Contents
Thanks and acknowledgements xiii
Introduction 1
Part 1： Background theory and guidelines 3
1 Grammar 3
What is grammar? 3
The grammar practised in this book 3
The place of grammar in language teaching 4
2 Practice 6
Validity 6
Quantity 7
Success-orientation 7
Heterogeneity 8
Interest 9
Summary 10
3 Activities 11
Features of activity design 11
Practical tips 24
Part 2： Activities 27
1 Adjectives 27
1．1DJECTIVE BEFORE THE NOUN 27
1．1．1 Guessing adjectives 27
1．1．2 Inserting adjectives 28
1．1．3 The same tastes 29
1．1．4 Adjective poem 31
1．2 COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES 32
1．2．1 Adjectives on the Internet 32
1．2．2 Brainstorming comparisons 33
1．2．3 Bigger， better， faster! 36
1．2．4 Circle comparisons 37
1．2．5 Preferences 39
1．2．6 Which is heavier? 40
1．3 ADJECTIVES AFTER BE OR OTHER
COPULAR VERBS 42
1．3．1 Guessing by description 42
1．3．2 Not what it seems 43
2 Adverbs 44
2．1 MANNER ADVERBS 44
2．1．1 How can you do it? 44
2．1．2 Miming adverbs 45
2．2 FREQUENCY ADVERBS 47
2．2．1 Frequency surveys 47
2．2．2 What do you do when ．．．? 49
3 Conditionals 50
3．1 Finishing conditional sentences 50
3．2 Chains of events 52
3．3 Superstitions 53
3．4 Justifying actions 54
3．5 Looking back 56
3．6 I wish ．．． 57
4 Future tenses 59
4．1 FUTURE WITH GOING TO 59
4．1．1 Mickey’s diary 59
4．1．2 Finding a time to meet 62
4．1．3 Future of a picture 63
4．1．4 Mime continuation 67
4．2 FUTURE WITH WILL 68
4．2．1 Future of an object 68
4．2．2 How will the story end? 69
4．2．3 Horoscopes 70
4．2．4 The world tomorrow 7？
4．3 THE FUTURE PERFECT TENSE 72
4．3．1 By six o’clock 72
5 Imperatives 73
5．1 Please! 73
5．2 Directions 74
5．3 Recipes 76
5．4 Dos and don’ts 77
5．5 Symbols 78
5．6 Suggestions 80
6 Indirect speech 81
6．1 INDIRECT STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS 81
6．1．1 Can you remember what they said?
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