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What you need to know about improving basic English skills / Jerry D. Reynolds, Marion L. Steet, Ivory Guillory

By: Reynolds, Jerry D.
Contributor(s): Guillory, Ivory | Steet, Marion L.
Series: NTC skill builders. Publisher: Lincolnwood, Ill. : National Textbook Company, c1992Description: 256 p. ; 28 cm.ISBN: 0844252832.Subject(s): English language -- Grammar -- Problems, exercises, etcDDC classification: 428.2
Contents:
Unit 1. Solving Sentence Problems. 1. Sentence Fragments: Prepositional Phrases. 2. Sentence Fragments: Appositives. 3. Sentence Fragments: Verbal Phrases. 4. Sentence Fragments: Compound Verbs. 5. Sentence Fragments: Adjective Clauses. 6. Sentence Fragments: Adverb Clauses. 7. Run-on Sentences. 8. More About Run-on Sentences. 9. Choppy Sentences. 10. More About Choppy Sentences. 11. Faulty Coordination. 12. More About Faulty Coordination. 13. Faulty Subordination. 14. More About Faulty Subordination. 15. Double Subjects. 16. Misplaced Modifiers. 17. More About Misplaced Modifiers. 18. Dangling Modifiers. 19. Squinting Modifiers. 20. Shifts in Structure. 21. Shifts in Structure. 22. Shifts in Tense. - Unit 2. Using the Right Words. 23. Subject and Object Pronouns. 24. Personal Pronouns After Than As. 25. Who and Whom. 26. Who, Which, and That. 27. Pronoun Agreement. 28. Pronouns: Double Reference. 29. Pronouns: Loose Reference. 30. Pronouns: Wrong Reference. 31. This, That, These, and Those. 32. More About This, That, These, and Those. 33. Subject-Verb Agreement. 34. Subject-Verb Agreement: Sentences with Be. 35. Subject-Verb Agreement: Compound Subjects. 36. Subject-Verb Agreement: Interrupting Phrases. . 37. Subject-Verb Agreement: Verbs Preceding Subjects. 38. Subject-Verb Agreement: Determining Number. 39. Subject-Verb Agreement: Indefinite Pronouns. 40. Verbs: Irregulat Verbs. 41. Verbs: Forms of Have. 42. Verbs: Forms of Do. 43. Verbs: Subjunctive Forms - 44. Indirect Quations. 45. Raise/Rise, Set/Sit, Lay/Lie. 46. Let/Leave. 47. Possessives with Gerunds. 48. Negative Words. - Application. 49. Adverb or Adjective? 50. Adjective and Adverb Comparison. 51. Good/Well, Bad/Badly. - Unit 3. Mastering the Mechanics. 52. Aapitalization. 53. The Comma for Items in a Series. 54. Commas: Compound Sentences. 55. Commas: Introducers/Interrupters. 56. Commas: Nonessential Elements. 57. Semicolons. 58. Colons. 59. Parentheses, Dashes, and Brackets. 60. End Punctuation. 61. Quotation Marks and Underlining. 62. More About Quotation Marks. 63. Apostrophes. 64. More about Apostrophes. 65. Numbers. - Unit 4. Inproving Spelling Skills. - Pretest. 66. Spelling by Syllables. 67. Words with ie and ei. 68. Doubled Consonants Before Suffixes. 69. Suffixes After Final e. 70. Suffixes After Final y. 71. Suffixes After Final c. 72. Words with Prefixes. 73. Noun Plurals. 74. More About Noun Plurals. 75. Words That Sound Alike. 76. More About Words That Sound Alike. 77. Easily Confused Spellings. 78. More About Easily Confused Spellings. - Unit 5. Building Vocabulary. 79. Context Clues to Word meanings. 80. Similar Words as Meaning Clues. 81. Contrasting Words as Meaning Clues. 82. Explanations as Meaning Clues. 83. The Dictionary and Word Meanings. 84. Form Clues to Word Meanings. 85. Word Parts as Meaning Clues. 86. More About Word Parts as Meaning Clues. 87. The Dictionary and Word Parts. - Unit 6. Applying Writing Skills. 88. Building Paragraphs: Topic Sentences. 89. Building Paragraphs: Sticking to the Topic. 90. Building Paragraphs: Telling Things in Order. 91. Outlining. 92. Writing a Personal Letter. 93. Writing a Business Letter. - Unit 7. Combining Sentences. 94. Producing Adjective Clauses. 95. Producing Participial Phrases. 96. Producing Apposotoves. 97. Producing Infinitive and Gerund Phrases. 98. Producing Noun Clauses. - Index.
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Unit 1. Solving Sentence Problems. 1. Sentence Fragments: Prepositional Phrases. 2. Sentence Fragments: Appositives. 3. Sentence Fragments: Verbal Phrases. 4. Sentence Fragments: Compound Verbs. 5. Sentence Fragments: Adjective Clauses. 6. Sentence Fragments: Adverb Clauses. 7. Run-on Sentences. 8. More About Run-on Sentences. 9. Choppy Sentences. 10. More About Choppy Sentences. 11. Faulty Coordination. 12. More About Faulty Coordination. 13. Faulty Subordination. 14. More About Faulty Subordination. 15. Double Subjects. 16. Misplaced Modifiers. 17. More About Misplaced Modifiers. 18. Dangling Modifiers. 19. Squinting Modifiers. 20. Shifts in Structure. 21. Shifts in Structure. 22. Shifts in Tense. - Unit 2. Using the Right Words. 23. Subject and Object Pronouns. 24. Personal Pronouns After Than As. 25. Who and Whom. 26. Who, Which, and That. 27. Pronoun Agreement. 28. Pronouns: Double Reference. 29. Pronouns: Loose Reference. 30. Pronouns: Wrong Reference. 31. This, That, These, and Those. 32. More About This, That, These, and Those. 33. Subject-Verb Agreement. 34. Subject-Verb Agreement: Sentences with Be. 35. Subject-Verb Agreement: Compound Subjects. 36. Subject-Verb Agreement: Interrupting Phrases. . 37. Subject-Verb Agreement: Verbs Preceding Subjects. 38. Subject-Verb Agreement: Determining Number. 39. Subject-Verb Agreement: Indefinite Pronouns. 40. Verbs: Irregulat Verbs. 41. Verbs: Forms of Have. 42. Verbs: Forms of Do. 43. Verbs: Subjunctive Forms - 44. Indirect Quations. 45. Raise/Rise, Set/Sit, Lay/Lie. 46. Let/Leave. 47. Possessives with Gerunds. 48. Negative Words. - Application. 49. Adverb or Adjective? 50. Adjective and Adverb Comparison. 51. Good/Well, Bad/Badly. - Unit 3. Mastering the Mechanics. 52. Aapitalization. 53. The Comma for Items in a Series. 54. Commas: Compound Sentences. 55. Commas: Introducers/Interrupters. 56. Commas: Nonessential Elements. 57. Semicolons. 58. Colons. 59. Parentheses, Dashes, and Brackets. 60. End Punctuation. 61. Quotation Marks and Underlining. 62. More About Quotation Marks. 63. Apostrophes. 64. More about Apostrophes. 65. Numbers. - Unit 4. Inproving Spelling Skills. - Pretest. 66. Spelling by Syllables. 67. Words with ie and ei. 68. Doubled Consonants Before Suffixes. 69. Suffixes After Final e. 70. Suffixes After Final y. 71. Suffixes After Final c. 72. Words with Prefixes. 73. Noun Plurals. 74. More About Noun Plurals. 75. Words That Sound Alike. 76. More About Words That Sound Alike. 77. Easily Confused Spellings. 78. More About Easily Confused Spellings. - Unit 5. Building Vocabulary. 79. Context Clues to Word meanings. 80. Similar Words as Meaning Clues. 81. Contrasting Words as Meaning Clues. 82. Explanations as Meaning Clues. 83. The Dictionary and Word Meanings. 84. Form Clues to Word Meanings. 85. Word Parts as Meaning Clues. 86. More About Word Parts as Meaning Clues. 87. The Dictionary and Word Parts. - Unit 6. Applying Writing Skills. 88. Building Paragraphs: Topic Sentences. 89. Building Paragraphs: Sticking to the Topic. 90. Building Paragraphs: Telling Things in Order. 91. Outlining. 92. Writing a Personal Letter. 93. Writing a Business Letter. - Unit 7. Combining Sentences. 94. Producing Adjective Clauses. 95. Producing Participial Phrases. 96. Producing Apposotoves. 97. Producing Infinitive and Gerund Phrases. 98. Producing Noun Clauses. - Index.