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English Grammar Basics
For students at Level B in English, which typically indicates a beginner to intermediate level of proficiency, the syllabus will cover a wider range of grammar topics while still focusing on foundational concepts. Here's a syllabus suitable for such students:
Course Content
Unit 1: Learn Grammar at Word Level
Lesson | Topic | Worksheets |
1 | Course Description & Planning | |
2 | Naming Words [Names of People, Places, Animals, Things & Other Names] | Worksheet |
3 | Nouns | |
4 | Types of Nouns [People, Places, Animals, Things & Other Names] | |
5 | Common Nouns & Proper Nouns | |
6 | Singular Nouns & Plural Nouns | |
7 | Describing People, Animals & Things | |
8 | Describing Words | |
9 | Adjectives | |
10 | Types of Adjectives [Colour, Size, Shape, Physical Condition, Mental Condition] | |
11 | Consonants & Vowels | |
12 | A & An | |
13 | A, An & The (Articles) | |
14 | Action Words | |
15 | Verbs | |
16 | Action verbs & linking verbs | |
17 | Verbs-Am, Is, Are (Main Verbs) | |
18 | Verbs-Am, Is, Are (Helping Verbs) | |
19 | Verbs-Was, Were (Main Verbs) | |
20 | Verbs-Was, Were (Helping Verbs) | |
21 | Adverbs (ending in -ly) | |
22 | Pronouns (I, we, you, he, she, it & they) | |
23 | Pronouns (me, us, you, him, her, it & them) | |
24 | Possessive (my, our, your, his, her, & their) | |
25 | Demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those) | |
26 | Position Words (in, on, under) | |
27 | Prepositions (in, on, at, under) | |
28 | Conjunctions (And, But & Or) | |
29 | Parts of Speech (Identifying nouns, verbs, adjectives, & adverbs) |
Unit 2: Learn Grammar at Sentence Level
Lesson | Topic | Examples |
Understand concept of words and sentences | ||
Basic sentence structure: subject + verb | ||
Identify beginning, middle, and end of sentences | ||
Formation o simple sentences using picture cues and verbal prompts | ||
Identifying nouns, verbs, adjectives, & adverbs in sentences | ||
Understanding the components of a sentence (subject and predicate) | ||
Subject-verb agreement | ||
Declarative sentences (making statements) | ||
Interrogative sentences (asking questions) | ||
Imperative sentences (giving commands or making requests) | ||
Exclamatory sentences (expressing strong emotion) | ||
Mixed Sentences | ||
Practice forming sentences with correct word order | ||
Identifying and forming simple sentences | ||
Practice creating simple sentences with various subjects and verbs | ||
Sentence structure practice exercises | ||
Understanding how to add descriptive words (adjectives) to make sentences more interesting | ||
Practice adding adjectives to nouns in sentences to provide more detail | ||
Understanding how to join simple sentences using conjunctions (e.g., and, but, or) | ||
Practice using conjunctions to join two simple sentences into one compound sentence |
Lesson | Topic | Example |
Explanation of past, present, and future time | ||
Explanation of past, present, and future tenses | ||
Introduction to Present Simple Tense | ||
Present tense verbs (e.g., walk, eat, play) | ||
Practice forming present tense sentences | ||
Present simple tense with third person singular verbs (he/she/it) | ||
Affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences | ||
Introduction to Past Simple Tense | ||
Past tense verbs (regular and irregular) (e.g., walked, ate, played) | ||
Practice forming past tense sentences | ||
Affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences in past tense | ||
Introduction to Future Simple Tense | ||
Future tense verbs (e.g., will walk, will eat, will play) | ||
Practice forming future tense sentences | ||
Affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences in future tense | ||
Explanation of past, present, and future tenses | ||
Simple and continuous tenses |
Unit 4: Capitalization & Punctuation
Lesson | Topic | Example |
End punctuation (periods, question marks, exclamation points) | ||
Commas in lists, dates, and addresses | ||
Apostrophes in contractions and possessives | ||
Capitalizing proper nouns, the pronoun "I," and the first word of sentences | ||
Capitalizing titles and days of the week | ||
Commonly confused words (e.g., there/their/they're, your/you're) | ||
Contractions |