Includes index.

Contents: Effective writing: Learning sentence skills -- A Brief guide to effective writing -- Practice in effective writing -- Sentence skills: Subjects and verbs -- Fragments -- Run-ons -- Sentence variety I -- Verbs, pronouns, and agreement: Standard english verbs -- Irregular verbs -- Subject-verb agreement -- Consistent verb tense -- Additional information about verbs -- Pronoun reference, agreement, and point of view -- Pronoun types -- Modifiers and parallelism: Adjectives and adverbs -- Misplaced modifiers -- Dangling modifiers -- Faulty parallelism -- Sentence variety II -- Punctuation and mechanics: Paper format -- Capital letters -- Numbers and abbreviations -- End marks -- Apostrophe -- Quotation marks -- Comma -- Other punctuation marks -- Word use: Dictionary use -- Spelling improvement -- Omitted words and letters -- Commonly confused words -- Effective word choice -- Reinforcement of the skills -- Appendix A: Parts of speech -- Appendix B: ESL pointers -- Appendix C: Sentence-skills diagnostic test -- Appendix D: Sentence-skills achievement test -- Appendix E: Answers to introductory activities practice exercises in part two -- Appendix F: Progress charts.