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EFL 084
Grammar 4
Instructor:
Tel:
Office:
E-mail:
Webpage:
Bjarne Nielsen
330-6031
CH 348
[email protected]
http://people.cpcc.edu/~nbt0410e/efl084.htm
Textbook:
Understanding and Using English Grammar (Third Edition)
by Betty Schrampfer Azar
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Objectives:
Upon completion of this course students should be able to write correct
sentences using:
1. Modal auxiliaries in present and past, progressive and passive.
2. Gerunds and infinitives as subjects and objects.
3. Past and passive gerunds and infinitives as objects.
4. Noun clauses as subjects and objects.
5. Adverb clauses of time, cause and effect, opposition, and condition.
6. Reduction of adverb clauses of time. and cause and effect.
7. Present and past participles.
8. Prepositions.
Week
Topic
1
Introduction to course requirements; overview of textbook.
2
Modal auxiliaries. Chapter 9, p. 151-172
Modal auxiliaries. Chapter 10, p. 174-207
Useful summary chart of modals, p. 199-200
Exercises 29 and 30, p. 202-204
Passive voice. Chapter 11, p. 208-238
Passive form of modals, p. 218
Exercises 11 and 12, p. 219-221
Passive voice with modal auxiliaries: past (p. 130)
Test # 415 in Testing Center
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Test return with review
Gerunds and Infinitives. Chapters 14-15, p. 297-347.
Gerunds and infinitives as subjects, p. 323
Gerunds and infinitives after prepositions, p. 298-301
Exercise 2, p. 300
Gerunds and infinitives as objects, p. 302-322
Verb list # 1: Verbs that don’t allow infinitives as object,
p. 302 (and p. 318)
Verb list # 2: Verbs that don’t allow gerunds as object,
p. 307 (and p. 319)
Exercise 11, p. 307-308
Verb list #3: Verbs that allow both gerunds and infinitives as
object, p. 311
Exercises 15 and 16, p. 312-314
Long reference list of verbs, p. 318-319
Exercise 21, p. 321-322
Passive and past gerunds and infinitives, p. 331-334
Exercises 9 and 10, p. 332-333
Using possessive to modify a gerund, p. 334
Exercise 13, p. 335-336
Test # 415 in Testing Center
Test return with review
Noun clauses as subjects, objects and after prepositions
Chapter 12, p. 239-266.
Noun clauses with question words, p. 240
Exercise 2, p. 241
Noun clauses with if and whether, p. 245
Exercise 7, p. 246
Noun clauses with that, p. 248
Exercises 11 and 13, p. 249
Quoted and reported speech, p. 251-259
Overview chart of reported speech, p. 254
Exercise 21, p. 255-256
Exercise 25, p. 258-259
Noun clauses with subjunctive, p. 263-265
Verb list for noun clauses with subjunctive, p. 263
Exercises 35 and 36, p. 264-265
Test # 415 in Testing Center
Test return with review
Parallel Structure, p. 348-353
Exercises 5 and 6, p. 351-352
Adverb clauses (Chapter 17, p. 359-373)
Adverb clauses of time, p. 359
Adverb clauses of cause and effect, p. 362
Reduction of adverb clauses of time and cause and effect,
Chapter 18, p. 374-384
Exercises 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, p. 375-378
Adverb clauses of unexpected result and opposition, p. 363
Preposition phrases and Transitions. Chapter 19, p. 387390
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11
12
13
14
15
16
Test # 415 in Testing Center
Present participles p. 235
Past participles p. 235
Exercises 26, 27, 28, and 29, p. 235-238
Test # 415 in Testing Center
Test return with review
Adverb clauses of condition. Chapter 20, p. 412-437
Different expressions of condition, p. 367-373
Conditional sentences in the future, p. 414
Untrue conditions in the future and present, p. 415
Conditional sentences in the past, p. 418
Exercise 7, p. 418-419
Exercise 11, p. 421
Progressive forms in conditional sentences, p. 423
Mixed forms in conditional sentences, p. 424
Omitting if; using should, were, or had, p. 424-425
Exercise 17, p. 425
Sentences with wish, p. 432-437
Exercise 26, p. 432-433
Exercise 30, p. 435-436
Test #415 in the Testing Center
Test return with review
Review of Prepositions. With stative passive verbs, p. 228,
and with adjectives and verbs, Unit E, page A 21.
Test #415 in the Testing Center
Test return with review
Exam week. The final exam will be given in the usual
classroom at the time listed in the course schedule for
this semester.
The Final Exam is a multiple choice test on everything that
has been taught during the semester. There are no other
class meetings during week 16.
Attendance Policy
You will get an attendance grade (the percentage of classes you have attended),
which counts like all the other tests.
1. It makes no difference why you are absent – good reason, bad reason, or no
reason at all!! If you are not here, you are not doing, discussing, hearing, seeing,
practicing, sharing, learning what the other students do that day, and you will be
considered absent.
2. For grading purposes, if you miss 10 minutes or more of class (whether at the
beginning, in the middle, or at the end!) your attendance that day will not count.
3. We have 61 class meetings; so for example, if you attend 55 times, your
attendance grade will be 55/61= 90%.
My policy is that If you miss only 6 classes or less, you can drop your lowest
grade.
The department policy is that if you miss 19 or more classes (attendance <
70%), your course grade will be F.
Evaluation:
All the tests except the final exam will be placed in the Testing Center on two
consecutive days with Document Number 415. You may arrange to take a test
early, but there are no make-up tests afterwards.
Your grade in this course will depend mostly on the average of your scores on
the eight tests (with adjustments explained in the attendance policy) and will be
based on the following scale:
90-100
80-89
70-79
60-69
0-59
Withdrawn
A
B
C
D
F
W
Message to Students:
Students, please note the change in the Withdrawal Policy. This change becomes effective in the Fall 2008 semester:
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Previous Policy – Students must withdraw before the last 25% date of the academic term.
NEW POLICY - To receive a “W” grade, a student must withdraw before the first 35% of the class.
Academic Integrity Policy
The purpose of the CPCC Code of Student Academic Integrity (see CPCC Student Handbook) is to support the continued growth and
development of a strong academic community based on the principles of academic honesty and integrity. Any student who violates
the CPCC Code of Student Academic Integrity is subject to academic disciplinary action. Such action may include, but is not limited
to, entry of the incident in the records of the Office of Student Development; reduced grades; and dismissal from the College classes,
programs, and activities.
Special Services Certifications
Students who have a documented disability or who may think they may have a learning problem may contact the Office of Services
for Students with disAbilities. Instructors will provide the necessary accommodations upon the advice of the Office of Services for
Students with disAbilities.