102 Grammar

The Plan is Prepared & Written By Magda Al Sebai

 Azar, B. S. (2000). Fundamentals of English Grammar. (2^nd. ed.). London: Longman

The book focuses on developmental skills for mid-level students of English as a second language. It focuses on key structures and provides ample opportunities for practice through extensive and varied exercises. While focusing on grammar, it promotes the development of language skills. Students will study English tenses, modal auxiliaries, nouns and pronouns, gerunds and infinitives, passive sentences, quoted speech and reported speech, adjective clauses, noun clauses, comparisons, prepositions, connecting ideas.

Present Tense

1. The simple present and present progressive

2. Forms of the simple present and present progressive.

3. Spelling: Finals –s vs. -es

4. Non-progressive verbs.

5. Simple present and present progressive: Short answers to questions.

Past Tense

1. Expressing past time

2. Forms of the past simple

3. The principal parts of verbs

4. Irregular verbs wit a reference list

5. Spelling of –ing and –ed Forms.

6. Simple past and past progressive.

7. Forms of the past progressive

8. Expressing past time: Using time clauses.

9. Expressing past habits: Used To

10. Prepositions f time.

The Present Perfect and the Past Perfect

1. The past participle

2. Forms of present perfect

3. Meanings of the present perfect

4. Using the simple past vs. the present perfect

5. The present perfect progressive

6. The past perfect

7. Adverbs

Modal Auxiliaries

1. The form of modal auxiliaries

2. Expressing ability: Can and Could

3. Expressing possibilities: May and Might

4. Expressing Permission: May and Can

5. Using Could to express possibilities

6. Asking for permission

7. Expressing Advice

8. Expressing necessity

9. Expressing lack of necessity

10. Expressing prohibition

11. Making logical conclusions

12. Making suggestions

13. Giving instructions

14. Stating references

Asking Questions

1. Using Yes/ No questions.

2. Expressing length of time

3. Using WH questions (what/ who/ where/ when/ why.etc)

3. Tag questions

Gerunds and Infinitives

1. Verb Gerund

2. Verb Infinitive

3. Verb+ Gerund or Infinitive

4. Using Gerunds as subjects

5. Phrasal Verbs

Passive Sentences

1. Active sentences and passive sentences

2. Tense forms of passive forms

3. Transitive and intransitive verbs

4. Participial adjectives

Nouns and Pronouns

1. Plural forms of nouns

2. Subjects, verbs, objects

3. Countable and non-countable nouns

4. Noun clauses

5. Objects of prepositions

6. Using nouns as adjectives

7. Personal pronouns

8. Reflexive pronouns

Adjectives and Comparisons

1. Using comparative

2. Using superlative

3. Comparative forms

 4. Superlative forms

Connecting Ideas

1. Connecting ideas with AND

2. Connecting ideas with But, Or

3. Connecting ideas with So

4. Using auxiliaries verbs after But, And

5. Using And, Too, So, Either, Neither

Connecting ideas with Because

Connecting ideas with Even though, Although

Phrasal Verbs (Separable)

Phrasal Verbs Non-separable)

Prepositions

1. Combination of prepositions

2.  Phrasal Verbs

3. Guiding for correcting writing errors.

 Assignments will include learning activities based on the following:

1.Tasks from textbook

2. Tasks from Supplementary materials

3. Sentence construction

4. Verb lists(students will develop their personal tense charts).

5. Vocabulary lists (students will connect grammar to reading)

6. Writing guiding lists(students will connect grammar to writing)

7.  Textual analysis

 8. Presentations

9. Team projects

Grammar Weekly Plan

 

Weekly Plan	Learning Activities
Week 1	The Present Simple , nouns Tenses Chart p. 3 Task 1 Exercises 1-7 Quiz Error Analysis Textbook: 3,4,6,8,10, 11, 12, 14, 16
Week 2	Present Progressive Tenses Charts p. 8 Task 1.3; p. 9. Task 1.4; p. 12 Task 1.5  Exercises 8-13 Quiz Error Analysis
Week 3	Chart of all tenses including present perfect and the past perfect Prepositions Asking Questions Exercise 1-8 Supplementary materials Quiz Error Analysis
Week 4	Modal auxiliaries Adjectives Prepositions Asking Questions Exercises: 9-15   Supplementary materials  Quiz Error Analysis
Week 5	Past Simple Passive Prepositions Exercises 16-25 Charts pp. 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 Textbook: pp. 18, 19, 21,22,23,24, 25. 26, 29, 32, 33, 34,37,39,45,46 Supplementary materials Practice Exam Error Analysis
Week 6	Past Progressive Nouns Pronouns Adverbs Exercises 1, 2, 3, 4 Revision Supplementary materials Error Analysis Interm I
Week 7	Exercise, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Adverbs and Adjectives Supplementary materials Quiz Error Analysis
Week 8	Exercise, 11, 12, 13 Adjectives and Comparisons Supplementary materials Quiz Error Analysis
Week 9	Verb lists Gerunds and Infinitives Carts p. 32, Exercises14, 15, 16, Chart p. 37. Exercises 18, 19, 20 Charts pp. 42, 45 Exercise 24, 25 Supplementary materials Quiz Error Analysis
Week 10	Connecting Ideas Functional grammar Textual Analysis Textbook: 224,226,228,230,232, 234, 235, 237,241,242,243, 244 Supplementary materials Quiz Error Analysis
Week 11	Connecting Ideas/ cont. Functional Grammar Textual Analysis Practice Exam Supplementary materials Error Analysis
Week 12	Interm II Combination of prepositions Phrasal Verbs Textual Analysis Guiding for correcting writing errors. Supplementary materials Error Analysis
Week 13	Supplementary materials Combination of prepositions Phrasal Verbs Guiding for correcting writing errors. Textual Analysis Quiz Error Analysis
Week 14	Functional grammar and Textual Analysis Guiding for correcting writing errors. Supplementary materials Quiz Error Analysis
Week 15	Revision A thorough and complete revision of all structures taught in these chapters. This will include a wide variety of exercises, supplementary materials, and error analysis. Practice Exam Final Exam