Language Analysis Sheet for Lexis
Word (part of speech) Meaning
 /phonemic transcript/ Write the definition so that it is
 stress  graded to the ability of your students
 in the context of your lesson
Pay attention to lower and upper
case accuracy
Wrong I will use three pictures: two people
fighting, a person riding on the
/rɔːŋ/ wrong way, and an out-of-order
machine to elicit the meaning at the
beginning of the class.
adjective
MS:
1. There’s something wrong with
it.
Meaning: It has a problem/doesn’t
work.
2. There’s nothing wrong with it.
Meaning: Something is working ok.
3. What’s wrong? (+with sb)
Meaning: What’s the problem?
4. Everything’s gone wrong
Meaning: Everything’s failed or
turned out badly.
5. You’ve got a wrong number.
Meaning: Used when you get a
phone number you didn’t want.
Anticipated Difficulties
Outline any difficulties or confusion students are
likely to have with regard to
 meaning
 form
 pronunciation.
Meaning: I don’t anticipate a problem
with the meaning – will use pictures,
CCQs, and matching activity to help sts get
the meaning for all the ‘wrong’
expressions.
Form: When used as an adjective, sts need
to pay attention that when using the
structure ‘something/nothing wrong’, the
adjective is actually placed after the noun,
which may be not common for them. If
they say‘wrong something’, it will cause a
change in meaning, which means treat
someone unfairly.
Pronunciation: Pay attention to the ‘wr’
sound since they are pronounced as only
one sound /r/, tell sts to make sure they are
not touching their teeth with their tongues
when pronouncing the /r/ sound. Also give
more examples like ‘write and wrap’.
Possible solutions
Provide a solution, which is clearly linked to the
difficulty/ies you have identified.
 CCQs
 Strategies for visualizing or modelling form /
pronunciation
 Illustrations, visuals
CCQ to reinforce meaning:
Picture 1:
a) If they are fighting, it means there are
problems with them, right? [Yes]
b) If we want to ask what’s the problem,
what can we say? [what’ wrong]
Picture 2:
a) If you walk/ride/drive from left to
right on a one-way road like this, is it
the correct way? [No]
b) Is it the wrong way? [Yes]
Picture 3:
a) If something is out-of-order, does it
work? [No]
b) If it doesn’t work, means there is
something wrong or nothing wrong
with it? [something wrong]
Wrong something:
a) If you wrong sb/sth, does it mean
sb/sth made a mistake? [No]
b) Does it mean you made a mistake
when judging or treating them? [Yes]

Word (part of speech)
 /phonemic transcript/
 stress
Pay attention to lower and upper
case accuracy
Language Analysis Sheet for Lexis
Meaning
Write the definition so that it is
 graded to the ability of your students
 in the context of your lesson
6. It’s the wrong way up.
Meaning: Means that the bottom is
where the top should be.
7. It’s the wrong way round.
Meaning: Means that the front is at
the back and the back is at the front.
8. It’s in the wrong place.
Meaning: Means something is not
where it should be.
9. You were completely wrong
about her.
Meaning: Means you judged
someone unfairly.
Anticipated Difficulties Possible solutions
Outline any difficulties or confusion students are Provide a solution, which is clearly linked to the
likely to have with regard to difficulty/ies you have identified.
 meaning  CCQs
 Strategies for visualizing or modelling form /
 form pronunciation
 pronunciation.  Illustrations, visuals
Form: I will elicit that the ‘wrong’s
covered in MS are adjectives. After that,
ask sts to go through all the MS and
identify that the first two uses are
different, then talk about the word order
and the change in meaning to stress the
form when using the adjective form of
‘wrong’.
Pronunciation: I will model and drill
the /r/ sound in OC chorally and
individually.