- Items
- 10
- Time
- About 7 minutes in total
- Scoring
- Correct or incorrect
- Tests
- Word order and grammar
What the task looks like
Some words are already in place. The tiles may include phrases of two or three words, and sometimes there is one extra tile you do not need. About half the answers are questions, which is where most errors happen.
A fast method
- 01Read the first speaker’s line. It tells you whether the reply is a question or a statement.
- 02Find the main verb first, then its subject.
- 03Place the auxiliary (do, have, can, will) before the subject in questions.
- 04Add objects, then time and place phrases, which usually go at the end.
- 05Read the full sentence in your head. If it sounds wrong, it usually is.
Speaker A: "I missed the lecture this morning." Reply: Do you know ___ ___ ___ ___? Tiles: [the notes] [where] [can] [I find]
Answer
Do you know where I can find the notes?
This is an indirect question: after "Do you know", the subject comes before the verb. "Where can I find" would be wrong here.
The five most common traps
Not quite
Better
- Can you tell me where is the office?Can you tell me where the office is?
- She has never before been to Canada.She has never been to Canada before.
- I want know if it is open.I want to know if it is open.
- The book that I borrowed it is late.The book that I borrowed is late.
- Did you went to the seminar?Did you go to the seminar?
Every trap above is covered in the grammar guide. If you lose points here, study questions and word order first.
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