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S THAT WHAT YOU MEAN ? 50 COMMON MISTAKES AND HOW TO CORRECT THEM PAUL HANCOCK il , | om — filititt Reger al nn 02 apn Ee ete a Ee Sleeper thee Cuceameelems, Introduction UnitOne Practice A Practice B Unit Two Practice A Practice B Unit Three Practice A Practice Unit Four Practice A Practice B UnitFive Practice A Practice B Answers UnitOne Practice A Practice UaitTWo Practice A Practice B Unit Three Practice A Practice B Unit Foor Practice A Practice B UnicFive Practice A CONTENTS S8e ase sae teu eye 1 7 a 9 INTRODUCTION ‘othe Student Bverybody mates mistakes when they lear a language and cveryboy ante conrect het as such as posible, Thisis ‘ical fou donot understand ny somethings wrong. fs That Whar You Mea? wl lp you to understand why a mistake is ‘wrong and help yout correct Thin isthe best ay fo we each nit of this book 1. Locka the pltres and explanations and correct the risks 2, Looks the answer in dhe ack ofthe book to check that your 4, Dore fist practic exercise A Lark gain atthe pictres and explanation if you arena sure the practice sentences lteright or wrong. Corret the sentences which re wrong, 4 heck your answers to exercie An the back of the book. 5, Dothe practice exerciteB. Look atthe pictures and explanations again if yoo are not sure what to ert. 6. Check youranewer. ‘Tothe Teacher “This book canbe ued in « General English clas or an extra sramimarclas, wth students weno are at Intermediate level Tower Intermediate student will beable to we the book but ay need more hep from yo. Ie is ery easy tose pd wil help allstudenta to ce why some of the common mistakes they make fre wrong, snd give them practice aero cretion whichis both llective and enjoyable, Each wnt deal with variety of crore, covering tena, ocr grammatical points (eats), ‘confused word and prepositions, There an answer bey athe back ofthe bok. How to use each un fF the book 1. Puc the students in pais or groups. Aakthem to ook atthe pictures and explanations and correct the mistake, 2, When they have finished, check se corrections a class Ak thestudents explain again why the at sentence was ron 5. Ask them tod te fis practic exercise Ain pairs or groups, ‘You could teachor check any vocabulary which your cas -might aot now. You ea go rnd and hepany students ‘who are having problems by refering chem tthe relevant picture and explanation. 4. Check he answers ara eae ad make ore hat they “understand why each sentence was ight or wrong, ad why the mistake are fay. 5 Ask them tod the gpl exercise in pairs or groups. Aga, you could teach or check voeabulary fnecenary bere they ‘othe exercise, and help any stadents eh ar having problems. This execae col alo be done for homework oF Ina ater lesion orrevsion, 6. Check the answers in clas ‘The pictures and explanations are useful oer back tof stents make any ofthese mistakes in later classes in hei homework

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