Elements of Language, 2nd Course — Lessons, Skills & Practice | Pengi

Elements of Language, 2nd Course, published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, is a comprehensive grammar and language arts textbook designed for Grade 7 students, though it is sometimes used in advanced Grade 5 settings. The book covers the full range of foundational grammar skills, including parts of speech, sentence structure, phrases and clauses, subject-verb agreement, and correct pronoun and modifier usage. It also addresses essential writing conventions such as capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and common usage problems, giving students a thorough grounding in standard written English.

Elements of Language, 2nd Course covers 17 chapters and 68 lessons on Pengi.

Elements of Language, 2nd Course textbook table of contents

Chapter 1: The Parts of a Sentence: Subject and Predicate, Kinds of Sentences

Chapter 2: Parts of Speech Overview: Noun, Pronoun, Adjective

Chapter 3: Parts of Speech Overview: Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection

Chapter 4: Complements: Direct and Indirect Objects, Subject Complements

Chapter 5: The Phrase: Prepositional, Verbal, and Appositive Phrases

Chapter 6: The Clause: Independent and Subordinate Clauses

Chapter 7: Sentence Structure: The Four Basic Sentence Structures

  • Lesson 1: Simple Sentences and Compound SentencesLearnPractice
  • Lesson 2: Complex Sentences and Compound-Complex SentencesLearnPractice

Chapter 8: Agreement: Subject and Verb, Pronoun and Antecedent

Chapter 9: Using Verbs Correctly: Principal Parts, Regular and Irregular Verbs, Tense, Voice

Chapter 10: Using Pronouns Correctly: Case Forms of Pronouns, Special Pronoun Problems

Chapter 11: Using Modifiers Correctly: Comparison and Placement

Chapter 12: A Glossary of Usage: Common Usage Problems

Chapter 13: Capital Letters: Rules for Capitalization

Chapter 14: Punctuation: End Marks, Commas, Semicolons, and Colons

Chapter 15: Punctuation: Underlining (Italics), Quotation Marks, Apostrophes, Hyphens, Parentheses, Brackets, and Dashes

Chapter 16: Spelling: Improving Your Spelling

Chapter 17: Correcting Common Errors: Key Language Skills Review

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