UNIT 2 Definite article quiz Teacher’s notes

Activity Follow-up activity

This is a pairwork activity in which students give each
other a general knowledge quiz. They must complete the
quiz questions and answers, by deciding whether to use the
definite article or not.
Preparation
Form new groups or do this as a whole-class activity.
Students make up new questions and continue the general
knowledge quiz.
Answers (for the use of the definite article)
A

1 Make a copy of the worksheet for every two students in 1 In which decade was the submarine invented?
the class. a the 1620s  b the 1720s  c the 1820s
2 Cut the worksheets in half. One half for Student A and 2 Spain is famous for its festivals. Which of the following
the other half for Student B. festivals takes place in spring?
3 Which of the following former Soviet Union states is not
What to do in Europe?
1 Write the following on the board: Nile 4 a the flute  b the piano  c the violin
Mississippi Danube. 5 What can vegans NOT have for dinner?
Ask students whether they should use the definite
B
article to complete the examples or not, and why.
(Answer: Yes, because they are names of rivers.) 1 What’s the opposite of hatred?
2 Write the following question on the board: Which river 2 Which of the following islands is not in the Indian
is the longest? and elicit the answer. (Answer: the Nile.) Ocean?
3 Divide the class into two groups, A and B and tell them a Mauritius  b the Maldives  c the Marshall Islands
that they are going to do a similar quiz. Distribute
3 a the Persians  b the Greeks  c the Romans
copies of Worksheet A to students in Group A, and
copies of Worksheet B to students in Group B. 4 Which planet is the third one from the Sun?
4 Now ask students to form pairs in their groups. If a Venus  b the Earth  c Mars
you have an odd number, form one group of three. 5 a the 1920s  b the 1930s  c the 1940s
Tell them that you will join two Student As with two
Student Bs later to do the quiz. First, ask students to
read the questions and answers, then decide whether
they need to use the definite article in them.
5 Now ask students to add their own question to their
quiz sheets. This could either be a grammar question or
a general knowledge one.
6 Put the pairs together to do the quiz: two Student As
and two Student Bs. Alternatively, you could put one
Student A with one Student B to give them more
speaking time. Students do the quiz in their groups.
Remind students asking the questions not to give the
answer away. (Note: eggplant (AmE) = aubergine (BrE).)
7 When they have finished, ask students to turn over
their worksheets and try to remember as much of the
information in the quiz as they can. Then get feedback
from the class. If students ask, tell them that the
Marshall Islands are in the Pacific Ocean.

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