Correcting Yourself - Functional Language
Practise correcting yourself at A2–B1 level with useful phrase patterns and short situation-based responses. A separate page of suggested answers supports checking and discussion of other appropriate responses.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Useful phrase patterns
- Situation-based response practice
- Space for written responses
- Suggested answers on page 2
Repair a spoken factual mistake so the listener knows the corrected detail.
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Page 1 of 2 · A4 printable PDF
Page 2 of 2 · Answer key · A4 printable PDF
A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Give learners page 1; use the suggested answers on page 2 after they have written and compared their own responses.
- Contrast Sorry, I mean… with Not…, but… and practise stressing the corrected word.
- Write corrections for Monday/Tuesday, 10/11 euros, Tokyo/Osaka and the remaining errors.
- Practise a deliberately mistaken statement and correction; the listener repeats the final correct detail.
Support and extension
Offer old/new pairs for support. Extend by correcting without restarting the whole sentence. The teacher-name prompt leaves the names open, so consistent invented names are valid; an apology alone does not supply the correction.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
