- when the listener or reader knows what the speaker or writer is talking about?. E.g: Give me the money.[r]
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A Grammar Articles: other uses
A/an is used:
- to talk about something that the listener or the reader doesn’t know about yet
E.g: K2 is a peak in the Himalayas.
- to describe what something or someone is
E.g: ABS is an unreliable travel agency.
The is used:
- when the listener or reader knows what the speaker or writer is talking about
E.g: Give me the money.
- when the speaker specifies what or who they are talking about
E.g: Where are the tickets I gave you yesterday?
- with things that are only comes around us or that are unique
E.g: Neil Armstrong landed on the moon in 1969.
- when the reader refer to the world around us or things we all know about
E.g: We had a sightseeing tour around the city.
Zero article is used:
- with plural or uncountable nouns when we are talking about things in general
E.g: Passwords protect our personal information.
- with meals, months, days and special times of the year
E.g: I visit my grandparents on New Year’s Days.
- with most names of people and places (most countries, states and cities)
E.g: Da Lat is in Lam Dong Province.
Trang 2- with geographical areas, lakes, mountains and islands.
E.g: We visited Lake Victoria It’s in East Africa.
Look out!
We use “the” with names of a few countries: the UK, the USA, the Netherlands, the Philippines We also use “the” with island group, mountain ranges, oceans and names of
rivers: the Thames, the Pacific, the Amazon, the Danube
B Practice
Exercise 1: Put a, an, the or Ø (nothing)
1 Jane is _ teacher Her parents were _ teachers too
2 It doesn't often snow here at _ Christmas We haven't had _ White Christmas for many years
3 We came here in _ summer of _ 1969
4 Rita plays _ violin and her sister plays _ guitar
5 On our trip to _ Spain, we crossed _ Atlantic Ocean
6 Jack has got _ very long legs, so he's _ fast runner
7 _ Florida State University is smaller than _ University of Florida
8 You need _ visa to visit _ foreign countries, but not all of them
9 _ Civil War was fought in _ United States between 1861 and 1865
10 _ big books on _ table are for my history class
Exercise 2 Choose the correct answer
1 The British Prime Minister live in Downing Street/the Downing Street
2 Women/the women are often better teachers then men
3 Frank is a student at Liverpool University/the Liverpool University
4 Life/the life would be very difficult without electricity.
5 We flew from London to Orly Airpot/the Orly Airpot in Paris
6 Mary and Peter got married in St Matthew's Church/the Matthew's Church
7 Some children hate school/the school
8 After leaving school, Nora worked as a cleaner in hospital /at the hospital
Trang 39 All over the world, people are in prison/the prison because of their political beliefs
10 Apples/the apples are good for you.
Exercise 1: Fill each blank in the conversation with a, an, some, or any.
Nick: Let's discuss what to prepare for our picnic
Mi: You and I have been assigned to buy (14) _ fruit and drinks
Nick: I think it would be better to buy fruit which are easy to peel such as bananas or mandarins
Mi: (15) _ kilo of mandarins and (16) _ bunch of bananas are enough, I think
Nick: Should we buy (17) snacks such as crisps?
Mi: That's fine Let me write it down: (18) _big packet of potato crisps
Nick: What about drinks? Should we buy soft drinks?
Mi: I don't think that's a good idea Just buy (19) _bottles of mineral water Nick: My mother told me that she could bake (20) _apple pie for us
Mi: Oh that's great!
Exercise 2: Rewrite the following sentences as directed
1 If she should come, tell her to wait for me (using inversion with SHOULD)
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2 If I don’t come here early, I will miss the bus
→ Unless………
3 If he doesn’t do that, he will get bonus
→ Unless………
4 If she doesn’t water these trees, they will die
→ Unless………
5 I only come if they invite me
→ Unless………
6 In case it rains, we’ll stay at home (if)
………
7 If you don’t leave the office, I will call the police (or)
………
8 You can’t visit Paris unless you get a visa (If)
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Trang 49 Alice may miss the train But she can get the next one.
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10 Stop talking or you won’t understand the lesson
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