NSTU Module 1.

Language and background to language learning and teaching

Education, FL Teaching
English for Professional Purposes

Introduction to TKT. Grammar

Victoria Tsvetkova, Пом-31

Homework
Part 2
Develop teaching material on the English grammar and on learning and teaching it:
 Make 5-8 open-ended questions on the key concepts of the Unit 1 with the keys.
1. What can we identify grammatical forms in?
2. What does a part of speech describe?
3. What are the functions of nouns?
4. What subcategories of verbs are there?
5. What is a grammatical structure?
6. What is an affix?
7. What are some uses of adverbs in a sentence?
Keys: 1) Parts of speech, grammatical structures and words that contain affixes. 2) How words
behave in sentences. 3) To name people, places, things, qualities, activities, or ideas; to act as the
subject or objects of the verbs. 4) Transitive, intransitive, regular, irregular, participles, gerunds,
infinitives, modals, multi-word verbs, phrasal verbs, tenses, active voice, passive voice, imperative.
5) Arrangement of words into patterns which have meaning. 6) A group of letters added at the
beginning or end of a base word which change its meaning. 7) To describe how something is done,
to focus on something, to show an attitude to something.

 Develop 1 test task of the TKT type (with 3-5 items) with the keys.

For questions 1 – 4, look at the sentences. Read the questions about the grammar in the sentences and the three possible
answers listed A, B and C. Choose the correct answer.

1 He phoned me ten times, but I was having a bath and didn’t hear my phone is ringing.

Which of the three verbs is NOT a main verb?

A phoned
B was
C hear

2 She asked me if I can bring her a glass of water.

Which of the three pronouns is NOT an object pronoun?

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NSTU Module 1. Language and background to language learning and teaching
Education, FL Teaching
English for Professional Purposes
A she
B me
C her

3 Teaching English is difficult at first, but if you work hard and act confidently, you can achieve great
results.

Which of the three words is NOT an adverb?

A difficult
B hard
C confidently

4 We visited an abandoned summer camp which had been built in 1950s.

Which of the three words is NOT a past participle form?

A visited
B abandoned
C built

Keys: 1) B 2) A 3) A 4) A