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1 Welcome to our Home-School Link 2

2 English Language Syllabus 2010 Aim : Students will be able to communicate effectively in English

3 How to build the competency in our students? Six Language Skills - Listening and Viewing - Reading and Viewing - Speaking and Representing - Writing and Representing - Grammar - Vocabulary

4 Desired Outcomes Listen, read and view (Receptive Skills) -critically and with accuracy, understanding and appreciating a wide range of texts from print & non-print

5 Desired Outcomes Speak, write and represent (Productive Skills) -in standard English that is grammatical, fluent and appropriate for different purposes, audiences, contacts & cultures

6 Desired Outcomes Grammar & Vocabulary -Understand and use standard English grammar and vocabulary accurately & appropriately -understand how speakers/writers put words and use language to communicate meaning and achieve impact

7 GRAMMAR LINKS

8 O Nouns O Verbs O Adjectives WORD CLASSES

9 NOUNS O Nouns: words used to name things, ideas, people, place and events

10 NOUNS Proper vs Common Countable vs Uncountable Collective Abstract vs Concrete

11 VERBS O Verbs: words used to talk about actions or to describe a state of things.

12 VERBS Action Eg. Running walking Saying Eg. promise, ask shout Linking Eg. is/are, become Sensing Eg. watch, hear Mental Eg. worry, imagine

13 ADJECTIVES O Adjectives: words which describe how things, people or places look or feel

14 ADJECTIVES O Comparative O Superlative Examples: Smarter Stronger Bigger sillier Examples: Smartest Strongest Biggest silliest

15 THE 3 STEPS IN GRAMMAR LINKS! O STEP 1: Tenses O STEP 2: Subject-verb agreement O STEP 3: Special Rules (tag questions, VNV, indefinite pronouns, either or, neither nor and nouns in apposition)

16 Step 1: CHECK FOR TENSES O Look for the tense of the statement (hint: which word class will show a change in tense?) O Underline the verb in the sentence. The verb will reflect the tense!

17 CHECK FOR TENSES The car past us just now.

18 CHECK FOR TENSES (past tense) The car past us just now.

19 CHECK FOR TENSES (present tense) Jim to talk very loudly when others are talking.

20 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT (singular noun) The seamstress the clothes according to what the customers want. (present tense)

21 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT (collective noun) The furniture in the flat destroyed in the fire yesterday. (past tense)

22 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT I met the team of students who going to Perth next month.

23 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT (collective noun, singular) (present continuous) I met the team of students who going to Perth next month.

24 SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG) Dawn did her homework last evening, she? do, did, does : positive!

25 STEP 3: SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG) Dawn did her homework last evening, + she? -

26 SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG) The kitten is licking its tail, it? 1) is 2) isn t 3) was 4) wasn t

27 SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG) The kitten is licking its tail, it? 1) is 2) isn t 3) was 4) wasn t

28 SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG) The children would help their mother to clean the house, they? 1) wouldn t 2) would 3) will 4) won t

29 SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG) The children would help their mother to clean the house, they? 1) wouldn t 2) would 3) will 4) won t

30 SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG) He knew the way to the library, he? 1) didn t 2) does 3) did 4) do

31 SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG) He knew the way to the library, he? 1) didn t 2) does 3) did 4) do

32 SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS) (indefinite pronoun) Everyone responsible for the cleanliness in the classroom this year. (present tense) 1) is 2) are 3) was 4) were

33 SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS) (indefinite pronoun) Everyone responsible for the cleanliness in the classroom this year. (present tense) 1) is 2) are 3) was 4) were

34 SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS) Nobody where the books are kept. (indefinite pronoun) (present tense) 1) know 2) knew 3) knows 4) knowing

35 SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS) Nobody where the books are kept. (indefinite pronoun) (present tense) 1) know 2) knew 3) knows 4) knowing

36 SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS) He knows that someone at the door. (present tense) (indefinite pronoun) 1) is 2) was 3) are 4) were

37 SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS) He knows that someone at the door. (present tense) (indefinite pronoun) 1) is 2) was 3) are 4) were

38 SPECIAL RULE (NEITHER NOR ) Neither you nor I in the wrong. (singular noun) 1) is 2) am 3) are 4) were

39 SPECIAL RULE (NEITHER NOR ) Neither you nor I in the wrong. (singular noun) 1) is 2) am 3) are 4) were

40 SPECIAL RULE (NEITHER NOR ) Neither the teachers nor the pupils the bus to school everyday. (plural noun) 1) take 2) takes 3) taken 4) taking

41 SPECIAL RULE (NEITHER NOR ) Neither the teachers nor the pupils the bus to school everyday. (plural noun) 1) take 2) takes 3) taken 4) taking

42 SPECIAL RULE (EITHER OR ) Either Sarah or the girls to remain in class. (plural noun) 1) is 2) has 3) have 4) were

43 SPECIAL RULE (EITHER OR ) Either Sarah or the girls to remain in class. (plural noun) 1) is 2) has 3) have 4) were

44 SPECIAL RULE (EITHER OR ) Either the boys or John a solution to the problem. (singular noun) 1) had 2) has 3) have 4) having

45 SPECIAL RULE (EITHER OR ) Either the boys or John a solution to the problem. (singular noun) 1) had 2) has 3) have 4) having

46 SPECIAL RULE (NOUNS IN APPOSITION) (singular noun) Hanna, as well as her classmates, at the library every evening this month. 1) study 2) studies 3) studied 4) studying (present tense)

47 SPECIAL RULE (NOUNS IN APPOSITION) (singular noun) Hanna, as well as her classmates, at the library every evening this month. 1) study 2) studies 3) studied 4) studying (present tense)

48 SPECIAL RULE (NOUNS IN APPOSITION) (plural noun) The teachers, as well as the Principal, the meeting today. 1) attends 2) attend 3) attending 4) Attended

49 SPECIAL RULE (NOUNS IN APPOSITION) (plural noun) The teachers, as well as the Principal, the meeting today. 1) attends 2) attend 3) attending 4) Attended

50 THE 3 STEPS IN GRAMMAR LINKS! O STEP 1: Tenses O STEP 2: Subject-verb agreement O STEP 3: SPECIAL RULES

51 Q & A

52 THANK YOU!