English Grammar Lessons
*Please note that these notes provide a general outline. More detailed notes and explanations are provided for my clients/students. I will be updating the site with new lessons periodically after I convert my Powerpoint lessons into the Prezi presentation format.
You are more than welcome to jump around lessons based on your current knowledge. However, if you are a complete beginner, it is recommended to follow the lesson order since future lessons assume that definitions and material from previous lessons were reviewed.
*Update 2020: Current lessons links are still available through Flash format, but I will try to convert them before the December 2020 deadline.
You are more than welcome to jump around lessons based on your current knowledge. However, if you are a complete beginner, it is recommended to follow the lesson order since future lessons assume that definitions and material from previous lessons were reviewed.
*Update 2020: Current lessons links are still available through Flash format, but I will try to convert them before the December 2020 deadline.
So many questions and rules!
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Lesson 1: Nouns What is a noun? Different types of nouns. Lesson 2: Plurals How do you form the plurals of different nouns? Plural rules based on endings. Lesson 3: Pronouns Part 1 (Subject, Object, and Possessive Cases) What is a pronoun? What is an antecedent? Definition of case. Explanation of subject, object, and possessive cases. Lesson 4: Introduction to Irregular Verbs (be, have, do) Conjugation of first, second, and third person forms of the irregular verbs (be, have, do). Brief introduction of their uses as helping verbs. Lesson 5: Pronouns Part 2 (Demonstrative, Interrogative, Indefinite, Reflexive, Reciprocal) Exploration of different categories of pronouns. Demonstrative: Highlighting distance/location and time to speaker and person being addressed. Interrogative: Asking questions. Indefinite: Replacing nouns that do not specify who or what is replaced. Reflexive: Used when the object refers back to the subject. Reciprocal: Used when two or more people are performing the same action (such as talking to each other). Lesson 6: Present Tense: Simple Present and Present Progressive (Continuous) Uses of the present tense. Definition of dictionary/base form of verb. Formation of simple present and present progressive (continuous) tenses. Rules and uses for the simple present and present progressive. Lesson 7: Adjectives and Adverbs Definition and purpose of adjectives and adverbs. Lesson 8: Simple Past and Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense Uses of the simple past. Formation of verbs in the simple past. Continuation of discussion on irregular verbs and differences with regular verbs in the past tense. List of common irregular verbs in their past tense form.
Lesson 9: Future Tense (Simple Future and Future Progressive) Uses and rules of the future tense. Formation of the verbs using "going to". Formation of verbs using the simple future (will + base form). Formation of the future progressive. Lesson 10: Phrases and Clauses Definitions and differences between phrases and clauses. Lesson 11: Independent Clauses Further exploration of clauses. Definition and structure of independent clauses. Use of joining (connecting) words and transitional phrases in independent clauses. Role of semicolons and commas in connecting words and transitional phrases. Lesson 12: Dependent Clauses Definition and structure of dependent clauses. Differences between independent and dependent clauses. Examining two types of dependent clauses: adjective and adverb clauses. Lesson 13: Essential and Nonessential Clauses and Phrases Definition and structure of essential and nonessential clauses and phrases. Exploration on whether information is important for the meaning of the sentence or phrase. Lesson 14: The Perfect Tense Part I: Introduction Definition of the perfect tense. Definition of past participle and its relation to the perfect tense. Past participles of regular vs. irregular verbs. (Please refer to Lesson 8 above for the past participle chart) Lesson 15: The Perfect Tense Part II: Present, Past, and Future Perfect Tenses Further exploration of the perfect tense. Definitions and formation of the present, past, and future perfect tenses. Uses of these tenses in English. Lesson 16: Comparisons Part 1- Introduction to Comparatives and Superlatives Equality vs. Inequality uses with comparisons. Formation of the comparative and superlative forms for unequal comparisons. Irregular forms of comparisons. Guidelines on the usage of comparisons.
Lesson 17: Comparisons Part 2 Guidelines and rules on the usage of comparisons with adjectives and adverbs. Lesson 18: Gerunds Turning verbs into nouns. Review of the present participle form. Lesson 19: Review of Indefinite (A, an) and Definite (The) Articles When to use "A, An, or The" before nouns. Uses of the indefinite and definite articles with other parts of speech. Lesson 20: Prepositions, Part 1 Introduction to prepositions. Common uses of prepositions in English. Lesson 21: Prepositions, Part 2 Common idiomatic uses of prepositions in English. Lesson 22: Verb Voice Description, formation, and uses of the active and passive voices |
