Learner applies the whole article procedure to unmarked text, where nothing tells them which fault to look for.
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Fourteen mixed cards, including two that are already correct.
The whole chapter assembled into one procedure, and where the fixed phrases sit.
Before any noun, ask them in this order.
1. Can I count it?
2. Has it been mentioned, or is there only one?
3. Am I talking about all of them, or particular ones?
I need ___ advice about ___ report you sent.
Q1: advice cannot be counted → no a.
Q2: you sent names one report → the.
Three gates, four exits, and one path that goes around them.
Three gates, four exits, and one path that goes around them.
Four chains. Answer the question before the article, with nothing naming the fault.
1. She gave me ______ advice about my application.
Can you count it?
So the article is .
2. I applied to a college in Delhi. ______ college replied last week.
Has it been mentioned before?
So the article is .
3. ______ unemployment is rising among young people.
All of them, or particular ones?
So the article is .
4. ______ whole, the new policy has worked.
Is this a fixed phrase?
So the missing words are .
Twelve article positions across all six faults.
education is the most powerful tool a country has.
Last year my city opened new technical college. college now trains four hundred students.
Most of them come from families who could not afford private school.
They receive advice about careers, and equipment they use is paid for by the city.
whole, the results have been good. unemployment among graduates has fallen.
government of my state now plans to open second college.
general, this is a good use of public money. In long run it will cost less than doing nothing.
Four sentences on a Task 2 prompt, reported back by fault type.
Should governments pay for university education?
Write four sentences giving your view.
Use at least one general claim, and refer back to something you have already mentioned at least once.
Keep the sentences short.
Four sentences. Short is better than long.
Name the question you forget most often.