English as a Second Language

In 2014, I started working with clients and provided English lessons. One of the new projects I ventured into were to transfer my lesson outlines into Prezi presentation format.

I thought it would be fun to get creative with the lessons to accompany the detailed notes and explanations I used to teach the material. I had a lot of fun choosing different styles for each new lesson.

The book which I used to accompany my lessons was Prentice Hall Reference Guide to Grammar and Usage by Muriel Harris.

English Grammar Topics

Lesson 1 – Nouns
What is a noun? Different types of nouns

Lesson 2 – Plurals
How do you form the plurals of different nouns? Plural rules based on endings.

Lesson 3 – Pronouns Part 1 (Subject, Object, and Possessive Cases)
What is a pronoun? What is an antecedent? Definition of case. Explanation of subject, object, and possessive cases.

Lesson 4 – Introduction to Irregular Verbs (be, have, do)
Conjugation of first, second, and third person forms of the irregular verbs (be, have, do). Brief introduction of their uses as helping verbs.

Lesson 5 – Pronouns Part 2 (Demonstrative, Interrogative, Indefinite, Reflexive, Reciprocal)
Exploration of different categories of pronouns.
Demonstrative: Highlighting distance/location and time to speaker and person being addressed.
Interrogative: Asking questions.
Indefinite: Replacing nouns that do not specify who or what is replaced.
Reflexive: Used when the object refers back to the subject
Reciprocal: Used when two or more people are performing the same action (such as talking to each other)

Lesson 6 – Present Tense: Simple Present and Present Progressive (Continuous)
Usage of the present tense. Definition of dictionary/base form of a verb. Formation of simple present and present progressive (continuous) tenses. Rules and uses for the simple present and present progressive.

Lesson 7 – Adjectives and Adverbs
Definition and purpose of adjectives and adverbs

Lesson 8 – Simple Past and Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense
Usage of the simple past. Formation of verbs in the simple past. Continuation of discussion on irregular verbs and differences with regular verbs in the past tense. List of common irregular verbs in their past tense form.

A useful chart for the past tense and past participle forms of irregular verbs

Lesson 9 – Future Tense (Simple Future and Future Progressive)
Uses and rules of the future tense. Formation of the verbs using “going to”. Formation of verbs using the simple future (will + base form). Formation of the future progressive.

Lesson 10 – Phrases and Clauses
Definitions and differences between phrases and clauses.

Lesson 11 – Independent Clauses
Further exploration of clauses. Definition and structure of independent clauses. Use of joining (connecting) words and transitional phrases in independent clauses. Role of semicolons and commas in connecting words and transitional phrases.

Lesson 12 – Dependent Clauses
Definition and structure of dependent clauses. Differences between independent and dependent clauses. Examining two types of dependent clauses: adjective and adverb clauses.

Lesson 13 – Essential and Nonessential Clauses and Phrases
Definition and structure of essential and nonessential clauses and phrases. Exploration on whether information is important for the meaning of the sentence or phrase.

Lesson 14 – The Perfect Tense Part I: Introduction
Definition of the perfect tense. Definition of past participle and its relation to the perfect tense. Past participles of regular vs. irregular verbs. (Please refer to Lesson 8’s irregular verbs chart)

Lesson 15 – The Perfect Tense Part II: Present, Past, and Future Perfect Tenses
Further exploration of the perfect tense. Definitions and formation of the present, past, and future perfect tenses. Use of these tenses in English.

Lesson 16 – Comparisons Part I: Introduction to Comparatives and Superlatives
Equality vs. Inequality uses with comparisons. Formation of the comparative and superlative forms for unequal comparisons. Irregular forms of comparisons. Guidelines on the usage of comparisons.

Lesson 17 – Comparisons Part 2
Guidelines and rules on the usage of comparisons with adjectives and adverbs

Lesson 18 – Gerunds
Turning verbs into nouns. Review of the present participle form.

Lesson 19 – Review of Indefinite (A, An) and Definite (The) Articles
When to use “A, An, or The” before nouns. Usage of the indefinite and definite articles with other parts of speech.

Lesson 20 – Prepositions, Part I
Introduction to prepositions. Common uses of prepositions in English.

Lesson 21 – Prepositions, Part II
Common idiomatic uses of prepositions in English.

Lesson 22 – Verb Voice
Description, formation, and usage of the active and passive voices

Topic:

English as a Second Language (Grammar and Writing)

Project Development:

September 2014 – November 2015

Reference Book:

Prentice Hall Reference Guide to Grammar and Usage by Muriel Harris