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Inductive / Deductive The deductive approach goes from the rule to the example.

Example:
You could present the negative past simple to your students by giving them the rule Pronoun + didn’t + infinitive
and then elicit examples of the negative past simple from the students.

The inductive approach goes from the example to the rule.

Example:
You could present the negative past simple to your students by giving them six model sentences.
After choral and individual drills, you could then elicit the grammatical rule from the students.