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Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as
the first one. You must use the words in parentheses.
I won’t come to the barbecue if it rains. (unless)I........................................it rains.
Teach grammar rules so that students can more easily work things out
for themselves.✓ Preposition agreement: Choosing the right preposition is pretty difficult
because there aren’t always rules to follow, so highlight which preposi-
tion goes with which verb or other part of speech.
✓ Collocations and chunks of vocabulary: Sometimes there is no par-
ticular rule about which words go together, so you just have to teach
a whole phrase at once and highlight to students that those words fit
together in a particular way.✓ Identify part of speech: In a cloze test, one where you have to fill in the
gaps, you can decide whether a preposition or adjective or other part of
speech is missing to help guess the answer.
Read the sentence and think of the word which best fits the space.He would often......visit..........the forest.
✓ Prefixes and suffixes: Once students know which part of speech they
need, it’s easier to manipulate a base word by adding to it. Here’s an
example.
Use the word given in capitals to make a new word which fits in the
space.At the computer company, all the ......programmers........... take
their break at 1pm.
PROGRAMME
✓ Dictionary usage: Train students to use dictionaries efficiently. They
are a tremendous source of information so if students read more of the
entry for a particular word, they will learn about all the associated parts
of speech and synonyms too.
✓ Editing: Students should be used to editing their own work from your
correction code. However, they often have to apply grammar rules to
eliminate words from a text in exams. For this reason, always try to
explain why a sentence is incorrect.If a line has a word in it which is incorrect, write that word in the space
provided.
1) Even though my car it was driving smoothly, I took it to the mechanic.