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Classic Mistakes

Classic Mistakes. Guy Thistlethwaite 19th June, 2012. Objectives. Mistakes and errors What’s the difference ? Why do we make them ? What are the typical mistakes from Spanish speakers speaking English?

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Classic Mistakes

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  1. ClassicMistakes GuyThistlethwaite 19th June, 2012

  2. Objectives • Mistakes and errors • What’sthedifference? • Why do wemakethem? • What are thetypicalmistakesfromSpanishspeakersspeaking English? • Todaywe’ll look at commonvocab and grammarmistakes and try toclear up anymisconceptions

  3. Weallmakemistakes… • Uso normal • Que prefieres, espárragos o ensalada? • Chicken?

  4. Vocabulary • Teams of 3 or 4 • Dice and counters • Youlandon a square and decide ifthesentenceiscorrectorincorrect • Ifyouthinkitisincorrectyouhavetocorrectit • Youropponentsdiscusswhetheryou are rightornot • Iftheyagreeyou are rightthenyoustaywhereyou are, iftheyagreeyou are wrongyougo back 3 spaces • Thewinneristhefirstonetogettothefrontdoor!

  5. Fill in the gaps… • Guy: _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ night? • Mick: _____ _____ _____ _____ cinema • Guy: _____ _____ _____ see? • Mick: _____ _____ Batman • Guy: _____ _____ good? • Mick: _____, _____ _____ great!

  6. Easy! • Guy: What did you do last night? • Mick: I went to the cinema • Guy: What did you see? • Mick: I saw Batman • Guy: Was it good? • Mick: Yes, it was great!

  7. A joke… • Man: My wife’s gone to the Caribbean… • Friend: Jamaica? • Man: No, she went of her own accord.

  8. What’s the homophone? dʒəmeɪkə Jamaica? Did you make her?

  9. But Guy, what about… • What do you do? • What did you do? /´wɒʤjədu:/

  10. , Stop clubbing baby seals And grammar is very important

  11. True or false? • In teamsdiscusswhethereachsentenceisgramaticallycorrectorincorrect • Thenbetbetween 10 and 100 pointsdependingonhowconfidentyou are – ignore thelast 2 columnsfornow • Theteamwiththemostpointswins

  12. Presentperfect

  13. Conditionals are easy!

  14. Active

  15. Active

  16. Passive

  17. Themselvesoreachother?

  18. Do I double? • Write • Shoot • Short • Remember • Focus • Fat • Thin • Stop • Regret • Travel

  19. ING orinfinitive

  20. ING orinfinitive

  21. ING orinfinitive

  22. Questionwords…important? • Howmuch?

  23. Questionwords • _________ is the sacred river of India? • _________ country is Mecca? • _________ is the GUM department store? • _________ wrote “The Republic”? • _________ strings does a violin have? • _________ is atmospheric pressure measured? • _________ section of the orchestra does the drum belong? • _________ river is London situated? • _________ would you be if you were speaking Dutch? • _________ is P.T.O. an abbreviation? • _________ bones are there in the human body? • _________ did the first man walk on the moon? • _________ actors have played James Bond?

  24. Wholoveswhom?

  25. Auxiliaryverbs

  26. Auxiliaryverbs • Agreeing • ++ So do I • -- Neither do I • Disagreeing • -+ I can • +- I can’t • Contradicting • -+ I will • +- I won’t • Yes you are! • No you aren’t!

  27. Aaaah! Phrasal veeerbs!! • Look after • get across • hand over • break down • let in • wind up • put off • fit in • Send away • take in • move around • put up with • look through • hold on • get on with • let down

  28. Theyhavegrammar! • Transitive separable • Transitive inseparable • Intransitive • 3 word verbs

  29. The chotis schotish

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