Academic English- Prepositions & Articles
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Grammar words in typical academic English phrases pairwork guessing game
Lesson Plan Content:
Academic writing prepositions and articles pairwork
Student A
Choose one of the sections below and read out phrases with that word missing until your partner guesses what needs to go in the gaps. They can only guess once per example.
A
It cannot be said that they have _____ generally negative impact.
Many people would consider it to be _______ disadvantage.
_____ substantial minority of people….
As _____ result,…
An
______ obvious difference is…
To give ______ example,….
It can be said to be ______ advantage.
As
Both can be classified ____....
They can be put in categories such ______....
This is not as important ______...
Taking Japan ______ an example,…
______ mentioned above,…
The results were _____ follows:...
At
______ least 70% of people….
Looking ____ it another way,…
For
______ example,…
_____ instance,…
This accounts ____ most of the effects that we can observe.
From
This varies ______ place to place
Looking at this matter ____ the viewpoint of…
This phenomenon stems ______...
In
______ contrast…
The two differ ______ many areas.
They are similar _____ several ways.
If this is done______ the correct manner,…
______ order to achieve this,…
This could result ______ …
I will deal with each of these points ______ turn.
This must be taken _______to account.
Try to find or think of phrases that mean the same as the phrases above.
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Student B
Choose one of the sections below and read out phrases with that word missing until your partner guesses what needs to go in the gaps. They can only guess once per example.
Of
In spite ______ these differences,…
These are both kinds _______....
They are both examples _______....
There were large amounts _____....
The benefits _______ using this outweigh....
Another point _____ view is that…
This is a clear case ______....
The source _____ the problems can be said to be…
On
This has an impact _____...
This paper draws (primarily) ______...
_____ the basis of this research,…
______ the whole,…
The
________ opposite point of view is that…
_________ greatest difference between them is…
On _______ other hand,…
This is the______ same effect as…
There has been a change in ______ way most people…
______ main selling point of this is…
________ Japanese government has announced…
I will examine each of those points in ______ following paragraph
_____ elderly have become prey to…
To
It is easy ______ understand why…
____ give another example,…
This may lead _____....
Owing _____ those causes,…
Due _____ the fact that…
According _____ the majority of experts,....
It appears _____ show that…
I will refer _____ several sources, including...
This could give rise ______...
This contributes _____ the rise in…
It is difficult to come _____ a conclusion,…
Try to find or think of phrases that mean the same as the phrases above.
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