Introduction:

This is an activity for lower intermediate students to review some of the most common mistakes they make. The students correct the mistakes individually, write sentences that are true for them and interview their partners.

Level: A2

Time: 45 minutes

Objectives:

1. To identify and correct common mistakes made by lower intermediate students.
2. To practice changing statements into questions.
3. To develop fluency and confidence in speaking.

Materials:

1. Can you see the error of your ways worksheet, one per student

Procedure:

1. On the left hand side of the board, write I have 2 childrens. Explain the sentence is incorrect and in pairs, or groups of three, ask students to highlight the error and correct the sentence, e.g. I don’t have any children, I have 3 children, etc.
2. When they have finished, ask them what the error was and underline it on the board. To the right of the sentence, ask them to write their correct sentences in a column on the board. Go through them together as a class and ask which statement is true for them – underline it on the board.
3. Then, in their pairs, ask the students to change the statement from the first column into a question, e.g. Do you have any children? How many children do you have? Write on the board in a column to the right of the correct sentences.
4. Clarify understanding and explain any incorrect suggestions.
5. Give each student a Can you see the error of your ways… worksheet and individually ask students to circle the mistakes in sentences 1 to 12.
6. When they have finished, they check the answers with a partner.
7. Individually, students then write a correct sentence in the second column, making the statement true for them, as per the example.
8. When they have finished, they check the answers with a partner.
9. Individually, ask the students to change the statements from the first column into questions and write them down in the third column, as per the example.
10. Monitor closely. When they have finished, they check the answers with a partner.
11. Explain any mistakes on the board using the correct structures.
12. Then, put students into pairs, or groups of three, and ask them to interview each other using the questions.
13. If students need more practice, ask them to switch pairs / groups and repeat the process.

Fast finishers:

1. Ask students to write down 4 things they have learned about their classmates.

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P.S. Thank you Alex.