GLENCOE LANGUAGE ARTS

Grammar
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G RADE 6
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 Contents
Handbook of Definitions and Rules .........................1 5.32 Adjectives That Compare..........................123
Troubleshooter ........................................................23 5.33 Special Adjectives That Compare ............125
Unit 5 Review ........................................................127
Part 1 Grammar ......................................................45 Cumulative Review: Units 1–5..............................128
Unit 1 Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences
1.1 Kinds of Sentences: Declarative Unit 6 Adverbs
and Interrogative .........................................47 6.34 Adverbs Modifying Verbs .........................131
1.2 Kinds of Sentences: Exclamatory 6.35 Adverbs Modifying Adjectives
and Imperative ............................................49 and Adverbs ..............................................133
1.3 Subjects and Predicates: Simple 6.36 Adverbs That Compare .............................135
and Complete ..............................................51 6.37 Irregular Comparative Forms....................137
1.4 Subjects and Predicates: Compound ..........53 6.38 Telling Adjectives and
1.5 Simple and Compound Sentences .............55 Adverbs Apart I .........................................139
1.6 Sentence Fragments ....................................57 6.39 Telling Adjectives and
1.7 Run-On Sentences.......................................59 Adverbs Apart II........................................141
Unit 1 Review ..........................................................61 6.40 Avoiding Double Negatives ......................143
Cumulative Review .................................................62 Unit 6 Review ........................................................145
Cumulative Review: Units 1–6 .............................146
Unit 2 Nouns
2.8 Nouns: Proper and Common ......................63 Unit 7 Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections
2.9 Nouns: Singular and Plural ........................65 7.41 Prepositions...............................................149
2.10 Nouns: Collective ........................................67 7.42 Prepositional Phrases................................151
2.11 Nouns: Possessives .....................................69 7.43 Pronouns After Prepositions.....................153
Unit 2 Review ..........................................................71 7.44 Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives
Cumulative Review: Units 1–2................................72 and Adverbs ..............................................155
7.45 Telling Prepositions and
Unit 3 Verbs
Adverbs Apart ...........................................157
3.12 Action Verbs and Direct Objects ................75
7.46 Conjunctions .............................................159
3.13 Action Verbs and Indirect Objects .............77
7.47 Interjections...............................................161
3.14 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs ...............79
3.15 Linking Verbs and Predicate Words ..........81 Unit 7 Review ........................................................163
3.16 Verb Tenses: Present, Past, and Future .....83 Cumulative Review: Units 1–7..............................164
3.17 Main Verbs: Principal Parts ........................85
Unit 8 Subject-Verb Agreement
3.18 Helping Verbs..............................................87
8.48 Making Subjects and Verbs Agree ............167
3.19 Verb Forms: Present Progressive
8.49 Subject Pronouns and
and Past Progressive....................................89
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Verb Agreement.........................................169
3.20 Perfect Tenses: Present and Past ................91
8.50 Locating the Subject..................................171
3.21 Irregular Verbs I...........................................93
8.51 Agreement with Compound
3.22 Irregular Verbs II .........................................95
Subjects......................................................173
3.23 Irregular Verbs III ........................................97
Unit 8 Review ........................................................175
3.24 More Practice with Verb Forms..................99
Unit 3 Review ........................................................101 Cumulative Review: Units 1– 8 .............................176
Cumulative Review: Units 1–3 .............................102
Unit 9 Diagraming Sentences
Unit 4 Pronouns 9.52 Diagraming Simple Subjects
4.25 Personal Pronouns ....................................105 and Simple Predicates ..............................179
4.26 Using Pronouns Correctly.........................107 9.53 Diagraming the Four Kinds
4.27 Pronouns and Antecedents.......................109 of Sentences...............................................181
4.28 Possessive Pronouns .................................111 9.54 Diagraming Direct and Indirect
4.29 Indefinite Pronouns ..................................113 Objects and Predicate Words....................183
Unit 4 Review ........................................................115 9.55 Diagraming Adjectives and Adverbs ........185
Cumulative Review: Units 1-4 ..............................116 9.56 Diagraming Prepositional Phrases............187
9.57 Diagraming Compound
Unit 5 Adjectives Sentence Parts ...........................................189
5.30 Adjectives and Proper Adjectives ............119 Unit 9 Review ........................................................191
5.31 Articles and Demonstratives.....................121 Cumulative Review: Units 1– 9 .............................192

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Part 2 Usage ..........................................................195
Unit 10 Usage Glossary
10.58 Usage: accept to a lot ................................197
10.59 Usage: beside to chose ..............................199
10.60 Usage: in to learn.......................................201
10.61 Usage: leave to sit......................................203
10.62 Usage: than to whose ................................205
Unit 10 Review ......................................................207
Cumulative Review: Units 1–10 ...........................208
Part 3 Mechanics ...................................................211
Unit 11 Capitalization
11.63 Capitalizing Sentences, Quotations,
and Salutations I .......................................213
11.64 Capitalizing Sentences, Quotations,
and Salutations II ......................................215
11.65 Capitalizing Names and
Titles of Persons I......................................217
11.66 Capitalizing Names and
Titles of Persons II.....................................219
11.67 Capitalizing Names of Places I .................221
11.68 Capitalizing Names of Places II ................223
11.69 Capitalizing Other Proper Nouns
and Adjectives I.........................................225
11.70 Capitalizing Other Proper Nouns
and Adjectives II .......................................227
Unit 11 Review ......................................................229
Cumulative Review: Units 1–11 ...........................230
Unit 12 Punctuation
12.71 Using the Period and
Other End Marks .......................................233
12.72 Using Commas I ........................................235
12.73 Using Commas II .......................................237
12.74 Using Commas III ......................................239
12.75 Using Commas IV......................................241
12.76 Commas in Review....................................243
12.77 Semicolons and Colons.............................245
12.78 Quotation Marks........................................247
12.79 Quotation Marks and Italics .....................249
12.80 Apostrophes ..............................................251
12.81 Hyphens.....................................................253
12.82 Abbreviations I ..........................................255
12.83 Abbreviations II.........................................257
12.84 Writing Numbers I.....................................259
12.85 Writing Numbers II ...................................261
Unit 12 Review ......................................................263
Cumulative Review: Units 1–12 ...........................264
Part 4 Vocabulary and Spelling ...........................267
Unit 13 Vocabulary and Spelling
13.86 Building Vocabulary: Learning
from Context..............................................269
13.87 Building Vocabulary: Prefixes ..................271
13.88 Building Vocabulary: Suffixes..................273
13.89 Synonyms and Antonyms.........................275
13.90 Homonyms ................................................277
13.91 Basic Spelling Rules I ..............................279
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13.92 Basic Spelling Rules II ..............................281
13.93 Basic Spelling Rules III .............................283
13.94 Often Misspelled Words ...........................285
13.95 Easily Confused Words .............................287
13.96 Review: Building Vocabulary ..................289
13.97 Review: Basic Spelling Rules ..................291
Unit 13 Review ......................................................293
Cumulative Review: Units 1–13 ...........................294
Part 5 Composition................................................297
Unit 14 Composition
14.98 The Writing Process: Prewriting I ............299
14.99 The Writing Process: Prewriting II ...........301
14.100 The Writing Process: Drafting I ................303
14.101 The Writing Process: Drafting II ...............305
14.102 The Writing Process: Revising I................307
14.103 The Writing Process: Revising II ..............309
14.104 The Writing Process: Editing ....................311
14.105 The Writing Process: Presenting...............313
14.106 Outlining ...................................................315
14.107 Writing Effective Sentences I....................317
14.108 Writing Effective Sentences II ..................319
14.109 Writing Effective Sentences III .................321
14.110 Building Paragraphs I................................323
14.111 Building Paragraphs II ..............................325
14.112 Building Paragraphs III .............................327
14.113 Paragraph Ordering ...................................329
14.114 Personal Letters I.......................................331
14.115 Personal Letters II......................................333
14.116 Personal Letters III ....................................335
14.117 Business Letters: Letters of Request
or Complaint..............................................337
14.118 Business Letters: Letters
of Opinion .................................................339
Index ...................................................................341
TAE Tests
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Unit 1: Subjects, Predicates, and
Sentences.................................................349
Unit 2: Nouns ......................................................351
Unit 3: Verbs........................................................353
Unit 4: Pronouns .................................................357
Unit 5: Adjectives ...............................................359
Unit 6: Adverbs ...................................................361
Unit 7: Prepositions, Conjunctions, and
Interjections.............................................365
Unit 8: Subject-Verb Agreement .........................369
Unit 9: Diagraming Sentences.............................371
Unit 10: Usage Glossary .......................................373
Unit 11: Capitalization ..........................................375
Unit 12: Punctuation .............................................377
Unit 13: Vocabulary and Spelling ........................381
Unit 14: Composition ............................................383
Answer Key to Testing Program ..........................387