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He's Always Talking about Grammar

Today is Wednesday, October 9th, 2007, and this is your ESL Help Desk welcoming you to today's ESL lesson.

Is Your English Teacher Always Talking about Grammar ?

Do you understand what he or she is saying?
How much do you think grammar matters?
Do you tune out when he or she talks about grammar?
Do you think you can learn English without knowing grammar ?

We'd like to know what your experience has been. Please submit your response to OUR BLOG.

Here's a little exercise for those of you who either like grammar or want to learn more about English grammar.

We're going to show you a sentence. First, find the main subject of the sentence, and then find the main verb.

Then find all the nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions.

* --> * --> *
I really like my class, but Mr. Thomas is always talking about grammar because we don't understand English well enough.

* * *
When you are ready, check your answers against the chart below:

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs	Prepositions	Conjunctions
I	like		really		but
Mr. Thomas	is talking		always	about
grammar					because
we	do (not) understand		well
English			enough

The main subject of the sentence is "I" and the main verb is "like". The sentence also has a secondary subject, "Mr. Thomas" and a secondary verb, "is talking". The sentence also has a dependent clause, and the subject of the dependent clause is "we" and the verb of the dependent clause is "don't understand".

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We will see you next week, when we'll have some fun listening activities for you.

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