procedure
1.Prepare a sheet containing several sets of sentences such as:
it is like water.
everybody has it.
it is warm when it belongs to people.
it is cold when it belongs to s fish.
it is usually red.
it is in your body.
what is it?
2.the learners work on the sheets in their own time and at their own speed. They mark their work from as answer key.
Caveats and Option
1.Arrange the sentences in a set so that the first sentences do not give a lot of information.
2.This activity can be used to teach vocabulary if the actual word is used instead of it.The learners respond by writing the 1.1 translation of the word.
paul nation is Reader in Applied Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington,New Zealand.