Activity: Grammar banging multiple choice review lesson with each question focusing on a specific point Level: Beginner

Outline:

This is straight-forward stuff. Make the copies and give them to the students. Have each student do the sheet by him/herself. Ask students to compare answers and discuss differences, each student trying to explain his/her choice. Correct sheet as a class. Review each grammar point quickly - you should get a lot of "Oh, yeah....". Give the students an unmarked copy of the same exercise to repeat at home to solidify the review exercise.

Choose the correct word to fill in the gap 1. Are there ______ apples in the kitchen? A) much 2. B) any C) some

That is _____ interesting book. A) the B) a C) an

3.

I went ______ church last Sunday. A) at B) in C) to

4.

What _____ he like? - He is very friendly. A) does B) did C) is

5.

I ________ a new car last month. A) bought B) have bought C) buyed

6.

How ________ money do you have in your pocket? A) many B) few C) much

7.

He came ______ home late last night. A) B) at C) to

8.

Jack is a nice boy, and I like _____. A) B) him C) his

9.

I get up ______ seven o'clock every day A) in B) on C) at

10. I like __________ music. A) listen B) listen to C) listening to

11. What __________ in your free time? A) you do B) do you do C) are you doing

12. My father _______ in a bank. A) works B) work C) is working

13. Would you like _______ coffee? A) any B) an C) some

The definite article - the

The definite article the is the same for all genders in singular and in plural. the boy, the girl, the cat, the computers If the following word begins with a vowel, we speak [ consonant, we speak [ ]. [ ] [ ], if the following word begins with a

the following word starts with a spoken consonant the girl the book the school the unit Here a [ ] is pronounced at the beginning of the word.

the following word starts with a spoken vowel the English girl the blue book the old school the uncle Here a [ ] is pronounced at the beginning of the word.

We have listed some examples in the following table. There you can see when we use the definite article and when we don't. without the definite article general words (indefinite) Life is too short. I like flowers. names of persons on the singular, relatives Peter and John live in London. Aunt Mary lives in Los Angeles. public buildings, institutions, means of transport (indefinite) Mandy doesn't like school. We go to school by bus. Some people go to church on Sundays. names of countries in the singular; summits of mountains; continents; towns Germany, France; Mount Whitney, Mount McKinley; Africa, Europe; Cairo, New York single islands Corfu, Bermuda, Sicily parks; lakes; streets Central Park, Hyde Park; Lake Michigan, Loch Ness; 42nd Street, Oxford Street with the definite article general words (definite) I've read a book on the life of Bill Clinton. I like the flowers in your garden. family names in the plural The Smiths live in Chicago. public buildings, institutions, means of transport (definite) The school that Mandy goes to is old. The bus to Dresden leaves at 7.40. The round church in Klingenthal is famous. names of countries in the plural; mountain ranges; regions the United States of America, the Netherlands; the Highlands, the Rocky Mountains, the Alps; the Middle East, the west of Australia groups of islands the Bahamas, the British Isles, the Canaries name with of-phrase; oceans; seas; rivers the Statue of Liberty, the Tower (of London), the Isle of Wight; the Atlantic (Ocean); the Mediterranean (Sea); the Nile, the Rhine, the Suez Canal

months, days of the week (indefinite) The weekend is over on Monday morning. July and August are the most popular months for holidays.

months, days of the week (definite) I always remember the Monday when I had an accident. The August of 2001 was hot and dry.

We use the seasons of the year (spring, summer, autumn, winter) with or without the definite article. in summer or in the summer The American English word for autum >fall< is always used with the definte article.

Sometimes we use the article and sometimes we do not. It often depends on the context. Watch the following example: The student goes to school. The mother goes to the school. In the first sentence we do not use the definite article, in the second we do. The student goes to school for its primary purpose, so we do not use the article. The mother might talk to a teacher, for example. She visits the school for a different reason. That's why we use the definite article in the second sentence.

Exercise 1 : The definite article the http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/article_the.htm ( the answer)

Decide whether to use the definte article >the< or not. If you do not need the article >the<, usex. 1) My grandmother likes 2) I love 3) See you on 4) I always listen to 5) Alex goes to work by 6) Don't be late for 7) Listen! Dennis is playing 8) We often see our cousins over 9) She has never been to 10) What about going to Australia in flowers very much.

flowers in your garden. Wednesday. radio in the morning. bus. school. trumpet. Easter. Alps before. February?

Excercise 2 : The definite article the http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/article_the2.htm ( the answer)

Decide whether to use the definte article >the< or not. If you do not need the article >the<, usex. 1) Last year we visited 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 5th Avenue. Mount Everest is Loch Ness is most children like St. Paul's Cathedral and highest mountain on earth. most famous lake in Scotland. sweets. Tower.

summer of 1996 was hot and dry. Plaza Hotel is on the corner of 59th Street and

7) My sister often stays at 8) Our friends 9)

Uncle Tim's in Detroit. Millers moved to Florida last August.

smog is a problem in school by

big cities. bus.

10) Our children go to

Excercise 3 : The definite article the http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/article_the3.htm ( the answer)

Decided whether to use the definte article >the< or not. If you do not need the article >the<, type an x. Hi John, I arrived in quick stop in USA last Monday. We left Rome, flew over Alps and made a Tower and New

London. There we went shopping in

Harrods, visited

enjoyed a sunny afternoon in York. monitor. airport, we saw Building.

Hyde Park. On the following day we left for

time on board wasn't boring as there were two films to watch on people on plane were all Italian. Before we landed at Ellis Island and corner of Empire State 42nd Street and time to rent an 5th JFK

Statue of Liberty,

hotel I stayed in was on

Avenue. I don't like apartment.

hotels very much, but I didn't have

Please say hello to Peter and Mandy. Yours, Peter

The indefinite article - a

The indefinte article is the a is the same for all genders. a boy, a girl, a cat The indefinte article has no plural form. a boy - boys We use an if the following word starts with a vowel. the following word starts with a consonant a boy a school a girl Mind the pronunciation of the following word. a unit This u sounds like a consonant, so we use a. an uncle This u sounds like a vowel, so we use an. the following word starts with a vowel an aunt an old school an American girl

Use of the indefinite article a/an

- before phrases of time and measurements (per week/weekly) We have English 4 times a week. I go on holiday twice a year. Our car can do 220 kilometres an hour. Tomatoes are $2 a kilo. - before phrases of jobs My father is a car mechanic. - before phrases of nationality Bruce Springsteen is an American. - half/quite We need half a pound of sugar. This is quite a good story.

Excercise 1 : The indefinite article a/an http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/article_a.htm ( the answer)

Use >a< or >an<. Write the correct forms of the indefinte articles into the gaps. Example: We read __ book. Answer: We read a book.

1) Lucy has 2) Let's sing 3) Emily needs 4) I need 5) Ben has 6) Peter has 7) We listen to 8) She has

dog. song. new desk in her room. blue pen. old bike. aunt in Berlin. English CD. exercise book in her school bag. hour.

9) The speed of this car was 160 miles 10) They finished unit.

Excercise 2 : The indefinite article a/an - Exercise 2 http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/article_a2.htm ( the answer)

Use >a< or >an<. Write the correct forms of the indefinte articles into the gaps. Example: We read __ book. Answer: We read a book.

1) There is 2) She's reading 3) They've got 4) He is drinking 5) The girl is 6) Leipzig has 7) This is

new English book on the desk. old comic. idea. cup of coffee. pilot. airport. expensive bike. bird flying. honest person.

8) Look! There's 9) My father is

10) My friend likes to be

astronaut.

Test : Articles - The indefinite article - a, an Which article a or an can be put before the following words or phrases? Write the words or phrases into the correct column. uncle, cup of coffee, action, comic, book, older sister, honourable profession, daughter, end, umbrella
a an

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/articles/index.php ( the answer)