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Grammar Chants

Contents

by Carolyn Graham

Introduction

Unit 1: Verb “To Be”, Part One

Grammarchant: The Verb “To Be”

  1. Are You French?
  2. Is There Anybody Here From Thailand?
  3. Is Sam Married?
  4. Are There Two ‘M’s In “Grammar”?
  5. Boxes Of Books

Unit 2: Verb “To Be”, Part Two

Grammarchant: Questions With The Verb “To Be”

  1. Checklist
  2. Where’s Mary
  3. This, That, These, Those
  4. Checking In At The Airport
  5. This Is Wednesday, Isn’t It?

Unit 3: Present Continuous

Grammarchant: The Verb “To Be” + “I-N-G”

  1. What’s Going On This Morning?
  2. When Are You Leaving?
  3. What’s She Doing?
  4. Are You Coming With Us?
  5. Is She Still Married To Bobby?

Unit 4: Simple Present, Part One

Grammarchant: Third Person ‘S’

  1. The Love/Hate Song
  2. Are You A Student? (song)
  3. Couch Potato
  4. Do You Always Get Up Early? (song)
  5. He Loves The Ocean (song)

Unit 5: Simple Present, Part Two

Grammarchant: “Do”/“Does”

  1. When Do You Usually Have Breakfast?
  2. Relationships (song)
  3. Habits
  4. He Never Speaks English In His English Class
  5. Mistaken Identity

Unit 6: Simple Past, Part One

Grammarchant: Simple Past Of The Verb “To Be”

  1. I Was There
  2. Where Were You In ’62?
  3. Wasn’t That A Beautiful Wedding?
  4. Who Was That Man You Were Talking To?
  5. It Was Raining When She Saw Him

Unit 7: Review

Grammarchant: Contractions With “To Be”

  1. Her Laundry Is In The Laundry Bag
  2. Yesterday It Rained And Rained
  3. Wasn’t That A Shake?
  4. Where’s Jack? What’s He Doing?
  5. Look! The Leaves Are Starting To Fall

Unit 8: Simple Past, Part Two

Grammarchant: Irregular Verbs

  1. Saturday Morning
  2. What's The Matter With Bob?
  3. How Did You Do On The TOEFL® Test?
  4. Logical Questions
  5. I Got A Fax From Max

Unit 9: Future “Be” + “Going To”

Grammarchant: “Be” + “Going To” Future

  1. What About Me?
  2. Are You Going To Go With Joe?
  3. Hurry Up, Kate!
  4. You Ought To Call Your Mother
  5. What Should I Do?

Unit 10: Future “Will”

Grammarchant: The Future With “Will”

  1. Don't Worry, I’ll Do It
  2. I Hope Jack’ll Be There
  3. Let’s Try
  4. I Hope He Won’t Be Homesick
  5. Let’s Go Out

Unit 11: “Can” / “Can’t”

Grammarchant: No ‘S’ With “Can”

  1. Can’t Stay, Gotta Go
  2. Can’t You Stay For A While?
  3. This Can’t Be Right
  4. We’ve Gotta Get Going
  5. When Do We Have To Be Back?

Unit 12: Comparatives

Grammarchant: “E-R”, “I-E-R”

  1. Things Are Getting Better
  2. Your Cold Is Getting Worse
  3. Used Car Salesman
  4. Life Is Getting More And More Complicated
  5. The Rich Are Getting Richer

Unit 13: Present Perfect

Grammarchant: Irregular Past Participles

  1. Have You Ever Been To Boston? (song)
  2. I've Never Been To Peru, Have You? (song)
  3. California Roll (song)
  4. Have You Heard The News?
  5. Have You Heard From Mary Lately

Unit 14: Superlatives

Grammarchant: “E-S-T”

  1. I’ll Climb The Highest Mountain
  2. He Works Like A Dog
  3. Mutual Adomiration
  4. That’s The Funniest Thing You’ve Ever Said
  5. He’s Not The Best

Unit 15: Review

Grammarchant: Short Answer Chant

  1. She Loves Him, But He Doesn’t Love Her
  2. What Do You Want To Do?
  3. When It’s Midnight In Osaka (song)
  4. Oh No, We Missed The Bus!
  5. What’s The Matter? You Look Tired
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