Know and use appropriately the meaning, forms, and functions of nouns (e.g., predicate nouns, appositives), pronouns (e.g., use of proper pronoun case: objective, nominative, and possessive; pronoun-antecedent agreement), verbs (e.g., agree with the subject in person and number, verbs that take objects, linking verbs with predicate nouns and adjectives, verb phrases, consistency in verb tense, regular and irregular verb forms, correct use of both simple and perfect tenses, proper use of active and passive voice, subjunctive mood), adjectives (e.g., correct comparative and superlative forms, predicate adjectives, adjective phrases and clauses), adverbs (e.g., correct comparative and superlative forms, adverb phrases and clauses, conjunctive adverbs), conjunctions (e.g., coordinating, correlative, and subordinating conjunctions to combine sentences and sentence elements), interjections, and prepositions (e.g., recognize them as adjective or adverb modifiers and place properly within the sentence).
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1. Adjectives
   1. Adjective or Adverb - Exercise 1 - This worksheet discusses the differences between adjectives and adverbs. It defines adjectives and adverbs, shows what each can do, and offers several examples of each in use. [This expired page comes from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
   2. Adjective or Adverb - Exercise 2 - This worksheet discusses the differences between adjectives and adverbs. It defines adjectives and adverbs, shows what each can do, and offers several examples of each in use. [This expired page comes from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
   3. Power Proofreading - Choose 8th grade then select; Eye It - Buy It, Kids' Quiz, The Young and the Clueless, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
   4. Comparative and Superlative Quiz - use the pull down menus to see answers.
   5. Practicing adverbs, adjectives, nouns, pronouns, verbs - Word Skills 1 | Word Skills 2 | Word Skills 3 - each quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions
2. Conjunctions
   1. Avoiding Comma Splices, Fused Sentences, and Run-On's - from LEO: Literacy Education Online
   2. Combining Sentences for Variety and Clarity - several methods and examples are given, however this page only combines two sentences.
   3. Conjunctions - Conjunctions are words used as joiners. Different kinds of conjunctions join different kinds of grammatical structures.
   4. Conjunctions - push the buttons to see if your answer was correct
   5. Conjunctions Quiz I - use the pull down menus to see answers.
   6. Conjunctions Quiz II - Combine the sentences using the conjunction given in parentheses. use the pull down menus to see answers.
   7. Conjunction-itis Popup - Find the correct conjunction form to combine two short sentences together into one! (a Quia quiz)
   8. The Need to Combine Sentences - Sentences have to be combined to avoid the monotony that would surely result if all sentences were brief and of equal length. This lesson is followed by three quizzes.
   9. Repairing Run-On Sentences - After each run-on sentence select the remedy that would best repair that sentence.
3. Interjections
   1. Definition of interjections - explanation
   2. Interjections - list and meanings
   3. Interjection Lesson - from Grammar Monster
   4. Interjection Worksheet - Worksheet and lesson plan
   5. Interjection Quiz - use the pull down boxes to check your answer
   6. Interjection Test - click on each interjection and then slick on the green check my answers button
   7. Interjection Quiz - identify the interjection
4. Pronouns
   1. Power Proofreading - Choose 8th grade then select; Word Workout, Eat Your Heart Out, Teen Time, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
   2. Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement - LEO: Literacy Education Online
   3. Agreement: pronoun antecedent from Big Dog's Grammar. After reviewing this material take an interactive quiz
   4. Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement - This tutorial will help you accomplish the following learning objectives: define and understand pronoun agreement, choose pronouns that agree with their antecedents in number, person, and gender and check and apply your skills.
   5. Pronoun Case - The case of some pronouns depends on their function in sentences or clauses. This lesson is followed by an interactive quiz.
   6. Practicing adverbs, adjectives, nouns, pronouns, verbs - Word Skills 1 | Word Skills 2 | Word Skills 3
5. Verbs
   1. Power Proofreading - Choose 8th grade then select; E-mail to HME-TV Staff, Sour Sid on Sports, You Solve it, Weather or Not, Animal Alarm, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
   2. Parts of Speech - Noun, Verb, Preposition, etc. Interactive quizzes
   3. Subject/verb agreement - Basic Principle: Singular subjects need singular verbs; plural subjects need plural verbs. Other SV agreement quizzes Quiz 2 | Quiz 3
   4. Subject and Verb Agreement - from LEO: Literacy Education Online
   5. Subject Verb Agreement Quiz
   6. There is or there are?
   7. Tag Questions 1 - Present Tense/To Be Verb/Affirmative
   8. The CopyCat Game 1 from English-Zone
   9. Subject-Verb Agreement - from The Writer's Handbook
   10. Subject Verb Agreement from Big Dog's Grammar
   11. Identifying transitive verbs - definition and examples [This expired page comes from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
   12. Transitive / Intransitive Verb - Lesson and follow up quiz - second set of lessons and follow up quiz
   13. Transitive and Intransitive verbs - definition and examples
   14. Transitive/Intransitive Quiz - interactive quiz
   15. Transitive/ Intransitive Quia quiz -
   16. Transitive / Intransitive - another Quia quiz
   17. Transitive/ Intransitive quiz - interactive quiz [This expired page comes from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
   18. Transitive Lesson - Lesson and activity
   19. Verb Classification Quiz - quiz
   20. The grammar outlaw - Disagreeing Subject and Verb, AKA The Disagreeable Sentence [This expired page comes from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
   21. Practicing past, present and future tenses - Tense Activity 1 | Tense Activity 2 | Tense Activity 3
   22. Practicing adverbs, adjectives, nouns, pronouns, verbs - Word Skills 1 | Word Skills 2 | Word Skills 3

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