English grammar exercises

Author: Jill Cosh

© Jill Cosh, APU (Anglia Polytechnic University)

Summary

This resource consists of graded 'Hot Potato' exercises to develop knowledge/awareness of the structure and function of English Language. The materials provide a useful resource for students (e.g. modern foreign languages) who wish to improve, refresh or develop their knowledge of English Language or for professional development for teachers.

Format:

  • Webpages - 228 pages of HTML

Access to materials

Description

This resource consists of graded 'Hot Potato' exercises to develop knowledge/awareness of the structure and function of English Language. It includes:

  • Glossary of terms
  • Diagnostic/self-assessment tasks
  • Word level and morphology tasks e.g. noun, countable noun, auxiliary verb etc.
  • Sentence structure/function tasks e.g. noun phrase, subject, complement etc.
  • Communicative/discourse function tasks e.g. how the present perfect aspect is used and why
  • Text analysis tasks - applying the above to the analysis of simple texts
  • Error analysis - recognition of common errors