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Index to Grammar Materials

            Basics

• Parts of Speech (Introduction & 3 exercises)
• Language Structures Portuguese and English translation structures

            Nouns

• Regular Plurals of Nouns (Introduction & 2 exercises)
• Irregular Plurals of Nouns (Introduction & 2 exercises)
• Count and Non-Count Nouns (Introduction & 2 exercises)
• How to Count Non-Count Nouns (Introduction & 2 exercises)
• Count and Non-Count Nouns (Review) (Introduction & 3 exercises)

            Verbs

• Tenses:
  • Forming the Simple Present Tense (Introduction & 2 exercises)
  • Negatives and Questions in the Simple Present Tense (Introduction & 3 exercises)
  • Forming the Present Continuous Tense (Introduction & 1 exercise)
  • Negatives and Questions in the Present Continuous Tense (Introduction & 2 exercises)
  • Simple Present or Present Continuous? (Introduction & 2 exercises)
  • Forming the Simple Past Tense (Regular Verbs) (Introduction & 2 exercises)
  • Forming the Simple Past Tense (Irregular Verbs) (Introduction & 2 exercises)
  • Negatives and Questions in the Simple Past Tense (Introduction & 3 exercises)
  • Forming the and Using the Past Continuous Tense (Introduction & 1 exercise)
  • Forming the Present Perfect Tense (Introduction & 2 exercises)
  • Using the Present Perfect Tense (Introduction & 3 exercises)
  • Present Perfect Tense (Introduction & 3 exercises)
  • Present Perfect and Simple Past (Introduction & 5 exercises)
  • The Future with "Will" (Introduction & 2 exercises)
  • The Future with "Be Going To" (Introduction & 1 exercise)
  • Four Ways to Talk About the Future (Introduction & 1 exercise)
  • Past Perfect Tense (Introduction and 2 exercises)
  • Stative and Dynamic Verbs (Introduction and 2 exercises)
  • Past Tenses in Narrative (Introduction & 1 exercise)

   

• Voice:
  • The Passive Voice -
  • The Passive Voice - elementary
  • The Passive Voice - interactive exercises
  • The Passive Voice - What is it ? Explanation with Exercises
  • The Passive Voice - summary
  • The Passive Voice - flash cards
  • The Passive Voice - Quiz
  • The Passive Voice
  • The Passive Voice - higher level
  • The Passive Voice - Explanation and handout with correction

   

  The Reported Speech

  -The Reported Speech - Explanation with exercises

  -Using the Reported Speech

  -Transformation Rules

  - The Reported Speech - exercises

  - Verb Tense Change List

  - The Reported Speech - exercises

  - The Reported Speech - exercises

  - Tense Sequencing - summary

  - The Reported Speech - higher level

   

• Gerunds and Infinitives:
  • Gerunds (Introduction & 2 exercises)
  • Gerunds and Infinitives (Introduction & 6 exercises)

   

• Modals:
  • Modals: "Don't have to" and "Mustn't" (Introduction & 2 exercises)
  • Introduction to the Modals
  • Modal Verbs - Introduction with exercises
  • Modals  help
  • Modals - higher level
  • Modal verbs - use

   

            Conditionals

• Zero Conditional (Introduction & 1 exercise)
• First Conditional (Introduction & 2 exercises)
• Second Conditional (Introduction & 2 exercises)
• Third Conditional (Introduction & 1 exercise)
• Which Conditional Should I Use? (1 exercise)

            Causatives

• Causatives (Introduction and 2 exercises)

            Pronouns

• Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives (Introduction & 3 exercises)
• Possessive Pronouns (Review) (1 exercise)
• Reflexive Pronouns (Introduction & 1 exercise)
• Impersonal "It" and "There" (Introduction & 2 exercises)

            Adjectives

• Regular Comparatives and Superlatives (Introduction & 6 exercises)
• Adjective Order (Introduction & 2 exercises)
• Adjective Clauses (Introduction & 3 exercises)
• Adjective Clauses (Review) (Introduction & 4 puzzles)

            Adverbs

• Adverbs (Introduction and 2 exercises)
• Adverb Phrases (Introduction and 2 exercises)
• Adverb Clauses (Introduction and 1 exercise)
• Sequence Words (Handout) (Introduction)

            Articles/Determiners

• Choosing the Correct Article (Decision Tree)
• Some and Any (Introduction and 1 exercise)

            Prepositions

• Basic Prepositions (Introduction & 1 exercise)
• Place prepositions - Explanation and exercises
• Place prepositions  - Exercises
• Prepositions of time, place and to introduce objects
• Prepositions - Handout copy
• Prepositions of Place: at, in, on - general summary
• Prepositions - Interactive exercise
• Prepositions - Puzzle
• Prepositions - Higher Level Studies
• Preposition Table - Complete eaplanation with tests.

            Conjunctions, Transitions and Linking

• What is a conjunction?
• Basic Coordinating Conjunctions (Introduction & 1 exercise)
• Basic Subordinating Conjunctions (Introduction & 2 exercises)
• Linking Words and Phrases (Handout) (Introduction & 1 exercise)
• Cause and Effect Linking Words and Phrases (Handout) (Introduction & 1 exercise)
• Linking Words and Phrases for Comparison (Handout) (Introduction & 1 exercise)
• Conjunctions_complete description
• English_Club_Conjunctions

            Punctuation

• Using Commas (Introduction & 2 exercises)
• Punctuation made simple
• Using Colons and Semi-Colons (Introduction and 1 exercise)
• Punctuation - general explanation
• Punctuation  - interactive exercises
• Punctuation - interactive exercises

                Others

• Practice Making Basic Questions (14 exercises)
• Complete guide to english interactive grammar
• Irregular verbs and Phrasal Verbs

• Irregular verb chart

• Irregular verb chart and portuguese explanantion

• Irregular verbs quiz

• Regular and irregular verbs

• Regular and irregular verbs

• Using the irregular verbs

• Irregular verbs Puzzle

• A NEW VIEW OF IRREGULAR VERBS(upper level students)

         Business English Activities

•  Business English Exercises
• New International Business English
• Business Vision
• Business Focus Online

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