ESL 103 - Advanced Academic ESL Grammar

1. Contrast the twelve verb tenses. 
   1. Understand and apply simple tenses
   2. Differentiate between usages of progressive tenses. 
   3. Demonstrate understanding and usage of perfect tenses. 
   4. Produce correct future tenses and forms. 
   5. Apply skills in editing for verb tenses. 
   6. Write a paragraph including a variety of tenses. 
2. Develop skills in usage of adjective clauses. 
   1. Compare adjective clauses with subject relative pronouns and object relative pronouns. 
   2. Demonstrate proper placement of adjective clauses. 
   3. Be able to punctuate adjective clauses correctly.
   4. Show the ability to reduce adjective clauses and use them in oral and written rhetoric
   5. Compose a paragraph adding details with adjective clauses. 
3. Develop Passive Voice constructions and use them actively
   1. Practice passives with modals in present, past and future tenses. 
   2. Use Passive to describe situations and report opinions.
   3. Use passive causative 
   4. Illustrate the impact of passive verbs on results of action in writing.
   5. Write a paragraph using different passive constructions 
4. Differentiate between uses of real and unreal conditions in present, future and past. 
   1. Be able to use present and past unreal conditions.
   2. Demonstrate correct punctuation in sentences with if and result clauses. 
   3. Understand subjunctive and its usage
   4. Write a paragraph using conditionals 
5. Understand differences between direct and indirect speech. 
   1. Use correct punctuation with direct speech. 
   2. Make correct tense changes in indirect speech. 
   3. Select correct time phrases in indirect speech. 
   4. Practice question command formation using direct and indirect speech. 
   5. Examine differences in using direct versus embedded questions in casual and formal situations.
   6. Use correct punctuation with embedded questions.
   7. Write a paragraph using direct and indirect speech
6. Develop skills of using adverb clauses
   1. Distinguish between different types of adverb clauses
   2. Demonstrate the ability to reduce adverb clauses and use them in oral and written rhetoric
   3. Write a paragraph using different types of adverb clauses