grammar goof ups- fix them once and for all
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Grammar Goof-Ups:
Fix Them Once and For All!
U.S. Department of StateEnglish Language Fellow
Secretaría de Educación Pública, La Paz, Baja California Sur
México
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Why Study
Grammar?
To understand how a language
works
To communicate effectively with
others
To sound intelligent in a foreign
language
To teach students the correct
usage
To fulfill an interest
Other reasons….
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Baby Talk...is it ok?
Is there something wrong
with this sentence?
“I wented to the store and
mommy buyed me lots of
candies.”
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How we learn grammar
incorrectly in a foreign
language...
We are not corrected by anyone
Our teachers use incorrect grammar
Our peers use incorrect grammar
We are actually using fossilized
mistakes over and over without
realizing it
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Does
Grammar
Matter?
TED-Ed
Andreea S.
Calude
https://youtu.be/Wn_eBrIDUuc?t=36
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Is this
sentence
correct?
I don’t know
where is my
bag?
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The correct
way to say
this is…
You can
avoid “is” →
The verb comes at the end of this
sentence in English.
1. I don't know where my bag is.
2. I can’t find my bag, I wonder
where it is.
3. My bag is missing, where do you
think it is?
Can you help me find my missing
bag?!
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What’s the
difference
between
see, look, &
watch?
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Follow These Guidelines:
See General
Look Specific
Watch In Progress
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Say these
words out
loud.
Posted
Played
Added
Worked
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The -ed
rule for
words
ending in
‘t’ or ‘d’
If the verb stem ends in the letter ‘t’
or ‘d’ you make the strong -ed sound
like the name Ed.
Examples:
Post has a ‘t’ at the end of the stem
so it is read/said as posted
Add has a ‘d’ at the end of the stem,
so it is read/said as added
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When asking a do or does
question:
Remember:“Did does all the work” in a question, so
the main verb can remain in the present
tense because “Did does all the work” in
forming the tense for a question.
Did you go to the party last night?
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Therefore...
Do (present) you like to eat (present)
tacos?
Present tense + Present tense= Present
Did (past) you eat (present) many tacos
last night? (past)
Past tense + Present Tense= Past
Tense
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Is this
correct?
Let’s make a
photo!
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Let’s take a
photo!
or
Let’s take a
selfie!
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Remember this:
A funny (adjective) man who tells lots
of jokes always has more fun (noun)!
Only boring (adjective) people get
bored (adjective) easily.
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Rules for
Comparatives
&
Superlatives
An easier way
to remember
how to use
them.
A general rule to follow is to look at
the number of syllables in the
adjective to tell how to correctly form
the comparative and superlative.
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1 syllable
rule
nice nicer the nicest
2 syllable
rule
pret-ty prettier the most
pretty/the
prettiest
3 syllable
rule
beau-ti-ful more
beautiful
the most
beautiful
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So
vs.
Too
It is so cold in Finland in the winter!
It is too cold in Finland in the winter!
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I like the Finnish winters
so much. OK
I like the Finnish winters
too much. Not OK
So= very, a lot, able to handle it,
bearable
Too= too much, not able to handle,
unbearable
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Wait me.
The mistake many non-native speakers
make when they want to say wait for
me.
“I will be done with this assignment in
two minutes, I want to go with you to
eat, wait for me.”
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Thank God we are almost
done...not thanks God we
are almost done…
But, thanks to you I have learned a lot
about grammar and how to use it and
teach it!
And thank you for being such great
participants!
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Useful Resources:
Azar Grammar website:
http://www.azargrammar.com/
Grammar resources - University of
Chicago Writing Program
http://writing-
program.uchicago.edu/resources/gram
mar.htm
The Blue Book of Grammar and
Punctuation