Essay on Celta Assignment 1

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CELTA WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1
LANGUAGE RELATED TASKS
1) The plane leaves at 10.00 tomorrow.
a) Present simple; present form of the verb.
b) Talking about a future event. ‘The present simple is used for ‘timetabled’ future events’ .
c) Students may use the infinitive of the verb instead of the present. (F)
Students may use ‘ing’ (present participle) form of verb. (F)
Students may have difficulty understanding the use of the present simple to talk about the future. (M)
Students may have difficulty understanding that it is a scheduled event. (M)
Students may have pronunciation difficulties with leaves, as it is said differently from how it is spelt. (Ph)
Students may have pronunciation difficulties with the linking of ‘leaves at’
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(F)
Students may use the preposition ‘to’- ‘just to had’. (F)
Students may have difficulty understanding this is something that has recently happened. (M)
Students may have difficulty in understanding the meaning of ‘just’. (M)
Students may have pronunciation difficulties with the contracted form of the verb ‘have’. (Ph)
Students may have pronunciation difficulties with just. (Ph)
Students may have pronunciation difficulties with liking of just had / /. (Ph)
d) Use a timeline to
e) Did you have lunch a long time ago? (No).
Are you hungry now? (No).

6) I’m going to visit my aunt tomorrow.
a) ‘going to’ form; present participle of auxiliary verb ‘go’ + infinitive.
b) Talking about a plan or intention.
c) Students may omit the verb ‘to be’ in forming the sentence. (F)
Students may omit the preposition ‘to’ in forming the sentence. (F)
Students may use the infinitive of the verb instead if ‘ing’. (F)
Students may have difficulty understanding that we are talking about the future because ‘this structure is really a present tense (the present progressive of go).’ (M)
Students may have difficulty in understanding this is a plan/ intention. (M)
Students may have pronunciation difficulties with the contracted form of the verb ‘to be’. (Ph)
Students may have pronunciation difficulties with linking of ‘to visit’ / / (Ph)
Students may have pronunciation difficulties with ‘going to’ in informal speech; it is