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Dutwin, Phyllis and Diamond, Linda Eve. TABE Level A Verbal Workbook. US: McGraw-Hill, 2007.

TABE Level A Verbal Workbook

Authors: Phyllis Dutwin and Linda Eve Diamond

Published:  October 2007

eISBN: 9780071594295 0071594299 | ISBN: 9780071482622
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  • Contents
  • How to Use this Book
  • Section 1: Work Smarter, Not Harder
  • Lesson 1. Identify Your Target
  • Where Are You Headed?
  • When Do You Want to Get There?
  • What’s the Score?
  • What Do You Need to Succeed as a Test Taker?
  • Lesson 2. Analyze Yourself as a Learner
  • Self-Assessment and Planning
  • What Kind of a Learner Are You?
  • What Are Your Barriers?
  • Identify Your Support Systems
  • Make Time for Learning
  • Lesson 3. Put It to Work: Here’s How
  • Create a Personal Learning Plan
  • Section 2: Reading
  • Lesson 1. Getting Started
  • Reflection: Reading in My Daily Life
  • Comprehension
  • Vocabulary Knowledge
  • Reading Skills Pretest
  • Answer Key: Section 2, Lesson 1 (Pretest)
  • Lesson 2. Main Ideas and Supporting Details
  • Reading for Main Ideas
  • Reading for Supporting Details
  • Skimming and Scanning
  • Employment Trends by Occupation
  • Answer Key: Section 2, Lesson 2
  • Lesson 3. Reading Between the Lines
  • Reading for Inferences
  • Reading to Draw Conclusions
  • Understanding Words in Context
  • Reading to Recognize Literary Techniques
  • Answer Key: Section 2, Lesson 3
  • Reading Skills Posttest
  • Answer Key: Section 2, Lesson 3 (Posttest)
  • Section 3: Language
  • Lesson 1. Getting Started
  • Reflection: Writing in My Daily Life
  • Composition
  • Editing
  • Spelling
  • Language Skills Pretest
  • Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 1 (Pretest)
  • Lesson 2. Language Basics
  • Sentence Types
  • Pronouns
  • Subjects and Verbs: Singular and Plural
  • Verbs and Time
  • Irregular Verbs
  • Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 2
  • Lesson 3. More to Know About Verbs
  • Another Kind of Verb: Linking
  • Linking Verb: To Be
  • Special Forms of Linking Verbs
  • The Time Challenge
  • Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 3
  • Lesson 4. A More Colorful Approach
  • Descriptive Words: Adjectives and Adverbs
  • The Challenge
  • An Important Change
  • Prepositions
  • Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 4
  • Lesson 5. Punctuation
  • Why Do We Need Punctuation?
  • End Marks
  • Commas
  • Semicolons
  • Quotation Marks
  • More Punctuation: Colon, Hyphen, Apostrophe, Dash, Parentheses, and Brackets
  • Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 5
  • Lesson 6. Constructing Sentences and Paragraphs
  • Combining Ideas
  • Building Paragraphs
  • Move the Ideas Along
  • Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 6
  • Language Posttest
  • Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 6 (Posttest)
  • Section 4: Spelling Skills
  • Lesson 1. The ABC’s of Learning to Spell
  • Spelling Pretest
  • Pretest Answer Key
  • Prefix and Suffix Rules
  • Answer Key: Section 4, Lesson 1
  • Spelling Posttest
  • Answer Key: Section 4, Lesson 1 (Posttest)
  • Commonly Misspelled Words
  • Resources
  • Index