True/False questions
Jumbled sentences
Cloze test
Sequencing
Dictation
Gap-fill
Proofreading
Summary writing
Information-gap activity
Matching
Interview
Sentence transformation
Information transfer
Multiple-choice questions
Guided writing
Learners read or listen to a text and decide whether statements are correct or incorrect.
Learners are asked to take out the main points of a long text and rewrite them in a short, clear way.
Learners produce a piece of writing based on a model, pictures, diagrams or notes.
Learners work in pairs and get missing information by exchanging information from each other to complete an activity.
Learners write down what the teacher reads aloud. Learners can also write down what another learner reads aloud.
Learners are given a sentence and a prompt. They have to make a second sentence using the prompt.
Learners are given a text and asked to identify and correct the mistakes.
Learners are given a text or picture to put in the correct order as they listen to a recording.
Learners move information from one format to another, e.g. from text to table, from text to diagram, etc.
Learners have to put sentences in the correct order.
Learners are given a situation where they have to produce cued or free speech.
Learners are asked to pair word-definitions, sentence halves, picture-descriptions/words together.
Learners are given a question and multiple answers. They choose the correct one.