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We needs to follow the grammar when we begin to write and speak something. But it may follow any approach. The structural approach is based on grammatical patterns of the language. The essential thing about grammar is the practice of the correct form. For the active use of the language, to practice all the common patterns until he can use each vocabulary item in proper combination with other items. Thus grammar in some form or another has its legitimate place in any scheme of language learning, helping the learner to know the away and wherefore of the given language. The young learner requires functional grammar. This is because theoretical grammar is too abstract a science and a grammatical method of presentation would make the study of language more difficult than it need be. For the young mind, theoretical grammar instead of making the difficult easy, will make the easy difficult. A child learns his first language without learning its grammar. Similarly, a child should learn English by practice. His grammar is the grammar of correct sentences. The child learns to speak and write correctly by imitation and intuition. A student learns that he must “she play“ and “he play“ without knowing that third person present singular requires “s` added to the verb. Thus grammar is not so much a set of rules which must be obeyed. We can shorten the labour of learning a language by drawing general principles from our own observations. Grammar that is required is descriptive grammar. It becomes functional and true having some meaning. If we study the kinds of words concerning word-order, structural words and inflexions, we have to use names for them. These names are the parts of speech. To study sentence patterns we must have names for parts of a sentence namely, subject, predicates etc. to study change in meaning, we must have words to indicate these changes, these change in time, Voice and singular and plural. We should use only such simple terminology in explaining grammar. Grammar must be taught incidentally. It is learn by pupils unconsciously by imitation and drill. Every lesson in English should be through the medium of English. Intensive drill in the reader should be used to enable the pupils acquire the necessary ability through repetition. Sufficient practice should be provided to the pupils to make patterns as automatic habits. In the beginning stage, rules must be taught very sparingly as the pupils are not natured enough by then. It is not possible for an average pupil to remember the numerous isolated bits of English taught at school under grammar. The formal study of grammar should commence only after the pupil has acquired an elementary command of the language. Therefore, no formal teaching of grammar should be attempted in the early stages. Only after they acquired language habits, practice should be given in the laws of grammar. If at all grammar is taught in should be taught only when the pupil reaches the higher classes. Grammar is best taught by the inductive method of teaching. The mistakes committed by the pupils in their speech and writing should be carefully noted and this should be used for corrective teaching later. Lastly we can say that teaching of grammar in school is must be followed carefully by the teachers.