Методические указания по английскому языку для студентов 5-го курса исторического факультета. Коныгина Г.И. - 21 стр.

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CORRECTNESS
1. Is that right?
   What is the answer ?
   Was that the correct answer?
   Can you say that?
   Can you say it like that?
   Think about it carefully. There’s a catch ( in it ).
   It’s a trick question.
2. You made a mistake.
   You made a small / slight mistake.
   You made a little slip.
   There was a small mistake in what you said.
   That wasn’t quite right.
   That was almost right – just one little slip.
   You missed the verb out.
   You forgot the preposition.
   You used the wrong tense.
   You misunderstood the instructions.
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    Note:         1. • You did a mistake.
                       You made a mistake / slip / error.
                  2. • A wrong tense.
                      The wrong tense.
                  There is a tendency to use the definite article with “wrong”.
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3. How should you say it?
   What should you say?
   How should you answer?
   What would you say, Bill?
   Did anyone notice the mistake?
   Can anyone improve on that / what Alison said?
   Is there anything to correct / that needs correcting?
   Anything wrong in sentence 3?
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    Note: • How do you say it better?
           What’s a better way of saying it?
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4. Is there another way of saying it?
   Is there a better / shorter way of saying the same thing?
   What’s a better way of saying it?
   That is all right, but is there another way?
   Try to put it in other words.
   Could you phrase it slightly differently?
   What other word could you use here?
   What else could you say?
   How else could you say it?