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Table of Contents 6 Superlative Adjectives . 30 Targeted Skill Practice 7 Using Good/Better/Best; Bad/Worse/Worst. 32 Nouns 8 Proper Adjectives. 11 9 Indefinite Articles 2 Identifying Nouns . 34 3 Identifying Singular and 10 Definite Articles. 14 5 Plural Nouns Pronouns (changing y to i and adding es). 37 6 Irregular Plural Nouns. 38 7 Irregular Plural Nouns. 40 8 Singular Possessive Nouns (See Punctuation). 41 9 Plural Possessive Nouns 5 Subject Pronouns (See Punctuation). 42 10 Common and Proper Nouns 6 Object Pronouns (See Capitalization). 45 9 Noun-Pronoun Agreement. 46 Adjectives 10 Noun-Pronoun Agreement. 25 Verbs 3 Descriptive Adjectives. 51 Language Fundamentals • EMC 2752 • © Evan-Moor Corp. 53 1 Identifying Types of Sentences 5 Linking Verbs. 79 7 Present Tense Verbs. 80 8 Present Tense Verbs. 82 9 Past Tense Verbs. 83 10 Past Tense Verbs. 62 8 Identifying Sentence Fragments. 63 9 Identifying Complete Sentences 13 Future Tense Verbs. 87 14 Future Tense Verbs. 65 10 Combining Fragments to Form Sentences. 89 15 Choosing the Correct Verb Tense. 90 16 Choosing the Correct Verb Tense. 91 17 Subject-Verb Agreement. 92 18 Subject-Verb Agreement. 70 14 Subjects and Predicates. 94 Adverbs 15 Compound Sentences with and. 95 16 Compound Sentences with but. 72 17 Compound Sentences with or. 97 2 Adverbs Without –ly. 73 18 Combining Short Sentences. 98 3 Adverbs That Tell How. 99 4 Adverbs That Tell When or Where. 75 Capitalization 5 Negative Adverbs (See Usage). 76 1 Beginning of a Sentence. 77 2 Days of the Week. 101 3 Months of the Year. 102 © Evan-Moor Corp. • EMC 2752 • Language Fundamentals 4 Holidays. 103 8 Commas in Dates . 104 9 Commas in Addresses . 126 5 Names of People REVIEW 2. 105 10 Commas in Dialogue . 128 6 Names of Places 11 Commas in Dialogue. 106 12 Commas in a Friendly Letter. 130 7 Titles of Published Works (See Punctuation). 107 13 Commas with Nouns in Direct Address. 132 Abbreviations 14 Quotation Marks in Dialogue. 133 15 Quotation Marks in Titles. 134 1 Days of the Week. 109 16 Punctuating Book and 2 Months of the Year. 110 Movie Titles 3 Titles of People. 135 4 Names of Streets and REVIEW 4. 112 17 Apostrophes in Contractions. 113 18 Apostrophes in Contractions. 114 19 Apostrophes in Contractions. 115 20 Apostrophes in Contractions . 116 21 Apostrophes with Singular Possessives Punctuation (See Nouns). 141 1 Periods and Question Marks 22 Apostrophes with Plural (See Sentences). 142 2 Periods and Question Marks. 119 4 Choosing the Correct Usage End Mark. 144 5 Commas with Words in a Series . 122 2 Using I and Me (See Pronouns). 145 6 Commas with Words in a Series . 146 7 Commas in Dates . 124 Language Fundamentals • EMC 2752 • © Evan-Moor Corp. 4 Double Negatives 14 Homophones (See Adverbs). 171 5 Double Negatives 15 Homophones (See Adverbs). 172 6 Using Good and Well. 149 16 Homophones 7 Using Bad and Badly. 174 8 Frequently Confused Words 17 Compound Words. 177 9 Frequently Confused Words 20 Word Meaning (context). 153 21 Frequently Misspelled Words. 154 22 Frequently Misspelled Words. 180 23 Frequently Misspelled Words. 156 Sentence Editing 3 Rhyming Words . 195 7 Suffixes –ful and –less . 167 Answer Key 12 Antonyms. 168 For Targeted Skill Practice. 169 For Sentence Editing. 170 © Evan-Moor Corp. • EMC 2752 • Language Fundamentals What’s in Language Fundamentals? Language Fundamentals is your comprehensive resource for grade-level grammar, mechanics, usage, and vocabulary practice. The broad scope of language skills and the range in difficulty of the activity pages enable you to precisely target those skills that each student needs to practice. Targeted Skill Practice The core of Language Fundamentals is the 160-plus pages of student-friendly skill activities. Lesson identifier to let you know the skill Name Sentences section and the page within that section. 12 The naming part of a sentence names something or someone that the sentence is about. Mark swims across the pool. The water in the swimming pool is cold. Instructional rule box Underline the naming part of each sentence. with examples to show students how the rule is 1. The swimming teacher blows her whistle. applied in writing and 2. The swimmers line up. to provide a reference for students as they 3. complete the page. This swimming lesson will begin soon. Mark and David splash in the pool. Write three sentences about your favorite sport. Circle the naming part of each sentence. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ One or more activities to practice the rule. ____________________________________________________________ Most activities revolve around a theme, ____________________________________________________________ elevating student interest. ____________________________________________________________ © Evan-Moor Corp. • EMC 2752 • Language Fundamentals Subjects 91 Skill identifier to indicate specific skill within the section. Language Fundamentals • EMC 2752 • © Evan-Moor Corp. Name Pronouns Review 2 Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer. Which sentence has a pronoun in the telling part of the sentence? 𝖠𝖠 The dog wants to come with us. 𝖡𝖡 He is barking at the door. 𝖢𝖢 We have room in the car for the dog. 𝖣𝖣 I would love to have a dog. Which sentence has a pronoun in the naming part of the sentence? 𝖠𝖠 The weather is too hot for us. 𝖡𝖡 We need to stay cool. There are 32 review pages presented in multiple- 𝖢𝖢 A swim would be nice. 𝖣𝖣 Mom gave me some lemonade. choice test format to provide test-prep practice. Choose the sentence with a pronoun that shows belonging. 𝖠𝖠 You can see many stars with just your eyes. 𝖡𝖡 Eric’s telescope sees more stars in the sky. Each review covers a small subset of skills and 𝖢𝖢 It is amazing to look through a telescope. 𝖣𝖣 Have you looked through a telescope? may be used as an assessment of student skill 4. Choose the correct pronoun to finish the sentence. Adam has his jacket, but Olivia and Sean forgot to bring _____. 𝖠𝖠 hers 𝖡𝖡 ours 𝖢𝖢 his 𝖣𝖣 theirs 5. In which sentence do the nouns and pronouns agree? 𝖠𝖠 Nicole is making cookies for his party. 𝖡𝖡 Nicole put peanut but ter in her cookies. 𝖢𝖢 Nicole’s brother is eating their cookies. 𝖣𝖣 Nicole is mad at his brother. 48 Pronouns: Review 2 Language Fundamentals • EMC 2752 • © Evan-Moor Corp. Sentence Editing These pages provide students with an Name EDITING: Nouns 4 opportunity to edit and correct sentences Correct these sentences. Are these your sheeps? containing errors commonly made at this ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ grade level. Each page is tied to specific skills 2. Those sheep belong to kate. addressed in the Targeted Skill Practice pages. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ After practicing a skill, students can use the 3. I thought Kate had two lamb’s. corresponding pages in this section to transfer ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ the skill to the context of writing. Does mary have any lambs? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 5. Mary has one lamb and two goose. Marys lamb has fleece as white as snow. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 186 Sentence Editing: Nouns Language Fundamentals • EMC 2752 • © Evan-Moor Corp. EDITING: Usage Name 30 Name EDITING: Sentences se sentences. 14 Correct the Combine the two short sentences to make one sentence. ie are going to 1. Me and Jack ____________ ______ 1. I go to the school. The school is on Park Street. ______ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________________________________________________________ _________ ____________ ___ ____________ ____________ ____________________________________________________________ ng Jackie and I. My dad is taki ____________ _________ 2. I walk to school. My brother takes the bus. going to pick up 3. I and Dad are _________ ___ 3. He can run for the bus now. He can take the next bus. My father driv _________ ______ 4. The bus is yellow. The bus is black. have fun in the 5. Me and Dad ____________ 5. The driver is nice. The driver is friendly. ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ___ ____________________________________________________________ _________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________________________________________________________ the show wit h Dad. are happy to go to 6. Jackie and me _________ _________ 6. Zeke was late. I got there early. • © Evan-Moo Language Fund amentals • EMC 2752 ____________________________________________________________ ng: Usage 212 Sentence Editi 196 Sentence Editing: Sentences Language Fundamentals • EMC 2752 • © Evan-Moor Corp. © Evan-Moor Corp. • EMC 2752 • Language Fundamentals Use Language Fundamentals to Reteach and Reinforce As a supplement to your core language arts program • you’ve finished the material on a particular skill in your core program and your students still don’t seem to get it? • there is an objective in your state standards that is not covered in the core program? • you need homework materials to reinforce the core program lessons? • you get a new student who missed a number of vital language lessons? • you want to provide a resource teacher, after-school program, or tutor with language practice that connects with class work? • you want to provide ongoing test-prep exercises as you move through your language program? Language Fundamentals can meet all these needs.