Grammar and writing practice book grade 6 TM 180p

... day and year in a date April 20, 2002 July 4, 17 76 • Use a comma before and after the year when it is used with both the month and the day in a sentence Do not use a comma if only the month and ... meridiem (after noon) Days and Months • In informal writing, use abbreviations of the days of the week and the months of the year These abbreviations begin with a capital letter an...

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... Sugar is sweet And so are you (5) your friend, Michael 159 Mechanics • Capitalization Proper Nouns: Names and Titles of People • Capitalize the names of people and the initials that stand for their ... preposition 155 Mechanics • Abbreviations Titles and Names • An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word An initial is the first letter of a name Titles and initials begin with a ca...

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... Days and Months • In informal writing, use abbreviations of the days of the week and the months of the year These abbreviations begin with a capital letter and end with a period May, June, and ... pronoun (Jeff and I) planted peas, carrots, and onions in the garden We (Susan and Mary) are in charge of watering the garden They All of us are enjoying (this garden) it Pronouns an...

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... clothes and food 14 Ryan carries one tent, and Caitlin carries some pots and pans 15 Uncle Greg carries the stove and some fuel bottles 16 Grandma carries a rope and the water bottles 17 The excited ... day and year in a date April 20, 2002 July 4, 17 76 • Use a comma before and after the year when it is used with both the month and the day in a sentence Do not use a comma...

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... What percentage of 6th-graders liked animal stories? 19% In what year did the most snow fall on Mount Flurry? 19 96 How many more inches of snow fell during 199 5 than during 199 9? 20 inches 233 ... (grand´ stand´) noun, plural grandstands; verb, grandstanded, grandstanding Practice Use the dictionary entries to answer the questions Which word would appear before this page: granule, gramm...

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... Publish Writing Rubric Contents Writing 67 68 70 72 72 74 76 78 82 84 86 Expository Writing: Research Report Literature Models Features of Explanatory Writing Writing Process Prewrite Research and ... Rubric 47 48 50 52 52 54 56 58 62 64 66 Contents 10 12 12 14 16 18 22 24 26 Fictional Narrative: A Story Literature Models Features of a Story Writing Process Prewrite Resea...

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... while, and however Don’t rely too heavily on and, so, and because Strategy for Improving Sentences Reread a piece of your writing and number each sentence Then make a chart like the one below and ... capitalization errors; run-on sentences 22 Writing Models Grammar and Writing Lessons 23 UNIT GRAMMAR Kinds of Sentences A declarative sentence makes a statement and ends w...

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... ascertain 368 Which of the following changes would make the sequence of ideas in the paragraph clearer? a Place Part after Part b Reverse Parts and c Reverse the order of Parts and d Delete Part 366 Which ... after minutes d Part 2: Insert a colon after activity Answer questions 369 and 370 on the basis of the Answer questions 367 and 368 on the basis of the following passage followin...

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... displays nonstandard use of a verb form? a Part b Part c Part d Part 395 Which of the following number parts contains a nonstandard sentence? a Part b Part c Part d Part For more material and information, ... Delete Part b Reverse the order of Parts and c Delete Part d Reverse the order of Parts and 440 Which of the following numbered parts contains a nonstandard use...

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... scenes of mothers and children (8) Cassatt died in 19 26 at the age of 82 leaving a large and inspired body of work and an example to women everywhere to break through traditional roles and follow their ... surfeit 74 – PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT – Answer questions 394 and 395 on the basis of the SET 36 (Answers begin on page 125.) following passage Answer questions 3 96 398 on the...

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... 0-02 -19 6939-6 (073) 09 08 07 06 05 Handbook Contents Grammar 11 14 Sentences Nouns Verbs Adjectives More About Sentences Pronouns Mechanics and Usage 16 Sentence Punctuation and Capital Letters 18 ... Abbreviations 19 Apostrophes and Contractions 20 Letter Punctuation 21 Book Titles Build Skills 22 23 32 Study Skills Vocabulary Spelling Writing 36 Writing Forms Troublesh...

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... want to play, too 14 McGraw-Hill School Division Mom helps turn the rope Handbook Name Grammar • Pronouns RU L E I and Me, We and Us • I, me, we and us are pronouns • Use I and we as the subject ... red fox goodnight moon the little red hen 21 Handbook Library DEFINITIONS AND FEATURES • A library has books A library has newspapers, magazines, tapes, and computers, too • Bo...

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... Share it with your class 40 Troubleshooter Table of Contents 42 Incomplete Sentences 45 Plural Nouns: –s and –es 47 Lack of Subject/ Verb Agreement 49 Irregular Past Tense 51 Adjectives That Compare ... Design and write an invitation 37 Handbook Writing Forms Riddle A riddle is a kind of puzzle It gives clues The reader uses the clues to answer a question It has six legs It is s...

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... 06 05 Handbook Contents Grammar 12 14 Sentences Nouns Verbs Pronouns Adjectives and Adverbs Mechanics and Usage 16 Abbreviations 18 Capitalization 21 Punctuation Build Skills 24 36 40 42 Study ... Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Two Penn Plaza, New York, New York 10 12 1 Copyright © by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill All rights reserved No part of this publicat...

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... are) at the park 10 Grammar • Verbs Helping Verbs • A helping verb helps another verb show action • Am, is, and are can help tell about action that is happening now • Has and have can help tell ... Grammar • Pronouns Pronouns • A pronoun takes the place of a noun or nouns Pronouns match the noun or nouns they replace Tina plays ball She plays ball • Use I and we to tell about yourse...

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