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Copyright 2015 by Arlene Miller

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior written permission of the copyright holder.

Cover design by Matt Hinrichs

Interior design by Marny K. Parkin

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Miller, Arlene.

The Best Grammar Workbook Ever! Grammar, Punctuation, and Word Usage for Ages

Through First Edition, 2015

p. cm.

Includes appendixes and index

ISBN 978-0-9911674-0-1 (paperback)

ISBN 978-09911674-1-8 (ebook)

English languageGrammar. English languageUsage. English languageGrammar

Self-instruction

Library of Congress: PE 1106.M550 2015

Dewey: 428.2

Published by bigwords101

website and blog: www.bigwords101.com

Contact Ingram or the publisher for quantity discounts for your company, organization, or educational institution.

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

How to Use This Book

Conventions Used in This Book

Pretest

Chapter The Parts of Speech

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Nouns

The Five Types of Nouns

Practice 2Recognizing Types of Nouns

1.3. Pronouns

Antecedents

Practice 3Pronouns and Antecedents

Types of Pronouns

Practice 4Personal Pronouns

Practice 5Demonstrative Pronouns

Practice 6Interrogative Pronouns

Practice 7Relative Pronouns

Practice 8Intensive/Reflexive Pronouns

Practice 9Indefinite Pronouns

Practice 10Pronoun Review

Brain Challenge

1.4. Verbs

Action Verbs

Practice 11Action Verbs

Linking Verbs

Practice 12Linking Verbs

Practice 13Action and Linking Verbs

Tenses

Practice 14Verb Tenses

Irregular Verb Forms

Practice 15Regular Verbs

Voice

Practice 16Active and Passive Voice

Transitive/Intransitive

Practice 17Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

1.5. Adjectives

Special Types of Adjectives

Practice 18Identifying Adjectives

1.6. Adverbs

1.7. Prepositions

1.8. Conjunctions

Subordinating Conjunctions

Practice 23Identifying Subordinating Conjunctions

1.9. Interjections

1.10. Using the Parts of Speech

Chapter Test The Parts of Speech

Chapter Sentences

2.1. Introduction: What Is a Sentence?

2.2. Subjects

Complete Subjects

2.3. Predicates

2.4. Objects

Direct Objects

Practice 28Identifying Direct Objects

Indirect Objects

Practice 29Identifying Indirect Objects

Objects of a Preposition

Practice 30Identifying Objects of Prepositions

2.5. Predicate Words

2.6. The Four Kinds of Sentences

Declarative Sentence

Interrogative Sentence

Imperative Sentence

Exclamatory Sentence

Practice 32Identifying the Types of Sentences

Chapter Test Sentences

Chapter Phrases

3.1. Introduction: What Is a Phrase?

3.2. Prepositional Phrases

3.3. Infinitive Phrases

3.4. Participial Phrases

Present Participles

Past Participles

Practice 36Identifying Participles

3.5. Gerundial Phrases

3.6. A Few Words About Appositives

Chapter Test Phrases

Chapter Clauses

4.1. Introduction: What Is a Clause?

4.2. Independent Clauses

4.3. Subordinate (Dependent) Clauses

Adjective Clauses

Practice 42Identifying Adjective Clauses

Adverb Clauses

Practice 43Identifying Adverb Clauses

Noun Clauses

Chapter Test Clauses

Chapter Types of Sentence Structures

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Not a Sentence

Sentence Fragment

Practice 44Identifying and Rewriting Sentence Fragments

Run-on Sentences

Practice 45Identifying and Correcting Run Ons

5.3. Types of Sentence Structures

Simple Sentence

Compound Sentence

Practice 46Simple and Compound Sentences

Complex Sentence

Practice 47Complex Sentences

Compound-Complex Sentence

Practice 48Identifying Sentence Structures

5.4. A Variety of Sentence Patterns

Chapter Test Types of Sentence Structures

Chapter Special Issues with Pronouns

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Personal Pronoun Problem: CasesIs It I or Me?

6.3. Demonstrative Pronouns and Adjectives: This, That, These, Those

6.4. Reflexive Pronouns: Using the -self Words Correctly

6.5. Interrogative Pronoun Issues

Whose or Whos?

Practice 54Whose and Whos

6.6. Relative Pronouns: Using Who, Which, and That Correctly

6.7. Indefinite Pronouns: Singular or Plural?

Singular Indefinite Pronouns

Practice 56Singular Indefinite Pronouns

Plural Indefinite Pronouns

Indefinite Pronouns That Can Be Either Singular or Plural

Practice 57Indefinite Pronouns

6.8. Unclear Antecedents

Chapter Test Special Issues with Pronouns

Chapter Special Issues with Verbs

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Tense

Tense Trouble

Using the Past Perfect

Practice 59Using Correct Tenses

7.3. Irregular Verb Forms

7.4. Verbs of Being

Adjectives After Linking Verbs

Pronouns After Linking Verbs

7.5. Voice: Active or Passive?

7.6. What Is Subjunctive Mood, Anyway?

Commands and Recommendations

Things That Are Not True

Practice 62Using Subjunctive Mood

7.7. Using Strong Verbs

Chapter Test Special Issues with Verbs

Chapter Commas: Yup! A Whole Chapter

8.1. To Comma or Not To Comma: That Is the Question

8.2. Series Comma (Oxford Comma)

8.3. Compound Sentences

8.4. Between Two Adjectives

8.5. Introductory Elements

Introductory Words and Transition Words

Introductory Phrases

Introductory Clauses

8.6. Interrupting Material

Commas Needed

No Commas Needed

Practice 64Commas for Introductory and Interrupting Elements

8.7. Other Common Uses for Commas

etc., i.e., e.g.

Dates

Commas with Numbers

With Too

Direct Address

Setting off Academic Degrees

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