Meeting 1

Topic: Introduction to the Course

Lecturers: Yohannes Telaumbanua, S.Hum., M.Pd., Dr

A Brief Overview of Teaching/Learning Grammar 1

This first meeting is only related to Introduction to the Course

(Grammar Subject). The critical points that you must keep or bear in
mind are, first of all, ATTENDANCE. Each must log in/sign in punctually.
There is no EXCUSE or a REASON which you give in order to explain why
you are late and why you are not learning, doing, or submitting your
assignments online. Excuse means to avoid doing something.
Secondly, each student is required to comprehensively READ the
assigned and uploaded teaching/learning materials of English Grammar.
Thirdly, every ASSIGNMENT is done individually. You do not need to find
someone to do your English grammar assignments. Do it yourself
seriously so you understand the material. Anyone who cheats will be
given a strict sanction, namely a BITTER PINCH/NIP. Grades E, ​ ​ D, and
or C will wait if this happens. All assignments must be submitted on time
to this SPADA account.
Fourthly, the 10th meeting is about learning ASSESSMENT. This
deals with MID-TERM TEST. The last one is the FINAL SEMESTER EXAM.
This exam will be held at the end of the meeting (18th meeting). All
students are required without exception to participate in all series of

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these online learning activities as all series of them are indications of
your levels of achievements.

Warm-up
Testing your knowledge of Some of Basic Grammatical Notions!

Adjective vs. Adverb

Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of
nouns: enormous, doglike, silly, yellow, fun, fast. They can also describe
the quantity of nouns: many, few, millions, eleven.

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An adverb is a word that modifies (describes) a verb (he sings loudly), an
adjective (very tall), another adverb (ended too quickly), or even a whole
sentence (Fortunately, I had brought an umbrella). Adverbs often end in
-ly, but some (such as fast) look exactly the same as their adjective
counterparts.

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Use the words in brackets as adjective or adverb in the gaps.

1. He reads a book. (quick)

2. Mandy is a girl. (pretty)

3. The class is loud today. (terrible)

4. Max is a singer. (good)

5. You can open this tin. (easy)

6. It's a day today. (terrible)

7. She sings the song . (good)

8. He is a driver. (careful)

9. He drives the car . (careful)

10. The dog barks . (loud)

The vs. A vs. An (Definite vs. Indefinite Aritcle)

The indefinite article (a, an) is used before a noun that is general or
when its identity is not known. The definite article (the) is
used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is
known to the reader.

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 Put in the article a, an or the where necessary. Choose x where no
article is used.

1. I like blue T-shirt over there better than red one.

2. Their car does 150 miles hour.

3. Where's USB drive I lent you last week?

4. Do you still live in Bristol?

5. Is your mother working in old office building?

6. Carol's father works as electrician.

7. The tomatoes are 99 pence kilo.

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8. What do you usually have for breakfast?

9. Ben has terrible headache.

10. After this tour you have whole afternoon free to explore the

city.

Personal Pronouns

A personal pronoun is a short word we use as a simple substitute for

the proper name of a person. Each of the English personal pronouns
shows us the grammatical person, gender, number, and case of the noun
it replaces. I, you, he, she, it, we they, me, him, her, us, and them are all
personal pronouns.

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Use the correct personal pronouns. Watch the words in brackets.

1. is dreaming. (George)

2. is green. (the blackboard)

3. are on the wall. (the posters)

4. is running. (the dog)

5. are watching TV. (my mother and I)

6. are in the garden. (the flowers)

7. is riding his bike. (Tom)

8. is from Bristol. (Victoria)

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 9. has got a brother. (Diana)

10. Have got a computer, Mandy?

Fill in the words into the crossword. Keep in mind: Clues influence your
result. Add -ed to the given infinitive of the verb and write this form into
the grid.

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Decide whether the word in bold is a noun or a verb. Match all the
items on the right with the items on the left.

1. I like your computer. →

2. We live in a small town. →

3. They play handball. →

4. His friend has a pet. →

5. I go to bed at 9 o'clock. →

6. My bedroom is upstairs. →

7. Let's listen to this CD. →

8. Sam and Tom watch TV. →

9. They swim in a lake. →

10. I always feed my hamster. →

Test your knowledge about the Simple Present.

Wh-questions

Wh-questions begin with what, when, where, who, whom, which, whose,

why and how. We use them to ask for information.

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Form questions.

1. Frank / to read / comics

2. what / they / to eat / for breakfast

3. where / she / to live

Negate the sentences.

1. Steve can make breakfast.

2. Mr Smith teaches French.

3. Anne and Sue carry a box.

Which sentences are correct?

1. Which negative sentence is in the Simple Present?

He do not reads a book.
He does not read a book.
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 He is not reading a book.
He not read a book.
2. Which sentence is in the Simple Present?
He has read a book.
He is reading a book.
He read a book.
He reads a book.
He will read a book.
3. Which sentence is in the Simple Present?
He can a bike ride.
He can ride a bike.
He can rides a bike.
He cans ride a bike.

Fill in the verbs in brackets into the gaps.

1. Peter e-mails. (not/to write)

2. Jill two children. (to have)

3. The pupils songs in the classroom. (to sing)

Fill in the correct verb forms.

1. The girls the shopping.

2. Andy the family car.

3. Mr. Black e-mails in the evenings.

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Write the correct question into the gap.

1. Speak you English? → Do you speak English

?

2. What can I for you do? → ?

3. Where live you? → ?

4. Played you football? → ?

5. From where do you come? → ?

6. Understand you the question? → ?

7. Does Frank works in Sheffield? → ?

8. What did you last Sunday? → ?

9. Where did Peter went? → ?

10. Like you Hip-Hop? → ?

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