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Lesson Topics Covered Example Sentence

1 Subjects, Verbs, Sentences Rex barks.

2 Verb Phrases, Helping Verbs Rex will bark.

3 Questions (Interrogative Sentences) Will Rex bark?

4 Review: Subjects (Nouns), Verbs, Review Sentences & Quiz 1

Parts of Speech

5 Pronouns & He barks.

Commands (Imperative Sentences) Go.

6 Adjectives Crazy Rex barks.

7 Adverbs He howled loudly.

8 Review: Subjects, Verb Phrases, Adjectives, Review Sentences & Quiz 2

Adverbs

9 Prepositional Phrases (Adjective) The girl with the blue

shirt smiled.

10 Prepositional Phrases (Adverb) The boy ran across the field.

Walk across the room.

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11 Review: Prepositional Phrases The dog with the loud bark ran into the
house.
(Adjective & Adverb) Review Sentences & Quiz 3

12 Transitive Active Verbs We won the game.

Direct Objects (Noun Job)

Maria and Martha sat.

13 Coordinating Conjunctions
(Compound Subject & Verb) Maria and Martha sat and thought.

14 Coordinating Conjunctions The black and white dog ran

(Compound Adjectives & Adverbs) quickly and quietly.

15 Coordinating Conjunctions Maria will sit and wait.

(Compound Verb & Prepositional Phrases) I ran across the field
and over the hill.

16 Coordinating Conjunctions I will teach, and you

(Compound Sentences) will learn.

17 Review: Subjects, Verbs, Adjectives,

Adverbs, Prepositions, Coordinating Review Sentences & Quiz 4
Conjunctions, Correlative Conjunctions

18 Transitive Active Verbs Mrs. Jacobson taught the class history.

Indirect Objects (Noun Job)

19 Interjections & Nouns of Direct Address Wow, we won!

Elizabeth, we won.

Review: Intransitive Complete Verbs vs.

20 Transitive Active Verbs, Review Sentences & Quiz 5
Subjects, Verbs, Adjectives…

21 Transitive Passive Verbs The ball was kicked by Jack.

22 Linking Verbs - Predicate Adjectives & The soup tastes salty.

Predicate Nouns Mr. Black became a teacher.

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23 Linking Verb or Action Verb? Maria tasted the soup.

The soup tasted salty.

24 Review: Verb Types & More Review Sentences & Quiz 6

25 Review of Noun Jobs: Subject, Direct Object, John baked Gerry and
Indirect Object, Object of the Preposition, Tom a cake.
Predicate Noun Tom ate the cake with glee.
John is a baker.

26 Independent Clauses vs. Dependent Clauses The kittens ran home after
- Adverb Clauses they lost their mittens.

27 Dependent Clauses – Noun Clauses I knew the students

would learn.

28 Review: Subordinating Conjunctions, Review Sentences & Quiz 7

Dependent Clauses (Noun & Adverb), Verb
Types & More

29 Dependent Clauses – Adjective Clauses The scarf that I want is black.

30 Review: Dependent Clauses (Adverb, Noun, Review Sentences & Quiz 8

Adjective), Verb Types & More

31 Gerunds Painting is fun.

32 Gerund Phrases Painting pictures is fun.

33 Participles He ate the burnt toast.

34 Participial Phrases The shoe filled with mud

was heavy.

35 Infinitive I want to run.

36 Infinitive Phrases I want to run the race.

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 37 Review: Everything! Review Sentences & Quiz 9

38 Bonus! Excerpts from Stay Smart : 188 Everything!

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