I. Initial Evaluation on The Internet Grammar of English designed by T. Naves

II. Information about The Internet Grammar of English  at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/home.htm

• What is The Internet Grammar of English?

It  is an online course in English grammar written primarily for university undergraduates. 


The Internet Grammar of English was written in 1996-98 and was funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). 
You may also want to read Introducting The Internet Grammar of English

• Who are the authors of The Internet Grammar of English ?

The Internet Grammar was written and designed at the Survey of English Usage, a research unit based in the English Department at University College London. 
 
• Text and exercises 

by Dr Gerald Nelson 
 
• Design and interactive content 

by Justin Buckley
 
• Glossary and additional material 

by Judith Broadbent & Jonathan White
The Internet Grammar project was supervised by Dr Bas Aarts, Director of the Survey of English Usage. 
 

Citations in the text are taken from the British component of the International Corpus of English (ICE-GB).
 

• Where can I find exercises suitable for DGII course?

Contents Page from The Internet Grammar of English is organised around the following topics: 
(A selection of exercises for DGII can be found below)
• Introducing the Internet Grammar of English
• Word Classes: Introduction to Word Classes, Nouns, Determiners, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjuctions, Minor Word Classes

• Introducing Phrases
• Clauses
• Sentences
• Introducing Functions
• Subject and Predicate
• Inside the Predicate
• Adjuncts
• Sentence Patterns from a Functional Perspective
• Functions in Phrases

List of Exercises from the Internet Grammar of English  A selection of exercises for DGII can be found below
 
• Is there a Glossary?

You can directly access the glossary at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/frames/glossary.htm

 
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Dpt. Filologia Anglesa i Alemana
Facultat de Filologia
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