TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Articles Board Game

Activity Type Introduction

Grammar and Speaking In this fun articles board game, students review a, an, and the
Game: gap-fill, true or by completing true or false statements and talking about various
false, impromptu speech, topics for 30 seconds.
freer practice (group
work) Procedure
Divide the students into groups of three or four.
Focus
Give each group a copy of the game board, a dice and counters.
Articles
Students will also need a pen and paper for keeping score. Nominate
one student in each group to be the time keeper.
Aim
Players place their counters on the start square. Players then take
To review articles (a, it in turns to roll the dice and move their counter along the board.
an, the) by playing a
board game where you When a player lands on a True or false? square, they complete
complete true or false the statement with the correct article (a, an, or the) and read it
statements and talk to the group. If the player is able to do this correctly, they score
about various topics for a point. If not, they move back two squares.
30 seconds.
If the statement is correct, the other group members guess
whether it's true or false for the player. The player then reveals
Preparation the answer. The students who guessed correctly each score one
point.
Make one copy of the
game board for each
When a player lands on a Talk about... square, they complete the
group of three or four.
Talk about... sentence with the correct article (a, an, or the) for
Enlarge the game board
one point. If the player doesn't complete the sentence correctly,
to A3 if possible. Also,
they go back two squares.
provide a dice and
counters for each group.
If the sentence is correct, the player then talks about the topic for
30 seconds for an extra point.
Level
When a player reaches the finish, the game ends and the points
Pre-intermediate (A2-B1) are added up. The student with the most points wins the game.

If at any point, the students are unsure of the correct article, they
Time can ask you to adjudicate.
30 minutes
Answer key

1. an 9. the 17. an 25. a

2. the 10. an 18. the 26. an
3. a 11. the 19. a 27. the
4. the 12. the 20. the 28. a
5. a 13. an 21. a 29. the
6. the 14. the 22. the 30. an/the
7. an 15. the 23. the 31. the
8. a 16. a 24. the 32. a

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 ARTICLES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Articles Board Game

Talk about... True or false?

Talk about... True or false? Talk about...
30. ....
31. I have never
Finish 32. .... trip you important 29. I love to 28. .... useful
been to ....
plan to take. problem facing visit .... coast. invention.
Philippines.
.... world.

True or false?

27. I would like

to live in ....
countryside.

True or false? Talk about... True or false? Talk about... True or false? Talk about...
22. .... most 23. I usually
21. I had 24. something 25. I once 26. what you
expensive meet my
.... cold last you like to do in ran in .... were doing ....
thing you've friends at ....
month. .... evening. marathon. hour ago.
ever bought. weekend.

Talk about...
20. what ....
teachers at
your school are
like.

True or false? Talk about... True or false? Talk about... True or false? Talk about...
16. .... new 14. something
19. I eat junk 18. the last 17. I have .... 15. I use ....
language you interesting
food more than time you went older brother/ Internet every
would like to you've done in
twice .... week. to .... cinema. sister. day.
learn. .... last week.

True or false?

13. I live in ....

apartment.

True or false? Talk about... True or false? Talk about... True or false? Talk about...

7. I have seen 8. .... person 10. how much 11. I never 12. what ....
9. I have been
.... ancient you know very .... umbrella listen to .... student on your
to .... USA.
monument. well. costs. radio. right is wearing.

Talk about...
6. .... most
beautiful place
you have
visited.

True or false? Talk about... True or false? Talk about... True or false?
3. I'm thinking
5. I can play 4. animals you 2. what you 1. I saw ....
.... musical can see at ....
of buying ....
usually do in .... interesting film Start
new mobile
instrument. zoo. summer. recently.
phone.

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