Maricopa Community Colleges  ESL050   20062-99999 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 06/28/05

ESL050  20062-99999

LEC

3 Credit(s)

3 Period(s)

Review Grammar For ESL

Review of grammatical concepts for ESL (English as a Second Language) students who have some previous experience in reading and writing English. Appropriate for students who want to practice sentence skills in English. May be repeated for a total of six (6) credits. Prerequisites: Appropriate ESL course placement score, or a grade of C or better in ESL040, or permission of instructor.

 

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

 

ESL050  20062-99999

Review Grammar For ESL

 

1.

Use present tense verbs appropriately in affirmative and negative statements and questions. (I)

2.

Use past tense verbs appropriately in affirmative and negative statements and questions. (I)

3.

Use future tense verbs appropriately in affirmative and negative statements and questions. (I)

4.

Use nouns, adjectives, and adverbs in appropriate order in sentences and questions. (I)

5.

Use prepositions of time and place in phrases and in combination with verbs. (II)

6.

Ask and answer questions using auxiliary verbs. (II)

7.

Use modals to express possibility, probability, obligation, need, and ability in sentences and questions. (III)

8.

Use "has", "have", and "had" to form perfect tense questions and statements. (III)

9.

Use forms of the verb "to be" appropriately in all tenses in the passive voice. (III)

10.

Use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs in sentences. (IV)

11.

Use subject, object, possessive, and reflexive pronouns in sentences. (V)

12.

Use gerunds appropriately as subjects and objects in sentences. (VI)

13.

Write complex sentences containing adverbial clauses of time and contrast. (VII)

14.

Write complex sentences containing adjective clauses. (VII)

15.

Write complex sentences containing noun clauses. (VII)

16.

Write conditional sentences for real and unreal situations, using past and present tense verbs. (VII)

 

 

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ESL050  20062-99999

Review Grammar For ESL

 

 

I. Using verbs

A. Present tense verbs

B. Past tense verbs

C. Future tense verbs

II. Using words in appropriate order

A. Affirmative and negative questions

B. Placement of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs

C. Placement of prepositions

1. Phrases of time

2. Phrases of distance

3. In two-word verbs

III. Using auxiliary verbs

A. Perfect tenses

B. Modals

C. Passive voice

IV. Using comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs

V. Using pronouns

A. Subject

B. Object

C. Possessive

D. Reflexive

VI. Using verbals as nouns

A. Infinitives

B. Gerunds

VII. Writing sentences

A. Simple

B. Compound

C. Complex

1. Adverbial clauses

2. Adjective clauses

3. Noun clauses

4. Conditional sentences

 

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