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Why Should I Use Easy Grammar: Grade 6?
i
Please Read!
iii
To the Teacher: Assessment Test Information
iv
Grade 6 Assessment (Pre and Post)
v
PREPOSITIONS
1
Suggestions for Learning Prepositions 1
Definition 2
List 3
Prepositional Game 4
Using Prepositional Phrases as an Aid in
Finding Subject and Verb 11
Helping Verbs 21
Infinitives 21
Compound Object of the Preposition 29
Compound Subject 29
Compound Verb 29
Subject of Imperative Sentences 37
Prepositions vs. Adverbs 41
Review 44
Test 60
Direct Objects 62
Compound Direct Objects 68
VERBS
Infinitives 70
70
Action and Linking 70
Contractions 71
Helping (Auxiliary) Verbs 78
Verb Phrases 79
Regular Verbs 86
Irregular Verbs 87
Direct Objects 100
Sit/Set, Rise/Raise, Lie/Lay 100
State of Being - To Be 114
Linking Verbs 115
Predicate Nominatives 116
Predicate Adjectives 122
Action or Linking 129
Subject - Verb Agreement 134
Verb Tenses 148
Present 148
Past 148
Future 149
Review 164
Cumulative Review 174
Test 176
INTERJECTIONS
183
CONJUNCTIONS
187
NOUNS
191
Concrete and Abstract 191
Defined 196
Nouns, Adjectives, or Verbs? 196
Noun Determiners 202
Common and Proper Nouns 209
Singular and Plural Nouns 216
Possessive Nouns 224
Identification 232
Predicate Nominatives 238
Direct Objects 242
Indirect Objects 244
Review 252
Cumulative Review 258
Test 268
Cumulative Test 274
ADJECTIVES
277
Limiting Adjectives 277
Descriptive Adjectives 285
Proper Adjectives 293
Identification 298
Predicate Adjectives 300
Degrees of Adjectives 306
Review 316
Cumulative Review 322
Test 332
Cumulative Test 336
ADVERBS
Defined 343
Adverbs or Adjectives 343
343
Adverbs That Tell How 343
Good or Well 354
Adverbs That Tell WHERE 363
Adverbs That Tell WHEN 371
Adverbs That Tell TO WHAT EXTENT 379
Degrees of Adverbs 388
Double Negatives 398
Review 404
Cumulative Review 406
Test 410
SENTENCE TYPES
413
FRIENDLY LETTER
418
SENTENCES, FRAGMENTS, and RUN-ONS
421
PRONOUNS
429
Personal Pronouns 430
Personal Pronouns/Nominative Case 431
Personal Pronouns/Objective Case 439
Personal Pronouns/Possessive Case 456
Reflexive Pronouns 462
Antecedents 463
Demonstrative Pronouns 471
Interrogative Pronouns 475
Indefinite Pronouns 479
Review 486
Cumulative Review 494
Test 506
Cumulative Test 510
CAPITALIZATION
520
First Word, I, Names and Initials, and Lines of Poetry 521
Days, Months, Holidays, Special Days, Titles with Names,
Name Replacements, and Organizations 527
Business Names, Structures, Institutions, and
Geographic Locations 533
Historical Events and Documents, Languages, Outlines,
and Direct Quotations 539
Brand Names, Religions, Proper Adjectives, Greeting and Closing of a
Letter, and Regions 545
DO NOT CAPITALIZE 550
Review 556
Test 562
PUNCTUATION
566
Period 566
Apostrophe 571
Comma 576
Semicolon and Colon 585
Question Mark, Exclamation Point, Hyphen, and
Underlining 588
Quotation Marks 593
Review 598
Test 604
IMPORTANT WORDS
There, Their, or They're 606
May or Can 606
To, Two, or Too 607
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WRITING SENTENCES
612
Appositives 614
Sentences Using Semicolons 627
Compound Sentences 640
Subordinate Clauses 650
Introductory Participial Phrases 668
DAILY GRAMS: GRADE 6 Sample Lessons
686
Answer Key 697
ASSESSMENT ANSWERS
698
INDEX
705
CORRELATION of TEXT and WORKBOOK PAGES
709