GRAMMAR III, EFL 083
Instructor: Karen Stanley Office: CH 351 Phone: 704-377-1727
Email: <karen.stanley@cpcc.edu>
Textbooks:
Fundamentals of English Grammar, 4th ed, by Betty Azar
Intermediate Grammar Workbook, 7th ed, by Karen Stanley
Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Discriminate between the use of present perfect, present perfect progressive, simple present, present
progressive, and simple past.
2. Form and use present perfect and present perfect progressive.
3. Form and use past perfect and past perfect progressive.
4. Discriminate between the use of the past perfect, past progressive, and past perfect progressive.
5. Form and use the passive voice.
6. Use simple modal verbs.
7. Use simple noun clauses in complex sentences.
8. Use simple adjective clauses in complex sentences.
Course Outline:
Week 1 - 2
Quick review of simple present, present progressive, simple past, past progressive, & future time
Chapter 1 - pages 3-6, 10, 17-23 / Chapter 2 - pages 26, 29-35, 42-50/ Chapter 3 - pages 55, 60, 65-71,
78-79
Rules Quiz over rules for present, past and future
Exercise Quiz based on textbook exercises in Chapters 1, 2 & 3
Week 3 - 7
Chapter 4, Perfect Tenses, pages 81-110 and the related section of the Grammar III workbook
This includes (along with other items): formation of present perfect, basic uses of present perfect versus
other tenses, present perfect progressive, adverbs commonly used with the perfect tenses
RulesQuiz over rules for present perfect
Exercise Quiz based on textbook exercises in Chapter 4
Formation of past perfect and past perfect progressive and their use compared to other tenses
TEST 1 - Covering Chapter 4 and workbook explanations & exercises on present perfect, past perfect &
related tenses - of course, you still need to be able to use the information from Chapters 1, 2 and 3 on this
test, but the focus will be on the items studied in Chapter 4
Week 7 - 11
Chapter 7 (pages 178-198 and 204-207) and the related section of the Grammar III workbook
Formation of modal auxiliaries
Use of modals to express: ability with can/could , possibility with may/might, giving permission with
may/can , possibility with could, polite questions to ask for permission or assistance , advice with
should/ought to/had better, necessity with have to/have got to/must, lack of necessity with do not have to &
prohibition with must not , logical conclusion with must , preferences
Chapter 10 (pages 258-270) and related sections of the Grammar III workbook
Formation of passive voice and practice changing active sentences to passive sentences
Rules Quiz over changing active voice to passive voice.
Transitive vs. intransitive verbs, use of the "by" phrase, practice exercises, passive with progressive forms,
passive with modals
TEST 2 -- Covers Chapter 7 (pages 178-198 and 204-207 and workbook) & Chapter 10 (pages 258-270
& workbook)
Weeks 11 - 15
Chapter 12 (pages 321-339 and related sections of the Grammar III workbook)
Formation of adjective clauses; Adjective clauses describing people; Adjective clauses describing things;
Adjective clauses with singular & plural verbs & with prepositions; Adjective clauses with possessive
Chapter 14 (pages 370-379 and related sections of the Grammar III workbook
Formation of noun clauses ; Noun clauses beginning with a question word ; Noun clauses with IF or
WHETHER; Noun clauses with THAT
TEST 3 Covers Chapter 12 (pages 321-339) & Chapter 14 (pages 370-379) & workbook
COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM: During Final Exam week, you will take a comprehensive final
which includes different types of exercises like the ones you find in the different unit tests throughout the
term
EVALUATION:
Tests
Comprehensive Final Exam
Quizzes
Homework & Attendance
60% (20% each)
20%
15%
05%
Your attendance grade is based on the percentage of classes attended.