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Expansion Activities
written by
Maria Spelleri
Advanced Level
Azar Grammar Series: Understanding and Using English Grammar,
3rd edition
Expansion Activities are interactive tasks and games that focus on the grammar covered in the
tables of contents of the Azar textbooks or any comparable syllabus. You may download,
reproduce and adapt the material to suit your classroom needs. Expansion activities are available
as Word documents or PDF files.
Chapter 1—Overview of Verb Tenses
A Tense Discovery
Chapter 2—Past Tense
Who is this baby?
Story in a Bag
Chapter 3—Present Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Songs
Chapter 4—Future Tense
Fortune Teller
Chapter 5—Adverb Clauses of Time
Creative Time-Clause Conversations
Chapter 6—Subject-Verb Agreement
Subject-Verb matching
Chapter 7—Nouns
Noun recall
Chapter 8—Pronouns
Analyzing Authentic Pronoun Use
Chapter 9—Modals, Part I
Modal Scenarios
Chapter 10—Modals, Part II
Name that Sound!
Get a Clue!
Talking about History's Mysteries
Chapter 11—The Passive
Design a Park Brochure
Avoiding Responsibility
Chapter 12—Reported Speech Forms in Noun Clauses
Message Relay
Chapter 13—Adjective Clauses
Identifying Adjective Clauses in Authentic Text
Chapter 14—Gerund and Infinitives, Part I
Unusual Jobs
Chapter 15—Gerund and Infinitives, Part II
Getting Things Done
Chapter 16—Coordinating Conjunctions
A Hands-On Demonstration for Avoiding Run-On Sentences
Chapter 17—Adverb Clauses
Kinesthetic Clause Building
Chapter 18—Reduction of Adverb Clauses
Rewriting a Text
Chapter 19—Connectives that Express Cause and Effect, Contrast, and
Condition
Silent Review of Connectives and Their Patterns
Mad Libs with Connectives
Chapter 20—Conditional Sentences and Wishes
Chain of Conditions
Expansion Activities
Understanding and Using English Grammar, 3rd Edition
Chapter 1: Overview of Verb Tenses
Activity:
A Tense Discovery
Materials needed:
A selection of three or four written articles and/or professional essays
that provide a variety of verb tense usage -- enough photocopies of each for the class. (To
help gather the articles, ask students to bring in a “serious” news or magazine story a few
days before. Longer magazine articles work better than many news stories. If fifteen
students bring in articles, you’ll have a nice collection from which to find the best ones to
use. Additionally, if the students choose the writings, they will have more interest in the
content and the level will be right for them.)
Description:
Prepare the articles for the students by underlining the verb structures or
bracketing the paragraphs you want the students to pay attention to. This saves time
because students don’t have to read the entire article, which may be multi-paged. Use a
numbering system so that you and the students can easily refer to a particular sentence or
passage. Do this with 2-4 articles, depending on the variety of verb tenses you find in
each article, and then photocopy enough for the class.
Divide the students into groups of 4-5 and pass out the first article.
Instruct the students to pay attention to the verb forms and to identify
which verb tense is being used in each situation. More advanced
students can discuss why a specific tense is needed. Encourage students
to discuss the time/meaning relationship in the targeted areas and to
draw from their knowledge of verb tense rules, referring to their
textbook charts as needed.
To have a whole-class conclusion to this exercise, each group should appoint a scribe.
Using the numbering system on the article, the groups can record their answers to report
to the class.
Students enjoy seeing the connection between the grammar learned in class and its
authentic application. You can see the great “a-ha!” moment on their faces when they
make that connection on their own.
Note:
Students will mistakenly select a few present and past participial modifiers,
gerunds, infinitives, etc., thinking they are verbs. Plan how you will handle that. One way
is to remind students by writing on the board before they begin: “An
-ing
word is NOT a
verb if there is no helping verb with it.
To
+ an action word is not a verb.”
Also, to save class time, assign the article for homework. Students can read the article
and consider the underlined verb tenses, preparing themselves for group discussion in the
next class.
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Expansion Activities
Understanding and Using English Grammar, 3rd Edition
Chapter 2: Past Tense
Activity:
Who is this baby?
Materials needed:
A baby picture of each student, writing supplies, tacks or blue tack
Description:
It’s a lot of fun to see baby pictures of adults you work or study with -- especially if
those pictures are goofy or impossibly adorable. In this activity, students like the baby
picture angle so much that they forget they are involved in past-tense writing practice.
Each student should bring in a baby picture of herself or himself, the cuter or sillier the
better. The pictures should be of a very young baby (a year old or less) so it isn’t easy to
match the adult face with the baby one. Instruct the students not to let anyone see their
photos.
Working alone, students write sentences about themselves as a baby and toddler, being careful not to reveal
their identity in their writing. You can set a minimum number of sentences. Encourage the students to write
about things that are unique to themselves.
I was born in my grandfather’s house.
My favorite toy was a yellow duck.
I had no hair until I was two years old.
My mother called me “Mouse.”
I loved spinach.
Etc.
Remind students not to refer to countries or languages so they won’t reveal their identity.
When the students are done writing, tape each student’s baby picture to the top of her or his writing and clearly
number the writing. Display the written work on a bulletin board or use blue tack and put them up all over the
room at eye level.
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Expansion Activities
Understanding and Using English Grammar, 3rd Edition
Chapter 2: Past Tense
Activity:
Who is this baby?
Students now number a paper with as many numbers as there are displayed writings. They mill around the room
reading the “infant bios,” looking at the pictures, and trying to guess the identity of each baby. For example,
when a student thinks she knows the identity of the student in display #5, she will write the student’s name on
her own paper next to #5.
When everyone has finished, the class can compare their guesses as a group. As long as the baby pictures are
from a young enough age, and as long as the student hasn’t revealed his current physical characteristics,
ethnicity, language, etc. in the writing, there will be many mistaken guesses -- sometimes even girls for boys
and vice versa, resulting in a lot of laughs.
Encourage relaxed discussion! This wrap-up time is a great opportunity to get students to practice forming past-
tense questions and responses to each other as they question each other about the writings, asking for
clarification or more information. (Did you really say “Picasso” for your first word? Why?)
Culture Note:
Obviously, students need access to baby photos. This activity will not work with visiting
students or with
some
students from refugee backgrounds, so consider your class make-up before suggesting
this activity.
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