8A Article snakes and ladders

Using articles

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 8A Article snakes and ladders
Using articles
QUESTION CARDS
1 Which is correct?
Tom is 13, and is still at
a / the / Ø school, but Jim
is now at a / the / Ø
university studying English.
4 Is this sentence right or
wrong? (If it’s wrong,
correct it.)
I usually go to work by the
train, but yesterday I went
by the bus.
7 Is this sentence right or
wrong? (If it’s wrong,
correct it.)
In the USA most people go
to work by car.
10 Which is correct?
I’ve got two cars, a / the
Porsche and a / the BMW.
A / The Porsche is much
faster, but I usually drive
a / the BMW.
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2 Find two mistakes with
articles and correct them.
I live in a flat in city centre,
very close to the Oxford
Street.
5 Which of these should
begin with the?
Indian Ocean,
Mediterranean,
Lake Ontario, Amazon
8 Fill in the gaps with a, an,
the or Ø.
I met Queen of
England when I was
in UK.
11 Find two mistakes with
articles and correct them.
Madras is in the south of
the India, on east coast.
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3 Fill in the gaps with a, an,
the or Ø.
He went to Italy on
holiday, and spent a week
in north of
country.
6 The or no article?
He’s usually at the / Ø
college in the / Ø morning,
and at the / Ø work in
the / Ø afternoon.
9 Is this sentence right or
wrong? (If it’s wrong,
correct it.)
El Paso is on border of
Mexico and USA.
12 The or no article?
The / Ø Lake Titicaca is
in the / Ø Peru, and it’s
the / Ø highest lake in
the / Ø world.
 8A Article snakes and ladders
Using articles
QUESTION CARDS
13 Find two mistakes with
articles and correct them.
John is standing on left,
and Susan is standing
in the middle, next to
headteacher.
16 A, the or no article?
Mark couldn’t find
a / the / Ø job because he
was in a / the / Ø prison
for ten years.
19 Which is correct?
They found a / the / Ø
Titanic at a / the / Ø
bottom of the / Ø
Atlantic Ocean.
22 Which of these should
begin with the?
Andes, Mount Everest,
Himalayas, Mount Fuji
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14 The or no article?
The / Ø French people
love going out at the / Ø
night, but the / Ø English
people prefer staying at
the / Ø home.
17 Fill in the gaps with a, an,
the or Ø.
When I was at
school I lived outside
London in
suburbs.
20 Find two mistakes with
articles and correct them.
I bought a picture and a
carpet this morning. I’ve
put a picture on the
bathroom wall and the
carpet on kitchen floor.
23 Is this sentence right or
wrong? (If it’s wrong,
correct it.)
Loch Ness is most famous
lake in Scotland, because
of Loch Ness Monster.
✄
15 Which is correct?
Sally lives at the / Ø top of
a / the block of flats in
a / the / Ø centre of
the / Ø Madrid.
18 Is this sentence right or
wrong? (If it’s wrong,
correct it.)
I think dogs are more
intelligent than cats, but
horses are the most
intelligent animals I know.
21 Fill in the gaps with a, an,
the or Ø.
He lives in town
centre, on Park
Road, and his house is on
left.
24 Find two mistakes with
articles and correct them.
I really hate the mice, but
I love spiders. I have a
tarantula at home, and it
lives on ceiling!
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Instructions and Answer key
You will need: one copy of the board per group of three students; one set
of Question cards per group; one dice and three counters per group

• Put students into groups of three and give each group a board, a set
of Question cards, counters and dice. Tell a student to shuffle the
Question cards before putting them face down in a pile.
• Students take it in turns to throw a number. When they land on a
square with a question mark on it, they must take a Question card
from the top of the pile. The student places the card down next
to the board so all the students can see it, then has to answer the
question. If the student answers the whole question correctly, they
stay on the square and the next student takes their turn. If the
student answers the question incorrectly, they must return to their
original square.
• If students cannot agree on the correct answer, the teacher
adjudicates.
• If a student lands at the foot of a ladder, they must get the question
correct before they are allowed to go up it. If a student lands on the
head of a snake, they must slide down the snake to its tail.
• The game continues until one student reaches the Finish square (or
until the group runs out of Question cards).
• At the end of the game students can discuss the cards they got
wrong, and/or go through the Question cards they didn’t answer.

ANSWER KEY
1 Ø, Ø 13 the left, the headteacher
2 the city centre, the Oxford Street 14 Ø, Ø, Ø, Ø
3 Ø, the, the 15 the, a, the, Ø
4 the, the 16 a, Ø
5 the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean, the Amazon 17 Ø, Ø, the
6 Ø, the, Ø, the 18 The sentence is right.
7 The sentence is right. 19 the, the, the
8 the, Ø, the 20 put the picture, the kitchen floor
9 the border, the USA 21 the, Ø, the
10 a, a, The, the 22 the Andes, the Himalayas
11 the India, the east coast 23 the most famous, the Loch Ness Monster
12 Ø, Ø, the, the 24 the mice, the ceiling

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