Why on-line translators don't work. Sentence structure using a bilingual dictionary (English-Spanish)

Aim: Understand that word for word translation does not work.
          Learn how to use a dictionary by observing the information that a dictionary provides.

Level: Students need to be able to produce sentences in the past simple to carry out this task.

Warning! This task is has been designed for Spanish speakers. 
If you are not teaching Spanish students, don't bother to download the task! 


   No photocopies needed. Just project the provided Power Point on Whiteboard 

Download the materials HERE

Sample task
Materials:
  • Power Point Presentations 
  • Teacher's Key 
Download the materials HERE

This task focuses on sentence structure. If you want to focus on meaning  you may complete this with this other task: HERE

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