Match the teacher’s actions in the box below to their respective techniques for presenting new language.

Action 1: Teacher has students repeat pronunciation of specific words in a text. Action 2: Teacher asks students about their favorite sports after reading a text on rugby. Action 3: Teacher uses a well-known short story to present the simple past. Action 4: Teacher plays the corresponding audio to a text presented in class.

Check the alternative that corresponds to the following order of types of errors: (1) Prepositions – (2) pronouns – (3) articles

Read the teacher’s comments in the box below and check the alternative that corresponds to the sequence of jargons that adequately represent them.

Comment 1: It is expected that beginners mistake certain prepositions such as to and for.
Comment 2: This student usually does not make such mistake. Maybe he was nervous during the presentation.
Comment 3: This mistake refers to a grammatical structure that makes perfect sense in Brazilian Portuguese.

Correction of students’ work constitutes a relevant part of teaching-learning process. Given that, understanding the nature of students’ incorrect language productions is key to effective correction. Assuming the sentences in the box below are productions from Brazilian students, check the alternative which labels the presented language problems accordingly.


I have 12 years old. - I goed to school yesterday. - I am with a headache. - She work in the morning.

Check the alternative that corresponds to the correct phonemic transcription of the final –ed sounds of the sequence of regular verbs presented below:


Corrected – worked – seemed – studied

Check the alternative that corresponds to the phonemic transcription of the words below.

Sheep –ship – Cheap – Chip

The vowel sounds present in the words below correspond to the minimal pair:

Heat – hit

Check the alternative that represents the right context for the use of the phrasal verb CALL OFF.

Check the alternative that represents a correct statement about PHRASAL VERBS.

Read the three idioms below and check the alternative which represents their correct usage.

Idiom 1: Better late than never Idiom 2: go back to the drawing board Idiom 3: make a long story short