Seeking Feedback on My Introductory English Grammar Presentation – What Do You Think?

Hi All,

I have tried this presentation as an introduction to Grammar. The tense part will be covered in the next try. Please go through it and give your valuable feedback.

Regards,
Jaspreet :-P

I really liked what I read in the initial slides. I will go through the whole PowerPoint later. I needed something like this for my training. Thanks for sharing.

Shikha

Hi Jaspreet,

Congratulations. It's good to hear. The parts of speech and the order arranged look good. However, in my personal opinion, the noun and verb portion could be more detailed with some additional examples.

Regards,
Sundar

Hi Jaspreet,

Your presentation is nice and commendable. I am confused with one of your examples for adverb, i.e., "He usually gets good grades." Is 'good' an adverb or an adjective? Kindly guide me.

Thank you,
Aayushi

Thank you, Jaspreet.

Your PowerPoint presentation helped me refresh my English, which I learned many years ago. Is there anybody who knows similar grammar basics in the German language too? I am currently learning German, so if anybody can share some lessons, it would be highly appreciated.

Regards,
Munish

Good effort and useful at the basic level. I am sure your part two will cover some common errors that occur while speaking or writing in English. This is the need of the hour for those who have problems in spoken English.

Dear Jaspreet,

Thank you so much for posting such a useful and detailed presentation. The effort made is really commendable. I am looking forward to the next one.

All the best.

Hi Aayushi,

Thank you for showing interest. In the sentence "He usually gets good grades," the property description is done for the verb "gets grade," not for the noun, which is "he" in the sentence. So, a word that describes properties of a verb is an adverb. Hope it'll help. :icon1:

PPT was a nice one. Only, there was a bit of confusion about some little things. There are not 8 types of speech, but they are the parts of speech! Again, while giving the types of nouns, the collective nouns (e.g., army, group, etc.) were missing, along with the abstract nouns like bravery, beauty, etc. You can't list the types common nouns, proper nouns, singular nouns, plural nouns, and irregular nouns under one category. The proper way is: Types of nouns: common, proper, collective, and abstract.

Rest everything was fine.

Shruti Kings

Hi Shruti,

Thanks for your interest.

This PowerPoint presentation was created with the intention of reviewing the basics of grammar for developers in our company. I may have overlooked many things due to the time constraints for the quick delivery of the presentation. However, I am truly grateful for your valuable suggestions, and I will definitely keep them in mind for the future.

Regards,
Jaspreet

Hi Jaspreet, you have achieved keeping the basics of grammar very lucid and simple. I hope English teachers are among the members to take this and spread it around. Great work.

Venkat

Jaspreet,

Don't mistake my saying so...

As a person who taught English Grammar two decades ago and who values the purity of language, especially Grammar, I find some mistakes in this presentation. For example, a Noun is a name of a person, place, animal, or thing, not an "idea" as indicated. Please refer to Wren & Martin, the authority on Grammar and Composition.

Hi,

Thanks for your interest. I wrote an "idea" just taking an example of the word "thought." An idea is itself a noun. If you could suggest, isn't it right?

Hello Jaspreet,

Thank you very much for the presentation; it will help me with some of the office employees who are very poor in English. Looking forward to part 2.

Regards,
Ms. Suvarna

Good and simple, but Jaspreet, please add the different types of nouns like countable, collective, etc., under the noun section.

Jaspreet,

Nice presentation, with a well-organized information flow. It shows your command not only in the grammar aspect but also in information presentation.

One small constructive feedback, however. The presentation is a bit long - about 44 slides. Typically, an effective PPT is around 15 slides (at most 20). The law of diminishing returns on a reader's interest level kicks in around slide 15 (of any PPT) and grows pretty rapidly. A couple of key things in a presentation to keep the interest of the audience:
1. Keep it tight, making effective usage of the real estate on a slide.
2. Keep about 10 points per slide (or column in a slide - if you are using a multi-column approach), and about 10 to 15 words per point (actually, you got this pretty well covered).
3. Keep it to a maximum of 15 to 20 slides (all in all). If you have to go beyond that because of the subject of your presentation, make logical topic groupings and create multiple presentations (one or more topics per presentation, no more than 20 slides).

Thank you for providing the information. I am sure it is useful for many.

Best regards,
--Som G

Very well-prepared and easy-to-comprehend style. Keep up the work, Jaspreet. Are you into teaching language skills? It's my domain too. I would like to know more material you have so that we can use your knowledge at a professional level.

Pankaj

Hello,

This is a good piece for beginners of grammar. I recommend the presentation to all students in second cycle schools in countries where English Language is not a first language but used as a medium of expression.

SIMON BORIBAH