Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico College of Arts and Humanities Department of English a

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Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto
RicoCollege of Arts and HumanitiesDepartment
of English and Foreign Languages

• Grammar Assessment Exercise
• English 110
• Prepared by Professor Oscar Miranda

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How much English grammar do you know?

• Form groups of three students. Work together to
  complete todays task.
• You will read some sentences about a class
  project and basketball playoffs.
• Then you will identify the underlined grammar
  part. If you do not know the answer, ask a
  classmate in your group.
• Write down the grammar parts you cannot identify
  easily. Lets begin.

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How much English grammar do you know?

• You will identify the underlined word or words
  as
• the present form of verb be.
• a subject pronoun or object pronoun.
• a definite article or indefinite article.
• a contraction.
• a possessive noun, possessive pronoun, or
  possessive adjective.
• a count noun or noncount noun.
• a verb in simple present or present continuous.

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How much English grammar do you know?

• You will also identify
• Yes/No Questions
• Information Questions
• Negative Statements
• Short Answers

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The Class Project

• Maria and Pedro are intelligent and responsible
  students.
• Theyre preparing their class project together.
• The professors happy to assign them the project
  because they always work well together.
• They see the professor at his office.
• Pedros and Marias ideas are good.

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The Class Project

• Marias writing an introduction and a conclusion.
  She is speaking to him about the project. Hes
  asking more questions about it.
• Before they begin to work, they usually buy four
  bottles of water and two big sandwiches.

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The Class Project

• Are Maria and Pedro intelligent students?
• Yes, they are.
• Theyre not worried about the project.
• Does she see the professor at his office?
• Where is Maria now?
• Does Pedro drink a lot of water?
• Yes, he does.

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The Basketball Playoffs

• Youre great basketball players. Your passes
  help our team win every year.
• Theirs help their team lose because they arent
  focused. Their strategies arent working. Yours
  are taking the team to victory!
• Before the games, avoid having rice and chicken,
  candy, ice cream, slices of cake and many cups of
  coffee.

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The Basketball Playoffs

• Im reading the scores, and were getting closer
  to being the community basketball champions! The
  teams spirit is high!
• We have three more games to win.
• You arent playing alone. Youre playing as a
  team.
• Every year, the Green team plays against us.
  Their moves are good, but ours are better.

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The Basketball Playoffs

• Do my passes help the team lose?
• No, they dont.
• What do we avoid eating before the games?
• Is the team spirit low?
• No, its not.
• The Blue team doesnt play against you this year.
  Does the Green team do?
• Yes, it does.

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How well did you do?

• Make a list of the grammar topics you need to
  improve.
• What will you do to improve?
• Share your list and the answer to the question
  with your classmates.
• Then share the answers with your professor.

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Present form of verb be

• am, is, are

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article

• indefinite - a, an
• a dog (any dog) an apple (any apple)
• definite the
• the dog (that specific dog) the apple
• (that specific apple)

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subject pronoun

• I, you, she, he, it , we, you (pl), they

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object pronoun

• me, you, her, him, it, us, you (pl), them

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contraction

• subject pronoun and verb be
• verb be and the negative word
• noun with verb be

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possessive noun

• noun s
• To show possession

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possessive adjective

• my, your, her, his, its, our, your (pl), their

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possessive pronoun

• mine, yours, his, hers, ours, yours (pl), theirs

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count noun

• nouns that can be counted, such as tables, doors,
  windows, people, books, etc.

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noncount noun

• noun that cannot be counted, such as water, milk,
  rice, furniture, money, etc.

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verb in simple present

• habitual actions
• routines
• general truths or facts

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verb in present continuous

• actions happening at this moment
• right now
• at this time

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Yes/No Question

• Am
• Is Subject Complement?
• Are

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Information Question

• am
• Wh Word is Subject
  Complement?
• are

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Short Answer

• Yes , subject am, is or are.
• No , subject am, is or are not.

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Yes/No Question

• Do
• Does subject verb Complement?
• (base form)

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Short Answer

• Yes , subject do or does.
• No , subject do or does not.

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Negative Statement

• Subject do not verb complement.
• does (base form)

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Information Question

• Wh Word do subject verb complement?
• does (base form)

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Negative Statement

• am
• Subject is not complement.
• are

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Grammar Topics I Need to Improve

• present form of verb be
• subject or object pronoun
• definite or indefinite article
• contractions
• possessive noun, possessive pronoun, or
  possessive adjective
• count noun or noncount noun
• verb in simple present or present continuous
• Yes/No Questions and Short Answers
• Information Questions
• Negative Statements

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Reference

• For more information on todays grammar topics,
  visit Professor Mirandas Web site under Links or
  English 110.
• Lets open and study the following grammar
  module
• Grammar Module