Assignment 2.1 Language Written Tak: Problems And Answers

Assignment 2

1 LANGUAGE RELATED TASK

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GRAMMAR a) When I arrived at the cinema, the film had started. (intermediate)

Meaning

In this grammar structure “the film had started” means that one thing happened before another. The film started first.

CQs: Are both events in the past? Yes. Did I arrive at the cinema? Yes. Did the film start? Yes. Was I there when the film started? No.

Teaching Contexts

Birthdays can be a good context. ( The internet had been invented, when I was born.) Being late ( When I arrived at the airport, the plane had landed.)

Form

Subject + had + V3 ( past participle)
Contraction is ( ‘d)
Here ,had is an auxiliary verb . gives the past perfect meaning.

Pronunciation…show more content…
/ ʃʊd/ / həv/ /ˈstʌdid/

There is a link from should to have . Have has the weak form.

Anticipated Problems and Solutions

Problem 1: Students may ask why they don’t say “I must have” instead of “should have” because both must and should are used for obligation.
Solution 1: Tell them that must indicates a strong obligation. And “must have” is used for strong opinions based on evidences/facts.
Problem 2: Students may say “should has” when they see the third person.
Solution 2: Show them the difference between a sentence with modal auxiliary verb and auxiliary verb .
e.g. She has studied. She should have studied.

Problem 3: Some students may pronounce the “l” in the sentence because they had been taught that way before.
Solution 3: Model and drill more.

References:
Yule, G. (1998) Explaining English Grammar ( Oxford: Oxford University Press)
Cambridge Online Dictionary

VOCABULARY

a) I went to our local library yesterday. Vs I went to our local bookshop yesterday.(elementary)

Meaning

library (n) a building in which collections of books, CDs, newspapers etc. are kept for people to read, study or borrow.
e.g a public/ university…show more content…
Sometimes yes. Do you pay money for books in a library? No. Do you pay money for books in a bookshop? Yes.

Teaching Contexts: Places in a Town

Form

library [C] (n) bookshop [C] (n)

Pronunciation

library /ˈlaɪbrəri/

bookshop /ˈbʊkʃɒp/

Anticipated Problems and Solutions

Problem 1: The students may see no difference between the two words (. library and bookshop)
Solution 1: Ask the CQs to make the difference more clear.
Problem 2: Students may think that “bookshop” is a verb because they know the verb “to shop”.
Solution 2: Tell them to use their dictionaries and find the shop (n).
Problem 3: Students may not pronounce the shewa in the library /ə/
Solution 3: Help them with gestures, drill.

References: Cambridge Online Dictionary Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

b) He gave up smoking. (pre-intermediate )

Meaning

give up ( phr v) with give : to stop doing or having something. ( past, gave up)

CQs: Is it in the past? Yes. Did he smoke? Yes. Did he stop doing it? Yes. Was smoking a habit in the past? Yes

Teaching Contexts: Habits which we stopped doing.

Form

give up (phr v) present simple gave up ( phr v) past