Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-284) and index.

"For the teacher who wishes to combine grammar teaching with a broadly communicative methodology, this book is an invaluable resource. It contains a collection of imaginative and interesting practice activities suitable for a wide range of levels and ages.

Part One provides:
a detailed introduction to grammar teaching in the foreign language classroom
practical hints on effective classroom presentation
guidelines for the design of activities

Part Two contains:
almost 200 game-like activities for practising important or problematical aspects of English grammar, with detailed descriptions of procedure
sample texts and visuals which may be photocopied for immediate use or used as a guide when designing your own materials." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:

Part 1: Guidelines

I Grammar
1. What is grammar?
2. The place of grammar in language teaching
3. What does learning grammar involve?
4. The organization of grammar teaching

II Practice
1. Pre-learning
2. Volume and repetition
3. Success-orientation
4. Heterogeneity
5. Teacher assistance
6. Interest

III Activities
1. The task
2. Interest
3. Learner activation

IV In the classroom
1. Practical hints
2. Getting the most out of coursebook exercises

Part 2: Activities
1. Adjectives
2. Adverbs
3. Articles, definite and indefinite
4. Both... and, either... or, neither... nor
5. Comparison of adjectives
6. Conditional clauses
7. "Copula" verbs
8. Countable/uncountable, singular/plural nouns
9. Future tenses
10. Future perfect tense
11. Have/has (got)
12. Imperatives
13. Indirect speech
14. -ING form of the verb
15. Interrogatives
16. Is/are, there is/there are
17. Modals
18. Negative sentences
19. Numbers
20. Passives
21. Past perfect
22. Past progressive
23. Past simple
24. Possessives
25. Prepositions
26. Present perfect
27. Present progressive
28. Present simple
29. Pronouns
30. Relative clauses
31. Short answers
32. Tag questions
33. TO form of the verb
34. Used to

Bibliography

Index