Sentence Skills: A Workbook for Writers, Form B Book

PART ONE: EFFECTIVE WRITING

1. Learning Sentence Skills

2. A Brief Guide to Effective Writing

3. Practice in Effective Writing

PART TWO: SENTENCE SKILLS

Section 1: Sentences

4. Subjects and Verbs

5. Fragments

6. Run-Ons

7. Sentence Variety I

Section 2: Verbs, Pronouns, and Agreement

8. Standard English Verbs

9. Irregular Verbs

10. Subject-Verb Agreement

11. Consistent Verb Tense

12. Additional Information about Verbs

13. Pronoun Reference, Agreement, and Point of View

14. Pronoun Types

Section 3: Modifiers and Parallelism

15. Adjectives and Adverbs

16. Misplaced Modifier

17. Dangling Modifiers

18. Faulty Parallelism

19. Sentence Variety II

Section 4: Punctuation and Mechanics

20. Paper Format

21. Capital Letters

22. Numbers and Abbreviations

23. End Marks

24. Apostrophe

25. Quotation Marks

26. Comma

27. Other Punctuation Marks

Section 5: Word Use

28. Dictionary Use

29. Spelling Improvement

30. Omitted Words and Letters

31. Commonly Confused Words

32. Effective Word Choice

PART THREE: REINFORCEMENT OF SENTENCE SKILLS

Mastery Tests

Subjects and Verbs (4 tests)

Fragments (4)

Run-Ons (4)

Standard English Verbs (4)

Subject-Verb Agreement (4)

Consistent Verb Tense (2)

Pronoun Reference, Agreement, and Point of View (4)

Pronoun Types (2)

Adjectives and Adverbs (2)

Misplaced Modifiers(2)

Dangling Modifiers (2)

Parallelism (2)

Capital Letters (4)

Numbers and Abbreviations (2)

End Marks (2)

Apostrophe (4)

Quotation Marks (4)

Comma (4)

Other Punctuation Marks (2)

Dictionary Use (2)

Spelling Improvement (2)

Omitted Words and Letters (2)

Commonly Confused Words (4)

Effective Word Choice (4)

Combined Mastery Tests

Fragments and Run-Ons (2)

Verbs (2)

Pronouns (2)

Faulty Modifiers and Parallelism (2)

Capital Letters and Punctuation (2)

Word Use (2)

Editing and Proofreading Tests

Test 1: Fragments

Test 2: Run-Ons (Fused Sentences)

Test 3: Run-Ons (Comma Splices)

Test 4: Standard English Verbs

Test 5: Irregular Verbs

Test 6: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Test 7: Parallelism

Test 8: Capital Letters

Test 9: Apostrophe

Test 10: Quotation Marks

Test 11: Commas

Test 12: Commonly Confused Words

Combined Editing Tests

APPENDIXES

A. Parts of Speech

B. ESL Pointers

C. Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test

D. Sentence-Skills Achievement Test

E. Answers to Introductory Activities Practice Exercises in Part Two

F. Progress Charts