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He's Always Talking about Grammar

Is your English teacher always talking about GRAMMAR?

Do you always understand what he or she is saying? 

How much do you think grammar matters? 

Do you tune out when he or she talks about grammar? 

Do you think you can learn English without knowing ?

We'd like to know what your experience has been.

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Here's a little exercise for those of you who either like grammar or want to learn more about English grammar.

We're going to show you a sentence.  First, find the main subject of the sentence, and then find the main verb.

Then find all the nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions.

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I really like my class, but Mr. Thomas is always talking about grammar because we don't understand English well enough.

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When you are ready, check your answers against the chart below:

The main subject of the sentence is "I" and the main verb is "like". The sentence also has a secondary subject, "Mr. Thomas" and a secondary verb, "is talking".   The sentence also has a dependent clause, and the subject of the dependent clause is "we" and the verb of the dependent clause is "don't understand".

Now, please go back into our Library shelves and listen to some nice, entertaining, and educational stories written by other learners of English.

We will see you next week, when we'll have some fun listening activities for you.

Thanks for stopping by the first stop for learners of English.

Jane
at The ESL HELP! Desk

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