T.C. BARTIN UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES - PREPARATION CLASS
GRAMMAR (1st Term – Beginner + Elementary)
The aim of the lesson is to enable the students to learn English grammar in a practical, functional and an
interactive way. In this lesson, it is aimed to practise and revise English grammar structures systematically. The
students are given functional examples to comprehend the grammar points. The students are provided with
concise explanations of each grammar point through functional and practical examples and everyday
conversational English. They are also provided texts, videos, different authentic and visual materials to see the
structure in a context, and revision parts to check their understanding. Also, by means of speaking and writing
activities, the students can practise the new structures in oral and written forms, which is useful to see their
progress in a way. The students take the lesson 4 hours a week.
The content is:
WEEKS
LESSON CONTENTS
Week 1
Using Be (am/ is/ are)
Week 2
Week 3
Using the simple present tense, Using Frequency Adverbs,
Yes/ No Questions, Asking Information questions with
where, when and what time, be and do
Week 4
Present Progressive, Spelling of –ing, Non-action verbs
Week 5
Talking about the present, Need and Want, Would Like,
Would like vs. like
Week 6
Nouns and pronouns, Prepositions of Place
Week 7
Count and non-count nouns, Measurements with non-count
nouns, Using many, much, a few, a little, using the, using
no article to make generalizations, Using some and any
Week 8
Past Time 1, Irregular verbs
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
1
Using be and Have, Using Possessive Pronouns, Using
Demonstrative Adjectives, Asking questions with What and
Who + be
Past Time 2, Information Questions in past time, before
and after in time clauses, when in time clauses, while vs
when in past time clauses, simple past vs. past progressive
Expressing Future time (be going to), Using the present
progressive to express future time, words used for past
time and future time, Using will, verb summary: present,
past and future
Expressing Future Time with may/might vs will, maybe vs.
may be, Future Time Clauses with before, after, and when,
clauses with if
Week 12
Week 13
2
Using Modals (expressing ability), can, can’t, Using could
(past of can), Using be able to, Using very and too +
adjective
Using Modals (expressing advice, necessity, requests,
suggestions) Using should, must, Polite questions with
may, could, can, would, imperative sentences, using Let’s
Week 14
Nouns and Modifiers, expressions of quantity, Indefinite
pronouns, linking verbs + adjectives
Week 15
Possessive pronouns, questions with whose, making
comparisons
Week 16
MIDTERM EXAM