HANDOUT 1 Grammar

Activities for different grammar points - (appropriate for deductive grammar teaching).

Uncountable ,singular countable (with a/an )or plural? Complete the sentences.

1.Do you want..or beef? (chicken)
2.Its..Anne isnt here. (pity)
3.She phoned sixyesterday.(time)
4.It wasI wont forget.(experience)
5.Three ,please.(beer)
6.Could you pass me ?(glass)
7.I need a piece of..(wood)
8.goes so quickly.(time)
9.He hasnt got much..(experience)
10.The house was near..(wood)



















HANDOUT 2

Mechanical drill for Present continuous.

Put the verbs into Present continuous; use affirmative form:
a. Please be quiet.I...............................................................(work)
b. They.................................a new theatre in the city centre at the moment.(build)
c. I..................................now.Goodbye.(go)
d. Look!Somebody................................in the river.(swim)
e. Where is Ann?She_______________a shower.(have)
f. You............................................on my foot.Oh,Im sorry.(stand)
g. The children...................................... in the garden right now.(play)
h. We ......................................dinner with our friends tonight.(have)



A meaningful drill for Present Simple.
Circle the correct verb forms.
a. I think/Im thinking youre right.
b. Do you know/Are you knowing that womans name?
c. I dont understand/Im not understanding this letter.
d. What are you meaning/do you mean?
e. I hate/Im hating this music.
f. I dont remember/Im not remembering Andreas phone number
g. They go /Theyre going to school by bus every day.
h. My friends visit/are visiting their parents twice a week.
i. Jill always sleeps/is sleeping in the afternoon.

Communicative drills.Use present continuous .






HANDOUT 3


An activity for teaching (inductively) Past Simple.


ADELE SOMEONE LIKE YOU

Ex. 1. Listen to the song and fill in the missing Word.
All the words should be written in a past simple form.


I that you're down
That you .a girl and you're .now
I that your dreams true
Guess she you things I didn't give to you

Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light

I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited
But I . stay away, I couldn't fight it
I had .you'd see my face and that you'd be
..
That for me, it isn't over

***
Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
Don't forget me, I.., I remember you
.
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts
instead
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts
instead


You know how the time flies
Only yesterday .the time of our lives
We . born and .in a
summer haze
Bound by the surprise of our glory days
***
Nothing compares, no worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes, they're memories
.
Who would have known how bittersweet this
would taste?
***
Ex. 2. You were given the present forms of the verbs from the lyrics.
Match them with the past forms.
Present form Past form Translation
come

hope

can

beg

marry

say

give

make

find

be

remind

hear

settle


Now derive the rules for adding ed.