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English Language Syllabus

2010

Aim :

Students will be able to

communicate effectively in

English

How to build the competency in our

students ?

Six Language Skills

- Listening and Viewing

- Reading and Viewing

- Speaking and Representing

- Writing and Representing

- Grammar

- Vocabulary

Desired Outcomes

Listen, read and view (Receptive Skills)

-critically and with accuracy,

understanding and appreciating a wide

range of texts from print & non-print

Desired Outcomes

Speak, write and represent (Productive Skills)

-in standard English that is

grammatical, fluent and appropriate

for different purposes, audiences,

contacts & cultures

Desired Outcomes

Grammar & Vocabulary -Understand and use standard English

grammar and vocabulary accurately &

appropriately

-understand how speakers/writers put

words and use language to communicate

meaning and achieve impact

GRAMMAR LINKS

WORD CLASSES

O Nouns

O Verbs

O Adjectives

NOUNS

O Nouns: words used to name

things, ideas, people, place and

events

NOUNS

Proper vs Common

Countable vs Uncountable

Collective Abstract vs Concrete

VERBS

O Verbs: words used to talk about

actions or to describe a state of

things.

VERBS

Action

Eg. Running

walking

Sensing

Eg. watch, hear

Mental

Eg. worry,

imagine

Linking

Eg. is/are,

become

Saying

Eg. promise, ask

shout

ADJECTIVES

O Adjectives: words which describe

how things, people or places look

or feel

ADJECTIVES

O Comparative

Examples:

Smarter

Stronger

Bigger

sillier

O Superlative

Examples:

Smartest

Strongest

Biggest

silliest

THE 3 STEPS IN GRAMMAR LINKS!

O STEP 1: Tenses

O STEP 2: Subject-verb agreement

O STEP 3: Special Rules (tag questions,

VNV, indefinite pronouns, either…or,

neither…nor and nouns in apposition)

Step 1: CHECK FOR TENSES

O Look for the tense of the statement (hint:

which word class will show a change in tense?)

O Underline the verb in the sentence. The verb

will reflect the tense!

CHECK FOR TENSES

Eg:

The car ________ past us just now.

CHECK FOR TENSES

Eg:

The car ________ past us just now.

(past tense)

CHECK FOR TENSES

Eg:

Jim _____ to talk very loudly when others are

talking.

(present tense)

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

Eg:

The seamstress _______ the clothes according

to what the customers want.

(present tense)

(singular noun)

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

Eg:

The furniture in the flat _________ destroyed

in the fire yesterday.

(past tense)

(collective noun)

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

Eg:

I met the team of students who ________

going to Perth next month.

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

Eg:

I met the team of students who ________ going

to Perth next month.

(present continuous) (collective noun, singular)

SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG)

Eg:

Dawn did her homework last evening, _______ she?

do, did, does : positive!

STEP 3: SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG)

Dawn did her homework last evening,

_______ she? +

-

SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG)

Eg:

The kitten is licking its tail, _______ it?

1) is 2) isn’t

3) was 4) wasn’t

SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG)

Eg:

The kitten is licking its tail, _______ it?

1) is 2) isn’t

3) was 4) wasn’t

SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG)

Eg:

The children would help their mother to clean

the house, _______ they?

1) wouldn’t 2) would

3) will 4) won’t

SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG)

Eg:

The children would help their mother to clean

the house, _______ they?

1) wouldn’t 2) would

3) will 4) won’t

SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG)

Eg:

He knew the way to the library, _____ he?

1) didn’t 2) does

3) did 4) do

SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG)

Eg:

He knew the way to the library, _____ he?

1) didn’t 2) does

3) did 4) do

SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS)

Eg:

Everyone ________ responsible for the

cleanliness in the classroom this year.

1) is 2) are

3) was 4) were

(indefinite pronoun)

(present tense)

SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS)

Eg:

Everyone ________ responsible for the

cleanliness in the classroom this year.

1) is 2) are

3) was 4) were

(indefinite pronoun)

(present tense)

SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS)

Eg:

Nobody ________ where the books are kept.

1) know 2) knew

3) knows 4) knowing

(indefinite pronoun) (present tense)

SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS)

Eg:

Nobody ________ where the books are kept.

1) know 2) knew

3) knows 4) knowing

(indefinite pronoun) (present tense)

SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS)

Eg:

He knows that someone _____ at the door.

1) is 2) was

3) are 4) were

(indefinite pronoun) (present tense)

SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS)

Eg:

He knows that someone _____ at the door.

1) is 2) was

3) are 4) were

(indefinite pronoun) (present tense)

SPECIAL RULE (NEITHER…NOR…)

Eg:

Neither you nor I ________ in the wrong.

1) is 2) am

3) are 4) were

(singular noun)

SPECIAL RULE (NEITHER…NOR…)

Eg:

Neither you nor I ________ in the wrong.

1) is 2) am

3) are 4) were

(singular noun)

SPECIAL RULE (NEITHER…NOR…)

Eg:

Neither the teachers nor the pupils _______

the bus to school everyday.

1) take 2) takes

3) taken 4) taking

(plural noun)

SPECIAL RULE (NEITHER…NOR…)

Eg:

Neither the teachers nor the pupils _______

the bus to school everyday.

1) take 2) takes

3) taken 4) taking

(plural noun)

SPECIAL RULE (EITHER…OR…)

Eg:

Either Sarah or the girls ________ to remain

in class.

1) is 2) has

3) have 4) were

(plural noun)

SPECIAL RULE (EITHER…OR…)

Eg:

Either Sarah or the girls ________ to remain

in class.

1) is 2) has

3) have 4) were

(plural noun)

SPECIAL RULE (EITHER…OR…)

Eg:

Either the boys or John _______ a solution to

the problem.

1) had 2) has

3) have 4) having

(singular noun)

SPECIAL RULE (EITHER…OR…)

Eg:

Either the boys or John _______ a solution to

the problem.

1) had 2) has

3) have 4) having

(singular noun)

SPECIAL RULE (NOUNS IN APPOSITION)

Eg:

Hanna, as well as her classmates, ________

at the library every evening this month.

1) study 2) studies

3) studied 4) studying

(singular noun)

(present tense)

SPECIAL RULE (NOUNS IN APPOSITION)

Eg:

Hanna, as well as her classmates, ________

at the library every evening this month.

1) study 2) studies

3) studied 4) studying

(singular noun)

(present tense)

SPECIAL RULE (NOUNS IN APPOSITION)

Eg:

The teachers, as well as the Principal,

_________ the meeting today.

1) attends 2) attend

3) attending 4) Attended

(plural noun)

SPECIAL RULE (NOUNS IN APPOSITION)

Eg:

The teachers, as well as the Principal,

_________ the meeting today.

1) attends 2) attend

3) attending 4) Attended

(plural noun)

THE 3 STEPS IN GRAMMAR LINKS!

O STEP 1: Tenses

O STEP 2: Subject-verb agreement

O STEP 3: SPECIAL RULES

Q & A

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