Grammar workbooks

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I was wondering if anybody can help me... I want to teach grammar
without teaching the rules and elucidating them through interesting
examples. Can I find a site to help me? I want the examples to be in
the form of jokes, anecdotes or short stories.

Mike in Japan · Accepted Answer

You could try L.A. Hill's Stories for Reproduction.
There are 2 books in each of four levels; Introductory, Elementary, Intermediate (more like lower inter.) and Advanced (more like upper inter.).
Each humourous story is accompanied by questions and exercises.

They are published by Oxford University Press.
I often use these, and students seem to enjoy them.
They are softcovered pocket sized books, so they are not at all expensive.

Good luck.

Anita_a · Answer

Thanks a lot Mike. You were a great help.

Mike in Japan · Answer

My pleasure Anita.

I just remembered there are also four other books in the same style by Hill, published a little later, and with better exercises.
These are;
Introductory Steps to Understanding
Elementary " " "
Intermediate " " "
Advanced " " "

I also find the Side by Side series very useful. There are many books in this series by Steven J. Molinsky and Bill Bliss.
They are designed with an emphasis on developing conversational skills, and contain none of the strange exercises you often find in other classroom books. Just practical grammar exercises in conversational context. Brilliant!
Published by Longman.

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