Grammatical exercises included in English textbook for grade nine

Abstract

The present study entitled ‘Grammatical Exercises Included in English Textbook for Grade Nine’ is an attempt to identify the grammatical exercises included in English textbook for grade nine. The study has incorporated all the grammar exercises in the textbook as a universe sample. The data was collected through using observation checklist as a tool. The sampling procedure was census sampling. Then, the data was analysed and interpreted descriptively. The study shows that every unit has grammatical exercises which are organized in a regular pattern-'Think and act', 'Study time' and 'put into practice'. Similarly, it has variety of grammatical exercises such as gap-filling, transforming, reformulation, explanation and composition. The sentence based exercises are prioritized in the textbook where gap-filling task types are relatively more included and composition exercises are also included in every unit that are helpful to enhance students' creativity, imagination and eventually communicative competence. This study has been divided into five chapters. The first chapter consists of introductory part. It deals with background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. The second chapter incorporates the review of related literature, implications of the review for the study and conceptual framework. The third chapter includes methods and procedures of the study. The fourth chapter analyzes and interprets the data thematic descriptively. The fifth chapter presents the findings, conclusions and recommendations. The references are the concluding parts of the study.