Pre-Interview Language Awareness Task
PRE-INTERVIEW LANGUAGE AWARENESS TASK
Language awareness is an important part of any CELTA Course and these questions have been prepared to start you thinking about language issues. Consult a suitable grammar book before completing the answers on a separate sheet. Useful reference books include:
Practical English Usage by Michael Swan, published by OUP
English Grammar in use, by Raymond Murphy, published by CUP
Heinemann English Grammar, published by Beaumont & Grainger
Practical English Grammar by Thomson and Martinet, published by OUP
A. STRUCTURES
1. Give an example of each of the following tenses (1 sentence each)
Present simple
Present continuous
Past simple
Past continuous
Present perfect simple
Present perfect continuous
Present simple passive
2. These sentences contain common errors. Correct them and say what rules are broken a) I am liking that picture b) She learns French since 2 years c) If he would inherit some money, he would buy a house d) Do you can understand? e) There is too much people here f) He asked what do I earn (keep in indirect form)
3. How would you explain and illustrate the difference between:
‘since’ and ‘for’ ‘some’ and ‘any’ Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous Will (future) and going to (future) Much / a lot of / many
B. FUNCTIONS
1. Comment on the ranked order of the following ways of asking permission
a) OK if I go home now? b) Can I go home now? c) May I go home now? d) Do you think I might go home now?
2 Think of 4 ways of apologising and rank them in a similar way. Which would you teach first and why?
3. The following pairs of sentences have the same grammatical structure but in each case the function is different. Try to paraphrase each sentence to show the
Language awareness is an important part of any CELTA Course and these questions have been prepared to start you thinking about language issues. Consult a suitable grammar book before completing the answers on a separate sheet. Useful reference books include:
Practical English Usage by Michael Swan, published by OUP
English Grammar in use, by Raymond Murphy, published by CUP
Heinemann English Grammar, published by Beaumont & Grainger
Practical English Grammar by Thomson and Martinet, published by OUP
A. STRUCTURES
1. Give an example of each of the following tenses (1 sentence each)
Present simple
Present continuous
Past simple
Past continuous
Present perfect simple
Present perfect continuous
Present simple passive
2. These sentences contain common errors. Correct them and say what rules are broken a) I am liking that picture b) She learns French since 2 years c) If he would inherit some money, he would buy a house d) Do you can understand? e) There is too much people here f) He asked what do I earn (keep in indirect form)
3. How would you explain and illustrate the difference between:
‘since’ and ‘for’ ‘some’ and ‘any’ Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous Will (future) and going to (future) Much / a lot of / many
B. FUNCTIONS
1. Comment on the ranked order of the following ways of asking permission
a) OK if I go home now? b) Can I go home now? c) May I go home now? d) Do you think I might go home now?
2 Think of 4 ways of apologising and rank them in a similar way. Which would you teach first and why?
3. The following pairs of sentences have the same grammatical structure but in each case the function is different. Try to paraphrase each sentence to show the