JACK UMSTATTER, M.A., taught English for more than 30 years at both the middle school and high school levels. Selected Teacher of the Year several times, he is the best-selling author of numerous books, including 201 Ready-to-Use Word Games for the English Classroom, Brain Games!, Grammar Grabbers!, and Got Grammar?, all published by Jossey-Bass. Umstatter is a professional development workshop leader, training teachers and students across the nation on reading, writing, and poetry strategies.

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• How to Use this Book • xvSection One Grammar • 11. the noun2. types of nouns3. the pronoun4. personal pronouns5. Do you know your personal pronouns?6. reflexive, demonstrative, and interrogative pronouns7. singular and plural nouns and pronouns8. the adjective9. the noun-adjective-pronoun question10. the verb11. Is it an action, linking, or helping verb?12. the adverb13. the preposition14. compound prepositions and the preposition-adverb question15. the coordinating conjunction16. the correlative conjunction17. the subordinating conjunction18. combining ideas with the subordinating conjunction19. the interjection20. parts-of-speech review (part one)21. parts-of-speech review (part two)22. parts-of-speech parade23. filling in the parts of speech24. What’s missing? (parts-of-speech review)25. fun with literary titles (parts-of-speech review)26. parts-of-speech matchingSection Two Usage • 2927. complete and simple subjects28. complete and simple predicates29. compound subject and compound predicate30. the direct object31. the indirect object32. the object of the preposition33. objects and 8–7–534. subject complements— predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives35. Predicate nominative, predicate adjective, or neither?36. introducing phrases37. the verb phrase38. the prepositional phrase39. the adjective phrase40. the adverb phrase41. adjective and adverb phrases review42. prepositional phrases review43. the appositive44. Appositive, verb, or prepositional phrase?45. the participle and participial phrase46. Participial phrase or not?47. the gerund and gerund phrase48. Gerund or not?49. the infinitive and infinitive phrase50. the many uses of the infinitive phrase51. verbal phrase review52. matching the phrases in context53. showing what you know about phrases54. happy in ten different ways55. writing with variety56. phrases finale57. introducing clauses58. the adverb clause59. nailing down the adverb clause60. the adjective clause61. recognizing adjective clauses62. the noun clause63. the many uses of the noun clause64. adjective, adverb, and noun clauses65. identifying phrases and clauses66. Do you know your phrases and clauses?67. putting clauses into action68. what good writers do69. starting the sentence70. it’s all about form71. sentences, fragments, and run-on sentences72. What’s what? sentences, fragments, and run-on sentences73. making sense (and sentences)74. types of sentences by purpose75. ‘‘purposeful’’ sentences76. sentences by design (or construction)77. simple and compound sentences78. complex sentences79. compound-complex sentences80. Know the sentence’s structure?81. subject and verb agreement82. agreement involving prepositional phrases83. knowing your prepositional phrases and agreement84. pronouns and their antecedents85. agreement between indefinite pronouns and their antecedents86. showing what you know about pronouns and their antecedents87. indefinite pronouns88. indefinite pronouns and agreement89. writing with indefinite pronouns90. compound subjects (part one)91. compound subjects (part two)92. working with compound subjects93. subject-verb agreement situations94. more subject-verb agreement situations95. making the wrong right96. knowing your subject-verb agreement97. subject-verb agreement parade98. practicing agreement99. How well do you know agreement?100. regular verb tenses101. selecting the correct verb tense102. irregular verbs (part one)103. working with irregular verbs from part one104. irregular verbs (part two)105. working with irregular verbs from part two106. irregular verbs in context107. Correct or incorrect?108. helping out with irregular verbs109. the verb ‘‘be’’110. busy with the verb ‘‘be’’111. the nominative case112. the objective case113. the possessive case114. the possessive case and pronouns115. indefinite pronouns and the possessive case116. using the possessive case117. confusing usage words (part one)118. confusing usage words (part two)119. confusing usage words (part three)120. confusing usage words (part four)121. confusing usage words (part five)122. confusing usage words (part six)123. confusing usage words (part seven)124. confusing usage words (part eight)125. matching up the confusing words126. Which is the correct word?127. select the correct word128. double negatives129. misplaced and dangling modifiers130. revising sentences that have misplaced and dangling modifiers131. transitive and intransitive verbs132. Do you know your transitive and intransitive verbs?133. active and passive voices134. sound-alike words (part one)135. sound-alike words (part two)136. sound-alike words (part three)137. sound-alike words (part four)138. making your mark with sound-alike words139. regular comparison of adjectives and adverbs140. irregular comparison of adjectives and adverbsSection Three Mechanics • 145141. periods, question marks, and exclamation marks142. working with periods, question marks, and exclamation marks143. commas (part one)144. commas (part two)145. commas (part three)146. commas (part four)147. commas (part five)148. commas in action149. some more commas in action150. comma matching contest151. the apostrophe152. more apostrophe situations153. working with apostrophes154. the colon155. the semicolon156. colons and semicolons in context157. quotation marks (part one)158. quotation marks (part two)159. quotation marks (part three)160. italics, hyphens, and brackets161. parentheses, ellipsis marks, and dashes162. all sorts of punctuation problems163. All the punctuation is missing!164. first capitalization list165. second capitalization list166. using capital letters167. capitalize these (part one)168. capitalize these (part two)169. challenging spelling words170. spell it right—and win the battleSection Four Show What You Know • 177171. Where did all the letters go?172. grammar and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea173. grammar, mechanics, and Alice in Wonderland174. phrases, clauses, and sentences found in ‘‘One Thousand Dollars’’175. find the mistake176. five questions in five minutes (parts of speech, prepositional phrases, and clauses)177. five questions in five minutes (sentences and usage)178. five questions in five minutes (mechanics)179. five questions in five minutes (verbals and subject complements)180. five questions in five minutes (confusing and sound-alike words)Answer Key 188

JACK UMSTATTER, M.A., taught English for more than 30 years at both the middle school and high school levels. Selected Teacher of the Year several times, he is the best-selling author of numerous books, including 201 Ready-to-Use Word Games for the English Classroom, Brain Games!, Grammar Grabbers!, and Got Grammar?, all published by Jossey-Bass. Umstatter is a professional development workshop leader, training teachers and students across the nation on reading, writing, and poetry strategies.

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• How to Use this Book • xvSection One Grammar • 11. the noun2. types of nouns3. the pronoun4. personal pronouns5. Do you know your personal pronouns?6. reflexive, demonstrative, and interrogative pronouns7. singular and plural nouns and pronouns8. the adjective9. the noun-adjective-pronoun question10. the verb11. Is it an action, linking, or helping verb?12. the adverb13. the preposition14. compound prepositions and the preposition-adverb question15. the coordinating conjunction16. the correlative conjunction17. the subordinating conjunction18. combining ideas with the subordinating conjunction19. the interjection20. parts-of-speech review (part one)21. parts-of-speech review (part two)22. parts-of-speech parade23. filling in the parts of speech24. What’s missing? (parts-of-speech review)25. fun with literary titles (parts-of-speech review)26. parts-of-speech matchingSection Two Usage • 2927. complete and simple subjects28. complete and simple predicates29. compound subject and compound predicate30. the direct object31. the indirect object32. the object of the preposition33. objects and 8–7–534. subject complements— predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives35. Predicate nominative, predicate adjective, or neither?36. introducing phrases37. the verb phrase38. the prepositional phrase39. the adjective phrase40. the adverb phrase41. adjective and adverb phrases review42. prepositional phrases review43. the appositive44. Appositive, verb, or prepositional phrase?45. the participle and participial phrase46. Participial phrase or not?47. the gerund and gerund phrase48. Gerund or not?49. the infinitive and infinitive phrase50. the many uses of the infinitive phrase51. verbal phrase review52. matching the phrases in context53. showing what you know about phrases54. happy in ten different ways55. writing with variety56. phrases finale57. introducing clauses58. the adverb clause59. nailing down the adverb clause60. the adjective clause61. recognizing adjective clauses62. the noun clause63. the many uses of the noun clause64. adjective, adverb, and noun clauses65. identifying phrases and clauses66. Do you know your phrases and clauses?67. putting clauses into action68. what good writers do69. starting the sentence70. it’s all about form71. sentences, fragments, and run-on sentences72. What’s what? sentences, fragments, and run-on sentences73. making sense (and sentences)74. types of sentences by purpose75. ‘‘purposeful’’ sentences76. sentences by design (or construction)77. simple and compound sentences78. complex sentences79. compound-complex sentences80. Know the sentence’s structure?81. subject and verb agreement82. agreement involving prepositional phrases83. knowing your prepositional phrases and agreement84. pronouns and their antecedents85. agreement between indefinite pronouns and their antecedents86. showing what you know about pronouns and their antecedents87. indefinite pronouns88. indefinite pronouns and agreement89. writing with indefinite pronouns90. compound subjects (part one)91. compound subjects (part two)92. working with compound subjects93. subject-verb agreement situations94. more subject-verb agreement situations95. making the wrong right96. knowing your subject-verb agreement97. subject-verb agreement parade98. practicing agreement99. How well do you know agreement?100. regular verb tenses101. selecting the correct verb tense102. irregular verbs (part one)103. working with irregular verbs from part one104. irregular verbs (part two)105. working with irregular verbs from part two106. irregular verbs in context107. Correct or incorrect?108. helping out with irregular verbs109. the verb ‘‘be’’110. busy with the verb ‘‘be’’111. the nominative case112. the objective case113. the possessive case114. the possessive case and pronouns115. indefinite pronouns and the possessive case116. using the possessive case117. confusing usage words (part one)118. confusing usage words (part two)119. confusing usage words (part three)120. confusing usage words (part four)121. confusing usage words (part five)122. confusing usage words (part six)123. confusing usage words (part seven)124. confusing usage words (part eight)125. matching up the confusing words126. Which is the correct word?127. select the correct word128. double negatives129. misplaced and dangling modifiers130. revising sentences that have misplaced and dangling modifiers131. transitive and intransitive verbs132. Do you know your transitive and intransitive verbs?133. active and passive voices134. sound-alike words (part one)135. sound-alike words (part two)136. sound-alike words (part three)137. sound-alike words (part four)138. making your mark with sound-alike words139. regular comparison of adjectives and adverbs140. irregular comparison of adjectives and adverbsSection Three Mechanics • 145141. periods, question marks, and exclamation marks142. working with periods, question marks, and exclamation marks143. commas (part one)144. commas (part two)145. commas (part three)146. commas (part four)147. commas (part five)148. commas in action149. some more commas in action150. comma matching contest151. the apostrophe152. more apostrophe situations153. working with apostrophes154. the colon155. the semicolon156. colons and semicolons in context157. quotation marks (part one)158. quotation marks (part two)159. quotation marks (part three)160. italics, hyphens, and brackets161. parentheses, ellipsis marks, and dashes162. all sorts of punctuation problems163. All the punctuation is missing!164. first capitalization list165. second capitalization list166. using capital letters167. capitalize these (part one)168. capitalize these (part two)169. challenging spelling words170. spell it right—and win the battleSection Four Show What You Know • 177171. Where did all the letters go?172. grammar and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea173. grammar, mechanics, and Alice in Wonderland174. phrases, clauses, and sentences found in ‘‘One Thousand Dollars’’175. find the mistake176. five questions in five minutes (parts of speech, prepositional phrases, and clauses)177. five questions in five minutes (sentences and usage)178. five questions in five minutes (mechanics)179. five questions in five minutes (verbals and subject complements)180. five questions in five minutes (confusing and sound-alike words)Answer Key 188

JACK UMSTATTER, M.A., taught English for more than 30 years at both the middle school and high school levels. Selected Teacher of the Year several times, he is the best-selling author of numerous books, including 201 Ready-to-Use Word Games for the English Classroom, Brain Games!, Grammar Grabbers!, and Got Grammar?, all published by Jossey-Bass. Umstatter is a professional development workshop leader, training teachers and students across the nation on reading, writing, and poetry strategies.

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• How to Use this Book • xvSection One Grammar • 11. the noun2. types of nouns3. the pronoun4. personal pronouns5. Do you know your personal pronouns?6. reflexive, demonstrative, and interrogative pronouns7. singular and plural nouns and pronouns8. the adjective9. the noun-adjective-pronoun question10. the verb11. Is it an action, linking, or helping verb?12. the adverb13. the preposition14. compound prepositions and the preposition-adverb question15. the coordinating conjunction16. the correlative conjunction17. the subordinating conjunction18. combining ideas with the subordinating conjunction19. the interjection20. parts-of-speech review (part one)21. parts-of-speech review (part two)22. parts-of-speech parade23. filling in the parts of speech24. What’s missing? (parts-of-speech review)25. fun with literary titles (parts-of-speech review)26. parts-of-speech matchingSection Two Usage • 2927. complete and simple subjects28. complete and simple predicates29. compound subject and compound predicate30. the direct object31. the indirect object32. the object of the preposition33. objects and 8–7–534. subject complements— predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives35. Predicate nominative, predicate adjective, or neither?36. introducing phrases37. the verb phrase38. the prepositional phrase39. the adjective phrase40. the adverb phrase41. adjective and adverb phrases review42. prepositional phrases review43. the appositive44. Appositive, verb, or prepositional phrase?45. the participle and participial phrase46. Participial phrase or not?47. the gerund and gerund phrase48. Gerund or not?49. the infinitive and infinitive phrase50. the many uses of the infinitive phrase51. verbal phrase review52. matching the phrases in context53. showing what you know about phrases54. happy in ten different ways55. writing with variety56. phrases finale57. introducing clauses58. the adverb clause59. nailing down the adverb clause60. the adjective clause61. recognizing adjective clauses62. the noun clause63. the many uses of the noun clause64. adjective, adverb, and noun clauses65. identifying phrases and clauses66. Do you know your phrases and clauses?67. putting clauses into action68. what good writers do69. starting the sentence70. it’s all about form71. sentences, fragments, and run-on sentences72. What’s what? sentences, fragments, and run-on sentences73. making sense (and sentences)74. types of sentences by purpose75. ‘‘purposeful’’ sentences76. sentences by design (or construction)77. simple and compound sentences78. complex sentences79. compound-complex sentences80. Know the sentence’s structure?81. subject and verb agreement82. agreement involving prepositional phrases83. knowing your prepositional phrases and agreement84. pronouns and their antecedents85. agreement between indefinite pronouns and their antecedents86. showing what you know about pronouns and their antecedents87. indefinite pronouns88. indefinite pronouns and agreement89. writing with indefinite pronouns90. compound subjects (part one)91. compound subjects (part two)92. working with compound subjects93. subject-verb agreement situations94. more subject-verb agreement situations95. making the wrong right96. knowing your subject-verb agreement97. subject-verb agreement parade98. practicing agreement99. How well do you know agreement?100. regular verb tenses101. selecting the correct verb tense102. irregular verbs (part one)103. working with irregular verbs from part one104. irregular verbs (part two)105. working with irregular verbs from part two106. irregular verbs in context107. Correct or incorrect?108. helping out with irregular verbs109. the verb ‘‘be’’110. busy with the verb ‘‘be’’111. the nominative case112. the objective case113. the possessive case114. the possessive case and pronouns115. indefinite pronouns and the possessive case116. using the possessive case117. confusing usage words (part one)118. confusing usage words (part two)119. confusing usage words (part three)120. confusing usage words (part four)121. confusing usage words (part five)122. confusing usage words (part six)123. confusing usage words (part seven)124. confusing usage words (part eight)125. matching up the confusing words126. Which is the correct word?127. select the correct word128. double negatives129. misplaced and dangling modifiers130. revising sentences that have misplaced and dangling modifiers131. transitive and intransitive verbs132. Do you know your transitive and intransitive verbs?133. active and passive voices134. sound-alike words (part one)135. sound-alike words (part two)136. sound-alike words (part three)137. sound-alike words (part four)138. making your mark with sound-alike words139. regular comparison of adjectives and adverbs140. irregular comparison of adjectives and adverbsSection Three Mechanics • 145141. periods, question marks, and exclamation marks142. working with periods, question marks, and exclamation marks143. commas (part one)144. commas (part two)145. commas (part three)146. commas (part four)147. commas (part five)148. commas in action149. some more commas in action150. comma matching contest151. the apostrophe152. more apostrophe situations153. working with apostrophes154. the colon155. the semicolon156. colons and semicolons in context157. quotation marks (part one)158. quotation marks (part two)159. quotation marks (part three)160. italics, hyphens, and brackets161. parentheses, ellipsis marks, and dashes162. all sorts of punctuation problems163. All the punctuation is missing!164. first capitalization list165. second capitalization list166. using capital letters167. capitalize these (part one)168. capitalize these (part two)169. challenging spelling words170. spell it right—and win the battleSection Four Show What You Know • 177171. Where did all the letters go?172. grammar and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea173. grammar, mechanics, and Alice in Wonderland174. phrases, clauses, and sentences found in ‘‘One Thousand Dollars’’175. find the mistake176. five questions in five minutes (parts of speech, prepositional phrases, and clauses)177. five questions in five minutes (sentences and usage)178. five questions in five minutes (mechanics)179. five questions in five minutes (verbals and subject complements)180. five questions in five minutes (confusing and sound-alike words)Answer Key 188