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    This document provides examples of 11 different types of grammar exercises that can be used to practice specific grammar points: 1) Gap-fill, 2) Multiple-choice, 3) Complete a chart, 4) Create sentences from prompts, 5) Rewrite sentences, 6) Correct or incorrect, 7) Contrasting sentences, 8) Underline examples, 9) Translate sentences, 10) Personalisation, 11) Categorize. The examples range from mechanical exercises to more open-ended exercises and include recommendations for making the exercises more challenging or targeted to specific grammar points.

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    This document provides examples of 11 different types of grammar exercises that can be used to practice specific grammar points: 1) Gap-fill, 2) Multiple-choice, 3) Complete a chart, 4) Create sentences from prompts, 5) Rewrite sentences, 6) Correct or incorrect, 7) Contrasting sentences, 8) Underline examples, 9) Translate sentences, 10) Personalisation, 11) Categorize. The examples range from mechanical exercises to more open-ended exercises and include recommendations for making the exercises more challenging or targeted to specific grammar points.

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    This document provides examples of 11 different types of grammar exercises that can be used to practice specific grammar points: 1) Gap-fill, 2) Multiple-choice, 3) Complete a chart, 4) Create sentences from prompts, 5) Rewrite sentences, 6) Correct or incorrect, 7) Contrasting sentences, 8) Underline examples, 9) Translate sentences, 10) Personalisation, 11) Categorize. The examples range from mechanical exercises to more open-ended exercises and include recommendations for making the exercises more challenging or targeted to specific grammar points.

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    This document provides examples of 11 different types of grammar exercises that can be used to practice specific grammar points: 1) Gap-fill, 2) Multiple-choice, 3) Complete a chart, 4) Create sentences from prompts, 5) Rewrite sentences, 6) Correct or incorrect, 7) Contrasting sentences, 8) Underline examples, 9) Translate sentences, 10) Personalisation, 11) Categorize. The examples range from mechanical exercises to more open-ended exercises and include recommendations for making the exercises more challenging or targeted to specific grammar points.

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    Grammar exercises

    Example
    Name Info
    Instruction Exercise

    The most common and straightforward type of grammar exercise.


    Fairly mechanical, they help to provide practice with form and help the
    teacher check is students know how to use a grammar item correctly.
    Write the verb in brackets in the past
    1 Gap-fill Note that when the question is only one sentence and provides very
    simple tense.
    little context, there is often greater likelihood of multiple answers
    which might be correct in certain situations, so look for unintended
    answers.

    They are a type of gap-fill and offer an alternative exercise. You can
    adjust the level of difficulty by increasing or decreasing the number of Choose the correct verb for the
    2 Multiple-choice
    options. The more options you add, the more time you will need to sentences.
    spend checking that only one option fits correctly.

    This is a good way to check if students know the form of a grammar


    Complete the chart with the missing
    3 Complete a chart item. Another advantage is that once it is filled in, students can refer
    words.
    back to it when using the language productively.

    For a more challenging grammar exercise, provide key words from a


    Create sentences from sentence separated with a backslash /. Students have to make a Make questions about last night. Then
    4
    prompts sentence with the words, maybe adding other grammar words (such ask your partner.
    as auxiliaries).

    A low-level exercise type that's useful with tenses, in particular.


    5 Rewrite sentences Rewrite the sentences in the negative.
    Especially good for practicing different forms.

    Decide if these sentences are correct


    6 Correct or incorrect? To check form and to target common mistakes that students make.
    or incorrect.

    At higher levels when you are writing materials which address subtle
    differences in grammar usage, contrasting sentences is good for them
    Compare the pairs of sentences and
    7 Contrasting sentences to spot usage. Alternatively, you can guide them towards guessing the
    answer the questions.
    difference with questions. After this exercise, they can classify
    sentences from an exercise / text.

    When reading a text, you can analyse it for examples of a target


    Underline examples of Now read the text again and underline
    grammar point. This is a useful way to get the students to notice how
    8 (target) grammar in the any verbs in the present perfect
    grammar is used in context, and it can also be a useful way to
    text simple tense.
    introduce a grammar point into a skills-based lesson.
    Translate the sentences into your
    If the teachers and the class share the same L1, translation can be language. How does the way in which
    Translate sentences
    9 done effectively. That way students can back the knowledge of L2 these ideas are expressed in your
    into your language
    with their own language referents. language differ from the way they are
    expressed in English?
    -Rewrite the sentences below so they
    are true for you.
    Adding exercises which require students to personalise the grammar -Make the sentences true for your
    10 Personalisation
    make the material relevant and memorable. country.
    -Change the sentences so they are
    about people you know.
    Make studnets learn the meaning of words by categorizing on a cline, Match the words with the space on
    11 Categorize
    chart, etc. the chart.

    Source: ETpedia Materials Writing: 500 Ideas for Creating English Language Materials. (2017). Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd.

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