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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is it wrong this kind of exercise?

Hi teachers,
Is it that wrong varying direct questions with direct instructions for a listening comprehension exercise?
Eg. Explain what he found and did at midday.
Eg. What did she put in front of Alex?

Thanks in advance.
  

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Hi, It's not wrong, as long as your intention is clear to the reader/listener. But why don't you just say this? What did he find and do at midday?

— Clive

  • Hi, It's not wrong, as long as your intention is clear to the reader/listener.
  • But why don't you just say this?
  • What did he find and do at midday?
  • Clive
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Hi,

It's not wrong, as long as your intention is clear to the reader/listener.

But why don't you just say this?
What did he find and do at midday?

Clive
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Thinking SpainIs it that wrong varying direct questions with direct instructions for a listening comprehension exercise?
Eg. Explain what he found and did at midday.
Eg. What did she put in front of Alex?
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. - R. W. Emerson

Varying the way you ask the students about the material keeps them o
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Hi Clive,
Thank you for your reply. Yes, the intention is very clear for my students.
In fact, we have already done some of these direct instruction with other exercises.

Best,
TS
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CalifJimA foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. - R. W. Emerson
Hi Jim,
Thank you for your reply and for Emerson's sentence. I didn't know the meaning of the word 'hobgoblin'.
All this thing arose because some time ago you gave me these direction for an exercise, 'Ask where Julia works, and then answer the question.Do you remember?
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Thinking Spainsome time ago you gave me these direction for an exercise, 'Ask where Julia works, and then answer the question.Do you remember?
No. I write hundreds of replies. I don't usually remember them so specifically.
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Hi Jim,
Thak you for your reply.
I've changed the directions for the listening and they are as follow:
Listen carefully and follow the instructions or complete the answers. Are they correct?
This is the exercise:
a) Explain what he found and did at midday.
b) Explain what happened at about three o’clock.
c) Where was Alex Dinon the next morning?
d) How did he
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Thinking Spaincorrect?
Yes, except that "a) ... found and did ..." seems odd grouped together.

Suppose he found a bus ticket. You can't say that he found and did a bus ticket.

You'll have to group it like this: what he found and what he did

CJ
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Hi Jim,
Thank you so much for your reply and correction.
So whenever I have two actions on the same instruction, it's much better to use the corresponding 'question words', for both of them. Right?

TS
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Thinking SpainSo whenever I have two actions on the same instruction, it's much better to use the corresponding 'question words', for both of them. Right?
I can't easily imagine all the instructions you'll ever write, so I can't make a blanket recommendation for all cases, but for the types of instructions you have showed here so far it seems that that is the
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CalifJimI can't easily imagine all the instructions you'll ever write, so I can't make a blanket recommendation for all cases, but for the types of instructions you have showed here so far it seems that that is the better method.
Hi Jim,
Thank you for your reply. You may not remember all your replies, but you certainly do about my intructions. Needlees to s
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