Grammar
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ArticleGrammar teaching: The discovery technique
Adrian Tennant discusses how to use the discovery technique to teach grammar and gives an activity idea for teaching the third conditional using this method.
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ArticleGrammar teaching: Exploiting texts
An article by Tim Bowen on ways of exploiting authentic texts for grammar practice.
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ArticleGrammar teaching: Little words, big grammar
Adrian Tennant explains how the 'little words' (those that make up approximately fifty percent of written and spoken language and grammar) are extremely important.
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ArticleGrammar teaching: Task-based grammar teaching
Lindsay Clandfield discusses task-based grammar teaching and provides a lesson plan based on this methodology which teaches the grammar point used to.
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Grammar: have got
Scott Thornbury explains how 'have got' came to have its modern meaning and usage.
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Grammar: Noun phrases
Jim Scrivener presents some ideas for encouraging students to think about and practise longer noun phrases.
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ArticleGrammar: Doctor Who?
Here are four games from Jim Scrivener based around the theme of finding out who someone is or who did something. Great for five-minute fillers, or end-of-term lessons!
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Grammar: I've been waiting for ages
Tips and ideas for working with the present perfect continuous.
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Grammar: passives in conversation
Lindsay Clandfield offers some advice and suggestions for practising the passive in conversation classes.
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Grammar: mood and modality 1
Jonathan Marks explains the difference between mood and modality.
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Grammar: mood and modality 2
Jonathan Marks explains the difference between mood and modality.
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Grammar: passives
Some advice and suggestions for practising the passive in a conversation class.
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Grammar: word order in passive questions
An article offering an explanation and teaching suggestions on word order in passive questions.
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Grammar: teaching conditionals
Conditional structures that begin If + present tense offer lots of possibilities for interesting tasks, presentations or practice activities. Here are a few ideas.
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Grammar: teaching comparatives in English
Coursebook lessons on comparative forms often ask students to make random comparisons between things for no obvious reason. Here are some typical real-life contexts when we are genuinely likely to compare.
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ArticleGrammar: an 'A' or 'The'
Choosing the correct article - “a” “an” “the” or Ø (zero article) – is, for many students, an ongoing problem all the way from beginner to advanced classes. Here are a few quick ideas for practising them at lower levels.
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Grammar: reviewing the present simple
Present simple for habits and routines is a frequently taught item. Here are some new ways of teaching these familiar items.
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Grammar: gradable and non-gradable adjectives
An article offering advice and teaching suggestions on the subject of gradable and non-gradable adjectives.
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Grammar: affixes
An article offering advice and suggestions on how to teach affixes in a contextualized way.
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Grammar: stance markers and adverbials
An article giving examples and explaining the usage of stance markers and adverbials.