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The Bedford Handbook with 2009 MLA and 2010 APA updates

by Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers

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Developmental Exercises (16-18): Word Choice



Resource Type: Developmental Exercises (16-18): Word Choice

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16-1 Wordy sentences: Guided practice

16-2 Wordy sentences

16-3 Wordy sentences

16-4 Wordy sentences: Guided review

Review of 16–18: Word choice

17-1 Appropriate language: Guided practice

17-2 Appropriate language

17-3 Appropriate language

17-4 Appropriate language: Guided review

18-1 Exact words: Guided practice

18-2 Exact words

18-3 Exact words

18-4 Exact words

18-5 Exact words: Guided review


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Developmental Exercises (19-27): Grammatical sentences



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19-1 Fragments: Guided practice

19-2 Fragments

19-3 Fragments

19-4 Fragments

19-5 Fragments

19-6 Fragments: Guided review

Review of 19–27: Grammatical sentences

20-1 Run-on sentences: Guided practice

20-2 Run-on sentences

20-3 Run-on sentences

20-4 Run-on sentences

20-5 Run-on sentences: Guided review

21-1 Subject-verb agreement: Guided practice

21-2 Subject-verb agreement

21-3 Subject-verb agreement

21-4 Subject-verb agreement: Guided review

22-1 Pronoun-antecedent agreement: Guided practice

22-2 Pronoun-antecedent agreement

22-3 Pronoun-antecedent agreement

22-4 Pronoun-antecedent agreement: Guided review

23-1 Pronoun reference: Guided practice

23-2 Pronoun reference

23-3 Pronoun reference

23-4 Pronoun reference: Guided review

24-1 Pronoun and noun case: Guided practice

24-2 Pronoun and noun case

24-3 Pronoun and noun case

24-4 Pronoun and noun case: Guided review

25-1 Who and whom: Guided practice

25-2 Who and whom

25-3 Who and whom

25-4 Who and whom: Guided review

26-1 Adjectives and adverbs: Guided practice

26-2 Adjectives and adverbs

26-3 Adjectives and adverbs

26-4 Adjectives and adverbs: Guided review

27-1 Verb forms: Guided practice

27-2 Verb forms

27-3 Verb forms

27-4 Verb forms: Guided review

27-5 Verb tense and mood: Guided practice

27-6 Verb tense and mood

27-7 Verb tense and mood

27-8 Verb tense and mood: Guided review


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Developmental Exercises (28-31): ESL challenges



Resource Type: Developmental Exercises (28-31): ESL challenges

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28-1 ESL verb use: Guided practice

28-2 Verb form and tense

28-3 Verb use

28-4 Verb forms

28-5 Passive verbs

28-6 Conditional verbs

28-7 Verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives

28-8 Verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives

28-9 ESL verb use: Guided review

Review of 28–31: Challenges for ESL and multilingual writers

29-1 Articles: Guided practice

29-2 Articles

29-3 Articles

29-4 Articles: Guided review

31-1 Sentence structure, prepositions, and idiomatic expressions: Guided practice

31-2 Omissions and needless repetitions

31-3 Present and past participles

31-4 Placement of adjectives

31-5 Sentence structure, prepositions, and idiomatic expressions: Guided review


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Developmental Exercises (32-39): Punctuation



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Review of 32–39: Punctuation

33-1 The comma and unnecessary commas: Guided practice

33-2 The comma

33-3 The comma

33-4 The comma

33-5 Unnecessary commas

33-6 Unnecessary commas

33-7 The comma and unnecessary commas: Guided review

34-1 The semicolon: Guided practice

34-2 The semicolon

34-3 The semicolon

34-4 The semicolon: Guided review

35-1 The colon: Guided practice

35-2 The colon

35-3 The colon

35-4 The colon: Guided review

36-1 The apostrophe: Guided practice

36-2 The apostrophe

36-3 The apostrophe

36-4 The apostrophe: Guided review

37-1 Quotation marks: Guided practice

37-2 Quotation marks

37-3 Quotation marks

37-4 Quotation marks: Guided review

38-1 End punctuation: Guided practice

38-2 End punctuation

38-3 End punctuation: Guided review

39-1 Other punctuation marks: Guided practice

39-2 Other punctuation marks

39-3 Other punctuation marks

39-4 Other punctuation marks: Guided review


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Developmental Exercises (40-45): Mechanics



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Review of 40–45: Mechanics

42-1 Abbreviations, numbers, and italics: Guided practice

42-2 Abbreviations and numbers

42-3 Italics

42-4 Abbreviations, numbers, and italics: Guided review

45-1 Spelling, the hyphen, and capitalization: Guided practice

45-2 Spelling

45-3 The hyphen

45-4 Capitalization

45-5 Spelling, the hyphen, and capitalization: Guided review


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Developmental Exercises (61-64): Grammar basics



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61-1 Parts of speech: Preview

61-2 Nouns and noun/adjectives

61-3 Nouns and noun/adjectives

61-4 Pronouns and pronoun/adjectives

61-5 Verbs

61-6 Adjectives and adverbs

61-7 Prepositions

61-8 Prepositions and conjunctions

61-9 Parts of speech: Review

62-1 Sentence patterns: Preview

62-2 Subjects

62-3 Direct objects and subject complements

62-4 Indirect objects and object complements

62-5 Direct objects, indirect objects, and object complements

62-6 Pattern variations: Delayed subjects and understood subjects

62-7 Pattern variations: Passive verbs

62-8 Sentence patterns: Review

63-1 Subordinate word groups: Preview

63-2 Prepositional phrases

63-3 Prepositional and verbal phrases

63-4 Verbal phrases

63-5 Subordinate clauses

63-6 Subordinate word groups: Review

64-1 Sentence types: Preview

64-2 Sentence types

64-3 Sentence types: Review


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Developmental Exercises (8-15): Clear sentences



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8-1 Active verbs: Guided practice

8-2 Active verbs

8-3 Active verbs

8-4 Active verbs: Guided review

Review of 8–15: Clear sentences

9-1 Parallelism: Guided practice

9-2 Parallelism

9-3 Parallelism

9-4 Parallelism: Guided review

10-1 Needed words: Guided practice

10-2 Needed words

10-3 Needed words

10-4 Needed words: Guided review

11-1 Mixed constructions: Guided practice

11-2 Mixed constructions

11-3 Mixed constructions

11-4 Mixed constructions: Guided review

12-1 Misplaced and dangling modifiers: Guided practice

12-2 Misplaced modifiers

12-3 Misplaced and dangling modifiers

12-4 Misplaced and dangling modifiers: Guided review

13-1 Distracting shifts: Guided practice

13-2 Distracting shifts

13-3 Distracting shifts

13-4 Distracting shifts: Guided review

14-1 Emphasis: Guided practice

14-2 Emphasis

14-3 Emphasis

14-4 Emphasis: Guided review

15-1 Variety: Guided practice

15-2 Variety

15-3 Variety: Guided review


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Developmental Exercises: Answers



Exercises (16-18): Word choice



Resource Type: Exercises (16-18): Word choice

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Ex 16-1 Wordy sentences 1

Ex 16-2 Wordy sentences 2

Ex 17-1 Appropriate language

Ex 17-2 Jargon

Ex 17-3 Formality

Ex 17-4 Sexist language 1

Ex 17-5 Sexist language 2

Ex 18-1 Exact words 1

Ex 18-1a Exact words 2

Ex 18-2 Misused words

Ex 18-3 Standard idioms

Ex 18-4 Figures of speech


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Exercises (1-7): Writing and argument



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Ex 1-1 Narrowing a subject

Ex 1-2 Considering purpose and audience

Ex 1-3 Thesis statements

Ex 1-4 Exploring a subject

Ex 3-1 Topic sentences

Ex 3-2 Patterns of organization 1

Ex 3-3 Patterns of organization 2

Ex 6-1 Evaluating arguments

Ex 7-1 Writing in the disciplines


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Exercises (19-27): Grammatical sentences



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Ex 19-1 Sentence fragments 1

Ex 19-2 Sentence fragments 2

Ex 20-1 Run-on sentences 1

Ex 20-2 Run-on sentences 2

Ex 20-3 Run-on sentences 3

Ex 21-1 Subject-verb agreement 1

Ex 21-2 Subject-verb agreement 2

Ex 22-1 Pronoun-antecedent agreement 1

Ex 22-2 Pronoun-antecedent agreement 2

Ex 23-1 Pronoun reference 1

Ex 23-2 Pronoun reference 2

Ex 24-1 Pronoun case (such as I vs. me) 1

Ex 24-2 Pronoun case (such as I vs. me) 2

Ex 25-1 Who versus whom

Ex 26-1 Adjectives and adverbs 1

Ex 26-2 Adjectives and adverbs 2

Ex 27-1 Irregular verbs

Ex 27-2 Standard verb forms

Ex 27-3 Verb tense and mood


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Exercises (28-31): ESL challenges



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Ex 28-1 Verb forms and tenses

Ex 28-2 Verb forms with modals

Ex 28-3 Conditional verbs

Ex 29-1 Articles 1

Ex 29-2 Articles 2

Ex 30-1 Omissions and repetitions

Ex 30-2 Sentence structure

Ex 30-3 Present versus past participles

Ex 30-4 Order of cumulative adjectives

Ex 31-1 Prepositions showing time and place


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Exercises (32-39): Punctuation



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Ex 32-1 The comma 1

Ex 32-2 The comma 2