table of contents for Quickstep English

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Grammar
LEARNER
Nouns and adjectives
Verbs and adverbs
Different nouns
Different sentences
IMPROVER
Joining up sentences
More about verbs
Starting sentences
Pronouns/prepositions
USER
The noun phrase
Agreement;
consistency
Combining clauses
Keeping an open mind
ADVANCED
Standard English
Find a mature style
The right word
Find a formal style
Punctuation
Vocabulary
Spelling
Handwriting
Capital letters
Commas in a list
Punctuation marks
The apostrophe
Prefixes
Compound words
Common suffixes
Sound and meaning
Alphabet/dictionary
Plurals
Words ending in Y
Verb endings
Get ready to write
Deal with descenders
Sit on the line
Lean your letters
Paragraphs
Speech punctuation
The comma
Dots, dashes, bullets
and slashes
Roots
Sharpen your vocab
Gender/diminutives
Decoding the
unfamiliar
Doubling
Harder plurals
Spelling to remember
IE or EI?
Join up
Plump up your curves
Sort out your ascenders
Sort out your sizes
Colons and semi-colons
Paragraphs: sequence
Paragraphs:
construction,
information and
explanation
Avoiding ambiguity
Synonyms, antonyms
and thesaurus
Vary your vocabulary
Common confusions
Formal and informal
vocabulary
Long vowel digraphs
Some hard spellings
Soundalike endings:
nouns and verbs
Soundalike endings:
adjectives
Fix wonky letters: F, K
Fix wonky letters: E, S, R
Consider your capitals
Improve your layout
Direct/indirect speech
Punctuating a complex
sentence
When to start a new
paragraph
Paragraph construction
–debate and discussion
Common confusions
Association; analogy
Figurative language
Rhetorical tricks and
traps
Soundalike vowels
Unstressed vowels
Top 30 misspelt
words
Quiet consonants
Evaluate your
handwriting
From print to cursive
Crossing and dotting
Quick fixes and
desperate remedies
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