GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

1. Pattern of verb tenses: Active/Passive of Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect

Continuous, and Conditional: Uses and Examples.

2. Special situations on uses of basic tenses: Uses and Examples.

a. Verbs suggesting permanence – to resemble, to mean, to belong, to contain, to

hold, to be found of, possess, to know, to consist of, to be ( except in passive, to

indicate something you are doing at the moment is against your real nature, and
to suggest pretence) – are never used in the present continuous. 5 min.

b. A few verbs are only used in the continuous form if their meaning is different

from their normal meaning. Example: The principal is seeing a student. (interviewing him)

c. Adverbs like always, forever, perpetually, continually, and constantly, are

frequently used with present continuous to suggest annoyance. The simple

present or simple past would indicate philosophical calm. 5 min.

d. The present continuous is used for habit when it is clear that the habit is only a

temporary one.

e. The difference between the simple past ( which means you are thinking when

something happened or narrating a sequence of events at a given time) and the

present perfect ( you are thinking of a result of something that happened before,

or of some knowledge that you have as a result of its happening.) E.g.: When did

you last see the perpetrator? ( it is very important to remember the exact time) I

have seen the perpetrator and I must say he is very violent indeed. (I have some

knowledge and some impression of him)

f. The past perfect tense must be used only when an action had finished before

another in the past, and there is some connection between the two actions,

past perfect is not used.

 g. Modern usage of Shall and Will. 5 min.

h. The future continuous can be used to convey the idea that something is a normal

happening.

3. Conditionals

4. Punctuation Primer

5. Sentence Construction and Word Order

6. Collective Nouns

7. Explain the difference in meaning exercises like: To get

over it/to get it over; In a short time you can go there/in a short time you will be able to

go there; How is she doing?/What does she do? 20 exercises during the lecture.

8. Correct the form of verbs in the brackets: 10 exercises during lecture Example:

Most people hate (be) made to look small. Most people hate being made to look small.

9. Vocabulary building exercises , 10 exercises.

10. Irregular verbs exercise.

11. Punctuation and sentence rules. Four exercises.