Grammar Practice Activities: A Practical Guide for TeachersFor the teacher who wishes to combine grammar teaching with a broadly communicative methodology, this is an invaluable resource. It contains a collection of imaginative and interesting grammar practice activities suitable for a wide range of levels and ages. Part one provides: * a detailed introduction to grammar teaching * guidelines for the design of activities * practical hints on effective classroom presentation. Part two contains: * almost 200 game-like activities for practising important or problematical aspects of English grammar, with detailed descriptions of procedure * sample texts and visuals which may be photocopied for immediate use. |
Contents
Practice | 11 |
Activities | 17 |
In the classroom | 32 |
ACTIVITIES | 44 |
Articles definite and indefinite | 53 |
Both and either or neither nor | 55 |
Comparison of adjectives | 62 |
Conditional clauses | 75 |
Numbers | 191 |
Passives | 197 |
Past perfect | 206 |
Past progressive | 208 |
Past simple | 213 |
Possessives | 226 |
Prepositions | 230 |
Present perfect | 236 |
Copula verbs | 83 |
Countableuncountable singularplural nouns | 86 |
Future tenses | 94 |
Future perfect tense | 120 |
Havehas got | 122 |
Imperatives | 127 |
Indirect speech | 136 |
ING form of the verb | 143 |
Interrogatives | 148 |
Isare there isthere are | 165 |
Modals | 172 |
Negative sentences | 181 |
Present progressive | 246 |
Present simple | 254 |
Pronouns | 265 |
Relative clauses | 268 |
Short answers | 273 |
Tag questions | 275 |
TO form of the verb | 278 |
Used to | 281 |
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Common terms and phrases
adjectives adverbs answers ask each student ask students Ask the students based on set BIBLIOGRAPHY Cambridge University Press cards Catherine Walter choose classroom composition of sentences conditional sentences course coursebook describe dialogue discussion English examples in Box exercise Find someone free composition full class Future perfect tense given going grammar practice grid guess homework ideas Individual copies interest Kim's game language large number learners learning lesson Materials Michael Swan mime nouns object oral brainstorm oral interaction oral or written oral responses overhead projector paper participants past person picture cues possessive adjectives possible prepositions present perfect present progressive present simple Procedure questionnaires questions relative clauses Rexton sentences based small groups story structure students to write suggestions tag questions task teacher teaching television Tell the students tense things topic University Press 1988 Variations verb vocabulary yes/no