Common Errors in English
Stage One: Warm Up
1. A Grammar Questionnaire

Complete this questionnaire to discover some important information about the way you view learning and using English grammar. For each question, click the appropriate button in the table below the questionnaire.

1. Did/Do you get good results in English grammar tests?
Yes/Usually Sometimes No/Rarely Unsure
 
2. Do you believe that grammar is the most important part of learning English?
Yes/Usually Sometimes No/Rarely Unsure
 
3. Did/Do you try hard to learn the rules of English grammar by heart?
Yes/Usually Sometimes No/Rarely Unsure
 
4. Do you form what you want to say first in your native language and then translate it into English?
Yes/Usually Sometimes No/Rarely Unsure
 
5. Did/Do you wish that you had more time to form your answers to questions in the English class?
Yes/Usually Sometimes No/Rarely Unsure
 
6. Do you believe that intensive and repetitive exercises are effective ways of learning English grammar?
Yes/Usually Sometimes No/Rarely Unsure
 
7.‘Learning English grammar is mainly a question of remembering to add the correct ending to words and construct correct verb tense forms.’ On the whole, do you agree with this statement?
Yes/Usually Sometimes No/Rarely Unsure
 
8. Do you think that English grammar is difficult because it is so different from the grammar of your first language?
Yes/Usually Sometimes No/Rarely Unsure
 
9. Do you hate making grammatical errors in your spoken and written English?
Yes/Usually Sometimes No/Rarely Unsure
 
10. Did/Do you like your teacher to correct every error you make in English grammar?
Yes/Usually Sometimes No/Rarely Unsure

Your Score :

Now, read the analysis relevant to your score
Click on the following links to read our commentaries

If you score between 23-30, you are an overcautious learner
If you score between 14-22, you are an in-between learner
If you score between 9-13, you are a relaxed learner
If you score between 0-8, you are an unsure learner

 

Christopher Green
English Language Centre
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