If you do not have a two-term sequence to deal with the structure of English, we recommend teaching certain introductory chapters and then filling out the term by choosing others that you and/or your students feel would be most useful. | 376 The Grammar Book 2. Give tree diagrams and mapping rules for the following sentences a. I handed Sue the note. b. He was offered a job by the supervisor. c. The information was given to him yesterday. d. We bought Horace a watch. e. Did Martha ask George a question 3. Why are the following sentences ungrammatical or at best awkward a. John hasn t sent his brother it b. Mary bought for me the book. c. Roger asked a question to Phyllis. 4. List all the active and passive sentences with and without indirect object alternation that would be related to the following information. a. verb send past tense agent mother direct object the parcel directional indirect object Bob. b. verb bring past tense agent Bill direct objects some flowers bencfactive indirect object Agnes. Test your ability to apply what you know. 5. If your students produce the following sentences what errors have they made How will you make them aware of the errors and what exercises will you prepare to correct the errors a. Explain me that rule again please. b. Are you going to give to me an answer c. Why didn t you open him the door d. We didn t know so we asked to Harry. e. Please excuse me my poor English. 6. Bruce Fraser personal communication has suggested that the indirect object alternation rule for verbs taking the preposition to is based on phonological considerations and will apply only if the verb is a. monosyllabic or b. disyllabic with stress on the initial syllable for example Tell John the answer. Explain John the answer. Offer us something else. Communicate Ann the answer. IWhisper Ann the answer. Can you think of any exceptions to this rule What about verbs that take the prepositions for and o 7. ESL EFL students sometimes have difficulty in distinguishing pairs such as the following especially when they are listening. Think of ways that would help students learn what to watch for to clearly distinguish such sentences. Mary was giving a sweater to John Mary was given a sweater by .
