Students who have difficulty expressing themselves need as much practice as possible in speaking and writing correctly. The 200 cards in this box offer pictures of everyday situations and stimuli that prompt students to answer questions about each picture. The ten major grammar skill areas included are sequenced by the complexity of the tasks for students.

You'll get twenty cards for each of ten major grammar skill areas: Each card has six questions. Present a picture and talk about it with the student. Then read a question on the card and let the student answer it. All answers should be complete sentences. Use your own judgment about how many questions to present to the student for each card. The last question on each card asks the student to repair incorrect grammar (i.e. Fix this sentence. These clothes is dry now. These clothes are dry now.)

The ten major grammar skill areas are

Copula is/are: What shape is the pizza? The pizza is round.

Has/have, do/does: What pet does Keesha have to keep her company? She has a cat.

Pronouns, possessive nouns: What are these children riding in? They are riding in a bus.

Present tense: The candles on Rosa's cake are lit. What does she do with the candles? She blows them out.

Regular/irregular plurals: What do the valentines have on them? They have hearts on them.

Regular/irregular past tense: Kortney baked a pie for a contest. What did Kortney bake? She baked a pie.

Negatives: Is this boy frowning? No, he is not frowning.

Comparatives: These teddy bears are old. Which one is the oldest? This one (right) is the oldest.

Questions, level 1: The cards in this section target basic who, what, where, when, why, and how questions.       Examples:
      Ask me why the children are barefoot.
      Why are the children barefoot?

Questions, level 2: These cards require more sophisticated grammar skills to answer than the cards in Level 1.        Examples:
       Ask me if these children are wearing costumes.
       Are these children wearing costumes?

Where appropriate, encourage the student to write the response before or after expressing it aloud. Your students will become more effective writers and speakers with No Glamour Grammar Cards.