Richbaub's Introduction to Middle School Grammar Book 1

18. “He’s wrapped up in this game with I,” said my dad.
19. Just then a ball sailed toward her. Mary ducked. The ball
20. ricocheted off the wall and plopped right into the tea pitcher. Sue
21. looked at Mary. Mary looked at Sue. Dad looked at me. “Fine,“
22. I said, “let’s give some tea to she and Sue.”
23. “Yuck!” they said. “We don’t like ping pong tea!”
BTW: There will be a Personal Pronoun Refresher Box on the test.
Evaluation 3: Writing Prepositional Phrases + Using Personal Pronouns in
Prepositional Phrases – Are you ready now?
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So how come writers in England, where English eventually was born, didn’t just adopt this weird Runic alphabet
that had been hanging around their region and use it when English began to develop? Why does English use the
“Modern English” letters above?? Stay tuned—we’ve only just begun!
P.S. Did you ever make up your own, original alphabet with unique letters? (Why not?) Give it a try and
send a friend a secret note!
Your alphabet:
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RICHBAUB’S INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAMMAR, BOOK 1