Scholastic Success with Grammar Grade 6

✍ Scribed by Scholastic

• Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 64
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

The Four Types of Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Simple and Compound Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Sentence Fragments and Run-ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Singular and Plural Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Possessive Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Capitalizing Proper Nouns and Adjectives . . . . . . . .19
Capitalizing and Punctuating Abbreviations . . . . . . .22
Action Verbs With Direct Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Linking Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Present, Past, and FutureTenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Irregular Verbs and Past Participles . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Past, Present, and Future Perfect Tenses . . . . . . . . . .36
Subject and Object Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Possessive Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Indefinite Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Subject-Verb Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Adjectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Adverbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases . . . . . . . . . . .52
Building Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Appositives and Appositive Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Direct Quotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Commas, Colons, Semicolons, and Parentheses . . .57
Diagramming Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

✦ Subjects

English Grammar