Top 20, Great Grammar for Great Writing, First Edition Teaching Notes
Top 20, Great Grammar for Great Writing, First Edition Teaching Notes
Top 20, Great Grammar for Great Writing, First Edition Teaching Notes
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<strong>Top</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Writing</strong>, <strong>First</strong> <strong>Edition</strong><strong>Teaching</strong> <strong>Notes</strong>http://esl.college.hmco.com/instructorsCopyright Houghton Mifflin CompanyChapter 17 – Noun ClausesOverviewSimple writing is marked by subject-verb-complement sentences. More advancedwriting makes use of clauses, and noun clauses are certainly an important clause type <strong>for</strong>better writing.<strong>Teaching</strong> <strong>Notes</strong>About Noun Clauses (17.1)This sections covers the basics of noun clauses.Exercise 1 asks students to read a passage on international leadership styles and identifythe seven noun clauses in the passage.Forms of Noun Clauses (17.2)In Exercise 2, students read a joke and identify underlined sentence parts as noun clausesor noun phrases. If the underlined part is a noun clause, students have to tell the functionof that clause within that sentence.Exercise 3 is an editing activity involving a paragraph about the qualities of a good joketeller.Exercise 4 is an editing activity using a joke.Common Problems with Noun Clauses (17.3)This section covers these problems:17.3.1: Wrong Word Order17.3.2: Omitting the Verb17.3.3: Wrong Verb Form After Certain Expressions17.3.4: Wrong Verb Tense with Reported Speech1
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