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Focus on Grammar12. Grammar Practice ActivitiesUse these activities when students need to focus on understanding and using grammar structures.This section is ordered by levels of control: controlled practice activities are near the beginningof the chapter, free practice activities at the end. However, many activities can be adapted tomake them more controlled or freer - see Appendix 1.Some of the activities in other sections can be used to practise grammar:1.6 Swap Questions 8.7 Change the Text5.8 What’s the Question? 9.11 Prompt Cards8.2 Sentences with Mistakes 11.5 Memory Match8.3 Add Phrases or Sentences 11.8 Gap-fill8.4 Add Punctuation 11.9 Race to the Board8.5 Add Adverbs 13.4 Word Endings12.1 Substitution Drilla. Write a sentence using the target structure on theboard, e.g. present simple tense:I like bananasPurpose: students form targetstructuresPracticalities: students work fromthe board. This can get noisyb. Students say the sentence. Write a substitution for one of the words in the sentence, e.g.I like bananasbeefI like beefc. Students say the sentence. Keep changing words, and students keep saying the new sentences.beef eatbeef eat don’tbeef eat don’t My motherI eat beefI don’t eat beefMy motherdoesn’t eat beef12.2 Mixed Sentencesa. Write 5-10 sentences on the board with the wordsin mixed order, e.g.1. teacher my I think great isb. Students write correct sentences.Purpose: students order words insentencesPracticalities: students workindividually, or in pairs or groupsPreparation: prepare some sentenceswith the words in mixed orderSometimes more than one sentence can be made fromthe same words.Page 45