Mobiles and articles

1. English file
Elementary
Unit 11C – Articles

2. • Lead in – people on their phones photos (5 mins)
• Discussion questions – phone usage (10 mins)
• Vocabulary building – apps and phones (10 mins)
• Listening – people and their phones (10 mins)
• Speaking practice – discussing phones (5 mins) 40
• Reading – old technology – checking vocabulary (10 mins)
• Speaking practice – how often .....? Technology (5 mins)
• Game / filler (10 mins)
• Grammar – articles – highlighting (5 mins)
• Grammar – articles – presentation (5 mins)
• Grammar – articles – Exercises (15 mins) 90
• Pronunciation practice – different “the” pronunciations (5 mins)
• Speaking practice – round in a circle – discussion (10 mins)
• Speaking practice – discussing photos (15 mins)
• Grammar articles – board game speaking practice (15 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (5 mins)

4. • What do you use your phone for?
• I use my phone for ............., ................... and ..................
• What apps do you use most in a day?
• .............. and .................. are my most popular apps because ..................
• How does your phone help you every day?
• My phone helps me because I can ............................................... with it.
• How often do you install new apps?
• I install new apps ............................... because ........................
• What’s the last app that you installed on your phone?
• The last app I installed is .......................... I use it to ...........................

6. 1. Facebook (or Twitter) 2. App Store
3. Skype 4. Messages
5. YouTube (or Facebook) 6. WhatsApp
7. Twitter 8. Mail
9. Camera 10. Google Maps
11. Kindle 12. MyFitnessPal
13. Spotify (or YouTube)

7. 1
2 3
4
5

8. Speaker A: the internet (messaging)
Speaker B: receiving phone calls from other people
Speaker C: email

9. A
C
B
B
A
C
B
C
A

18. 1. Encyclopaedias: people used them to look up information.
2. Teletext: people used it like a basic internet on their TV.
3. Fax machines: people used them to send printed messages
over the phone.
4. Walkmans: people used them to listen to music.
5. The Yellow Pages: people used them to look up the names
and contact details of local businesses.
6. An A–Z: people used them to find streets in their city.

21. A) 800 B) 8,000 C) 80,000
Japan has the fastest Internet speed of 319 terabits per
second. This Internet speed is speedy enough to download
approximately _______ movies per second.
80,000

22. A)9,900 B) 99,000 C) 999,000
Google receives more than
_____ searches every second.
99,000

23. A) 100 B) 1,000 C) 10,000
The first iPod had the capacity
to store ______ mp3 songs.
1,000

24. A) toilet roll B) mobile phone
C) toothpaste
Nokia’s first product was
______________________
toilet roll

25. A) Wireless internet
B) Wireless internet fidelity
C) Wireless fast internet
Wi-Fi stands for ____________
wireless internet

26. A) piano B) cooker C) car
The first video camera recorder
was as big as ______________!
a piano

28. Use the
Don’t use the
Don’t use the
Use the

33. -
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The
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-
The
the
the
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the

34. 1. /ðiː/ 2. /ðə/

37. • What can you see in the photo?
• How often do you call your friends?
• Ask your partner a question about the photos

38. • What can you see in the photo?
• How often do you take selfies?
• Ask your partner a question about the photos

39. • What can you see in the photo?
• When did you last use Google maps? Where did you go?
• Ask your partner a question about the photos

40. • What can you see in the photo?
• What do you use social media for?
• Ask your partner a question about the photos

42. 1. Incorrect: an easy sentence ('an' is used with a vowel sound)
2. Incorrect: a London bank
3. Incorrect: an old house
4. Correct

43. 5. Incorrect: Gold is yellow. (articles are not used with material
nouns)
6. Incorrect: the dentist
7. Correct: ('the' is used in measuring expressions beginning
with by)
8. Correct
9. Incorrect: the Netherlands ('the' is used with plural countries)

44. 10. Incorrect: the best player
11. Incorrect: the boys, the girls
12. Correct
13. Incorrect: an hour
14. Incorrect: the floor