Grammar

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Grammar

• Tuesday Thursday
• Karen Zandarski

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Introductions

• Introduce Your Partner to me
• Please tell me some of the information you
• learned about him or her.

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What is Grammar? Grammar is the whole system
and structure of a language or of languages in
general, usually taken as consisting of syntax
and morphology (including inflections) and
sometimes also phonology and semantics. What
does this mean? It means that grammar is al
the rules of a language including the rules for
speaking and writing.
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Past Perfect Can be used earlier events or
information with other later events and
information in the past. Example 1 By the
1900s housing costs had increased and job
security had become less certain than for
previous generations. You can use past perfect
with words like when, by the time, and
while Example When she arrived the class had
already started.
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• Use past perfect to go back to an earlier time.
• Example George was nervous on his first day of
  work. Hed never had a job before.
• Use past perfect to give background reasons and
  explanation for later past events
• Example For years, many people had considered
  pizza their favorite food. Now most people like
  hamburgers.
• Work in pairs to complete exercise 2.1

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The Pact Thee Young Men make a Promise and
fulfill a Dream

• What is the American Dream?
• Why is this story remarkable?
• What are some events

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• Think of a major change in your life or in the
  life of someone you know such as move or a
  marriage. Describe the events leading up to the
  change. Use the past perfect and the past perfect
  progressive where necessary.