Index of Skills, continued

Language Patterns And Structures, Mechanics, And Spelling

• Action verbs 6, 177, 242, 245–247, 335–337

• Adjectives

  • Descriptive 73, 75, 143, 330–334

  • Number words 53, 144, 244, 330, 334

  • Possessive 7, 34, 329

  • That appeal to the senses 75, 102, 308, 331–333

• Capitalization

  • Beginning of sentences 206, 315

  • Dates 240

  • In a letter 34

  • Proper nouns 34, 68, 213, 240, 274, 320–321, 323

• Commands 145, 172, 206, 315

• Common nouns 108, 323–326

• Contractions 278–279, 315, 335

• Exclamatory sentences 145, 172, 314, 318

• Irregular verbs 38, 41, 68, 109, 138, 172, 338–339

• Modals

  • can 337

  • could 4, 74, 337

  • may 4–5, 337

  • might 4, 337

  • must 72

  • should 72, 142

• Negative sentences 149, 278–279, 315

• Nouns

  • Capitalization of 34, 68, 213, 240, 274, 320–321, 323

  • Common 108, 323–326

  • Possessive 323

  • Proper 34, 68, 213, 240, 274, 320–321, 323

  • Singular and plural 326

• Object pronouns 110–111, 179, 206, 329

• Phrases with

  • have to 6

  • need to 6

• Plural nouns 326

• Plural verbs 6, 314–315, 335, 337–338

• Possessives

  • Adjectives 7, 34, 329

  • Nouns 323

  • Pronouns 7, 34, 329

• Prepositions 39, 144

• Progressive forms of verbs 337

• Pronouns

  • Agreement 110–111, 328

  • Object 110–111, 179, 206, 329

  • Possessive 7, 34, 329

  • Singular and plural 7, 110–111, 328

  • Subject 179, 329

• Proper nouns 34, 68, 213, 240, 274, 320–321, 323

• Punctuation

  • Apostrophe 278–279, 315, 323, 335

  • Colon 319

  • Commas 34, 102, 138, 318

  • Exclamation mark 145, 172, 314, 318

  • Period 145, 314–315, 317

  • Question mark 314, 317

  • Quotation marks 172, 319

• Questions

  • with yes/no answers 314

  • with Who, What, When, Where 176, 210, 245, 314

  • with Do and Does 176, 314

  • with How much or How many 244, 314

  • with How 211, 314

  • with Why 211, 314

• Sentences 145, 274, 314–316 See also Questions, Commands, and Writing.

• Singular verbs 6, 281, 314–315, 335, 337, 338

• Spelling 12–13, 46–47, 80–81, 116–117, 150–151, 184–185, 218–219, 252–253, 286–287

• Statements 314

  • with infinitives 6

• Subject pronouns 179, 329

• Subject-verb agreement 6, 281, 316

• Verbs

  • Action 6, 177, 242, 245–247, 335–337

  • do/does 314–315, 338

  • Forms of be (am, is, are, was, were) 38, 68, 109, 335

  • Future tense 279, 281, 338

  • has, have 339

  • Irregular 38, 41, 68, 109, 138, 172, 335, 339

  • Modals 4–5, 72, 74, 142, 337

  • Past tense 38, 41, 68, 109, 138, 172, 281, 335, 338

  • Present tense 38, 41, 109, 138, 177, 281, 335, 337

  • Progressive forms of 337

  • Singular and plural 6, 314–315, 335, 337, 338

Learning To Read

• Associate sounds and spelling

  • Long vowels

    • /ē/ y 116–117

    • /ī/ ie, igh 12–13

    • /ī/ y 116–117

    • /ū/ ui, ue 12–13