Elements of Language : Grammar, Usage and Mechanics: Language Skills Practice - Grade 8,9780030563522

Elements of Language : Grammar, Usage and Mechanics: Language Skills Practice - Grade 8

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ISBN13: 9780030563522
ISBN10: 0030563526
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Pub. Date: 2001-01-01
Publisher(s): Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School
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Table of Contents

Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Language Skills Practice
Using This Workbook ix
The Sentence: Subject and Predicate, Kinds of Sentences
Language in Context: Choices Exploring Sentences
1(1)
Sentences and Sentence Fragments A
2(1)
Sentences and Sentence Fragments B
3(1)
Sentences and Sentence Fragments C
4(1)
Subjects and Predicates
5(1)
Simple and Complete Subjects
6(1)
Simple and Complete Predicates
7(1)
Verb Phrases
8(1)
Complete and Simple Subjects and Predicates A
9(1)
Complete and Simple Subjects and Predicates B
10(1)
Compound Subjects
11(1)
Compound Verbs
12(1)
Compound Subjects and Verbs
13(1)
Subjects and Verbs A
14(1)
Subjects and Verbs B
15(1)
Classifying Sentences by Purpose A
16(1)
Classifying Sentences by Purpose B
17(1)
Review A: Sentences and Sentence Fragments
18(1)
Review B: Subjects and Predicates
19(1)
Review C: Compound Subjects and Compound Verbs
20(1)
Review D: Classifying Sentences by Purpose
21(5)
Language in Context: Literary Model Dialogue
22(2)
Language in Context: Writing Application Brochure
24(1)
Parts of Speech Overview: Noun, Pronoun, Adjective
Language in Context: Choices Exploring Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives
25(1)
Noun
26(1)
Compound Nouns
27(1)
Common and Proper Nouns
28(1)
Concrete, Abstract, and Collective Nouns
29(1)
Kinds of Nouns
30(1)
Pronouns and Antecedents
31(1)
Personal, Reflexive, and Intensive Pronouns
32(1)
Demonstrative and Relative Pronouns
33(1)
Indefinite Pronouns and Interrogative Pronouns
34(1)
Kinds of Pronouns
35(1)
Adjectives and Articles
36(1)
Demonstrative Adjectives
37(1)
Proper Adjectives
38(1)
Noun, Pronoun, or Adjective?
39(1)
Review A: Nouns
40(1)
Review B: Pronouns
41(1)
Review C: Nouns and Adjectives
42(4)
Language in Context: Literary Model Description
43(2)
Language in Context: Writing Application Job Application
45(1)
Parts of Speech Overview: Verb, Adverb Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection Language in Context: Choices Exploring Parts of Speech
46(347)
The Verb
47(1)
Helping Verbs and Main Verbs
48(1)
Action Verbs
49(1)
Linking Verbs
50(1)
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
51(1)
Identifying Kinds of Verbs/Verb Phrases A
52(1)
Identifying Kinds of Verbs/Verb Phrases B
53(1)
The Adverb
54(1)
Adverbs and the Words They Modify
55(1)
Adverb or Adjective?
56(1)
The Preposition
57(1)
Prepositional Phrases
58(1)
Preposition or Adverb?
59(1)
The Conjunction A
60(1)
The Conjunction B
61(1)
The Interjection
62(1)
Determining Parts of Speech
63(1)
Review A: Parts of Speech
64(1)
Review B: Parts of Speech
65(1)
Review C: Parts of Speech
66(5)
Language in Context: Literary Model Dialogue
67(2)
Language in Context: Writing Application Travel Narrative
69(1)
Complements: Direct and Indirect Objects, Subject Complements
Language in Context: Choices Investigating Complements
70(1)
Complements
71(1)
Direct Objects
72(1)
Indirect Objects
73(1)
Direct Objects and Indirect Objects A
74(1)
Direct Objects and Indirect Objects B
75(1)
Subject Complements
76(1)
Predicate Nominatives
77(1)
Predicate Adjectives
78(1)
Predicate Nominatives and Predicate Adjectives A
79(1)
Predicate Nominatives and Predicate Adjectives B
80(1)
Review A: Complements
81(1)
Review B: Complements
82(1)
Review C: Complements
83(5)
Language in Context: Literary Model Predicate Nominatives in Poetry
84(2)
Language in Context: Writing Application Description
86(1)
The Phrase: Prepositional, Verbal and Appositive Phrases
Language in Context: Choices Investigating Phrases
87(1)
Phrases
88(1)
The Prepositional Phrase
89(1)
The Adjective Phrase
90(1)
The Adverb Phrase
91(1)
Adjective and Adverb Phrases A
92(1)
Adjective and Adverb Phrases B
93(1)
The Participle
94(1)
The Participial Phrase
95(1)
Participles and Participial Phrases A
96(1)
Participles and Participial Phrases B
97(1)
The Gerund
98(1)
The Gerund Phrase
99(1)
Gerunds and Gerund Phrases A
100(1)
Gerunds and Gerund Phrases B
101(1)
Participle or Gerund?
102(1)
The Infinitive
103(1)
The Infinitive Phrase
104(1)
Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases A
105(1)
Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases B
106(1)
Verbals and Verbal Phrases
107(1)
Appositives
108(1)
Appositive Phrases
109(1)
Appositives and Appositive Phrases A
110(1)
Appositives and Appositive Phrases B
111(1)
Review A: Verbal Phrases
112(1)
Review B: Phrases
113(1)
Review C: Phrases
114(5)
Language in Context: Literary Model Using Prepositional Phrases
115(2)
Language in Context: Writing Application Using Infinitive Phrases
117(1)
The Clause: Independent and Subordinate Clauses
Language in Context: Choices Creating with Clauses
118(1)
Identifying Clauses
119(1)
The Independent Clause
120(1)
The Subordinate Clause
121(1)
Independent and Subordinate Clauses
122(1)
The Adjective Clause A
123(1)
The Adjective Clause B
124(1)
Relative Pronouns/Relative Adverbs
125(1)
The Adverb Clause A
126(1)
The Adverb Clause B
127(1)
Subordinating Conjunctions
128(1)
The Noun Clause
129(1)
Adjective, Adverb, and Noun Clauses A
130(1)
Adjective, Adverb, and Noun Clauses B
131(1)
Review A: The Clause
132(1)
Review B: The Clause
133(1)
Review C: The Clause
134(5)
Language in Context: Literary Model Poetry
135(2)
Language in Context: Writing Application Letter
137(1)
Sentence Structure: The Four Basic Sentence Structures
Language in Context: Choices Exploring Sentence Structure
138(1)
Simple Sentences
139(1)
Compound Sentences
140(1)
Simple Sentence or Compound Sentence?
141(1)
Complex Sentences
142(1)
Compound Sentence or Complex Sentence?
143(1)
Compound-Complex Sentences
144(1)
Complex or Compound-Complex?
145(1)
Review A: Classifying Sentences According to Structure
146(1)
Review B: Classifying Sentences According to Structure
147(1)
Review C: Classifying Sentences According to Structure
148(5)
Language in Context: Literary Model Sentence Structures in Tall Tales
149(2)
Language in Context: Writing Application Description
151(1)
Agreement: Subject and Verb, Pronoun and Antecedent
Language in Context: Choices Examining Agreement
152(1)
Subject-Verb Agreement A
153(1)
Subject-Verb Agreement B
154(1)
Subject-Verb Agreement C
155(1)
Subject-Verb Agreement D
156(1)
Subject-Verb Agreement E
157(1)
Subject-Verb Agreement F
158(1)
Subject-Verb Agreement G
159(1)
Subject-Verb Agreement H
160(1)
Subject-Verb Agreement I
161(1)
Subject-Verb Agreement J
162(1)
Subject-Verb Agreement K
163(1)
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement A
164(1)
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement B
165(1)
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement C
166(1)
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement D
167(1)
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement E
168(1)
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement F
169(1)
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement G
170(1)
Review A: Subject-Verb Agreement
171(1)
Review B: Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
172(1)
Review C: Agreement
173(1)
Review D: Agreement
174(6)
Language in Context: Proofreading Application Speech
175(1)
Language in Context: Literary Model Short Story
176(2)
Language in Context: Writing Application Directions
178(1)
Using Verbs Correctly: Principal Parts, Regular and Irregular Verbs, Tense, Voice
Language in Context: Choices Investigating Verbs
179(1)
The Principal Parts of Verbs
180(1)
Regular Verbs
181(1)
Irregular Verbs A
182(1)
Irregular Verbs B
183(1)
Irregular Verbs C
184(1)
Irregular Verbs D
185(1)
Irregular Verbs E
186(1)
Tense
187(1)
Consistency of Tense
188(1)
Active and Passive Voice
189(1)
Sit and Set
190(1)
Lie and Lay
191(1)
Rise and Raise
192(1)
Six Troublesome Verbs
193(1)
Review A: Principal Parts of Verbs
194(1)
Review B: Verb Tense and Voice
195(1)
Review C: Six Troublesome Verbs
196(1)
Review D: Correct Use of Verbs
197(6)
Language in Context: Proofreading Application Process
198(1)
Language in Context: Literary Model Narrative
199(2)
Language in Context: Writing Application Personal Goals
201(1)
Using Pronouns Correctly: Case Forms of Pronouns; Special Pronoun Problems
Language in Context: Choices Investigating Pronoun Usage
202(1)
Case Forms
203(1)
The Nominative Case
204(1)
The Objective Case
205(1)
Nominative and Objective Case A
206(1)
Nominative and Objective Case B
207(1)
The Possessive Case
208(1)
Who and Whom
209(1)
Appositives and Reflexive Pronouns
210(1)
Special Pronoun Problems
211(1)
Review A: Case
212(1)
Review B: Case and Special Pronoun Problems
213(1)
Review C: Case and Special Pronoun Problems
214(6)
Language in Context: Literary Model Poetry
215(2)
Language in Context: Proofreading Application Personal Essay
217(1)
Language in Context: Writing Application Newspaper Article
218(1)
Using Modifiers Correctly: Comparison and Placement
Language in Context: Choices Exploring Modifiers
219(1)
What Is a Modifier?
220(1)
Adjective or Adverb?
221(1)
Good and Well
222(1)
Regular Comparison
223(1)
Irregular Comparison
224(1)
Regular and Irregular Comparison A
225(1)
Regular and Irregular Comparison B
226(1)
Use of Comparative and Superlative Forms A
227(1)
Use of Comparative and Superlative Forms B
228(1)
Double Comparisons and Double Negatives
229(1)
Misplaced Prepositional Phrases
230(1)
Misplaced and Dangling Participial Phrases
231(1)
Misplaced Clauses
232(1)
Misplaced Phrases and Clauses
233(1)
Review A: Modifiers
234(1)
Review B: Comparisons and Double Negatives
235(1)
Review C: Misplaced Modifiers
236(1)
Review D: Modifiers
237(6)
Language in Context: Proofreading Application Review
238(1)
Language in Context: Literary Model Description
239(2)
Language in Context: Writing Application Directions
241(1)
A Glossary of Usage: Common Usage Problems
Language in Context: Choices Practicing Correct Usage
242(1)
Usage Glossary A
243(1)
Usage Glossary B
244(1)
Usage Glossary C
245(1)
Usage Glossary D
246(1)
Usage Glossary E
247(1)
Review A: Usage Glossary
248(1)
Review B: Usage Glossary
249(1)
Review C: Usage Glossary
250(6)
Language in Context: Proofreading Application Video Script
251(1)
Language in Context: Literary Model Narrative
252(2)
Language in Context: Writing Application Announcement
254(1)
Capital Letters: Rules for Capitalization
Language in Context: Choices Investigating Capital Letters
255(1)
First Words and I and O
256(1)
Proper Nouns A
257(1)
Proper Nouns B
258(1)
Proper Nouns C
259(1)
Proper Nouns D
260(1)
Proper Nouns E
261(1)
Proper Nouns F
262(1)
Proper Adjectives and Names of School Subjects
263(1)
Proper Nouns and Adjectives A
264(1)
Proper Nouns and Adjectives B
265(1)
Titles Used with People
266(1)
Titles of Works
267(1)
Titles A
268(1)
Titles B
269(1)
Review A: Capitalization
270(1)
Review B: Capitalization
271(1)
Review C: Capitalization
272(6)
Language in Context: Proofreading Application Web Page
273(1)
Language in Context: Literary Model Poetry
274(2)
Language in Context: Writing Application Brochure
276(1)
Punctuation: End Marks, Commas, Semicolons, and Colons
Language in Context: Choices Examining Punctuation Marks
277(1)
End Marks
278(1)
Abbreviations
279(1)
End Marks and Abbreviations
280(1)
Commas with Items in a Series
281(1)
Commas with Compound Sentences
282(1)
Commas with Interrupters A
283(1)
Commas with Interrupters B
284(1)
Commas with Introductory Elements
285(1)
Using Commas
286(1)
Conventional Uses of Commas
287(1)
Comma Review A
288(1)
Comma Review B
289(1)
Semicolons A
290(1)
Semicolons B
291(1)
Colons
292(1)
Review A: End Marks and Abbreviations
293(1)
Review B: Commas
294(1)
Review C: Semicolons and Colons
295(1)
Review D: End Marks, Abbreviations, Commas, Semicolons, and Colons
296(6)
Language in Context: Proofreading Application Invitation
297(1)
Language in Context: Literary Model Novel
298(2)
Language in Context: Writing Application Letter
300(1)
Punctuation: Underlining (Italics), Quotation Marks, Apostrophes, Hyphens, Parentheses, Brackets, Dashes
Language in Context: Choices Exploring Punctuation
301(1)
Underlining (Italics) A
302(1)
Underlining (Italics) B
303(1)
Underlining (Italics) C
304(1)
Quotation Marks A
305(1)
Quotation Marks B
306(1)
Quotation Marks C
307(1)
Quotation Marks D
308(1)
Quotation Marks E
309(1)
Apostrophes A
310(1)
Apostrophes B
311(1)
Apostrophes C
312(1)
Apostrophes D
313(1)
Apostrophes E
314(1)
Apostrophes F
315(1)
Hyphens
316(1)
Parentheses, Brackets, and Dashes
317(1)
Review A: Italics and Quotations Marks
318(1)
Review B: Apostrophes
319(1)
Review C: Hyphens, Parentheses, Brackets, and Dashes
320(1)
Review D: All Marks of Punctuation
321(6)
Language in Context: Proofreading Application Advertisement
322(1)
Language in Context: Literary Model Using Contractions in a Short Story
323(2)
Language in Context: Writing Application Memo
325(1)
Spelling: Improving Your Spelling
Language in Context: Choices Exploring Spelling
326(1)
Good Spelling Habits
327(1)
ie and ei
328(1)
-cede, -ceed, and -sede
329(1)
Prefixes
330(1)
Suffixes A
331(1)
Suffixes B
332(1)
Suffixes C
333(1)
Suffixes D
334(1)
Spelling Rules Review A
335(1)
Spelling Rules Review B
336(1)
Plurals A
337(1)
Plurals B
338(1)
Plurals C
339(1)
Plurals D
340(1)
Numbers
341(1)
Plurals and Numbers
342(1)
Words Often Confused A
343(1)
Words Often Confused B
344(1)
Words Often Confused C
345(1)
Words Often Confused D
346(1)
Words Often Confused E
347(1)
Review A: Spelling Rules
348(1)
Review B: Words Often Confused
349(1)
Review C: Spelling Rules and Words Often Confused
350(1)
Review D: Spelling Rules and Words Often Confused
351(6)
Language in Context: Proofreading Application Public Notice
352(1)
Language in Context: Literary Model Folk Tale
353(2)
Language in Context: Writing Application Spelling Handbook
355(1)
Correcting Common Errors: Key Language Skills Review
Language in Context: Choices Exploring Common Errors
356(1)
Sentence Fragments and Run-on Sentences A
357(1)
Sentence Fragments and Run-on Sentences B
358(1)
Subject-Verb Agreement A
359(1)
Subject-Verb Agreement B
360(1)
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement A
361(1)
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement B
362(1)
Verb Forms A
363(1)
Verb Forms B
364(1)
Pronoun Forms A
365(1)
Pronoun Forms B
366(1)
Comparative and Superlative Forms A
367(1)
Comparative and Superlative Forms B
368(1)
Double Comparison and Double Negatives
369(1)
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers A
370(1)
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers B
371(1)
Standard Usage A
372(1)
Standard Usage B
373(1)
Capitalization A
374(1)
Capitalization B
375(1)
Commas A
376(1)
Commas B
377(1)
Semicolons and Colons
378(1)
Quotation Marks and Other Punctuation A
379(1)
Quotation Marks and Other Punctuation B
380(1)
Apostrophes
381(1)
All Marks of Punctuation Review
382(1)
Spelling A
383(1)
Spelling B
384(1)
Words Often Confused
385(1)
Spelling and Words Often Confused
386(1)
Review A: Usage
387(1)
Review B: Mechanics
388(1)
Review C: Usage and Mechanics
389(4)
Language in Context: Proofreading Application Book Report
390(1)
Language in Context: Literary Model Journal
391(2)
Language in Context: Writing Application Survey
393

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