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The document discusses developing grammar skills and avoiding common mistakes. It covers grammatical range and accuracy, different tenses, sentence structures, and the top 6 most common grammar mistakes which include articles, countable vs uncountable nouns, noun-verb agreement, verb tenses, and confusion over certain prepositions.

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Module 4a

The document discusses developing grammar skills and avoiding common mistakes. It covers grammatical range and accuracy, different tenses, sentence structures, and the top 6 most common grammar mistakes which include articles, countable vs uncountable nouns, noun-verb agreement, verb tenses, and confusion over certain prepositions.

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Module 4a

Grammar & Language


Developing Grammar
1. Grammatical Range and Accuracy

2. Avoiding small grammar mistakes


Range
Tenses
Sentence structures
Accuracy
Using them in the right place
Tenses
Simple
Simple Continuous
Perfect
Perfect Continuous
Passive
‘Qualify’
the tenses for greater clarity
Simple tense
I practice.
I practice the guitar.
I practice the guitar.
I practice the guitar three times a week.
I practice the guitar three times a week.

I usually practice the guitar three times a week .


I usually practice the guitar three times a week.

I usually try to make an effort to practice the guitar about


three times a week .
‘Qualify’
by adding more details.

Sentences become much clearer.


Language becomes richer.
Recognise tense purposes
and variations

Simple past tense (regular events in the past):

‘used to’

‘would’
‘used to’
‘I used to practice the guitar a few years ago.

‘would’
‘I would go to the library twice a month’
Sentence structures
Simple sentence
Compound sentence
Complex sentence
Compound complex sentence
The most common
Grammar mistakes
The top 6 mistakes
(1)

‘the’
When do we use ‘the’?

when there is only one of something in a particular area:

the government, the police, the bridge, the river, the hospital
When do we use ‘the’?
when there is only one in the entire world:
the internet, the environment, the ozone layer, the atmosphere
When do we use ‘the’?

with cardinal numbers:


the first, the second, the third
When do we use ‘the’?

with superlatives:
the biggest, the most intelligent, the smallest

with places that are groups of islands:


the UK, the Maldives

Talking about things that have already been mentioned


(2)

countable and uncountable nouns

Some nouns in English are uncountable and are always used


in the singular form.
Advice – ‘ I gave him many advice’
Food – ‘we had many foods’
Information – ‘he got an information’
Knowledge – ‘many knowledges’
Money – ‘we had a money’
Traffic – ‘there is some traffics
Work – ‘I finished my works’
(3)
Noun – Verb agreement

'there is some dogs outside’


(4)
Articles – ‘a’, ‘an’, the
(5)
verb tenses
(6)
prepositions
Confusion about prepositions to use after adjectives
and nouns
At:

Bad at (something)
Good at (something)
Surprised at (something)
About or with:

Pleased about (something)


Pleased with (someone)
Angry about (something)
Angry with (someone)
Disappointed about (something)
Disappointed with (someone)
Worried about (something or someone)
In:

rise in
decrease in
increase in
fall in

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