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Activity - Analysing grammatical range and accuracy

Listen to Judy answering this question about tourist spots in her country. Then analyse her answer by completing the checklist below. The first one has been done for you as an example.

Question

Describe a place you would recommend to tourists visiting your country.


Grammar checklist Yes No
Grammatical range    
Simple, compound and complex sentences    
* Did Judy use a range of sentence structures?
* Did Judy use a variety of conjunctions?
Grammatical accuracy    
Verb tense    
* Did Judy use the correct tense?
Modal verbs    
* Did Judy use modal verbs appropriately?
Articles    
* Did Judy use correct articles?
Comparatives and superlatives    
* Did Judy use comparatives and superlatives correctly?
Conditionals    
* Did Judy use conditionals correctly?
* Can you find any other grammar problems?

Now compare a corrected version of Judy's answer to the original answer.

Now let’s do some activities to practise how to assess your own grammatical range and accuracy.

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