English Grammar and Teaching Strategies

Lifeline to Literacy

Joy Pollock, Elisabeth Waller

• Publisher: David Fulton Publishers
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9780429776298
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

English Grammar and Teaching Strategies aims to demystify grammar and equip any teacher to teach it in the classroom.

Carefully set out for ease of reference, this book covers every aspect of grammar, from nouns, adjectives and verbs to punctuation and prepositions. Each grammatical term is clearly defined and accompanied by varieties of usage and teaching strategies, which can be easily extended according to the age and key stage of the pupil. These strategies are for both spoken and written language and can be used for a whole class, small groups, with those with special educational needs and with EAL learners.

Featuring a brand new preface by Jo Shackleton, this Routledge Classic Edition is an indispensable resource for all teachers in both primary and secondary schools.

Appendix

Examples of Words Performing Different Functions (Page 4)

Please may I have a drink? (noun)

She will drink milk at bedtime. (verb)

The shoppers were streaming in. (adverb)

Put the dog in the kennel. (preposition)

The teacher was very cross with me. (adjective)

Cross out all the mistakes. (verb)

He was the only boy to remain after the lesson. (adjective)

You can only do your best! (adverb)

“Get down at once!” shouted the man. (adverb)

The rain trickled down the window pane. (preposition)

Have you seen lions in the wild? (noun)

The wild animals roared fiercely. (adjective)

Give my love to your mother. (noun)

He would love to visit Disneyworld. (verb)

That is an unusual butterfly. (pronoun)

Please give me that book. (adjective)

Sentences and Phrases – Three Levels of Difficulty (Page 15)

Decide which of the are sentences and which are phrases:

a. Jam and cake for tea	ph
b. The dog ate his bone	s
c. Sweets are not good for dogs	s
d. The ship with the cat on it	ph
e. There was once an old king	s
f. One of them is in the box	s
g. The top shelf in the kitchen	ph
h. The best of the books	ph
i. He was not at home	s
a. All the flowers in the garden
b. The bears ate porridge for breakfast	s
c. Chocolate biscuits are not eaten by tigers	s
d. The aeroplane with the cat on board	ph
e. Once upon a time there was an old Sultan	s
f. None of them was able to reach the shelf	s
g. The highest shelf in the cupboard	ph
h. Our first in the new term	ph
i. I had a feeling of mystery and danger	s
a. Recovery from a recent serious illness	ph
b. Confidence is the key to success	s
c. Words opposite in meaning to each one below	ph
d. Describe, in your own words, the girl’s father	s
e. A shop which sells newspapers at the end of the street	ph
f. A last glance at the moorings of the boat	ph
g. Youth is the time for adventure	s

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