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Corrected versions (elementary)
1.He loves her very much.
2.They made a cake for their mother.
3.Which one do you prefer?
4.I don't /do not know where to go.
5.This one is better than that one.
6.Where is the girl going?
7.Why do you look / are you looking at me like that7
8.You must tell me!
9. The flowers were in the garden.
10. Yesterday I was very ill.

Corrected versions (advanced)
1. She asked me where I was going.
2. I have lived / have been living here for six years.
3. I would have come if you had asked me.
4. The money was stolen by a thief.
5. Where is the boy who(m) / that / (omit) you were looking at?
6. He looked after me for a long time.
7. She raised her hand slowly.
8. They will come, won't they?
9. When I was younger, I used to go to school.
10. You need courage to do such a thing

Cutting down texts

Forming new grammatical sentences by eliminating words or
phrases from the original.

Procedure: Take a short text of up to about 30 words (it can be
from your course book), and write it up on the board. Students
suggest any section of one, two or three words that can be cut out,

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