Grammar resources

For those who like working with a textbook and studying grammar in a written format, here are a few of my favorites:

1) Murphy's "Grammar in Use." Good for self-study and includes written exercises, with answers in the back of the book.

2) "Total English." Not as easy for self-study, but good grammar explanations. You can also buy a workbook for additional practice. The listening exercises have a good range of vocabulary, but are not realistic, because they use actors.

Reporting questions

Here is the website which explains the different types of questions for changing into reported speech.

http://www.eslbase.com/grammar/reported-questions
Note rule #4 which gives you two choices. In class I told you that the first way was better grammatically (having "to be" at the end). However, this site says you can use either one. :)

Brain Teaser

We talked a little about this in Group 7 today: The following sentence is real! Well, almost. Can you insert the correct pronunciation to make it understandable?

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.

Public Service Announcement

Here is a grammar joke for you.




Just a friendly reminder to pay attention to your commas when you're writing in English. :)