The document outlines the lesson plan for an English file Pre-Intermediate class about articles. It includes various activities like discussions, readings, quizzes and exercises related to common stereotypes, differences between men and women, and the grammar of articles. The lesson plan aims to provide practice using and understanding articles through spoken and written activities taking approximately 70 minutes.

1. English file Pre-
Intermediate
Unit 3B - Articles

2. • Male / female stereotypes – Pictures (5 mins)
• Discussion questions – the opposite sex (15 mins)
• Reading (1) Common stereo types – checking vocabulary (10 mins)
• Reading (1) Common stereo types – headings matching (10 mins)
• Reading (1) Common stereo types – comprehension questions (5
mins)
• Vocabulary building – verbs related to research (5 mins)
• Discussion questions – discussing the stereotypes (10 mins)
• Differences between men and women facts – quiz (10 mins) 70
• Grammar – articles – highlighting – (5 mins)
• Grammar – articles – presentation – (10 mins)
• Grammar – articles – exercises – (10 mins)
• Pronunciation focus – different pronunciations of “the” (10 mins)
• Articles board game – speaking practice – articles review (10 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (5 mins)

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on
tend
general
usually

11. Men are better at navigating than women
Women talk more than men

12. Women are more caring than men.
Women can multitask better than men

13. Men are better at telling jokes than women.

14. 1. Men are better at navigating than women.
2. Women talk more than men.
3. Women are more caring than men.
4. Women can multitask better than men.
5. Men are better at telling jokes than women.
2
3
1 , 4 , 5
c
a
b
c
c

15. show
discover
argue
turn out

16. go

17. ? ?

18. The second longest finger for most women is the index finger.
But men are different. They usually have their _________ as
their second largest finger.
ring finger
A) middle B) ring C) pinky

19. A
B

20. A British study found that an average man looks in the mirror
23 times per day, while women do it only 16 times per day. On
average, men spend 10 minutes a day, admiring their
reflection, which is as much as ____ days per year.
6.5
A) 2.5 B) 4.5 C) 6.5

21. ? ?

22. Women are more likely to be addicted to their smartphones than men
A study found that ____% more women use their phone for four hours a
day or longer. Research found that 20% of women said they felt insecure
when they are separated from their smartphones.
30
A) 10 B) 20 C) 30

24. -
-
A a
a

25. an
the
the
-
a
-

34. the
a -
the
the
-
an
the -
the
the the

35. -
- the
-
- the
a
a
-
a
the
the
the -

37. • /ə/ is the most common sound in English.
• /ə/ can be spelled by any vowel.
• It always occurs in unstressed syllables, or unstressed
words, e.g. articles and prepositions.
• -er at the end of a word is always pronounced /ə/, e.g.
• teacher, better, etc.
• -tion is always pronounced /ʃən/.

38. 1. the office
2. the Underground
3. the internet
4. the accident
5. the evening
go

41. • Take it in turns to roll the dice and move their counter along the
board.
• When you land on a True or false? square, complete the statement
with the correct article (a, an, or the) and read it to the group.
• If you are able to do this correctly, you score a point. If not, you
must move back two squares.
• When a player lands on a Talk about... square, they complete the
• Talk about... sentence with the correct article (a, an, or the) for one
point. If the player doesn't complete the sentence correctly, they
go back two squares.
• If the sentence is correct, the player then talks about the topic for
• 30 seconds for an extra point.
• The student with the most points wins the game.

44. Class 2

45. • Toys – pictures – guess the decade (5 mins)
• Discussion questions – toys for boys and girls (10 mins)
• Grouping activity – which are for boys? Girls? (5 mins)
• Listening (1) Boys’ and girls’ toys – facts (5 mins)
• Listening (1) Boys’ and girls’ toys – multiple choice (5 mins)
• Discussion about the opinions (5 mins)
• Favourite toys for boys and girls – quiz on price (10 mins)
• Vocabulary building – collocations introductions (5 mins) 50
• Vocabulary building – collocations verbs (5 mins)
• Vocabulary building – collocations adjectives (5 mins)
• Making questions – with the collocations (5 mins)
• Speaking practice – using the collocations (10 mins)
• Word classes review – what are they (5 mins)
• Word building using given words – (10 mins)
• Word building grammar exercise – (15 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (5 mins)

46. 1930s: Monopoly
1950s: Mr. Potato Head
1970s: Rubik's Cubes
2010s: All Frozen
Everything

47. • What toys did you used to play with as a child?
• How many toys did you have? What was your
favourite?
• Do you think that there are toys for boys and
ones for girls?
• Do you think that children have too many toys
these days?
• How many toys do your children have? Or how
many do you think children should have?

52. In the past, boys were dressed in pink
and girls in blue.
No, they don’t.

55. c
a
b

56. a
c
go

58. Top toys 2022: The most popular gifts on
kids' wish lists this year.
What do kids want for Christmas this year?
These are the trending toys for 2022

59. LEGO Creator Expert: Santa's Visit, £89.99
<100

60. Fisher-
Price
Little
People
Light-Up
Learning
Camper,
£37.99
<50

61. Barbie
2022
Holiday
Barbie
Doll,
£46.99
<50

62. Disney and Pixar Cars
Showtime Loop Playset, £35
<50

63. Crayola Colour n Style Mermaid
Friends Sea Salon, £21.75,
<50

64. Jurassic World Ocean Protector
Mosasaurus Dinosaur, £44.99,
<50

65. Micro Scooter LED Eco:
Mint, £88
<100

66. about
between
in

68. with
about
in
at
for
in
to
between

69. on
about
at
to
for
of
on
to
about

72. with
about
to
from
about
for
with
of
at
for

73. in
on
to
to
with
of
to
about
of

74. about
at
to
to
on
of

75. for
in
of
with about
with
on

77. 1. Barbie’s official birthday is March 9, ______, the day she
was unveiled to the toy industry during New York Toy Fair.
2. Barbie was joined by Ken , her husband, two years later in
______.
3. The first Barbie doll was sold for $______.
4. Barbie has had over _______ inspirational careers including
astronaut, pilot, firefighter, journalist, and entrepreneur to
name a few.
5. Barbie travelled into space in ______, four years before man
walked on the moon.
6. In ______, Barbie ran for president for the first time and
has run in every election year since. In 2016, she ran with the
first all-female ticket.
1959
1961
3.00
200
1965
1992

78. Talking about word classes
•What are the different ones?
•How can you recognise them
easily?
•Do they come before or after
certain other word classes?

79. Word classes
• Noun – person place or thing (after an adjective / before
or after a verb)
• Adjective – describes a noun (before a noun)
• Verb – describes an action (After a noun)
• Adverb – gives more information about a verb / adjective.
• Preposition – describes the relationship between two
nouns

80. Twenty
Twentieth

81. Careful
vary
collect
full
appear
damaged
fit
invest
impress work

82. Careful (adj) Carefully (adv) Carefulness (n) Care (v)
Collect (v) Collection (n) Collector (n) Collectable
(adj)
ed / ing
Appear (v) Appearance (n) Appeared (v) Appearing (v)
Fit (v) / (adj) Fitting Unfit fitness
Vary (v) Varying variable Variety Varies
Full fullness Fully
Damaged Damage Undamaged Damages
Invest (v) Investor (n) Investment (n) Investable
(adj)
Investing (v)
Impress (v) Impression
(adj)
Impressive
(adj)
Impressed (v) Impressively
(adv)
work Worker (n) Working (adj) Workable (adj)

83. Toy story
In the second half of the (0) .................. (TWENTY) century, toys like model
cars and Barbie dolls made the perfect gift for young children. Most of these
toys were played with until they fell apart, but others were looked after very
(25) ……………....... (CAREFUL) by children who were more interested in building a
(26) ……………..... (COLLECT) Today most of these toys belong to adults and some
have become valuable antiques
Barbie has been popular with girls since she made her first (27) ……………..
(APPEAR) in toy shops over fifty years ago. She has been sold in hundreds of
different fashionable (28) ………………...... (FIT) as well as the clothes suitable
for a (29) ……………........ (VARY) of professions including secretary, flight
attendant and astronaut. Today (30) ............................ (FULL) clothed Barbies
are sold for hundreds of dollars, the most expensive being those in
(31) ………………....... (DAMAGED) condition, with their original packaging and
accessories
If you're interested in starting a toy collection, another good (32) …………........
(INVEST) are Japanese battery-operated robots of the 1960s. Although not
very (33) ......................... (IMPRESS) by today's standards, some of these toys
are now very rare. If they are in full (34) ...........................(WORK) order, they
can cost thousands of dollars.

85. Toy story
In the second half of the (0) .................. (TWENTY) century,
toys like model cars and Barbie dolls made the perfect gift for
young children. Most of these toys were played with until they
fell apart, but others were looked after very (25) …………….......
(CAREFUL) by children who were more interested in building a
(26) ……………..... (COLLECT). Today most of these toys belong to
adults and some have become valuable antiques
adjective
adverb
noun

86. Barbie has been popular with girls since she made her first
(27) …………….. (APPEAR) in toy shops over fifty years ago. She
has been sold in hundreds of different fashionable
(28) ………………...... (FIT) as well as the clothes suitable for
a (29) ……………........ (VARY) of professions including secretary,
flight attendant and astronaut. Today (30) ............................
(FULL) clothed Barbies are sold for hundreds of dollars, the
most expensive being those in (31) ………………....... (DAMAGED)
condition, with their original packaging and accessories
noun
noun
noun
adverb
adjective

87. If you're interested in starting a toy collection, another
good (32) …………........ (INVEST) are Japanese battery-
operated robots of the 1960s. Although not very (33)
......................... (IMPRESS) by today's standards, some of
these toys are now very rare. If they are in full (34)
...........................(WORK) order, they can cost thousands of
dollars.
noun
adjective
adjective

89. Toy story
In the second half of the (0) .................. (TWENTY) century,
toys like model cars and Barbie dolls made the perfect gift for
young children. Most of these toys were played with until they
fell apart, but others were looked after very (25) …………….......
(CAREFUL) by children who were more interested in building a
(26) ……………..... (COLLECT). Today most of these toys belong to
adults and some have become valuable antiques
twentieth
carefully
collection

90. Barbie has been popular with girls since she made her first
(27) ……………........ (APPEAR) in toy shops over fifty years ago.
She has been sold in hundreds of different fashionable
(28) ………………...... (FIT) as well as the clothes suitable for
a (29) ……………........ (VARY) of professions including secretary,
flight attendant and astronaut. Today (30) ............................
(FULL) clothed Barbies are sold for hundreds of dollars, the
most expensive being those in (31) ………………....... (DAMAGED)
condition, with their original packaging and accessories
appearance
fittings
variety
fully
undamaged

91. If you're interested in starting a toy collection, another
good (32) …………........ (INVEST) are Japanese battery-
operated robots of the 1960s. Although not very (33)
......................... (IMPRESS) by today's standards, some of
these toys are now very rare. If they are in full (34)
...........................(WORK) order, they can cost thousands of
dollars.
investment
impressive
working

92. •Do you have any of your old
toys from when you were a
child? Which ones?
•What do you think your
children would make of the
toys you used to play with?
•Have you ever had a collection
of anything? What was it?

94. Extras

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