Grammar for English Language Teachers

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This invaluable resource helps teachers at all levels of experience to develop their understanding of English grammar. Grammar for English Language Teachers is designed to help practising and trainee teachers to develop their knowledge of English grammar systems. It encourages teachers to appreciate factors that affect grammatical choices, and evaluates the 'rules of thumb' presented to learners in course materials. Consolidation exercises provide an opportunity for teachers to test these rules against real language use and to evaluate classroom and reference materials.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Thanks (p. v)
• Acknowledgments (p. v)
• Introduction (p. 1)
• Part A Words
• Introduction to Part A (p. 6)
• 1 Nouns (p. 9)
• 2 Articles (p. 25)
• 3 Quantifiers (p. 36)
• 4 Adjectives (p. 51)
• 5 Adverbs (p. 61)
• 6 Comparatives and superlatives (p. 79)
• 7 Prepositions (p. 94)
• 8 Verbs (introduction) (p. 106)
• 9 Combining words (p. 124)
• Part B More about verbs and related forms
• Introduction to Part B (p. 138)
• 10 Multiword verbs and verbal expressions (p. 140)
• 11 Modal verbs (p. 152)
• 12 Infinitive and -ing forms of verbs (p. 170)
• 13 The present (p. 188)
• 14 The future (p. 200)
• 15 The past (p. 218)
• 16 The present perfect (p. 235)
• 17 used to and would (p. 250)
• 18 Reported and direct speech (p. 257)
• 19 Conditional sentences (p. 272)
• Part C Sentence constituents and word order
• Introduction to Part C (p. 290)
• 20 Sentence constituents: basic principles (p. 292)
• 21 Sentence constituents: major variants (p. 315)
• 22 Passive constructions (p. 330)
• 23 Discourse markers (p. 345)
• 24 Ellipsis and substitution (p. 367)
• Part D Complex sentences
• Introduction to Part D (p. 384)
• 25 Finite adverbial clauses (p. 386)
• 26 Noun clauses (p. 398)
• 27 Relative clauses (p. 406)
• 28 Non-finite clauses (p. 418)
• 29 Defining and non-defining phrases and clauses (p. 433)
• 30 Complex sentences: integrating the elements (p. 442)
• Part E Researching language
• Research activities (p. 456)
• Phonemic symbols (p. 460)
• Index (p. 461)