Can you see the error of your ways? Sequel

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. The mistakes in the exercise are genuine mistakes made by my own students during Continuously present and How well do you know your folks? activities.

Level: A2

Time: 45 minutes

Objectives:

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

Materials (Click on the worksheet below to download the PDF file):

Can you see the error of your ways sequel worksheet, one per student, per pair or a small team.

Procedure:

On the left hand side of the board, write I have 2 childrens and in pairs, or groups of three, ask students to highlight the error and correct it.
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 on the board. Go through them together as a class and ask which statement is true for them e.g. I don’t have any children, I have one child, I have two children etc.
Then, in their pairs or individually, ask the students to change the statement from the second column into a question, e.g. Do you have any children? How many children do you have? Write on the board to the right of the correct sentences.
Clarify understanding and explain any incorrect suggestions.
Give each student Can you see the error of your ways sequel… or display it on the screen if you are using Zoom and individually ask students to circle the mistakes in sentences 1 to 10.
When they have finished, check together as a class.
Individually, students then write correct sentences in the second column, making each statement true for them, as per the example ( if you are using Zoom ask students to make notes on a piece of paper and when they are finished copy the examples on the board).
Check together as a class.
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.
Monitor closely. When they have finished, they check the answers with a partner.
Explain any mistakes on the board.
Then, put students into pairs, or groups of three, and ask them to interview each other using the questions.
If students need more practice, ask them to switch pairs / groups and repeat the process.