English grammar exercises
Author: Jill Cosh
© Jill Cosh, APU (Anglia Polytechnic University)
Summary
This resource consists of graded 'Hot Potato' exercises to develop knowledge/awareness of the structure and function of English Language. The materials provide a useful resource for students (e.g. modern foreign languages) who wish to improve, refresh or develop their knowledge of English Language or for professional development for teachers.Format:
- Webpages - 228 pages of HTML
Access to materials
- Go to the English Grammar Exercises
- or download winzipped files (Winzipped, 1.87MB)
Description
This resource consists of graded 'Hot Potato' exercises to develop knowledge/awareness of the structure and function of English Language. It includes:
- Glossary of terms
- Diagnostic/self-assessment tasks
- Word level and morphology tasks e.g. noun, countable noun, auxiliary verb etc.
- Sentence structure/function tasks e.g. noun phrase, subject, complement etc.
- Communicative/discourse function tasks e.g. how the present perfect aspect is used and why
- Text analysis tasks - applying the above to the analysis of simple texts
- Error analysis - recognition of common errors
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