KISS Grammar: Level 1 (G6)
by Dr. Ed Vavra Author
By the time they finish this book, students should be able to identify most subjects, verbs, complements, adjectives, adverbs, coordinating conjunctions, and prepositional phrases in almost any text that they read or write.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- e-text
- Print Status
- In Print
- Exercises
- 110
- Suggested Grades
- 6th - 8th
- URL
- http://home.pct.edu/~evavra/kiss/wb/PBooks/inde...
Exercises
- 1.1-1 What is a sentence?
- 1.1-2 Single-Word Verbs
- 1.1-3 Finding the Complete Verb Phrase (Tenses)
- 1.1-4a Finding the Complete Verb Phrase (Modal)
- 1.1-4b Writing Sentences with Modal Helping Verbs
- 1.1-5 Other Helping Verbs
- 1.1-6 More Practice with Helping Verbs
- 1.1-7 Fill in the blanks Exercixe
- 1.1-8 A Passage for Analysis
- 1.1-9 Just for Fun
- 1.2-1a Identifying Nouns and Pronouns
- 1.2-1b Identifying Nouns and Pronouns
- 1.2-2 Singular and Plural Nouns
- 1.2-3 Singular and Plural Nouns
- 1.2-4 Replacing Nouns with Pronouns
- 1.2-5a Identifying Adjectives and Adverbs
- 1.2-5b Identifying Adjectives and Adverbs
- 1.2-6a Identifying Phrases (Chunking and Modification)
- 1.2-6b Identifying Phrases (Chunking and Modification)
- 1.2-7 Possessive Nouns and Pronouns Function as Adjectives
- 1.2-8 Fill in the Blanks with Adjectives and/or Adverbs
- 1.2-9 Adjectives as Synonyms
- 1.2-10 Adjectives as Antonyms
- 1.2-11a The Logic of Adjectives and Adverbs
- 1.2-11b The Logic of Adjectives and Adverbs
- 1.2-12 A Passage for Analysis
- 1.3-1a Mixed Complements
- 1.3-1b Mixed Complements
- 1.3-1c Mixed Complements
- 1.3-1d Mixed Complements
- 1.3-2 A Focus on Predicate Adjectives
- 1.3-3 A Focus on Predicate Nouns
- 1.3-4 A Focus on Direct Objects
- 1.3-5 A Focus on Indirect Objects
- 1.3-6 A Focus on the Zero Complement
- 1.3-7 Verbs as Subjects or Complements
- 1.3-8 Predicate Adjective or Part of the Verb?
- 1.3-9 Writing Sentences with Complements
- 1.3-10 A Passage for Analysis
- 1.3-11 Just for Fun - Mixed Complements
- 1.4-1 Mixed Compounds
- 1.4-2 Compound Finite Verbs
- 1.4-3 Compound Complements
- 1.4-4 Writing Sentences with Compounds
- 1.4-5 Sentence-Combining
- 1.4-6 Sentence-Decombining
- 1.4-7 A Passage for Analysis
- 1.4-8 Treasure Hunt / Creating an Exercise
- 1.5-1 Identifying Prepositional Phrases
- 1.5-2a The Functions of Prepositional Phrases
- 1.5-2b The Functions of Prepositional Phrases
- 1.5-3 Prepositions by Themselves Can Function as Adverbs
- 1.5-4 Prepositional Phrases as Indirect Objects
- 1.5-5 Compound Objects of Prepositions
- 1.5-6 Separated Objects of Prepositions
- 1.5-7 Compound Objects of Prepositions
- 1.5-8 Separated Objects of Prepositions
- 1.5-9 Sentence-Combining and Prepositional Phrases
- 1.5-10a The Logic of Prepositional Phrases
- 1.5-10b The Logic of Prepositional Phrases
- 1.5-11 Logic - Adding Prepositional Phrases of Time and Space
- 1.5-12a Style - Left, Right, and Mid-Branching Phrases
- 1.5-12b Style - Left, Right, and Mid-Branching Phrases
- 1.5-13 Style - Sentence Models for Writing
- 1.5-14a Passages for Analysis
- 1.5-14b Passages for Analysis
- 1.5-15 Write, Revise, Edit, Analyze
- 1.6-1 Recognizing Antecedents
- 1.6-2 Antecedents - FiB with Pronouns or Possessive Adjectives
- 1.6-3 Pronouns as Subjects in Multi - S/V/C Sentences
- 1.6-4a Person, Number, and Case
- 1.6-4b Person, Number, and Case
- 1.6-5 Pronouns: Gender
- 1.6-6a Personal Pronouns
- 1.6-6b Personal Pronouns
- 1.6-7a Pronouns as Predicate Nouns
- 1.6-7b Pronouns as Predicate Nouns
- 1.6-7c Pronouns as Predicate Nouns
- 1.6-8a Identifying Tenses
- 1.6-8b Changing Tenses
- 1.6-9 Review: Person, Number, Case, and Tense
- 1.7-1 The Importance of Punctuation
- 1.7-2 Punctuating Sentences
- 1.7-3 Capitalization
- 1.7-4 Commas in a Series
- 1.7-5 Commas in Addresses and Dates
- 1.7-6 Apostrophes to Show Possession
- 1.7-7 Apostrophes in Contractions
- 1.7-8 Quotation Marks
- 1.7-9 Replacing Lost Punctuation & Capitalization
- 1.7-10 Creating an Exercise
- 1.8-1 Abstract and Concrete Words
- 1.8-2 Abstract/Concrete (Common & Proper Nouns)
- 1.8-3 Vocabulary - Synonyms
- 1.8-4 Vocabulary - Antonyms
- 1.8-5 Fill in the blanks with interesting words
- 1.8-6 Vocabulary and Logic
- 1.8-7a Vocabulary - Suffixes
- 1.8-7b Vocabulary - Suffixes
- 1.8-7c Vocabulary - Suffixes
- 1.8-7d Vocabulary - Suffixes
- 1.8-7e Vocabulary - Suffixes
- 1.8-7f Vocabulary - Suffixes
- 1.8-7g Vocabulary - Suffixes
- 1.8-7h Vocabulary - Suffixes
- 1.8-7i Vocabulary - Suffixes
- 1.8-7j Vocabulary - Suffixes
- 1.8-7k Vocabulary - Suffixes
- 1.8-8 Vocabulary - Prefixes
- 1.8-9 Vocabulary - Roots
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