Group Exercise. 1. The class may now point out any mistakes there are in each of the twelve sentences on the board. These questions will help pupils to find mistakes:
1. Is the name of the month spelled correctly? Does it begin with a capital letter?
2. Does the sentence begin with a capital letter?
3. Does the sentence end with a period?
4. If the word I is used, is it written as a capital letter?
2. Now the sentences that pupils wrote at their desks may be read. Those that are very good may be written on the board under the ones about the same months. Then the class will point out mistakes in them, if there are any.
20. Making Riddles
Oral Exercise. 1. Can you guess either one of the following riddles?
I come once in a year. I always bring Santa Claus with me. When I leave, a new year begins at once. What am I?
I come once a year. Turkeys do not like me, but everybody else gives thanks after I have been here several weeks. What am I?
2. Make riddles about the months, for your classmates to guess. Begin your riddles like the two above.