Your two against the log
Read out the two errors you wrote down. Your teacher will say whether each one is in the log — and how many times.
An error you can name yourself is already half repaired. An error you cannot name is the one that follows you into B1.
One question before we open the log.
1. Why does correcting your own recorded errors work better than doing a grammar exercise?
The log
Eight utterances, transcribed as they were said. Some are correct. Find the ones that are not.
From Lesson 5 — verbatim
1. My sister work in a school.
2. Yes, I do. I go three times a week.
3. He go never to the gym.
4. Do your mother cook every day?
5. She doesn't works at weekends.
6. No, she doesn't. She studies at night.
7. I am never late.
8. How often she gets up before six?
Read all eight first. Then answer.
1. How many of the eight are already correct?
2. Sentences 1 and 4 share one error family. Which?
3. Sentence 5 and sentence 8 fail for opposite reasons. What is the pattern?
Four families, four fixes
What went wrong, and the one-line rule that fixes it
| Family | What it sounds like | The rule |
|---|---|---|
| Missing -s | He, she, it → the verb takes -s. Always. | |
| Double -s | Marked once per clause. If does has it, the verb goes bare. | |
| Adverb position | Before the main verb; after be. | |
| Missing auxiliary | Every question needs do/does/are before the subject. |
Match each broken sentence from the log to the family it belongs to. Two of them belong to the same family.
The single sentence to memorise. If you only keep one thing from this unit, keep this:
She doesn't work, but she works at weekends.
One sentence, both halves of the rule. The -s is on doesn't in the first clause and on works in the second — never on both, never on neither.
Repair, then repair again
Two passes. The first is written and slow; the second is spoken and fast.
The eight log sentences, minus the three that were already correct, plus four more of the same families. Rewrite each one in full.
1. My sister work in a school.
2. He go never to the gym.
3. Do your mother cook every day?
4. She doesn't works at weekends.
5. How often she gets up before six?
6. My brother don't have a car.
7. Where your father works?
8. She is usually not at home.
Same four families, no visible errors to react to. One word per gap.
My brother (not / work) on Mondays. He (usually) sleeps until eleven. your brother do that? Mine (never) answers his phone before midday, and he (not / have) a job at the moment. How often you see him? I (hardly) ever see him, honestly.
Say it again, clean
Task card · Speaking
Repeat the Lesson 5 exchange — same eight items, same partner, same speed.
Fewer than three errors from the four families. Your teacher logs again, so the two logs are directly comparable.
- Do not slow down to be accurate. The point is accuracy at speed — slowing down proves nothing.
- Every short answer still needs the extra-information move after it.
- At the end, ask for the number before you hear the sentences.
Halfway through, stop and answer. Then carry on.
1. Which family are you still losing?
2. What are you doing differently from Lesson 5?
Two logs
Compare the two counts your teacher just read out.
1. Did the number go down?
2. Which one error will you watch for in Lesson 7?
One sentence to keep
Rebuild the sentence from Phase 03 — the one that holds both halves of the rule.
Before Lesson 7. You will record yourself on video. Tonight, watch thirty seconds of anyone introducing themselves in English — a YouTube channel trailer works well — and note only this: how do they start, and how do they finish?