Teaching Point: Articles Noticing, Guided Discovery & Multiple Choice IH World Level: 1

Task I: Read the two versions of this text to identify 21 differences. Underline the differences. When you finish, say which of the versions is correct, in your opinion. Version A Ms Fger is artist. She lives in the apartment in the Paris. The apartment is in city centre. Because she doesnt work at the home, she also has studio. And because she loves doing the exercise she goes to the work by the bike. She works from the 10 oclock to 1.30. Then she goes out for the lunch, and in afternoon she works for three more hours. Then she meets the friends. She has lot of friends, but her favourite friend is the Pierre. Hes an teacher and works in an university. They go to art exhibitions and concerts together. In a summer Ms Fger goes to the Australia, the UK, Canada or the USA to improve her English. Isnt that a wonderful routine? French certainly know how to enjoy the life! Version B Ms Fger is an artist. She lives in an apartment in Paris. The apartment is in the city centre. Because she doesnt work at home, she also has a studio. And because she loves doing exercise she goes to work by bike. She works from 10 oclock to 1.30. Then she goes out for lunch, and in the afternoon she works for three more hours. Then she meets friends. She has a lot of friends, but her favourite friend is Pierre. Hes a teacher and works in a university. They go to art exhibitions and concerts together. In the summer Ms Fger goes to Australia, the UK, Canada or the USA to improve her English. Isnt that a wonderful routine? The French certainly know how to enjoy life!

Task II: Focus on the correct version. Use only a, an, the or (zero) to complete these rules. a. when we talk about someones job and that job starts with a vowel sound (// - artist, /e/ engineer, etc.) we use b. when we talk for the first time about something that starts with a vowel sound (// - apartment, // - office, etc.) we use c. with names of cities, we use d. when we talk about something for the second time, we dont use again, we use e. what do we use in these phrases: in city centre, on right of the cinema? f. what do we use in these phrases: at home, do exercise, go to work, by bike/bus/train, go out for lunch/dinner, in summer? g. when we talk for the first time about something that starts with a consonant sound (/s/ - studio, /j/ - university, etc.) we use h. what do we use with times, for example in from 10 oclock, at 7 pm? i. what do we use with times of the day, for example in in afternoon/morning/evening? j. what do we use with noun plurals, for example in she meets friends, I go to concerts? k. what do we use in these phrases: lot of friends, two times week, $5 kilo? l. what do we use with possessive adjectives, for example in her friend, your aunt? m. with names of people we use n. when we talk about someones job and that job starts with a consonant sound (/t/ - teacher, /w/ waiter, etc.) we use o. what do we use with some country names: UK, USA, Netherlands? International House World Organisation Created by: Ilinca Stroe

Teaching Point: Articles Noticing, Guided Discovery & Multiple Choice IH World Level: 1 p. what do we use when we refer to a specific group, for example in ... French, Liberals? q. what do we use when we refer to things (concepts, categories) in general, for example in they enjoy life, they love cheese and wine? r. and are not very specific, thats why we call them indefinite articles; is more specific, so its a definite article.

Task III: Here are two pronunciation versions. Ask your teacher to pronounce each version for you. Listen and guess the correct one (circle a or b). Then complete the pronunciation rules below. in the studio: in the apartment: a. /n i stju:di/ a. /n i ptmnt/ b. /n stju:di/ b. /n ptmnt/

Rule A: before words that start with a consonant sound, the correct pronunciation of the is // Rule B: before words that start with a vowel sound, the correct pronunciation of the is // Task IV: Circle the correct article in italics: 1. Mr Le Grand has a/the house in /the city centre. 2. Their father is /an architect and their mother is a/an police officer. 3. Mario works in a/the disco and hes usually very tired in the/ morning. 4. Columbus went to the/ America by /a ship. 5. Liz Taylor loves talking about the/ ex-husbands. 6. The/ my friend goes to /the UK every year. 7. She knows a/the very nice and cheap hotel in the/ London. 8. I generally dont like the/ hot chocolate, but I love my mothers. 9. The/ children usually love /the ice cream. 10. Michael Douglas does the/ exercise every day between /the 8 and 9 oclock.

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Teaching Point: Articles Noticing, Guided Discovery & Multiple Choice IH World Level: 1 Teachers Notes Task II Key a an ga m Task III Key b a // / i/ b an h na c i the o the d an, the j p the e the ka q f l r a, an, the

Task IV Key 1a 6 the the 2 an 7a a 3a 8 the 4 9 5 10

Variations Do Task IV as a board race or quiz: T reads, SS write down/say the correct option. Do Task IV as a grammar auction: T reads, but without 2 options just one (right or wrong). See also the worksheet entitled 1 Articles - Composition & Quiz

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