Teaching grammar to A2 Restricted output: drills, exercises, dialogues

Variations on a drill

1. 
   Repeat the grammar item on its own.
   
2. 
   Repeat the grammar item in a phrase/sentence.
   
3. 
   Repeat the intonation pattern (as hummed music, no words).
   
4. 
   Repeat the grammar item with exaggerated attention to intonation.
   
5. 
   Repeat only the stressed syllables in a sentence ('get the rhythm'), then later 'put back' the missing syllables.
   
6. 
   Repeat a sentence, building it up bit by bit, starting with the first word(s)/syllable(s).
   
7. 
   Repeat by 'backchaining'·(i.e. build up the sentence bit by bit, starting at the end rather than the beginning).
   
8. 
   You give opening of sentence, students complete it. 9 You give part of sentence, students complete it
   

10. 
    You introduce sentence by repetition, then say new word that must be substituted within it.
    
11. 
    You introduce sentence by repetition. Students must respond with a follow-on 'reply'.
    

12. 
    You introduce sentence by repetition, then give an instruction for transformation of sentence (e.g. 'Change to the past perfect').
    
13. 
    You say sentence with errors (e.g. words in wrong order), students put it right.
    
14. 
    You say/show cues (e.g. some key words, pictures) and students construct a complete sentence.
    
15. 
    You ask real questions about students' lives. Students respond with true sentences, all using the same grammatical item.
    

16 You invent or read a shorttext (one or two sentences), then ask questions about it, all using the same grammatical item.