Over the years, controversy about the value of teaching grammar concepts to students has challenged teachers and, to some degree, led to an uncertainty in this area of the curriculum. However, there has been a resurgence of interest in grammar and a recognition of the need for teachers and students to share a common language which allows them to talk about language and how it operates as a resource for making meaning.
This seven book series has been written in response to this need: to provide teachers with a practical teaching resource that can add to their knowledge of how the English language functions and how it is organized to serve those functions. It recognizes that basic to any teacher’s effort to help students improve their grammar is the teacher’s own understanding of how the English language works. Detailed teachers notes have been included in the answer pages providing explanations and extra activity ideas where appropriate.
- Using sentences: sentence structure
- More about noun groups: writing descriptions
- Phrases and clauses: using conjunctions
- More about adverbs: revision
- Parts of speech: collective nouns
- Parts of speech: adjectives
- Using verb tenses: present continuous
- Using verb tenses: the past perfect
- Using punctuation: revision
- Using words: homophones
- Making use of words: linking words