| Introduction |
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1 | (4) |
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How to Use First Language Lessons, Level 4 |
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5 | (2) |
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New: The Parts of This Book |
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7 | (2) |
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9 | (6) |
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New: Forming Plural Nouns |
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15 | (6) |
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New: Common and Proper Nouns |
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Review: Forming Plural Nouns |
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Learn to Proofread: Make Lowercase and Capitalize |
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21 | (7) |
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28 | (4) |
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32 | (4) |
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New: Demonstrative Pronouns (this, that, these, those) |
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Review: Personal Pronouns |
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36 | (2) |
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Introduction to Poem Memorization: ``Afternoon on a Hill'' |
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38 | (5) |
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Review: Forming Plural Nouns |
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Review: Common and Proper Nouns |
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Review: Personal and Demonstrative Pronouns |
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43 | (6) |
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New: Singular and Plural Verbs |
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49 | (5) |
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New: Sentences and Fragments |
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New: Diagramming Subjects and Verbs |
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Learn to Proofread: Insert a Period |
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54 | (2) |
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Summary Exercise: Mr. Popper's Penguins |
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56 | (5) |
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New: Adjectives That Tell What Kind, Which One, and How Many |
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New: Diagramming Adjectives |
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61 | (8) |
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New: Adjectives That Tell Whose (Possessive Nouns and Pronouns) |
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69 | (6) |
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Learn to Proofread: Insert an Apostrophe |
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75 | (1) |
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Poem Memorization: ``Ozymandias'' |
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76 | (5) |
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New: Adverbs That Tell How and When |
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81 | (5) |
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New: Adverbs That Tell Where and How Often |
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86 | (8) |
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New: Adverbs That Tell to What Extent |
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94 | (8) |
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Review: AdjectivesReview: Adverbs |
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102 | (10) |
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Review: Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs |
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112 | (1) |
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Summary Exercise: Mark Twain |
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113 | (8) |
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New: Present, Past, and Future Tense |
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121 | (7) |
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New: Subject and Object Pronouns |
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128 | (6) |
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Review: Subject and Object Pronouns |
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134 | (7) |
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Review: Direct and Indirect Objects |
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Review: Subjects, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs |
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141 | (1) |
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Poem Memorization: ``How Doth...'' |
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142 | (7) |
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New: Simple Versus Complete Subjects and Predicates |
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Review: Subjects, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, and Direct Objects |
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149 | (7) |
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New: State of Being Verbs |
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New: Conjugating the Verb ``To Be'' |
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Review: Action and Helping Verbs |
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156 | (9) |
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New: Predicate Nominatives New: Conjugating the Verb ``To Do'' |
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Review: Action Verbs, Helping Verbs, and State of Being Verbs |
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165 | (5) |
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Review: Predicate Nominatives |
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Review: Subject and Object Pronouns |
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170 | (5) |
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New: Predicate Adjectives |
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Review: Predicate Nominatives |
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175 | (1) |
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Summary Exercise: Cowboys |
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176 | (10) |
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Review: Common and Proper Nouns |
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Review: Capitalization Rules |
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186 | (4) |
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New: Four Types of SentencesNew: Conjugating the Verb ``To Go'' |
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190 | (7) |
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New: Commands (with Diagramming) |
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197 | (4) |
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New: Questions (with Diagramming) |
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Learn to Proofread: Insert a Question Mark |
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201 | (7) |
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New: Interrogative Pronouns |
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208 | (7) |
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New: Conjugating the Verb ``To Have'' |
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Review: Four Types of Sentences |
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215 | (3) |
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Poem Memorization: ``Learning to Read'' |
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218 | (7) |
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Review: Four Kinds of Verbs |
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Review: Direct and Indirect Objects |
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Review: Predicate Nominatives and Adjectives |
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225 | (6) |
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231 | (7) |
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New: Prepositional Phrases and Objects of the Preposition |
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238 | (11) |
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New: Prepositional Phrases That Describe Subjects |
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249 | (10) |
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New: Prepositional Phrases That Describe Direct Objects |
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259 | (12) |
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New: Prepositional Phrases That Describe Indirect Objects |
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271 | (12) |
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New: Prepositional Phrases That Describe Predicate Nominatives |
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283 | (14) |
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New: Prepositional Phrases That Describe Objects of the Preposition |
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297 | (7) |
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New: Prepositional Phrases That Describe Verbs |
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304 | (1) |
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Summary Exercise: How Do We Measure Weight? |
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305 | (7) |
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312 | (7) |
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319 | (1) |
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Poem Memorization: ``The Lake Isle of Innisfree'' |
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320 | (9) |
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Review: Four Kinds of Verbs |
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Review: Direct Objects and Indirect Objects |
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Review: Predicate Nominatives and Predicate Adjectives |
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329 | (4) |
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Review: Simple and Complete Subjects and Predicates |
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333 | (9) |
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New: Abbreviations for Titles of Respect, Months, and Days of the Week |
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New: Address Abbreviations |
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New: Measurement Abbreviations |
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342 | (6) |
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New: Compound Subjects, Compound Predicates, and Compound Sentences |
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348 | (5) |
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New: Commas in Direct Address |
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New: Commas after Introductory Elements |
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Review: Commas in a Series |
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Review: Commas in Compound Sentences |
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Learn to Proofread: Insert a Comma |
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353 | (1) |
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Summary Exercise: A Little Princess |
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354 | (6) |
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Review: Personal Pronouns |
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360 | (4) |
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New: The ``No'' Adverbs and Contractions |
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364 | (1) |
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365 | (4) |
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New: Direct Quotations at the End of Sentences |
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Review: Four Types of Sentences |
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369 | (8) |
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New: Direct Quotations at the Beginning of Sentences |
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Review: Four Types of Sentences |
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377 | (6) |
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Review: Direct Quotations |
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Learn to Proofread: Insert Quotation Marks |
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383 | (3) |
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Poem Memorization: ``The Height of the Ridiculous'' |
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386 | (8) |
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New: Sentences with More Than One Direct Object, Predicate Nominative, or Predicate Adjective |
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Review: Commas in Direct Address |
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Review: Commas in a Series |
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394 | (8) |
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Review: Prepositional Phrases |
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402 | (5) |
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407 | (8) |
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New: Comparing Prepositions and Adverbs |
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415 | (6) |
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Review: Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates |
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Review: Commas in a Series |
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Review: Commas in Direct Address |
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421 | (8) |
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New: Avoiding Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences |
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Review: Sentence Fragments |
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Review: ConjunctionsReview: Compound Sentences |
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Learn to Proofread: Insert a Semicolon |
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429 | (1) |
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Summary Exercise: Abraham Lincoln |
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430 | (6) |
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Review: Four Kinds of Verbs |
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Review: Direct Objects, Indirect Objects, Predicate Nominatives, and Predicate Adjectives |
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436 | (5) |
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New: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives |
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441 | (4) |
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New: Comparative and Superlative Adverbs |
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445 | (8) |
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Review: Four Types of Sentences |
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Review: Pronouns (Personal, Demonstrative, and Interrogative) |
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453 | (6) |
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Review: Introductory Elements |
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459 | (4) |
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Review: AbbreviationsReview: Contractions |
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463 | (7) |
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Review: Eight Parts of Speech |
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Review: Simple and Complete Subjects and Predicates |
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470 | (7) |
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Review: Prepositional Phrases |
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477 | (7) |
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Review: Capitalization Rules |
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Review: Proofreaders' Marks |
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Learn to Proofread: Review All Marks |
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484 | (8) |
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Review: Compound Subjects and Verbs |
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Review: Compound Sentences |
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Review: Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-on Sentences |
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492 | (5) |
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Review: Direct and Indirect Quotations |
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497 | (5) |
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499 | (3) |
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502 | (2) |
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Writing Dates Thank-You Letter Rough Draft |
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504 | (1) |
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Thank-You Letter Final Copy |
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505 | (2) |
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507 | (2) |
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Friendly Letter Rough Draft |
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509 | (1) |
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Friendly Letter Final Copy |
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510 | (1) |
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511 | (2) |
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Business Letter Rough Draft |
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513 | (1) |
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Business Letter Final Copy |
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514 | (1) |
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515 | (2) |
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Emailing a Business Letter |
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517 | (3) |
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Alphabetizing by First, Second, Third, or Fourth Letter |
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520 | (5) |
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Looking Up Words in the Dictionary |
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525 | (2) |
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Pronunciation Letters and Symbols |
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527 | (5) |
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Words with More Than One Meaning and/or Pronunciation |
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532 | (4) |
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Definitions, Rules, and Lists |
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536 | (8) |
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Definitions To Be Memorized |
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536 | (1) |
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Glossary of Additional Terms To Know |
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537 | (1) |
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538 | (2) |
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540 | (2) |
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542 | (2) |
| Bibliography |
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