ENG200/210 Advanced English Grammar 1 Week 1 introduction to the course

1. Dr. Russell Rodrigo
ENG200 Advanced English Grammar
Week 1 Introduction to the Course

2. Course Description
This course approaches the finer points of grammar such as
adjective clauses and phrases, adverb clauses and phrases, noun
clauses, articles, preposition, transitions and nuanced grammar
with the purpose of increasing student confidence in not only
sentence construction but also in understanding complex
grammar throughout lengthy pieces of writing. As in ENG 100,
the course focuses on editing practice.

3. Course Learning
Outcomes
1. Develop a strong understanding of the grammatical structures
that are common to English.
2. Learn to apply one’s knowledge of English grammar in both
written and oral performance.
3. Learn to see grammar points not as isolated features of a
language, but rather as individual grammatical features that are
interconnected with other features as a part of a system of
grammar.
4. Comprehend how the various systems of English grammar
function in relation to one another.
5. Develop an editing eye in one’s own writing and spoken
performance, and to learn to rephrase and rewrite based on a
deeper internal sense for the language, the result of which is a
deeper understanding of structure.
6. Gain essential practice for all covered material through
classroom activities and presentations.

4. Assessments
Participation & Homework 10 %
Quiz 1-4 30 %
Midterm Exam 30 %
Final Exam 30 %
Total 100%

5. Topics:
1. Sentences Structures
2. Combining Ideas; Transition words,
Prepositional phrases
3. Relative Clauses
u Subject relative clauses
u Object relative clauses
u Reduced relative clauses
4. Adverb Clauses
u - Adverb clauses of time, contrast, and
reason & purpose
u - Reduced adverb clause
5. Conditionals
u - Real conditionals
u - Present and future unreal conditionals
u - Past unreal conditionals
6. Noun Clauses & Reported Speech
u - Noun clauses
u - Reported speech

6. Review

7. Differentiation Sentences,
Clauses, & Phrases

8. Word groups:
u Words
u Phrases
u Dependent clauses
u Independent clauses
(Simple sentence)
u Compound sentence
u Complex sentence
u Compound-Complex
sentence
Ø Food
Ø Fast food
Ø Although fast food is delicious
Ø It is very unhealthy.
Ø It is very unhealthy, so people
should avoid eating it.
Ø Although fast food is delicious,
it is very unhealthy.
Ø Although fast food is delicious,
it is very unhealthy, so people
should avoid eating it.

9. Phrases
Ø are groups of words with a single meaning or idea.
Ø don’t contain both a subject and a verb.
Ø can be part of a sentence but not a whole sentence.
Examples:
§ At home
§ Watching TV at home

10. Clauses
Ø Are groups of words
Ø have a subject and a verb.
Ø Can be part of a sentence or a whole sentence.
clauses which don’t have a
complete thought or idea
cannot be complete
sentences. These are called
“dependent clauses”.
clauses which have a complete
thought or idea can also be a
complete sentence. These are
called “independent clauses”

11. Dependent and Independent Clauses
Ø Independent Clauses
“I could not see any cars.”
“I liked to play with toy guns.”
Ø Dependent Clauses
“because I was walking at night”
“when I was a child.”

12. Sentence Structures

13. Group
Discussion &
Presentations
1. Simple Sentence
2. Compound Sentence
3. Complex Sentence
4. Compound Complex Sentence

14. Simple Sentences
u Simple sentences have just one independent clause.
“I went to the park.”
u However, they may have additional phrases:
“I went to the park to eat hamburgers with my friends.”
u They may also have multiple subjects, verbs or objects:
“Jessica and I went to the park.”
“I ate and played at the park.”
“I went to the park and the zoo.”

15. Compound Sentence
Compound sentences are two or more
independent clauses joined with a coordinating
conjunction, or a conjunctive adverb.
u A co-ordinating conjunction: (FANBOYS)
Grammar is easy, so I learned it quickly.
u A conjunctive adverb:
Grammar is easy; therefore, I learned it quickly.

16. Complex sentences
A complex sentence has an independent clause and one or more
dependent clauses.
Dependent clauses begin with a subordinating conjunction and
can be placed either before or after the independent clauses.
“While I was watching TV, My brother was playing with
the dog.”
“You cannot pass ENG101 unless you come to class.”
We use a comma only if the independent clause comes first.

17. Compound-Complex sentences
“A compound-complex sentence has one complex
sentence joined to a simple sentence with a
coordinating conjunction or a conjunctive adverb.”
Source: https://www.epcc.edu/CollegeReadiness/Documents/Complex_Sentences.pdf
When students don’t come to class on
time, they miss quizzes, so they receive a
grade of ‘0’.

18. Worksheet