Grammar for English Language Teachers

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Author: Martin Parrott

ISBN-10: 0521712041

ISBN-13: 9780521712040

Category: Teaching - English Language

An invaluable resource helping teachers at all levels of experience to develop their understanding of English grammar. Grammar for English Language Teachers is designed to help practising and trainee teachers to develop their knowledge of English grammar systems. It encourages teachers to appreciate factors that affect grammatical choices, and evaluates the 'rules of thumb' presented to learners in course materials. Consolidation exercises provide an opportunity for teachers to test these...

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An invaluable resource helping teachers at all levels of experience to develop their understanding of English grammar.

Thanks vAcknowledgments vIntroduction 1Part A WordsIntroduction to Part A 61 Nouns 92 Articles 253 Quantifiers 364 Adjectives 515 Adverbs 616 Comparatives and superlatives 797 Prepositions 948 Verbs (introduction) 1069 Combining words 124Part B More about verbs and related formsIntroduction to Part B 13810 Multiword verbs and verbal expressions 14011 Modal verbs 15212 Infinitive and -ing forms of verbs 17013 The present 18814 The future 20015 The past 21816 The present perfect 23517 used to and would 25018 Reported and direct speech 25719 Conditional sentences 272Part C Sentence constituents and word orderIntroduction to Part C 29020 Sentence constituents: basic principles 29221 Sentence constituents: major variants 31522 Passive constructions 33023 Discourse markers 34524 Ellipsis and substitution 367Part D Complex sentencesIntroduction to Part D 38425 Finite adverbial clauses 38626 Noun clauses 39827 Relative clauses 40628 Non-finite clauses 41829 Defining and non-defining phrases and clauses 43330 Complex sentences: integrating the elements 442Part E Researching languageResearch activities 456Phonemic symbols 460Index 461