Explaining English Grammar

Having to explain a grammar point can be daunting for teachers. Thekinds of explanations that will help language students aren't alwaysthe ones you will find in a traditional, 'academic' grammar book orguide. Instead, Explaining English Grammar is a pedagogical guide, designed to help explain the 'whys' as well as the 'hows' of Englishgrammar. The book is organized into ten chapters. Each chapter coversa specific grammar topic. After an introductory chapter, the topicscovered are: - Articles - Tense and aspect - Modals - Conditionals -Prepositions and particles - Indirect objects - Infinitives andgerunds - Relative clauses - Direct and indirect speech This sequenceis designed to cover the more basic topics first, and then to go intomore complex areas. However, the chapters are also free-standing, soyou can read them in any order - or leave some out - if you prefer. Each chapter has a similar structure. - First there is a section thatdesc