T.C. BARTIN UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES - PREPARATION CLASS
GRAMMAR (2nd Term – Lower Intermediate + Intermediate)
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
Present Simple, Present Simple vs. Present Continuous +
(A Brief Revision of the previous term)
Week 2
Week 3
Future Time, be going to vs will, future in time clauses and
if-clauses, immediate future using be about to
Week 4
Present Perfect and Past Perfect, using present perfect,
simple past vs. present perfect, using since and for
Week 5
Perfect Progressive, Perfect progressive vs. present
perfect, already, yet, still, anymore, Past Perfect
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
1
Past Time, simple past vs. past progressive, expressing
past time, using time clauses, expressing past habits: used
to
Asking Questions, Yes / No questions and information
questions
Modal Auxiliaries, expressing ability, possibility,
permission, polite questions, advice, necessity, lack of
necessity, prohibition, stating preferences. ( can/ could,
may/might, may I, can I, could you, would you, should and
ought to, had better, have to, must, don’t have to, prefer,
would rather)
Connecting Ideas, Conjunctions (and, but, so, either,
neither, because, although, even though…)
Comparisons, Comparative and Superlative
Week 10
The Passive, active/passive sentences, transitiveintransitive verbs, using by-phrase, passive modal
auxiliaries, be used to, get used to
Week 11
Count/Non-count Nouns and Articles
Week 12
Adjective Clauses, Using who, whom, that, which in
adjective clauses, singular and plural verbs in adjective
clauses, prepositions in adjective clauses
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
2
The use of Gerunds and Infinitives
Noun Clauses, Noun Clauses that begin with question
words, if/whether, quoted speech, reported speech,
common reporting verbs.
Phrasal Verbs
FINAL EXAM