TAILIEUCHUNG - Grammar for everyone part 7

The inquiry noted the critical importance of teachers. But it also concluded that, unfortunately, the systematic support for classroom teachers to build the appropriate skills to teach reading effectively is inadequate. | 32 GRAMMAR FOR EVERYONE foot feet goose geese ESL students need to learn these especially as they may not be familiar with hearing them spoken. Gender Gender is a grammatical term for classifying nouns according to masculine feminine or neuter. The classification is largely irrelevant in English which does not attribute gender to inanimate objects. Many languages do however for no obvious reason. For example in French we have la chaise feminine meaning chair but le tabourer masculine meaning stool la pierre feminine meaning stone but le roc masculine meaning rock Note too how the article the word for the in these examples has a feminine and a masculine form. We are fortunate then that the English gender generally speaks for itself and we have few alternative forms. Many former distinctions have become blurred in modern times even politically incorrect so that we seldom refer to an actress or an authoress as opposed to actor or author. In some respects this is a pity as a unisex term provides less information. A Activities number and gender These exercises are particularly useful for young children and ESL students and provide useful spelling practice too. 1. Students make two columns headed Singular and Plural in their grammar exercise books. Dictate words which the students write in the appropriate column. They then add the counterpart of each word in the other column. Useful words for this exercise include those that sound like plurals such as NOUNS 33 loops men maze jacket tax hose coach children mouse fleas doses 2. The same activity can be used to practise gender adding a third column for Neuter and a fourth for Either masculine or feminine for example Masculine Feminine Neuter Either king queen throne monarch Others may include tyrant master leader princess ancestor mechanic pilot uncle blessing conductor. Some words have a technical definition of neuter but carry a gender by custom for example a ship is often referred to as she . These provide an .

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