CONTENTS

Note to Students 7

UNIT 1 SentenceS
Lesson 1 Sentences • Revising Sentences 8

Lesson 2 Statements and Questions • Write Your Own 12

Lesson 3 Commands and Exclamations • Write Your Own 16
Lesson 4 Simple Sentences: Subjects • Write Your Own 20

Lesson 5 Simple Sentences: Predicates • Write Your Own 24

Lesson 6 Compound Sentences • Combining Sentences 28

Lesson 7 Complex Sentences • Write Your Own 32

Lesson 8 Run-on Sentences • Write Your Own 36

Unit 1 Review 40

Unit 1 Grammar for Writing 42

UNIT 2 nounS
Lesson 9 Nouns • Revising Sentences 44

Lesson 10 Common and Proper Nouns • Write Your Own 48

Lesson 11 Nouns in the Subject • Combining Sentences 52

Lesson 12 Singular and Plural Nouns • Write Your Own 56
Lesson 13 Irregular Plural Nouns • Write Your Own 60

Lesson 14 Possessive Nouns • Write Your Own 64

Unit 2 Review 68

Unit 2 Grammar for Writing 70

UNIT 3 Verbs
Lesson 15 Action Verbs • Combining Sentences 72
Lesson 16 Present-Tense Verbs • Revising Sentences 76

Lesson 17 More Present-Tense Verbs • Write Your Own 80

Lesson 18 Past-Tense Verbs • Write Your Own 84

Lesson 19 Future-Tense Verbs • Write Your Own 88
Lesson 20 Linking Verbs • Write Your Own 92
Lesson 21 Main Verbs and Helping Verbs • Write Your Own 96

Lesson 22 Using Has, Have, Had • Write Your Own 100

Lesson 23 Irregular Verbs • Write Your Own 104

Lesson 24 More Irregular Verbs • Write Your Own 108

Lesson 25 Contractions with Not • Write Your Own 112

Unit 3 Review 116
Unit 3 Grammar for Writing 118

UNIT 4 AdjectiVes And AdVerbs

Lesson 26 Adjectives • Combining Sentences 120

Lesson 27 A, An, The • Write Your Own 124

Lesson 28 Comparing with Adjectives • Write Your Own 128
Lesson 29 More Comparing with Adjectives • Write Your Own 132
Lesson 30 Comparing with More and Most • Write Your Own 136
Lesson 31 Adverbs • Revising Sentences 140
Lesson 32 Comparing with Adverbs • Write Your Own 144
Lesson 33 Negatives • Write Your Own 148
Unit 4 Review 152
Unit 4 Grammar for Writing 154

UNIT 5 Pronouns
Lesson 34 Subject Pronouns • Revising Sentences 156

Lesson 35 Pronoun-Verb Agreement • Write Your Own 160

Lesson 36 Object Pronouns • Revising Sentences 164

Lesson 37 Using I and Me • Combining Sentences 168

Lesson 38 Possessive Pronouns • Write Your Own 172

Lesson 39 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement • Write Your Own 176

Lesson 40 Contractions with Pronouns • Write Your Own 180

Unit 5 Review 184

Unit 5 Grammar for Writing 186

UNIT 6 CaPitalization, PunCtuation, and sPelling

Lesson 41 Writing Sentences Correctly • Revising Sentences 188
Lesson 42 Capitalizing Proper Nouns • Write Your Own 192

Lesson 43 Abbreviations • Write Your Own 196

Lesson 44 Book Titles • Write Your Own 200

Lesson 45 Commas in a Series • Combining Sentences 204

Lesson 46 Parts of a Letter • Write Your Own 208
Lesson 47 Quotations • Write Your Own 212
Lesson 48 Spelling Rules • Write Your Own 216

Lesson 49 Words Often Misspelled • Write Your Own 220

Lesson 50 Words Often Confused • Write Your Own 224
Unit 6 Review 228
Unit 6 Grammar for Writing 230

Writing Process Handbook 232

Index 248
Unit 4 Adjectives and Adverbs

Lesson 26: Adjectives

LEARN
Adjectives describe, or tell about, nouns.
Adjectives add details to your writing.

■■ Some adjectives tell what kind.

Philadelphia is an old city.
Philadelphia has an interesting history.

■■ Some adjectives tell how many.

Philadelphia has many museums.
One museum is named after Ben Franklin.
An adjective usually comes before the noun it describes.

PRACTICE
Underline the adjective that describes the noun in dark print.
A Then circle the words that tell about the adjective.

1. Ben Franklin is a famous man. what kind how many

2. He was born in 1706 in colonial Boston. what kind how many

3. Ben was the fifteenth of seventeen children. what kind how many

4. He became a printer’s assistant at a young age. what kind how many

5. Ben ran away with just three cents in his pocket. what kind how many

6. He made Philadelphia his new home. what kind how many

7. He worked hard and became a successful printer. what kind how many

8. He printed an almanac for twenty-five years. what kind how many

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PRACTICE A continued

9. An almanac is a book of different facts. what kind how many

10. Ben’s fame spread throughout the thirteen colonies. what kind how many

Find and underline the adjective in each sentence. Then write

B
the adjective and the noun it describes on the lines. The first
one is done for you.
Adjective Noun

1. Ben Franklin’s almanac reached many readers. many readers

2. An almanac includes important dates.

3. Some almanacs tell about the weather.

4. Ben’s almanac gave helpful advice.

5. People eagerly read every issue.

6. They looked for Ben’s wise sayings.

7. Here are several examples.

8. Two wrongs don’t make a right.

9. Lost time is never found again.

10. Ben was a curious man.

11. He created useful inventions.

12. People loved his clever ideas.

Ben Franklin invented the lightning rod.

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 Here are some famous old sayings.
C Write an adjective to complete each
An adjective can describe a noun
by telling how many or what kind.
one. Choose an adjective from the box, or
use an adjective of your own. The clue in ( )
will help you. The first one is done for you.

early few glass good old

one silver small some two

1. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. (how many)

2. You have to break a eggs to make an omelet.

(how many)

3. People in houses should not throw stones.

(what kind)

4. Every cloud has a lining. (what kind)

5. Every garden has weeds. (how many)

6. Good things come in packages. (what kind)

7. You can’t teach an dog new tricks. (what kind)

8. No news is news. (what kind)

9. heads are better than one. (how many)

10. The bird gets the worm. (what kind)

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Sometimes you can combine a pair of related sentences to

make your writing smoother. To make the two sentences
below less choppy, move the adjective in the second
sentence to the first sentence.

It was a day in July in 1776. It was hot.

It was a hot day in July in 1776.

The sentences in each pair below can be combined. Find the

D adjective in the second sentence, and move it to the first sentence.

1. Leaders of the colonies met in Philadelphia. There were thirteen colonies.

2. Ben Franklin was a member of the group. He was respected.

3. They met in a room in the State House. The room was stuffy.

4. The colonists accepted the Declaration of Independence after days

of talks. The talks lasted three days.

5. John Hancock wrote his signature. His signature was bold.

6. Ben Franklin encouraged the men to stay united. The men were brave.

ok Go back to the sentences you wrote.

Lo
Circle the adjectives that you moved.

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Grammar for Writing Remember, you can find out more about
adjectives and adverbs on pages 120–151.

PROOFREADING PRACTICE
Read the text below. There are 15 mistakes in the use of adjectives and adverbs.
Use the proofreading marks in the box to correct them.

Proofreadin
Every spring, our school has a talent show. Each Mark
act seems to be silliest than the one before! I think Add
Period
this talent show was the most funniest ever. Take out
Capital letter
First, a cheerful boy sang “Happy Birthday” Small letter
backward. He sang it very loud. Then a girl flapped
onstage. She was dressed as a red bird with the more
wonderful tail. She chirped an stream of sweetly notes.
Finally, the third contestant stood onstage. A largest
white dog sat beside her. He was the bigest dog I had ever
seen. We sat quiet, eager to see what would happen. The girl
sang low, sad notes. The dog lifted his nose and howled. He
had the niceest voice of any dog I ever heard!
Which act was the better? I was the judge and couldn’t
pick just one! So I simple invented new prizes. The boy won
Noisier Song, the bird girl won Lovelier Song, and the girl
and dog won More Amazing Duet. They all took a bow and
laughed joyfully.

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WRITE ABOUT IT
Write a story about the talent show from the point of view of one of the
contestants. Use details from the text on page 154. Include a variety of
adjectives and adverbs in your story. Use the Writing Process Handbook
on pages 232–247 to help you plan. When you are finished writing
your draft, then proofread your work.

Did you . . .
❏❏describe the talent show from a contestant’s point of view?
❏❏include details from the text on page 154 in your story?
❏❏write sentences that describe what the contestant observes and
how the contestant feels?
❏❏revise and edit your writing to show what you learned about
adjectives and adverbs?
❏❏proofread for correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation?

TALK ABOUT IT
Discuss: What kinds of contests have you been in? What did you do
in these contests? How did you feel? Explain. Use a variety of adverbs
and adjectives to talk about your ideas.

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