GLENCOE LANGUAGE ARTS

Grammar
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G RADE 11
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 Contents
Handbook of Definitions and Rules .........................1 Unit 5 Diagraming Sentences
Troubleshooter ........................................................21 5.32 Diagraming Simple Sentences ..................119
5.33 Diagraming Simple Sentences
Part 1 Grammar ......................................................45 with Phrases ..............................................121
Unit 1 Parts of Speech 5.34 Diagraming Sentences with Clauses.........123
1.1 Nouns: Concrete and Abstract ....................47 Unit 5 Review ........................................................127
1.2 Nouns: Proper, Common, Cumulative Review: Units 1–5..............................128
and Collective..............................................49
1.3 Pronouns: Personal, Possessive, Reflexive, Unit 6 Verb Tenses, Voice, and Mood
and Intensive ...............................................51 6.35 Regular Verbs: Principal Parts ..................131
1.4 Pronouns: Demonstrative, Interrogative, 6.36 Irregular Verbs: Principal Parts ................133
Relative, and Indefinite...............................53 6.37 Tense of Verbs: Present, Past,
1.5 Verbs: Action...............................................55 and Future .................................................135
1.6 Verbs: Linking .............................................57 6.38 Perfect Tenses: Present, Past,
1.7 Verb Phrases ................................................59 and Future .................................................137
1.8 Adjectives ....................................................61 6.39 Tense of Verbs ..........................................139
1.9 Adverbs........................................................63 6.40 Verbs: Progressive
1.10 Prepositions.................................................65 and Emphatic Forms .................................141
1.11 Conjunctions: Coordinating, Correlative, 6.41 Verbs: Compatibility of Tenses.................143
and Subordinating.......................................67 6.42 Voice of Verbs ...........................................145
1.12 Conjunctive Adverbs and Interjections......69 6.43 Mood of Verbs ...........................................147
Unit 1 Review ..........................................................71 Unit 6 Review ........................................................149
Cumulative Review Unit 1 ......................................72 Cumulative Review: Units 1–6 .............................150
Unit 2 Parts of the Sentence Unit 7 Subject-Verb Agreement
2.13 Subjects and Predicates ..............................73 7.44 Subject-Verb Agreement ...........................153
2.14 Compound Subjects and Predicates ...........75 7.45 Intervening Prepositional Phrases............155
2.15 Order of Subject and Predicate...................77 7.46 Agreement with Linking Verbs.................157
2.16 Direct and Indirect Objects .........................79 7.47 Agreement in Inverted Sentences.............159
2.17 Object and Subject Complements...............81 7.48 Agreement with Special Subjects.............161
Unit 2 Review ..........................................................83 7.49 Agreement with Compound Subjects.......163
Cumulative Review: Units 1–2................................84 7.50 Intervening Expressions............................165
Unit 3 Phrases 7.51 Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects ...............167
3.18 Prepositional Phrases..................................85 7.52 Agreement in Adjective Clauses...............169
3.19 Participles, Participial Phrases, Unit 7 Review ........................................................171
and Absolute Phrases..................................87 Cumulative Review: Units 1–7..............................172
3.20 Gerunds and Gerund Phrases; Appositives
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Unit 8 Using Pronouns Correctly

and Appositive Phrases ..............................89
8.53 Case of Personal Pronouns .......................175
3.21 Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases ...............91
8.54 Pronouns with and as Appositives;
3.22 Distinguishing Participial, Gerund, and
After Than and As.....................................177
Infinitive Phrases ........................................93
Unit 3 Review ..........................................................95 8.55 Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns............179
Cumulative Review: Units 1–3................................96 8.56 Who and Whom in Questions and
Subordinate Clauses..................................181
Unit 4 Clauses and Sentence Structure 8.57 Agreement in Number and Gender
4.23 Main and Subordinate Clauses...................97 and with Collective Nouns .......................183
4.24 Simple and Compound Sentences .............99 8.58 Agreement in Person.................................185
4.25 Complex and Compound-Complex 8.59 Agreement with Indefinite Pronoun
Sentences...................................................101 Antecedents...............................................187
4.26 Adjective Clauses ......................................103 8.60 Clear Pronoun Reference ..........................189
4.27 Adverb Clauses..........................................105
Unit 8 Review ........................................................191
4.28 Noun Clauses.............................................107
Cumulative Review: Units 1–8..............................192
4.29 Kinds of Sentences....................................109
4.30 Sentence Fragments ..................................111 Unit 9 Using Modifiers Correctly
4.31 Run-on Sentences......................................113 9.61 Modifiers: Three Degrees of
Unit 4 Review ........................................................115 Comparison ...............................................195
Cumulative Review: Units 1–4 .............................116 9.62 Modifiers: Irregular Comparisons.............197

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9.63 Modifiers: Double and Incomplete 12.93 The Hyphen...............................................279
Comparisons..............................................199 12.94 Abbreviations ............................................281
9.64 Using Good or Well; Bad or Badly............201 12.95 Numbers and Numerals ............................283
9.65 Double Negatives.......................................203 Unit 12 Review ......................................................285
9.66 Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers ..........207 Cumulative Review: Units 1–12 ...........................286
Unit 9 Review ........................................................211
Cumulative Review: Units 1–9..............................212 Part 4 Vocabulary and Spelling ...........................289
Unit 13 Vocabulary and Spelling
Part 2 Usage ...........................................................215
Unit 10 Usage Glossary 13.96 Building Vocabulary: Learning
10.67 Usage: a to altogether................................217 from Context..............................................291
10.68 Usage: allusion to would of.......................219 13.97 Building Vocabulary: Word Roots............293
10.69 Usage: different from to regardless...........221 13.98 Building Vocabulary:
10.70 Usage: this kind to reason is because.......223 Prefixes and Suffixes.................................295
10.71 Usage: respectfully to whom .....................225 13.99 Basic Spelling Rules: I ..............................297
Unit 10 Review ......................................................227 13.100 Basic Spelling Rules: II ............................299
Cumulative Review: Units 1–10 ...........................228 Review: Building Vocabulary ...............................301
Review: Basic Spelling Rules ...............................303
Part 3 Mechanics ...................................................231
Unit 11 Capitalization
Part 5 Composition................................................305
11.72 Capitalization of Sentences
Unit 14 Composition
and the Pronoun I ......................................233
11.73 Capitalization of Proper Nouns ................235 14.101 The Writing Process: Prewriting ..............307
11.74 Capitalization of Proper Adjectives..........237 14.102 The Writing Process: Drafting ..................311
Unit 11 Review ......................................................239 14.103 The Writing Process: Revising .................315
Cumulative Review: Units 1–11 ...........................240 14.104 The Writing Process: Editing ...................317
14.105 The Writing Process: Presenting ..............319
Unit 12 Punctuation, Abbreviations, and Numbers
12.75 End Punctuation: Period, Exclamation Point, 14.106 Outlining ...................................................321
and Question Mark....................................243 14.107 Writing Effective Sentences .....................323
12.76 Colons ........................................................245 14.108 Building Paragraphs .................................327
12.77 Semicolons ................................................247 14.109 Paragraph Ordering ..................................331
12.78 Commas and Compound Sentences .........249 14.110 Personal Letters .........................................333
12.79 Commas in a Series and between 14.111 Business Letters: Letters of Request
Coordinate Adjectives...............................251 or Complaint..............................................337
12.80 Commas and Nonessential Elements with 14.112 Business Letters: Résumés
Interjections, Parenthetical Expressions, and Cover Letters .....................................339
and Conjunctive Adverbs .........................253 Index ...................................................................343
12.81 Commas and Introductory Phrases...........255

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TAE Tests
12.82 Commas and Adverb Clauses and
Unit 1: Parts of Speech........................................349
Antithetical Phrases ..................................257
12.83 Commas with Titles, Addresses, and Unit 2: Parts of the Sentence...............................351
Numbers ....................................................259 Unit 3: Phrases.....................................................353
12.84 Commas and Direct Address and in Tag Unit 4: Clauses and Sentence Structure .............357
Questions and Letter Writing ...................261 Unit 5: Diagraming Sentences.............................361
12.85 Misused Commas ......................................263 Unit 6: Verb Tenses, Voice, and Mood...............363
12.86 Commas in Review....................................265 Unit 7: Subject-Verb Agreement .........................367
12.87 Dashes to Signal Change Unit 8: Using Pronouns Correctly.......................369
and to Emphasize ......................................267 Unit 9: Using Modifiers Correctly ......................371
12.88 Parentheses, Brackets, Unit 10: Usage .......................................................373
and Ellipsis Points ....................................269
Unit 11: Capitalization ..........................................375
12.89 Quotation Marks for Direct
Unit 12: Punctuation, Abbreviations,
Quotations .................................................271
12.90 Quotation Marks with Titles of Short Works, and Numbers ...........................................377
Unusual Expressions, Definitions, and with Unit 13: Vocabulary and Spelling ........................381
Other Marks of Punctuation .....................273 Unit 14: Composition ............................................383
12.91 Italics .........................................................275 Answer Key............................................................387
12.92 The Apostrophe.........................................277

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