Grammar and Language Workbook
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Name ___________________________________________________ Class _________ Date ____________________ 342 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 12 Copyright © by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Composition I ndex Index 343 344 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 12 Copyright © by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Index A A, an (usage), 10, 217 A, an, the (articles), 4, 10, 61 A while, awhile, 10, 217 Abbreviations, correct use of, 16–17, 281 Absolute phrases, 7, 88 Abstract nouns, defined, 2, 48 Accept, except, 11, 217 Action verbs, defined, 3, 55 Active voice, explained, 4, 145 in writing, 145, 325 Adapt, adopt, 11, 217 Adjective clauses, 7, 103–104 commas with, 42, 253 diagraming, 123 essential, 104, 253 nonessential, 104, 253 subject-verb agreement, 169 Adjective phrases as infinitive phrases, 7, 91 as participial phrases, 7, 87 as prepositional phrases, 85 Adjectives, defined, 4–5, 61 articles as, 4, 61 comparative forms of, 4, 9–10, 61, 195, 197 coordinate, 15, 251 hyphen in compound, 279 object complement, 5, 6, 81 possessive nouns as, 61 possessive pronouns as, 61 predicate, 3, 6, 82 proper, 5, 61 capitalization of, 14, 237 Adopt, adapt, 11, 217 Adverb clauses, 7, 105 commas with, 15, 257 diagraming, 123 Adverb phrases as infinitive phrases, 7, 91 as prepositional phrases, 85 Adverbs, defined, 5, 63 comparative forms of, 9–10, 195, 197 conjunctive, 5, 69, 253 negative words as, 63, 203 only, 10, 207 standard usage of rules for, 63 practice, 63–64 Advice, advise, 11, 217 Affect, effect, 11, 218 Agreement pronoun-antecedent, 9, 30–33, 183, 185, 187, 189 subject-verb, 8, 26–29, 153, 155, 157, 159, 161, 163, 165, 167, 169 Ain’t, avoiding, 11, 218 All ready, already, 11, 218 All right, not alright, 11, 218 All together, altogether, 11, 218 Allusion, illusion, 11, 219 A lot, not alot, 10, 217 Already, all ready, 11, 218 Altogether, all together, 11, 218 Among, between, 11, 219 Antecedents, defined, 3, 9, 51, 183 agreement of pronouns with, 9, 30–31, 183, 185, 187, 189 clear pronoun reference, 9, 32–33, 189 Antithetical phrases, 257 Anyways, somewheres, avoiding, 11 Anywheres, everywheres, avoiding, 11, 219 Apostrophes, rules for using, 16, 40–41, 277 in contractions, 16, 41, 277 in possessive nouns and pronouns, 16, 40–41, 277 in special plurals, 16, 40, 277 Appositive phrases, 6, 43, 90 Appositive pronouns, 177 Appositives, defined, 6, 90, 177 commas with, 43, 253 Articles, 4, 10, 61 As, as if, like, 12, 223 Audience, 18, 307, 321 Auxiliary (helping) verbs, defined, 3, 59 list, 59 A while, awhile, 10, 217 B Bad, badly, 11, 201 Base form, verbs, 3–4, 131, 133 Base root, 293 Being as, being that, avoiding, 11, 219 Beside, besides, 11, 219 Between, among, 11, 219 Block form for letters, 19, 339 Borrow, lend, loan, 11, 219 Brackets, 15, 269 Bring, take, 11, 220 Business letters, 19–20, 339–342 cover letters, 20, 342 letters of complaint, 20, 340 letters of request, 20, 339 opinion letters, 20 résumés, 20, 341 But preposition, 5, 65 coordinating conjunction, 67 C Can, may, 11, 220 Can’t hardly, can’t scarcely, avoiding, 11, 220 Capitalization, rules for, 13–14, 233, 235–257 in direct quotations, 13, 233 in family names and titles of persons, 13, 235 of first words of sentences, 13, 233 of pronoun I, 13, 233 of proper adjectives, 5, 14, 237 of proper nouns, 2, 13–14, 235 of sections of country, 14, 236 of titles, 14, 236 Case of pronouns, 2, 175 Chronological order, 18, 329 Clauses, defined, 7, 97 diagraming, 123–124 See also Adjective clauses, Adverb clauses, Dependent clauses, Independent clauses, Main clauses, Noun clauses, Subordinate clauses Clue words, 17, 291 Coherence, in writing, 315, 333 Collective nouns, defined, 2, 49, 161 agreement of verb with, 2, 27, 49, 161 Colons, rules, 14, 16, 245 Commas, rules, 15, 249, 251, 253, 255, 257, 259, 261, 263, 265 with addresses and dates, 15, 259 and adjective clauses, 42, 253 and adverb clauses, 151, 257 and antithetical phrases, 257 with appositives, 15, 43, 90, 253 and compound sentences, 15, 24–25, 249 Index 345 Copyright © by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill and conjunctive adverbs, 253 between coordinate adjectives, 15, 251 in direct address, 15, 261 in direct quotations, 15–16, 271 and interjections, 43, 69, 253 and introductory phrases, 255 with nonessential elements, 15, 42–43, 253 with numbers, 15, 259 for parenthetical elements, 15, 43, 253 in references, 15, 259 after salutations and closings in letters, 15, 261 in series, 15, 44, 251 in tag questions, 15, 261 with titles, 259 Common nouns, defined, 2, 49 Comparative degree (form), modifiers, 9–10, 61, 195, 197 Compare/contrast order, 18, 329 Comparison of adjectives, 4, 9–10, 61, 195, 197 of adverbs, 9–10, 195, 197 double and incomplete, 10, 199 irregular, 10, 197 Complements, 6, 79, 81–82 direct objects, 6, 79 indirect objects, 6, 79 object, 6, 81 subject, 6, 82 Complete predicates, defined, 6, 74 Complete subjects, defined, 6, 74 Complex sentences, defined, 7, 101 Compound elements adjectives, 16, 271 nouns, 277 numbers, hyphens in, 16, 279 predicates, 6, 75 prepositions, 5, 65 sentences, 7, 99, 249 subjects, 5, 75, 163 Compound-complex sentences, 7, 101 Concrete nouns, defined, 2, 48 Conjunctions, defined, 5, 67 conjunctive adverbs, 5, 69, 253 coordinating, 5, 67 correlative, 5, 67 list, 67 subordinating, 5, 67, 97 list, 67, 97 Conjunctive adverbs, 5, 69, 253 Context clues, 17, 291 Continual, continuous, 12, 220 Conversations, punctuating, 15–16, 233, 271 Coordinate adjectives, 15, 251 Coordinating conjunctions, 5, 67 Correlative conjunctions, 5, 67 Could of, might of, must of, should of, would of, avoiding, 12, 220 D Dangling modifiers, avoiding, 38–39, 207 Dashes, 15, 267 Dates, punctuating, 15, 283 Declarative sentences, defined, 8, 109 Definite article, 61 Degrees of form (comparison), 9–10, 61, 195, 197 Demonstrative pronouns 2, 54 Dependent (subordinate) clauses, 7, 42, 97, 101, 103, 105, 107, 181, 257 punctuating, 42, 257 Diagraming sentences with clauses, 123–124 simple sentences, 119 simple sentences with phrases, 121 Different from, not different than, 12, 221 Direct address, 15, 261 Direct objects, defined, 6, 79 gerunds as, 89 infinitives as, 91 Direct quotations, 15, 233, 271 Doesn’t, don’t, 12, 221 Double comparisons, avoiding, 10, 199 Double negatives, avoiding, 10, 203 Drafting, 18, 311 chronological order, 18, 327 compare/contrast order, 18, 327 spatial order, 18, 327 style, voice, 145, 311, 325 theme, 311 thesis statement, 311 topic sentence and related sentences, 18, 311 E Each, agreement with, 8, 29, 167 Editing, 18, 319 proofreading marks, 319 Effect, affect, 11, 218 Either, agreement with, 8, 29, 167 Ellipses (ellipsis points), 15, 269 Emigrate, immigrate, 12, 221 Emphatic verbs, defined, 4, 142 Everywheres, anywheres, avoiding, 219 Except, accept, 11, 217 Exclamation points, 14, 243 and quotation marks, 273 Exclamatory sentences, defined, 8, 109 F Farther, further, 12, 221 Fewer, less, 12, 221 Fragments, sentence, defined, 22–23, 111 Freewriting, 18, 307 Further, farther, 12, 221 Future perfect tense, 3, 137, 139 Future tense, 3, 135, 139 Download 1.57 Mb. 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