The 25 Rules to Learn & their printables
Rule #1 Kinds of Sentences - There are four kinds of sentences. Each kind requires a specific ending punctuation.
Rule #2 - Subjects & Predicates - Every complete sentence has a subject and a predicate.
Rule #3 - Conjunctions- Conjunctions are used to join words or groups of words.
Rule #4 - Compound Sentences - A compound sentence is made by putting together two or more simple sentences containing related information.
Rule #5 - Common & Proper Nouns - A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Rule #6 - Singular & Plural Nouns - Singular nouns name one person, place, thing, or idea. Plural nouns name more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Rule #7 - Verbs - A verb is a word in the predicate that tells physical or mental action or a state of being.
Rule #8 - Verb Tenses - The tense of a verb tells when an action occurs - present, past, or future.
Rule #9 - Forming Verb Tenses - Endings are added to verbs to change the tense.
Rule #10 - Irregular Verbs - Some verbs do not follow a set rule to form the past tense. These verbs are called irregular verbs.
Rule #11 - Types of Pronouns - There are several types of pronouns.
Rule #12 - Pronouns & Antecedents - The antecedent of a pronoun is the noun or nouns to which the pronoun refers.
Rule #13 - Possessive Nouns & Pronouns - Possessive nouns need an apostrophe. Possessive pronouns do not need an apostrophe.
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Rule #14 - Adjectives - Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns.
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Rule #15 - Comparative & Superlative Adjectives - Adjectives make comparisons.
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Rule #16 - Adverbs - An adverb is a word that describes a verb, and adjective, or another adverb.
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Rule #17 - Prepositions - Prepositions and prepositional phrases related to a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence.
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Rule #18 - Comma Usage - Words in a series and equal adjectives need commas to separate them.
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Rule #19 - Comma Usage - A comma is used after introductory words and to set off the name of a person being spoken to.
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Rule #20 - Commas & Colons - Commas and colons are used in specific instances.
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Rule #21 - Comma Usage - Commas set apart an appositive (a word or phrase that renames the noun or pronoun before it) from the rest of the sentence.
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Rule #22 - Quotation Marks - A direct quotation has specific rules of punctuation and capitalization.
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Rule #23 - Titles - Titles of books, movies, plays, magazines, songs, stories, etc,... are treated in specific ways.
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Rule #24 - Word Usage - Negative words and the pronouns I, me, they, and them follow specific usage rules.
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Rule #25 - Word Usage - Some words are easily confused. Take care to use can/may, lie/lay, and good/well correctly.
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Daily Language Review Printables
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Daily Paragraph Editing - printables
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English Language Arts handouts & rubrics
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