500 Grammar Based Conversation Questions
By Larry Pitts
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Let’s face it, grammar can be boring to teach and can definitely be boring to learn. This book makes grammar lessons more engaging and interesting for intermediate and advanced ESL / EFL students.
I've handpicked the most commonly taught grammar points and made conversation questions that allow students to produce the grammar naturally. For each of the grammar points there are short, simple, and easy to understand explanations. You can give these explanations to your students or use them for yourself as a guide or reminder. There are at least 17 questions for each of the grammar points. So your students will have plenty to talk about. Plus, they'll be using the grammar you just taught them in a natural and pain-free way.
So what are the grammar points in the book? Here we go: simple past, present perfect, simple present, modals of possibility and probability, gerunds vs. infinitives, modals of necessity, modals of advice, comparatives, conditionals real with the future (first conditional), will ,be going to, passive voice in the present, past continuous, reported speech / indirect speech, conditionals unreal with the past (third conditional), conditionals unreal with the present (second conditional), nouns (count / noncount / countable / uncountable), quantifiers, conditionals real with the present (zero conditional), past perfect continuous, superlatives, tag questions, adverbs of frequency, as ... as (equatives), imperatives, passive voice with the past, used to / would, for / since, would rather / prefer.
Look familiar? I'm sure you're teaching some of these in your class. I'm also sure that you've taught a lot of these in the past. And you know what? You'll probably be teaching most of these in the future. Wouldn't it be nice to have some extra resources when it's time to teach grammar in your class?
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Readers find this title helpful for learning and using grammar in context. It is amazingly structured and explained with various questions. It is a handy book for teaching communicative English in a simple manner. It is also a great help for native English speakers looking for ideas for foreign language study. Overall, this book is interesting and highly recommended.
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500 Grammar Based Conversation Questions - Larry Pitts
500 Grammar Based Conversation Questions
Larry Pitts
Copyright © 2014 ECQ Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-942116-02-8
Smashwords Edition
ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
We use adverbs of frequency to tell us how often something happens. We use them to talk about habits and how often we do things in the present or have done them in the past.
Here are some common adverbs of frequency:
always, never, often, sometimes, usually, seldom/rarely, hardly ever
Adverbs of frequency come after ‘be’ and other auxiliary verbs, but before the main verb.
He is always sleepy.
She sometimes takes walks in the evening.
Sometimes and usually can be put at the beginning of sentences.
Sometimes they watch movies late at night.
Usually he gets up early.
Adverbs of frequency questions
How often do you read? What types of books do you like to read?
How often do you go out to eat on weekends?
How often do you watch TV in the evening? What shows do you like?
How often do you eat meat for dinner?
How often do you stay up later than you should?
How often do you go for walks? Where do you go?
How often do you eat fast food for lunch?
How often do you sing? What types of music do you sing?
How often do you listen to classical music?
How often do you go to the movies alone?
How often do you go to the beach in summer?
How often do you text?
How often do you check your email?
How often do you check social media platforms like Facebook?
How often do you ride a bike to work or school?
How often do you ask your friends for help?
How often do you skip breakfast?
AS … AS (EQUATIVES
)
We use as … as to say that people or things are the same. We use not as…as to say that people or things are not the same.
We can use an adjective, adverb, or quantifier with (not) as … as.
Adjective: That car isn’t as expensive as this car.
Adverb: Jack eats as quickly as Susan.
Quantifier: Our company doesn’t have as many complaints as other companies.
Many idioms in English use as … as with an adjective.
She was as mad as a hornet.
*Considering that most books focus on using (not) as … as with adjectives, the following questions have been designed to elicit this structure with adjectives.*
As … as questions
Are your parents as supportive as your friends?
Are the Rolling Stones as well known as the Beatles?
Are puzzles as fun as crosswords?
Is modern art as beautiful as classical art?
Is watching a play as fun as watching a movie?
Are cats as fun as dogs?
What’s as thrilling as a roller coaster ride?
What’s as delicious as fresh baked cookies?
Who is as important as the president of the United States?
What travel destinations are as popular as Rome?
- Fill in the parentheses with your own idea -
Is (city) as entertaining as (city)?
Is (fast food restaurant) as good as (fast food restaurant)?
Is (actor) as talented as (actor)?
Is the (cell phone) as good as the (cell phone)?
Is (mode of transportation) as comfortable as (mode of transportation)?
Are (animals) as cute as (animals)?
Is (celebrity) as strange as (celebrity)?
BE GOING TO
We form be going to with present tense of be + going to + verb. The ‘be’ in be going to is often turned into a contraction (She’s going to…).
We use be going to in order to:
Talk about intentions or things we plan to do.
I’m going to apply to universities next month.
The city government is going to build a new library.
Make predictions about future events, usually when we have a reason or evidence for our predictions.
Don’t worry. It’s not going to rain. There isn’t a cloud in the