ALL meanings of pattern-drill
pat·tern-drill
P p - noun pattern-drill (in foreign-language learning) a technique for practicing a linguistic structure in which students repeat a sentence or other structure, each time substituting a new element, such as a new verb, as directed by the teacher, or transforming the original structure, as in changing a statement to a question. 1
- noun pattern-drill Also called pattern drill. a drill using this technique. 1