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Avoiding false cognates
Activity A:
As an introduction to this activity the teacher can write some 
words on the blackboard, words such as: “attend”, “assist”, “principal”. 
The teacher then will ask students to create a sentence using one of the 
words in a piece of paper. Papers should then be collected and some of 
the sentences should be written in the board to point out language 
interference.
After that, the teacher must give students many examples of the 
most common “false friends” and their meanings. 
Finally, the teacher must ask the students to write a composition 
using ALL the false cognates reviewed in the previous part. 
ACTIVITY 3:
Dealing with the order of words
Activity A:
First of all, the teacher should show the students a group of 
sentences and then the students will be asked to decide whether the 
sentence is well-written or not. If not, they will be asked to correct the 
sentences.

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Sentences should be like these:
- Our classroom is a group of students, basically.
- He likes to visit fun places.
- America is a country enormous.
Students then would correct the sentences that need to be 
corrected and then the teacher must point out the main purpose of the 
exercise. Notice this exercise is oriented to explain the location of 
adjectives and adverbs. The teacher must focus his/her class around 
this topic but this activity can also be extended to cover another 
language features.
At this point, the teacher should explain the order of words when 
it comes to adverbs and adjectives. 
After that, the teacher will tell the students to form groups of two 
people. Give each member of each group five cards containing images. 
One of the group members shall receive cards containing objects and 
the other shall receive cards containing images of persons performing 
activities. Here are some examples:

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After receiving the cards, one of the group members will show the 
other a card containing a picture. The Student who the picture is shown 
to must describe the object using adjectives or adverbs (adjectives for 
objects and adverbs for actions).
Activity B:
The teacher will ask students to write a composition describing 
their rooms. Then, they will be asked to write about the way they clean 
it. The teacher will also ask them to use adverbs and adjectives to write 
both parts of the activity.
Note: Teachers can also use this activity to work with pluralisation 
of adjectives.