Don’t Say ‘Do You Understand?’ — 5 Better Tools
1. What is an ICQ? Instruction Checking Question — checks students understood the task instructions (not the language).
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The Question That Changed My Teaching — CCQs
Target: 'You must wear a seatbelt.' — Is option A or B better? A: 'Do you understand must?' B: 'Is this a rule or a choice?' B — it checks the concept (obligation vs choice)…
Plans I Made at CDG Airport — Future Forms
1. I've already bought the tickets — we ___ fly to Paris next month. are flying (fixed arrangement)
Moving Island — Prepositions: In, On, At
1. She works ___ a hospital. at (specific point / institution)
A Sommelier Counts What You Can’t — Countable & Uncountable
1. furniture U — 'some furniture', NOT 'a furniture' or 'furnitures'
A Coffee, the Machine, Some Patience — Articles
1. She is ___ English teacher. an (vowel sound: 'English' starts with /ɛ/)
What the Doctor Told Me — Reported Speech
2. 'We are going to Paris tomorrow.' → They said they ___ were going to Paris the next day.
If I’d Never Left Bangladesh — Second Conditional
1. Complete: If I ___ (be) taller, I ___ (play) basketball. were / would play
The Casino Floor at 3am — Workplace Vocabulary
1. What is a 'shift'? A period of working time (e.g. morning shift, night shift)
I Have Lived in Four Countries — Present Perfect
1. I ___ (visit) Paris in 2018. visited (past simple — finished time: 2018)