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II. STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

SENTENCE WITH ONE CLAUSE
1. SKILL 1: Be sure the sentence has a subject and a verb .... . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 51
2. SKILL 2: Be careful of objects of prepositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
3. SKILL 3: Be careful of appositives .. . .. .. . . . . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. 53
4. SKILL 4: Be careful of present participles .. .. .. ...... ................... .... ........ 54
5. SKILL 5: Be careful of past participles................................................ 55

SENTENCE WITH MULTIPLE CLAUSES
6. SKILL 6: Use coordinate connectors correctly...................................... 57
7. SKILL 7: Use adverb time and cause connectors correctly . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 59
8. SKILL 8: Use other adverb connectors correctly .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 60

MORE SENTENCES WIITH MULTIPLE CLAUSES
9. SKILL 9: Use noun clause connectors correctly.................................... 63
10. SKILL 10: Use noun clause connector/subjects correctly........................ 65
11. SKILL 11: Use adjective clause connectors correctly.............................. 66
12. SKILL 12: Use adjective clause connector/subjects correctly .................. 67

SENTENCES WITH REDUCED CLAUSES
13. SKILL 13: USE REDUCED ADJECTIVE CLAUSES CORRECTLY................... 70
14. SKILL 14: USE REDUCED ADVERB CLAUSES CORRECTLY......................... 72

SENTENCES WITH INVERTED SUBJECTS AND VERBS
15. SKILL 15: Invert the subject and verb with question words .................... 76
16. SKILL 16: Invert the subject and verb with place expressions................. 77
17. SKILL 17: Invert the subject and verb with negatives............................ 79
18. SKILL 18: Invert the subject and verb with conditionals......................... 81
19. SKILL 19: Invert the subject and verb with comparisons........................ 82

PROBLEMS WITH SUBJECT/ VERB ~GREEMENT
20. SKILL 20: Make verbs agree after prepositional phrases ........................ 87
21. SKILL 21: Make verbs agree after expressions of quantity...................... 88
22. SKILL 22: Make inverted verbs agree .................................................. 88
23. SKILL 23: Make verbs agree after certain words ................................... 89

PROBLEMS WITH PARALLEL STRUCTURE
24. SKILL 24: Use parallel structure with coordinate conjunctions................. 93
25. SKILL 25: Use parallel structure with paired conjunctions .. .. .... ...... .. .. .. .. 94
26. SKILL 26: Use parallel structure with comparisons ................................ 94

PROBLEMS WITH COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
27. SKILL 27: Form comparatives and superlatives correctly........................ 97
28. SKILL 28: Use comparatives and superlatives correctly.......................... 98
29. SKILL 29: Use the irregular -er, -er structure correctly.......................... 99

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