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Hi teachers.Are these directions right?According to this answer: yes, it is our appartement.Circle the letter of the correct question.a) Is it we apartment?b) Is it our aparment?c) Is it yours apartemt?Should I use a colon or a comma after ... this 'answer'?Should I capitalize 'yes',  ... apartment or not?Should I say ' Circle the letter of the correct 'question' or ... correct 'yes question'?Thanks in advance.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

'According to' is an awkward structure here; I suggest that you simply present the response:

"Yes, it is our apartment." Circle the letter of the question below that prompts this response.

a) Is it we apartment?

b) Is it our apartment?

c) Is it yours apartment?

However, none of your 'question' answers is correct. The correct question is 'Is it your apartment?'

And I can't say how disappointed I am that you are still using unreal English even when you are not artificially testing a structure. No native speaker would answer 'Yes, it is our apartment'. They would answer, 'Yes, it is.' - and that real English would work as well in your test here as the unreal English you are misleading your students with.

Tenacious Learner · Answer

Mister MicawberHowever, none of your 'question' answers is correct. The correct question is 'Is it your apartment?'

Sorry. I made a mistake. Option 'b' is 'Is it your apartment?'

Mister MicawberNo native speaker would answer 'Yes, it is our apartment'. They would answer, 'Yes, it is.'

The exercise is done to use possessive adjectives. If I tell them that we can answer 'Yes, it is' there is no practise at all for the possessives.

Mister MicawberAnd I can't say how disappointed I am that you are still using unreal English even when you are not artificially testing a structure.

I'm very sorry to disappoint you. My resources for teaching must be very few, sorry. Definitely it was not a very flattering comment. Criticism is good as long as it is constructive.
You never know how is the receiver, in this case me. And today I have not had a very good day.

Khoff · Answer

Sorry you've had a bad day. How about a nice cup of tea

? Or maybe a beer

?

Tenacious Learner · Answer

Thank you so much for your words. I'll take a nice cup of tea.

By the way, is it so wrong to ask:

According to this answer, "Yes, it is our apartment."
Circle the letter of the correct question.
a) Is it we apartment?
b) Is it your apartment?
c) Is it yours apartment?

Mister Micawber · Answer

The exercise is done to use possessive adjectives. If I tell them that we can answer 'Yes, it is' there is no practise at all for the possessives.-- The practice here is in the questions; that is why you have wasted a chance to teach real English. And there are plenty of other ways to teach possessives: gather various articles from the students; put them in a pile; have them identify the possessions.

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