ANIA C1 Group 2 Lesson 3

Class

1. Analysing mistakes

Areas to work on

• Future continuous
• Past perfect tenses
• Expressions for the near future:

To be on the point of doing something
To be about to do something

• Expressions of certainty

To be sure to do something
To be bound to do something

2. Vocabulary skills - wrong word exercise

Commonly confused words
(CAE Epert)

Pay particular attention to changes in word form (usually signalled by a change in spelling and or pronunciation) e.g. practise/practice, use /s/ and use /z/.

Also consider tranistive and intransitive forms:
Rise/rose/risen versus raise/raised/raised
Lie/lay/lain/lying versus lay/laid/laid/laying

Assume/presume 
Both mean to take for granted but you assume without proof and presume based on reasonable grounds, probability or evidence.
"To assume makes an ass of both you and me."

Chances/possibilities
There is some overlap in meaning here but be careful when you mean the likelihood of something happening (chances) or the potential for favourable results (possibilities).

Beside - preposition of place meaning next to
Besides - adverb meaning in addition or furthermore


Pronunciation
Conscientious /kɒnʃienʃəs/

Homework

• Finish the remaining questions (17 -18) 
• When you have finished the whole exercise try to categorise the type of vocabulary mistakes that you had to correct e.g. False friends (check/control), transitive or intransitive verbs (rise/raise, lie/lay) or countable/uncountable nouns (work/job)