Effective Sentences : Writing for Success

To the Student xi Introduction: To the Teacher xii Telling about You Read about Benito, Ana, and Frank 1(1) Sentence Basic 2(1) Reading and Vocabulary Activities 3(5) Building Vocabulary 3(2) Questions 5(1) Statement Word Order 5(1) Question Word Order 5(3) Grammar Activities 8(4) Subjects: Nouns and Pronouns 8(1) Verbs: Be and Have 9(1) Regular Verbs in the Simple Present Tense 10(1) Fragments 11(1) Writing Activities 12(7) Journal Writing 12(3) Transition Words 15(1) Revision 15(2) Editing 17(1) Telling about a Place Read about Young, Eleomarques, and Mesay 18(1) Expanding Sentences 19(2) Independent Clauses 19(1) Compound Structures: Expanding Subjects and Verbs with And 20(1) Reading Activities 21(3) Building Vocabulary 21(3) Grammar Activities 24(4) Singular and Plural Subjects 24(1) Subject-Verb Agreement 25(1) There + Be Sentences 26(1) Objects 26(1) Object Pronouns 27(1) Expanding Objects with And 27(1) Writing Activities 28(7) Linking Sentences in Paragraphs 31(1) Revision 32(1) Editing 33(1) Telling about Likes and Dislikes Read about Luke, Frank, and Ana 34(1) Expanding Sentences 35(3) Compound Sentences: Linking with And, But, Or, and So 35(3) Reading Activities 38(2) Building Vocabulary 38(2) Grammar Activities 40(3) Negatives 40(2) Adjectives and Complements 42(1) Writing Activities 43(8) Using Transition Words First, Next, Then, and Finally 47(1) Revision 48(1) Editin 49(1) Telling about Family Read about Endy, Martin, Mai, and Mesay 50(1) Expanding Sentences 51(2) Independent and Dependent Clauses 51(1) Fragments 52(1) Reading Activities 53(5) Building Vocabulary 53(5) Grammar Activities 58(3) Past Tense 58(1) Irregular Verbs 58(1) Negatives in Past Tense Was and Were 59(1) Negatives in Past Tense Verbs 60(1) Forming Questions with Past Tense Verbs 60(1) Talking about Age in Writing 61(1) Writing Activities 61(7) Deciding on Tense in Paragraphs and Sentences 64(1) Revision 65(1) Editing 66(1) Telling about an Event Read about Ibrahim, Yixin, Benito, and Ana 67(1) Expanding Sentences 68(2) Complex Sentences with Because and Even Though 68(2) Reading Activities 70(3) Building Vocabulary 70(3) Grammar Activities 73(5) Progressive Tenses 73(2) Using Quotations or Said That 75(1) Expanding Subjects and Objects with Prepositional Phrases 76(2) Writing Activities 78(6) Topic Sentences in Paragraphs 80(1) Revision 81(1) Editing 82(1) Telling about Heroes Read about Mesay, Benito, and Eleomarques 83(1) Expanding Sentences 84(1) Complex Sentences with Think, Believe, and Know 84(1) Reading Activities 85(2) Building Vocabulary 85(2) Grammar Activities 87(3) Verb + Ving Forms and Verb + To + Verb 87(1) Renaming Phrases 88(2) Writing Activities 90(6) Writing Concluding Sentences 92(1) Revision 93(1) Editing 94(1) Telling about the Future and Getting Older Read about Young, Mal, Martin, and Shahzad 95(1) Expanding Sentences 96(2) Complex Sentences with That, Who, and Which 96(2) Reading Activities 98(4) Building Vocabulary 98(4) Grammar Activities 102(1) Using the Verbs Can and Could 102(1) Using the Verbs Hope and Would Like 102(1) Writing Activities 103(8) Adding Supporting Details 106(2) Revision 108(1) Editing 109(1) Telling about Future Work Read about Shahzad, Ibrahim, Frank, and Endy 110(1) Expanding Sentences 111(2) Compound-Complex Sentences 111(2) Reading Activities 113(3) Building Vocabulary 113(3) Grammar Activities 116(2) Future: Using Will + V 116(1) Future: Using Be Going To + V 117(1) Writing Activities 118(6) Sentence Variety 121(1) Revision 122(1) Editing 123(1) Appendix A: Glossary of Basic Grammar Terms 124(2) Appendix B: Punctuation Rules 126(1) Appendix C: Spelling Rules 127(2) Appendix D: Count and Noncount Nouns 129(1) Appendix E: Article 130(1) Appendix F: Verb Tense Summary 131(1) Appendix G: Irregular Verbs 132(2) Appendix H: Sentence Type Summary 134(2) Answer Key 136