SAMPLE ANSWERS

SAMPLE ANSWERS
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Functions
Would you mind showing me your tickets?
Checking meaning:
CCQs:Is this about the past, present or future? (Present or future)
Is it important to do? (Yes)
Can the passenger choose? (No)
Can the collector merely say “tickets!”? (No)
Would the statement above be considered rude? (Yes)
Would customers be surprised by the comment above? ( yes)
Would uttering the word scalpel seem out of context? (yes)
Could the same sentence be used by a surgeon at the hospital without changing its meaning? (No)
Does the statement reveal the importance of context in language? (No)
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Pronunciation on board:   Would you mind showing me your tickets?
Showing pronunciation: / ˈʃəʊɪŋ/
Tickets pronunciation: / ɔː,jʊə/
Form and function on the board
Would you mind showing me your tickets?
Subject + has to + base verb = expresses an obligation ( the passenger has to show the collector the ticket).
Other utterance
…please show the collector your ticket…
Functions
Teachers should create clear contexts
Checking meaning:
CCQs:Is this about the past, present or future? (Present or future)
Is it important to do? (Yes)
Can the teacher choose? (No)
Is it mandatory to create clear contexts? (yes)
1524000108712000Pronunciation on board:   Teachers should create clear contexts
/ kriːˈeɪt / / ˈkɒntɛkst /
Form and function on the board
Teachers should create clear contexts
Subject + should + base verb = expresses an expectation
Other utterance
….

clear contexts should be developed by teachers…
Grammar
If a ticket collector said this, passengers would be confused (grammar)
Checking meaning
CCQs:
Were the passengers confused in the past? (Yes)
Are the passengers confused in the present? (Yes)
Will they be confused in the future? (Yes)
Is this a justified conclusion? (Yes)
Timeline:
Ticket collector says this passengers are confused
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Past Now Future
If a ticket collector said this, passengers would be confused
Grammar
I have left my scalpel at home (grammar)
Checking meaning
CCQs:
Was the scalpel left at home in the past? (Yes)
Is the scalpel important to the surgeon? (Yes)
Will it be left at home in the future? (Yes/no)
Is this a fact? (Yes)
Timeline:
Scalpel left at home scalpel not left at home
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Past Now Future
Pronunciation on board
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I have left scalpel my at home (grammar)
|skalp(ə)|
Form and label on the board
I have left scalpel my at home
Subject + have +base verb = I have left scalpel my at home
Other utterance
Please bring me the scalpel that I forgot at home
Vocabulary
Get away with
Checking meaning
CCQs: Is it a verb? (Yes)
Does it imply an action? ( Yes)
Is it a way of escaping blame? (Yes)
It is a way of avoiding punishment? (Yes)
Is the subject right? (No)
Are there consequences when one does this?( No)
Pronunciation on board
get away with
/ ɡɛt əˈweɪ wɪð/
Form on the board
get away with = verb
Vocabulary
Surgeon
Checking meaning
CCQs: Is it a person? (Yes)
Is it a verb? (No)
Is it a noun? (Yes)
Is it a person in a hospital? (Yes)
Is it a person in an operating theatre? (Yes)
Does the person take care of medical prescriptions? (No)
Pronunciation on board
Surgeon
/ səːdʒ(ə)n/
Form on the board
Surgeon = noun
Bibliography
Leech, G., Conrad, S., Cruickshank, B. and Ivanic, R. (2018). An A-Z of English Grammar & Usage. Cambridge: Longman Publishing Group.
Matsumoto, Y. and Dobs, A. (2016). Pedagogical Gestures as Interactional Resources for Teaching and Learning Tense and Aspect in the ESL Grammar Classroom. Language Learning, 67(1), pp.7-42.
Soanes, C. and Stevenson, A. (2006). The concise Oxford English dictionary. [Oxford]: Oxford University Press.