Формирование грамматических навыков на начальном этапе обучения иностранному языку
During my practice I examined the
group of children of 9-10 year old. The children have been studying English for
two years (the 3d form).
I used the test to receive some
results and to point out the level of the forming of grammar skills on theme
“the degrees of comparison of adjectives”. The test consisted of 5 tasks.
Task 1
The aim: to control the listening
comprehension.
Listen.
Agree or
disagree.
1. The elephant is the biggest animal.
2. the biggest cat is the tiger.
3. The monkey’s tail is longer than the cat’s.
4. Dogs are clever than cats.
5. Cats are funnies than monkeys.
Task 2
The aim: to control the reading skill and the
level.
The passage from “Why Rabbits have Got Short tails” (p.211 “English I”
I.N.Vereschagina, T.A.Pritykina, Москва; Просвещение, 1994)
Read and translate
One day Bunny went for a walk. He saw Mrs. Fox.
“Hello,
Mrs. Fox”, he said, “Where are going?”
“I’m
going shopping.’
“What
are you going to buy?”
“I’m
going to buy a tail.”
“But
you’ve got a tail! I think it’s the longest and the most beautiful tail!”
“Well,
but I want a new one, alonger and more beautiful one than my old tail.”
Task 3
Complete the table.
Positive
|
Comparative
|
Superlative
|
…
|
…
|
The
kindest
|
…
|
Slower
|
…
|
Big
|
…
|
…
|
…
|
…
|
…
|
Better
|
…
|
Dry
|
…
|
…
|
Beautiful
|
…
|
…
|
Task 4
Compare these funny fellows (picture
1)
Nick
and Rick make statements on the given picture:
Weak, strong; thin, fat; short, tall; young, old;
good, bad.
Task 5
Choose the correct word and copy the
sentences.
1. Lions are
(clever, cleverer, the cleverest) than tigers.
2. The (big,
bigger, biggest) animal is the elephant.
3. The
giraffe’s neck is (long, longer, the longest) than the tiger’s.
4. The
(clever, cleverer, cleverest) wild animals are monkeys.