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Write in the correct elements in the space provided for the erroneous sentences.
| Phrases | Correct element |
| 1. Top sportsmen are not smoking | |
| 2. The team didn’t play as good as I had expected | |
| 3. The news were depressing | |
| 4. They asked him where was the railway station | |
| 5. Children start the school when they are five | |
| 6. They have four children which are very smart indeed | |
| 7. I am living here all my life | |
| 8. I try my best not to do mistakes | |
| 9. We have had such a terrible weather | |
| 10. Are you interesting to learn this? | |
| 11. I have been living in China since two years |
Descriptive approach was more lenient to the conversational style. It consisted in collecting samples of the living English language and describing the structures, which were regularly used in communication. A type of descriptive approach is structural linguistics. The goal was to describe the inventory of essential English structures. The focus of attention in learners shifted to the acquisition of speech patterns. Structuralism was also applied in audio-lingual approach to language instruction (R. Lado). The idea was to provide intensive practice of speech patterns through continuous reinforcement in dialogues and drills. (Adapted from Yule, G. 1996. The Study of Language. CUP).
