NADE 30TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE. Subtly Embedded Grammar Instruction Kathleen (Kathy) Colarusso e-mail: kathyc@csmd.edu website: www.itc.csmd.edu/lan/kathyc Unscramble the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Unscrambled: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Idea from Breaking the Rules: Liberating Writers Through Innovative Grammar Instruction by Edgar H. When students are asked to unscramble sentences like the ones provided, they always unscramble them correctly. 1. A. normal sentence order b. kinds of words placed in front of nouns c. the order in which adjectives are placed in front of nouns d. where words like has and have are placed e. how into, in, and of connect other words to the rest of the sentence f. the kinds of words that come after words like into, in, and of g. the kinds of words that go in front of subjects and verbs to join them to other subjects and verbs 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 1.
Prepositional: Under the rose bush in the backyard, the dog buried his bone. Verbal: To show his disgust with the argument, Paulo stormed out of the room 2. 3. Rules: PowerPoint Presentations Free to download. BEG Teacher’s Guide. Pronouns : Concise ESL Support : ESL/EAL Resources : Write Site : Athabasca University. When using pronouns, use them only after the noun to which they refer has been clearly identified. Often when we write, we are so familiar with our subject that we forget that the reader may not know who, or what the subject is. "He gave them to her," seems to be a good sentence; unfortunately we do not know what any of the pronouns refer to.
Personal Pronouns In English, personal pronouns are the one area of grammar where it is necessary to pay attention to case, that is, whether something is a subject, object or possessive. Reflexive pronouns are also included in the following table; they are used to provide emphasis in certain situations such as pride of accomplishment, surprise, elation, etc. Relative Pronouns The main problem with relative pronouns is distinguishing between who and whom. Untitled. Editing Practice (Exercise A)