in The New York Times it is.Sometimes the name of the city is part of the name of the paper, as in theChicago Sun-Times, and sometimes it isn’t.)EXERCISE...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Sentence Structure

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Sentence Structure

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... Museum of Natural History, it has a fan-tastic collection of gems.7. When a duck and her five ducklings waddled across the street.8. Four runners standing in the starting line.168 COMMON USAGE ... SENTENCE: Cats are more aloof.COMPOUND SENTENCE: Dogs show affection for their owners, but catsare more aloof.The parts of a compound sentence are often joined together by and, but, or, or nor.These ... year.166 COMMON USAGE ERRORS Verbals as FragmentsMost of us play more than one role in life. You may be both a student and an athlete.Your father may be a gardener and a police officer. Your...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Sentence Composition

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Sentence Composition

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... time of departure from Orlando and when thebus arrives at Tampa.b. I checked the bus schedule for the time of departure from Orlando and time of arrival at Tampa.2. a. The path to the summit of ... piles of money picked up a wad of cash with hishands.9. Bill waited outside of the classroom while Scott, who was very, very late, was stillinside of the classroom.10. I fixed up each and every ... thousand languages in North and South America alone.b. Throughout the world, the number of languages is decreasing rapidly, and oncethere were more than a thousand languages in North and South...
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