CLASS:                  MWF 9:00- 10:05              OFFICE:         244 Shattuck Hall

INSTRUCTOR:       Margaret Young                    OFFICE HOURS:  W 12:45 - 1:30

CONTACT NUMBERS:     725-4143; e-mail i6my@odin.cc.pdx.edu

TEXT:  Focus on Grammar: An Intermediate Course for Reference and Practice;
            by Fuchs, Westheimer and Bonner; Addison-Wesley 1994.

ATTENDANCE:  Click on this link to see VERY important information.

GRADES:

• Attendance can affect your final grade. Be sure to read the section above carefully.
• Numerical equivalents
• Homework must be handed in on the day it is due. Late homework will only be accepted if you are absent, and hand it in on the same day that you return to class. Late homework will be marked, but will receive a grade of zero.
• No make-up tests or classwork will be given or accepted.


HOMEWORK/PARTICIPATION.........20%

CLASSWORK/QUIZZES.....................30%

MIDTERM EXAM.................................20%

FINAL EXAM.......................................30%

In this course, we will quickly review:

• verb tenses from Level E (simple present, present continuous, simple past, past continuous, and future)
• nouns and some irregular plurals
• articles
• pronouns (subject, object, and possessive), and demonstratives
• comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs

• modal auxiliaries (can, could, must, may, might, should)
• present perfect verb tense
• gerunds and infinitives
• passive voice
• present/future real conditionals
• superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs

OBJECTIVES:

By the end of the term, you should be able to do the following.

• understand and use each of the verb tenses listed above in statements and questions;
• understand and use modal auxiliaries listed above in statements and questions;
• identify common verbs that take infinitives and gerunds;
• understand and use real conditional forms;
• understand and use compartive and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs;
• be understood in spoken and written English describing, comparing, and asking questions about yourself and others;
• understand and use passive voice for each of the verb tenses listed above.