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1. The repetition drill.

The drill is simple, it is to repeat a word or phrase after another


person says it. In this case, the teacher says a word or phrase and
the student repeats it.
Example:
Teacher: I want to buy a car.
Students: I want to bay a car.
Teacher: I like cars.
Students: I like cars.
Teacher: I will wash my car.
Students: I wil wash my car.

2. The substitution drill.


This drill is widely used to practice vocabulary and structures, in
this case the teacher gives a sentence and then only says the
word that the students must change when they repeat it.
Example:
Teacher: I want to buy a car. You?
Students: You wants to buy a car.
Teacher: she?
Students: she wants to buy a car.
Teacher: he?
Students: he wants to buy a car.

3. The question-and-answer drill.


The drill is about teacher asking short question for the students to
answer, it is a way to practice the quickly answers.
Example:
Teacher: does he buy a car?
Students: yes, he does.
Teacher: no?
Students: no, he does not.

4. The transformation drill.


This drill is used for students to learn how to transform a normal
sentence into a question or negative sentence. It is very easyy to
apply. The teacher says a sentence and the students transform
that sentence into a question or a positive or negative sentence.
Example:
Teacher: I want to buy a car.
Students: I wont to buy a car.
Teacher: question?
Students: do i want to buy a car?
Teacher: positive?
Students: I want to buy a car.

5. The chain drill


In this case, it is used to create a chain between the student and the
teacher where part of the sentence is repeated and only the object and
possibly the complement are changed, but it can be used for several
different things so that the student has a better understanding.

Student 1 asks student 2 a question: for example, “ Do you have your


book?” student 2 answers “Yes I do” or Yes, I have my book”. Student 3
asks student 4, “Does he (she) have his (her) book?”reffering to student
2. Chain drill should be broken frequently.
6. THE EXPANSION DRILL
This exercise is used when a long line dialogue is causing problems for
the students. The teacher separates the lines so that you can better
understand the entire paragraph studied.
For example:
Teacher: mathematics
Student: we study mathematics
Teacher: everyday
Student: we study mathematics everyday

7. THE COMMUNICATIVE DRILL


This is a communicative exercise, but it gives the student freedom to
give their own answers in the dialogue that is being studied.

A meaningful drill is one in which there is still control over the response,
but understanding is required for the student to produce a correct
response.
Example:
 Student choose a
 Teacher reads a sentence
response
 I'll get you something to
eat.
 I'm hot.
I'll turn on the air
I'm cold.
conditioning.
I'm thirsty.
I'll get you something to
I'm hungry.
drink.
I'll turn on the heater.

8. Grammar Game Drill


It is a technique used to give students a grammar practice where repetition can also be used.

A common way that English drilling happens in class is to first drill together, then individually.

For example, the teacher says, “I like pizza.” The class repeats, “I like pizza.” Then, each student
can say the sentence themselves, using whatever is true for them (I like cats. I like soccer.”

9. Use of Minimal Pairs


This helps students to be able to differentiate and pronounce those
words that have similar sounds and, in this way, to be able to practice
their fluency and improving oral capacity, it is expected that the student
overcomes the difficulties of pronunciation of sounds in English.
bee/pea bin/pin beg/peg beep/peep
bay/pay beach/peach bark/park big/pig
bees/peas bath/path bug/pug bye/pie
pea/bee pin/bin peg/beg peep/beep
pay/bay peach/beach park/bark pig/big
peas/bees path/bath pug/bug tie/pie
tine/pine tall/Paul teal/peel ten/pen

10. Dialogue Memorization

The dialogue is a conversation between two or more people, in this case


the students memorize the dialogue with mimes and then take the
characters of the dialogue to be able to carry out the activity so that
they can learn something new.
Example:
Teacher: I bring my book and you bring…
Student: I bring my book and you bring your book
11. Multiple-slot Substitution Drill
It is a quick activity that reinforces vocabulary and language structures,
so Students repeat a sentence, then substitute one word in the sentence
for another with pictures or written clues.
Example

Teacher: The cat is under the table.


Students: The cat is under the table.
Students: The dog is under the chair.
Students: The chimpanzee is under the sofa.

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