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Clarity (effective sentences)
Ex 8-1 - Ex 15-3

Clarity (word choice)
Ex 16-1 - Ex 18-5

Grammar
Ex 19-1 - Ex 28-4

ESL grammar
Ex 29-1 - Ex 31-5

Punctuation
Ex 32/33-1 - Ex 39-4

Mechanics
Ex 40/41/42-1 - Ex 43/44/45-5

The Basics
Ex 61-1 - Ex 64-3

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The Basics
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Ex 61-1 Parts of speech: Preview

Ex 61-2 Nouns and noun/adjectives

Ex 61-3 Nouns and noun/adjectives

Ex 61-4 Pronouns and pronoun/adjectives

Ex 61-5 Verbs

Ex 61-6 Adjectives and adverbs

Ex 61-7 Prepositions

Ex 61-8 Prepositions and conjunctions

Ex 61-9 Parts of speech: Review

Ex 62-1 Sentence patterns: Preview

Ex 62-2 Subjects

Ex 62-3 Direct objects and subject complements

Ex 62-4 Indirect objects and object complements

Ex 62-5 Direct objects, indirect objects, and object complements

Ex 62-6 Pattern variations: Delayed subjects and understood subjects

Ex 62-7 Pattern variations: Passive verbs

Ex 62-8 Sentence patterns: Review

Ex 63-1 Subordinate word groups: Preview

Ex 63-2 Prepositional phrases

Ex 63-3 Subordinate clauses

Ex 63-4 Prepositional and verbal phrases

Ex 63-5 Verbal phrases

Ex 63-6 Subordinate word groups: Review

Ex 64-1 Sentence types: Preview

Ex 64-2 Sentence types

Ex 64-3 Sentence types: Review