Next weekend articles practice
In pairs or small groups, try to find things in common about the coming weekend.
Suggestions:
- Have a test/ an exam
- Go to the doctor’s/ Go to hospital
- Visit someone in hospital/ in prison/ at home
- Take my dog for a walk
- Look for a new house/ flat
- Go window shopping
- Watch a film/ documentary/ quiz show on TV
- Have a hangover
- Have a couple of drinks
- Surf the Net
- Buy a new car/ MP3 player/ stereo/ dress/ handbag
- Buy a pair of jeans/ trousers/ shoes/ sunglasses/ glasses
- See a movie/ the latest movie by/ the sequel to…
- Go to work/ school
- Have a nap/ a lie in/ Stay in bed
- Go out for breakfast/ brunch/ lunch/ dinner/ supper
- Have a house party/ house warming party/ birthday party
- Go to the wedding of a friend/ colleague/ acquaintance of mine
- Go to a club (= disco)
- Go to a restaurant for dinner
- Go on a (blind) date
- Go to the cinema (= movie theatre)
- See a match
- Buy a/ a couple of/ a few/ half a dozen/ loads of
- Have a great/ terrible/ stressful/ relaxing/ busy/ productive weekend
- Go on a trip/ a daytrip/ Get out of town/ A weekend away
- Take a day off work/ Have a long weekend
- Just hang around at home
- Meet up with a few mates/ colleagues/ former classmates
- A high school reunion/ Meet up with an old friend
- A family gathering
- Spend a fortune
- Go for a drive/ walk (in the countryside)
- Have a haircut/ trim/ perm
- Go to an amusement park/ a theme park
When your teacher stops you, share one thing you have in common and see if that is also true for anyone else in the class.
Ask about anything above you aren’t sure about, seeing if that is true about the coming weekend of anyone in the class each time.
Articles grammar presentation
Without looking back at the previous worksheet, fill the gaps below with “a”, “an”, “the” or “-“ (= zero article = no article)
- Have __________ test/ ________ exam
- Go to __________ doctor’s/ Go to ______________ hospital
- Visit someone in ________ hospital/ in ________ prison/ at _______ home
- Take my dog for ___________ walk
- Look for ____________ new house/ flat
- Go ___________ window shopping
- Watch _________ film/ documentary/ quiz show on TV
- Have ___________ hangover
- Have ____________ couple of drinks
- Surf __________ Net
- Buy ______________ new car/ MP3 player/ stereo/ dress/ handbag
- Buy ___________ pair of jeans/ trousers/ shoes/ sunglasses/ glasses
- See ________ movie/ _______ latest movie by/ _______ sequel to…
- Go to _________ work/ school
- Have _________ nap/ _________ lie in/ Stay in __________ bed
- Go out for __________ breakfast/ brunch/ lunch/ dinner/ supper
- Have __________ house party/ house warming party/ birthday party
- Go to __________ wedding of _________ friend/ colleague/ acquaintance of mine
- Go to __________ club (= disco)
- Go to ____________ restaurant for dinner
- Go on ___________ (blind) date
- Go to ___________ cinema (= movie theatre)
- See ____________ match
- Buy a/ ___________ couple of/ __________ few/ half _________ dozen/ __________ loads of
- Have _________ great/ terrible/ stressful/ relaxing/ busy/ productive weekend
- Go on ________ trip/ __________ daytrip/ Get out of ____________town/ _____________ weekend away
- Take _________ day off work/ Have __________ long weekend
- Just hang around at __________home
- Meet up with _________ few mates/ colleagues/ former classmates
- ________ high school reunion/ Meet up with ________ old friend
- ___________ family gathering
- Spend ________________ fortune
- Go for ________ drive/ walk (in _________ countryside)
- Have _____________ haircut/ trim/ perm
- Go to __________ amusement park/ __________ theme park
Check above. There may sometimes be other options, so please check if you wrote something different.
Use the examples above to make rules/ patterns about when to use the different articles.
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