English Grammar Basics
For students at Level B in English, which typically indicates a beginner to intermediate level of proficiency, the syllabus will cover a wider range of grammar topics while still focusing on foundational concepts. Here's a syllabus suitable for such students:
Course Content
Unit 1: Learn Grammar at Word Level
| Lesson | Topic | Worksheets |
| 1 | Course Description & Planning | |
| 2 | Naming Words [Names of People, Places, Animals, Things & Other Names] | Worksheet |
| 3 | Nouns | |
| 4 | Types of Nouns [People, Places, Animals, Things & Other Names] | |
| 5 | Common Nouns & Proper Nouns | |
| 6 | Singular Nouns & Plural Nouns | |
| 7 | Describing People, Animals & Things | |
| 8 | Describing Words | |
| 9 | Adjectives | |
| 10 | Types of Adjectives [Colour, Size, Shape, Physical Condition, Mental Condition] | |
| 11 | Consonants & Vowels | |
| 12 | A & An | |
| 13 | A, An & The (Articles) | |
| 14 | Action Words | |
| 15 | Verbs | |
| 16 | Action verbs & linking verbs | |
| 17 | Verbs-Am, Is, Are (Main Verbs) | |
| 18 | Verbs-Am, Is, Are (Helping Verbs) | |
| 19 | Verbs-Was, Were (Main Verbs) | |
| 20 | Verbs-Was, Were (Helping Verbs) | |
| 21 | Adverbs (ending in -ly) | |
| 22 | Pronouns (I, we, you, he, she, it & they) | |
| 23 | Pronouns (me, us, you, him, her, it & them) | |
| 24 | Possessive (my, our, your, his, her, & their) | |
| 25 | Demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those) | |
| 26 | Position Words (in, on, under) | |
| 27 | Prepositions (in, on, at, under) | |
| 28 | Conjunctions (And, But & Or) | |
| 29 | Parts of Speech (Identifying nouns, verbs, adjectives, & adverbs) |
Unit 2: Learn Grammar at Sentence Level
| Lesson | Topic | Examples |
| Understand concept of words and sentences | ||
| Basic sentence structure: subject + verb | ||
| Identify beginning, middle, and end of sentences | ||
| Formation o simple sentences using picture cues and verbal prompts | ||
| Identifying nouns, verbs, adjectives, & adverbs in sentences | ||
Understanding the components of a sentence (subject and predicate) | ||
| Subject-verb agreement | ||
| Declarative sentences (making statements) | ||
| Interrogative sentences (asking questions) | ||
| Imperative sentences (giving commands or making requests) | ||
| Exclamatory sentences (expressing strong emotion) | ||
| Mixed Sentences | ||
| Practice forming sentences with correct word order | ||
| Identifying and forming simple sentences | ||
| Practice creating simple sentences with various subjects and verbs | ||
| Sentence structure practice exercises | ||
| Understanding how to add descriptive words (adjectives) to make sentences more interesting | ||
| Practice adding adjectives to nouns in sentences to provide more detail | ||
| Understanding how to join simple sentences using conjunctions (e.g., and, but, or) | ||
| Practice using conjunctions to join two simple sentences into one compound sentence |
| Lesson | Topic | Example |
| Explanation of past, present, and future time | ||
| Explanation of past, present, and future tenses | ||
| Introduction to Present Simple Tense | ||
| Present tense verbs (e.g., walk, eat, play) | ||
| Practice forming present tense sentences | ||
| Present simple tense with third person singular verbs (he/she/it) | ||
| Affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences | ||
| Introduction to Past Simple Tense | ||
| Past tense verbs (regular and irregular) (e.g., walked, ate, played) | ||
| Practice forming past tense sentences | ||
| Affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences in past tense | ||
| Introduction to Future Simple Tense | ||
| Future tense verbs (e.g., will walk, will eat, will play) | ||
| Practice forming future tense sentences | ||
| Affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences in future tense | ||
| Explanation of past, present, and future tenses | ||
| Simple and continuous tenses |
Unit 4: Capitalization & Punctuation
| Lesson | Topic | Example |
| End punctuation (periods, question marks, exclamation points) | ||
| Commas in lists, dates, and addresses | ||
| Apostrophes in contractions and possessives | ||
| Capitalizing proper nouns, the pronoun "I," and the first word of sentences | ||
| Capitalizing titles and days of the week | ||
| Commonly confused words (e.g., there/their/they're, your/you're) | ||
| Contractions |