ZIRVE UNIVERSITY, 2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR
GRAMMAR OBJECTIVES FOR LEVEL C
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Week
Fundamentals of English Grammar
Teach
Special
PRESENT AND PAST, SIMPLE AND PROGRESSIVE
Simple Present
Present Progressive
Non-progressive verbs
Simple past
Regular and irregular verbs
Regular verbs: pronunciation of –ed endings
Past progressive
Past Time Clauses when/while, before, after, as soon as, until
PRE. PERFECT AND PERF. PROG.
Present Perfect
Present perfect vs simple past
Present Perfect progressive
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MODALS, PART 1
Ability: can/be able to,
Possibility: may/might/could+present inf.
Advice-Criticism: should/ought to/ had better +present inf.
Necessity-Obligation: have to, must, have got to,
Absence of Necessity: needn’t/don’t have to/don’t need to+V1
Prohibition: mustn’t, can’t
Asking for Permission: can I/could I/may I
Giving or refusing permission: may/can - may not/cannot
Logical assumptions: can’t/couldn’t+present infinitive, must+present inf.
Talking about permission: be allowed to - was/were allowed to
MODALS PART2
Requests-Offers-Suggestions: Can you/Will you/Could you/Would you
Suggestions: Shall I/we - Let’s+V1 - Why don’t we..?
Ability in the past: could/was able to
Possibility in the past: may/might/could+perfect infitive
Advice-Criticism in the past: should/ought to+perfect inf.
Necessity-Obligation in the past: had to
Absence of Necessity in the past: didn’t need to/didn’t have to
Logical assumptions in the past: can’t/couldn’t+perfect infinitive must+perfect inf
As these topics were covered in the previous
levels you should focus more on doing
exercise and activities than presenting the
subjects.
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FUTURE TIME
Simple future: will and be going to
will vs. be going to
Expressing the future in time clauses when/while, before, after, as soon as,
until, if
Future Progressive
We don’t have a certain book for these
topics, but the necessary PPTs to explain the
rules, worksheets, games, and other
activities are in the shared drive.
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We don’t have a certain book for these
topics, but the necessary PPTs to explain the
rules, worksheets, games, and other
activities are in the shared drive.
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As these topics were covered in the previous
levels you should focus more on doing
exercise and activities than presenting the
subjects.
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In the shared drive, we have a presentation
explaining the Present Modals named
“Presentation of Present Modals” and a list
of all modals named “Present and Past
Modals”.
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We don’t have a certain book for these
topics, but the necessary PPTs to explain the
rules, worksheets, games, and other
activities are in the shared drive.
In the shared drive, we have a presentation
explaining the Present Modals named
“Presentation of Past Modals” and a list of all
modals named “Present and Past Modals”.
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Chapter 10: THE PASSIVE
10-1: Active and passive sentences
10-2: Form of the passive
10-3: Transitive and intransitive verbs
10-4: Using the by phrase
10-5: The passive forms of the present and past progressive
10-6: Passive modal auxiliaries
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Chapter 11: COUNT/NONCOUNT NOUNS AND ARTICLES
11-2: Count and noncount nouns
11-3: Noncount nouns
11-5: Using several, a lot of, many/much, a few/ a little
11-6: Nouns that can be count or noncount
11-7: Using units of measures with noncount nouns
11-8: Guidelines for articles usage
11-9: Using the or no article with names
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Chapter 12: ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
12-1: Adjective Clauses: introduction
12-2: Using who and whom in adjective clauses
12-3: Using who, whom and that in adjective clauses
12-4: Using which and that in adjective clauses
12-5: Singular and plural verbs in adj clauses
12-6: Using prepositions in adjective clauses
12-7: Using whose in adjective clauses
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Chapter 14: NOUN CLAUSES
14-1: Noun Clauses: introduction
14-2: Noun clauses that begin with a question word
14-3: Noun clauses with who, what, whose + be
14-4: Noun clauses that begin with if or whether
14-5: Noun clauses that begin with that