Grammar
Parts of Speech
Common and Proper Nouns
Regular Plural Nouns
Irregular Plural Nouns
Personal Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Verbs: Regular Present and Past Tense
Verbs: Irregular Present and Past Tense
Subject-Verb Agreement
Action Verbs
Helping Verbs
Linking Verbs
Transitive Verbs
Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives
Adjectives
Adverbs
Conjunctions
Interjections
Prepositions
Prepositional Phrases
Articles
Review: Lessons 1.1-1.22

Sentences
Declarative Sentences
Interrogative Sentences
Exclamatory Sentences
Imperative Sentences
Simple Sentences
Compound Sentences
Complex Sentences
Sentence Fragments
Combining Sentences
Writing a Paragraph
Review: Lessons 1.26-1.32

Mechanics
Capitalization
Proper Nouns: Days of the Week, Months of the Year
Proper Nouns: Historical Events, Names of Languages and Nationalities, Team Names
Proper Nouns: Organizations, Departments of Government, Sections of the Country
Proper Nouns: Titles, Geographic Names
Sentences, Direct Quotations
Personal and Business Letters
Review: Lessons 2.1-2.6

Punctuation
Periods: After Imperative Sentences, In Dialogue, In Abbreviations, In Initials
Periods: Decimals, Dollars and Cents
Question Marks
Exclamation Points
Commas: Series, Direct Address, Multiple Adjectives
Commas: Combining Sentences (between clauses), Set-Off Dialogue
Commas: Personal and Business Letters
Quotation Marks
Apostrophes
Colons
Semicolons
Hyphens
Parentheses
Review: Lessons 2.7 -2.19

Usage
Verbs: rise, teach, wrote
Verbs: bring, take
Verbs: lay, lie
Adjectives: busy, early, easy
Adjectives: more and most, good/better/best; bad/worse/worst
Adjectives and Adverbs: bad/badly, good/well; Adverb: already vs. Phrase: all ready
Homophones: cereal/serial, coarse/course, counsel/council
Homophones: oversees/overseas, wring/ring, sent/scent/cent
Contractions
Negatives and Double Negatives
Review: Lessons 3.1-3.10

Writer's Guide
Prewriting
Drafting
Revising
Proofreading
Publishing
Evaluating Writing
Writing Process Practice
Answer Key