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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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Clarity (effective sentences)
The items below link to their respective PDFs.

Ex 8-1 Active verbs: Guided practice

Ex 8-2 Active verbs

Ex 8-3 Active verbs

Ex 8-4 Active verbs: Guided review

Ex 9-1 Parallelism: Guided practice

Ex 9-2 Parallelism

Ex 9-3 Parallelism

Ex 9-4 Parallelism: Guided review

Ex 10-1 Needed words: Guided practice

Ex 10-2 Needed words

Ex 10-3 Needed words

Ex 10-4 Needed words: Guided review

Ex 11-1 Mixed constructions: Guided practice

Ex 11-2 Mixed constructions

Ex 11-3 Mixed constructions

Ex 11-4 Mixed constructions: Guided review

Ex 12-1 Misplaced and dangling modifiers: Guided practice

Ex 12-2 Misplaced modifiers

Ex 12-3 Misplaced and dangling modifiers

Ex 12-4 Misplaced and dangling modifiers: Guided review

Ex 13-1 Distracting shifts: Guided practice

Ex 13-2 Distracting shifts

Ex 13-3 Distracting shifts

Ex 13-4 Distracting shifts: Guided review

Ex 14-1 Emphasis: Guided practice

Ex 14-2 Emphasis

Ex 14-3 Emphasis

Ex 14-4 Emphasis: Guided review

Ex 15-1 Variety: Guided practice

Ex 15-2 Variety

Ex 15-3 Variety: Guided review

Review of 8-15: Clarity (effective sentences)