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TomaszW on Forgot the word in Speaking... describe it?

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TomaszW

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If you forget 'thermometer', can you just say 'the thing used to check temperature' and carry on? How much description is enough? Thinking of practising with objects without saying their names.
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TomaszW

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Would you give feedback after they finish? If the description already makes sense, what would you correct?
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Mia_ch

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I'd let them finish. Then the listener can say what they understood and which phrase helped, before correcting anything unclear.
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zarina_u

Only correct it if the description confused the listener. If it worked, the useful bit is naming the phrase that helped, not fixing grammar mid game.
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