Assignment 2- Language Related Task

CAMBRIDGE ESOL CELTA
ASSIGNMENT 2- LANGUAGE RELATED TASK
TASK A- Analyse sentences 1-5 in terms of form, meaning and use, pronunciation and problems for learners
1) Have you ever been to Thailand?

Form:
  auxiliary-
  present
    simple-       subj.                           verb-                                 proper
“to have”   pronoun + adverb + past participle + preposition + noun
  Have     +     you       + ever     +     been           +       to           + Thailand?

Meaning and use:
The present perfect. Questions whether someone has been to Thailand in their life-time.
Used to talk about an action happening at an unspecified time in the past.
The adverb “ever” is used to find out if an event took place.

Pronunciation:
/hæv juː ɛvǝ biːn tƏ taɪӀænd?/
I’ve         =
you’ve   =
he’s       =
she’s     =
we’ve     =
they’ve   =

Problems:
Students may be tempted to use the past perfect instead of the present perfect as they are talking about something that happened in the past.

In the early stages of learning students may try to use the verb “to go” which is often used with visiting places i.e. “have you ever gone to Thailand?”

Students may confuse “ever” with “never”, used in a negative response to the question or in general negative statements. They may also say “not ever” instead of never and may miss the “no” out in negative replies. They may also struggle with correct positioning of the adverbs in the sentence.
Eg, “No, I’ve never been to Thailand
Pronunciation: Contraction of “I/you/he/she/we + have” = “I’ve/you’ve/he’s/she’s/we’ve etc.
May need to drill this if new language.

2) I’m meeting him on Friday
                              verb-
            subject       present                       object     +                   +   proper
Form:   pronoun +   tense of   +….ing   +   pronoun + preposition + noun
                              “to be”
                I           + am           + ….ing +     him       +       on...