Approaches to teaching language systems for communication

Activity 3. From the marked areas A, B, C and D, identify the one that is wrong, correct it.

1. It (A) has recently (B) been report from India that Malaysian students (C) studying medicine (D) will have to pay more.

2. Ladies and gentlemen, I strongly (A) opposed the motion (B) that science (C) has done more harm than good (D) in the world today.

3. The students (A) paid little attention to the newcomers as (B) they were quite (C) used to having visitors (D) on the classroom.

4. When the rescuers (A) arrived at the village (B) after the typhoon, they found the villagers (C) in a cave (D) shout for help.

5. One of the girls (A) have lost her purse. She (B) left it in her bag (C) when she went to the field (D) for P.E.

6. Murthy is a (A) very (B) carefully driver. I (C) can't understand how he (D) got involved in that silly accident.

7. (A) Ivan's paintings are (B) very admired by my parents but (C) I am quite (D) unimpressed by them.

8. You (A) shouldn't worry (B) of getting (C) married. You're (D) still very young.

9. When my parents (A) grow old. (B) I'll take (C) care about them because they (D) have been very good to me.

10. (A) Did you (B) enjoy this cake ? You (C) can asked my mother for (D) the recipe.

Answers:

1. B; 2. A; 3. D; 4. D; 5. A; 6. B; 7. B; 8. B; 9. C; 10. C
Activity 4. Letters a to j below outline ten steps in a procedure for correcting students errors. Place the steps in the correct order.