Error Analysis

Purpose: To practice proper use of prepositions

Preparation Time: 20-30 minutes

Materials:  Copies of a picture and a handout with 10 sentences related to the picture.  The sentences could also be written on a flip chart or board.

Preparation: Choose a photo or picture with lots of objects and activity.  Write 10 level-appropriate sentences related to the picture, using a preposition in each sentence. 

Procedure:

1. Ask students to work with a partner and decide if the sentences are correct or incorrect, based on the picture.
2. If the sentences are not correct, the students should correct them.  For example, if the cat in the picture is under the table, not in the chair, but the sentence says that the cat is in the chair, the students must write a new sentence that is correct.