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The software for this course provides both content presentation and practice/evaluation materials in three areas: grammar, vocabulary, and spelling. The Spelling lists for the Spell Check drills are in the course materials section of this manual.

This course contains 16 lesson units, 20 presentation units, 50 drills, and 3 tests

Grammar Unit 1 - Basic sentence structure, nouns, verbs, adjectives, articles, adverbs, direct objects

Grammar Unit 2 - Independent clauses, dependent clauses, phrases, prepositions, prepositional phrases

Grammar Unit 3 - Indirect objects, proper nouns, proper adjectives, capitalization rules

Grammar Unit 4 - Equal conjunctions, punctuation for equal conjunctions, personal pronouns

Grammar Unit 5 - Adverb conjunctions (punctuation), unequal conjunctions (punctuation), complex sentences, possessives, possessive pronouns, clause patterns

Grammar Unit 6 - Verb phrases, participles, verb tenses

Grammar Unit 7 - Paired conjunctions, indefinite pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, irregular verbs, active and passive voices

Grammar Unit 8 - Plurals, collective nouns, adjectives, adverbs

Grammar Unit 9 - Relative pronouns, restrictive clauses, adverb clauses, adjective clauses, noun clauses

Grammar Unit 10 - Commas, semicolons, colons

Spelling Unit 1 - Basic spelling rules

Spelling Unit 2 - Additional spelling rules, exceptions

Spelling Unit 3 - Word pairs that are often confused

Vocabulary Unit 1 - Roots and prefixes

Vocabulary Unit 2 - Additional prefixes, suffixes

Vocabulary Unit 3 - Using suffixes to form adjectives and adverbs

The Grammar Units are presentation units. The Grammar Units contain short quiz sections that provide you with immediate feedback. The Grammar Drill corresponding to each Grammar Unit provides an in-depth evaluation of your grasp of the material in that unit. The drills give explanations for questions that were answered incorrectly, so they serve as a learning tool as well as an evaluation tool. The order of the answer choices in the drills is randomized so you can use the drills as exercises.

The Vocabulary Units are presentation units that show you how words can be constructed by combining root forms with prefixes and suffixes. The Word Power Units give you definitions and usage examples of particular words to increase your vocabulary. Each Word Check Unit corresponds to one of the Word Power Units. These units are used to evaluate your understanding of the words presented in the Word Power Unit and to reinforce your knowledge through drill practice. The drill will display a list of any words that are incorrectly identified during the drill. You can review these words by using the Review format of the corresponding Word Power Unit.

The Spelling Units show you useful spelling rules, exceptions to these rules, and a discussion of frequently misspelled or misused words. The Spelling Word Lists are printed lists (see the course materials section of this manual) used to prepare for the corresponding Spell Check Unit. The Spell Check Units are used to evaluate your ability to spell the words in the list and to reinforce the spelling through drill practice. A list containing any words that were misspelled during the drill can be displayed at the end of the drill.

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