Your two against the log
Read out your two errors. Your teacher will say whether each is in the log, and how many times something like it happened.
One question before we open the log.
1. Which of your two errors will be easier to fix?
The log
From Lesson 5 — verbatim
1. You should to go early.
2. I like sitting there with a book.
3. If you do not mind to walk twenty minutes…
4. I would rather to do something quiet.
5. I enjoy to eat there.
6. If you want to eat well, go two streets back.
7. Do you should book?
8. I prefer walking than driving.
Read all eight aloud before you answer.
1. How many are completely correct?
2. Sentences 1, 4 and 7 fail the same way. How?
3. Sentences 3 and 5 fail a different way. How?
4. Sentence 7 is Do you should book? What exactly is wrong?
Three families, three fixes
What went wrong, and the one-line rule that fixes it
| Family | What it sounds like | The rule |
|---|---|---|
| Modal + something | A modal takes the bare verb, no -s, no do. Four refusals, no exceptions. | |
| Wrong pattern | The pattern belongs to the verb. Learn it with the word. | |
| prefer … than | prefer A to B. Unpredictable, and it just has to be known. |
Family 1 is finishable today. Five modals, four refusals, no exceptions. If you can say the four refusals from memory by the end of this lesson, that error is done.
Family 2 is not. It is a vocabulary project. Every time you meet a new verb, learn what follows it at the same time — the way you learn its spelling.
Put the four things a modal refuses in the order they appear in the log.
Match each log sentence to its family. Three belong to the same one, and two are not errors.
Repair, then produce
The log errors plus four more of the same families. Rewrite each one in full.
1. You should to go early.
2. I would rather to do something quiet.
3. Do you should book?
4. I enjoy to eat there.
5. If you do not mind to walk, go from the station.
6. I prefer walking than driving.
7. He musts book in advance.
8. I want going early.
No visible errors this time. Write the verb in brackets in the right form.
If you do not mind (get) up early, you should (go) to the market before eight. I love (walk) there — I prefer (walk) to (take) the bus. You must (try) the fish. If you want (eat) properly, go two streets back — and honestly I would rather (queue) there than sit down anywhere near the cathedral.
Three more recommendations, clean
Task card · Speaking
Three different places, or three things to do on a rainy day. Three minutes.
Fewer than three errors from the three families. Your teacher logs again, so the two logs compare directly.
- Reader first, then the place. Four moves each.
- Do not slow down. Accuracy at normal speed is the target.
- The three banned words are still banned.
Stop at ninety seconds.
1. Which family is still slipping?
2. Compared with Lesson 5?
Two logs
Compare the counts your teacher just read.
1. Did the modal errors go down?
2. And the verb patterns?
3. What will you do about the patterns?
Four refusals, from memory
Thirty seconds. Match each wrong sentence to the refusal it breaks.
Before Lesson 7. Next lesson you write 160 words: "My Top 3". Food, places or activities — your choice.
Decide which three tonight. Write nothing else.