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

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%
(including gerund/infinitive and past tense/past participle quizzes)

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)
• count/non-count nouns and some irregular plurals
• articles
• pronouns (subject, object, and possessive)
• comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs
• some modal auxiliaries:
• ability--can, could, be able to (past, present, future)
• advice--ought to, should
• possibility--may, might
• prohibition--can't, must not

• some modal auxiliaries :
• advice--might, had better
• inability--couldn't
• necessity/lack of necessity--(don't) have to/had to, have got to
• past habitual--used to
• permission--can, could, may
• possibility (past, future)--could
• requests--can, could, will, would
• suggestions--could
• simple past vs. past continuous verbs
• present perfect and present perfect continuous verbs
• gerunds and infinitives
• passive voice
• present/future real conditionals

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 comparative 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.

Englishzone Grammar Page
This has a good selection for Level 2, including conditionals.
http://members.home.net/englishzone/grammar/grammar.html

Karin's ESL Partyland--The Quiz Center
Choose the medium section in grammar for Level 2, or browse through.
http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/quiz.htm#Grammar

NetGrammar
If you have time, browse through this site--it has reading listening, vocabulary, and writing help related to grammar.  There are also several levels, so be careful.
http://busboy.sped.ukans.edu/~allenq/netgrammar/

Dave Sperling's ESL Quiz Center
Test your knowledge of a vareity of grammar points (nouns, prepositions, verbs) with these quizzes:
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/#grammar

Grammar Quizzes (Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students)
Recommended: Articles, Plurals, Pronouns, Verbs, Word Choice (includes comparatives/superlatives and verb-related items)
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/grammar.html

Interactive Javascript Quizzes for ESL Students
Get a percentage score when you test yourself.
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/js/
 
 

ESL Grammar Notes  (an explanation only--no quizzes):
http://www.fairnet.org/agencies/lca/grammar2.html
 
 

Englishpage.com
This site is commercial, but has a very complete explanation of types of verbs (e.g. stative, transitive), as well as exercises.
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html