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How-to-Teach Grammar Guide
How to Teach Grammar Topics Insight’s methods feature fresh perspectives. Using the same old approaches is often the way to go, but they don’t work every time, and not with every student. Whenever you need to try a new approach in order to reach every student, you don’t need to develop alternate methods on your […]
Noun Phrases Series
Noun Phrases Noun Phrases are one or more words that together represent the idea of a noun. It may be a single noun word. Or it could be the combination of a noun, its determiner, and one or several modifiers (like adjectives or prepositional phrases). It could even be an entire clause embedded within the […]
Verbals Series
Verbals Verbals (and Deverbals) are words that have verbs as their root, but undergo changes to fill a different role in a sentence, such as the head of a noun phrase or a modifier phrase. Verbals include PARTICIPLES, which may end in an -ing suffix (Active) or an -ed/en suffix (Perfect/Passive); and INFINITIVES, which are usually preceded by ‘to’ (making […]
Passive Forms Series
Passive Forms Passive Forms are a way to express the effect of a verb, rather than it’s cause or the verb itself. This series contains Passive Voice, which involves the entire structure of a sentence (or clause), and Passive & Active Adjectives, which modifies a noun phrase. Passive Voice Using an altered sentence structure, we […]
Complex Sentences Series
Complex Sentences Complex sentences are sentences composed of a Main Clause and one or more Embedded Clause. These sentences allow speakers and writers to express more information in a single sentence while maintaining the fluidity that might be lost if those clauses were broken up into multiple sentences. Embedded Clauses fulfill a certain part of […]
Modifier Clauses Series
Modifier Clauses Complex sentences have a main clause which plays host to one or more additional clauses, called Embedded Clauses. Embedded Clauses fill a specific role within the main clause by acting as a part of speech. These series focuses on the two types that act as modifiers. Relative Clauses (aka Adjectival Clauses) modify nouns […]
Unreal Mood Series
Unreal Mood The Unreal Mood is used to state things that are not necessarily true. They may fictitious or impossible, but they can also be realistic, so long as they haven’t actually happened yet or are happening at the moment. Overview of Modality This topic is an explanation of the terms ‘Mood’, ‘Modal’, and ‘Modality’. […]
Indirect Speech Series
Indirect Speech Indirect Speech is a method of communicating ideas or knowledge with engaging in a direct exchange. This often means Reported Speech, which is how we repeat a what we or someone else said, sacrificing word-for-word repetition for the sake of maintaining accuracy or clarity. Indirect Speech can also be a more roundabout way […]
Question Forms Series
Question Forms The various question forms allow us to express different sentiments and tones as we make inquiries or requests. We ask inquiries when we seek information. Usually when we think of questions, we think of inquiries. In most situations, the proper response to an inquiry is a verbal or written answer. We ask requests when […]
Fundamentals Series
Fundamentals This series is not composed of related grammar topics like the other series, but rather a set of topics that all English learners should master. It’s important for students at beginner levels to learn these topics well, and it’s also good for immediate and advanced learners to revisit these and solidify their understanding, especially […]
Tenses Series
Verb Tenses Tenses are used to communicate whether a verb began in the past or not; whether it’s finished; and whether it’s immediate, temporary, or permanent. Insights consolidates the various uses of a tense into one key thing to remember for each, as well as draws connections between different tenses. Past Basic Not just Past […]