Determiners:

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1- a/ an goes only with a singular noun ( when we 1st mention something ) we use a before a consonant and an before a vowel. BUT it depends on the pronunciation of the following word, not the spelling ( a school, an elephant, a university, an honest man, a harpy , a hero, a uniform, a holiday, a European, ) 2- with a plural or an uncountable noun we use some ( an amount of ) 3- the goes with both singular and plural and with uncountable nouns (when we know which person/thing we mean- - - - I bought a radio and a CD player, but the CD player didnt work. ) 4- O ( zero article) is used to express a general meaning, or generalisations

EXERCISES
A- Write the missing words (

A , An , The

or

( if no word is missing !!) ; use the numeral one:

Complete (1) story about (2) theft of (3) river barge: this is (4) true story about(5) man who chose (6) worst possible time for his crime. It happened in London in (7) summer of (8) 1972. (9) man stole (10) ..barge on (11).. River Thames (in case you dont know, (12) barge is (13) river boat used for carrying goods). (14) owner of (15) barge soon discovered that it was missing and immediately informed (16) police so that they could look for it. Normally (17) river is quite (18) busy place, and it would be difficult to find what you were looking for. On this day, however, there was (19) dock strike, and so there was only (20) barge on (21) river. (22) thief was quickly found and arrested.

B- Write the missing words (

A , An , The

or

You may use some, the numeral one, too:

( if no word is missing !!);

A silly mistake This is also (1) true story. It shows how (2) plans can sometimes go wrong and how (3) people can make silly mistakes. This too happened quite (4) long time agoin(5) ..1979, in fact. (6) scene was (7) old peoples home in (8) small town in (9) north of England called (10) ..Otley. (11).. owners of (12) home wanted to put (13) fence around it to make it more private. (14) work began soon after (15) Christmas when (16) workmen arrived in (17)..lorry with planks of wood which they put up around (18) building. It was (19) very nice fence, said (20) of (21) old people. But there was (22) problem. (23)workmen forgot to leave (24) ..gap for (25)..lorry to drive out through. They had to come back (26)next day to knock down part of ( 27).fence . What (28).silly mistake, said another resident. It was so funny we had to laugh. In fact it was (29). most fun weve had for (30)..long time.

Complete this conversation between these friends, Martin and Anna. Write the missing words (

A , An , The

or

You may use some, too:

( if no word is missing !!).

Martin: I think we ought to book (1) holiday. Where shall we go? Anna: What about (2) Scotland? I think Edinburgh is (3) beautiful city. I love going there . Martin: (4) weather might not be very good. We went there at (5) Easter, and it was freezing, Remember. Anna: We could have (6) walk along (7) Princes Street and up to (8) castle. And I wanted to go to (9) Royal Scottish Museum, but we never found time . Martin: Cant we go somewhere different? Anna: We could spend some time in (10) Highlands, I suppose . Martin: When I go on (11) holiday, I want to do something more relaxing than climbing(12) mountains. And I find it pretty boring. Anna: How can you say such(13) thing? Martin: Actually, Id prefer somewhere warmer and by (14) sea. I think (15) Corfu would be nice. We might get (16) sunshine there. I just want to lie on (17) beach . Anna: Martin, you know, Im not at all keen on (18) beach holidays . ()

Solutions: A:
1-the 2-the 3-a 4-a 5-a 6-the 7-the 8-0 9-the 10-the 11-a 12-the 13-a 14-the 15-the 16-the 17-the 18-a 19-a 20-one 21-the 22-the

B:
1-a 2-0 3-0 4-a 5-0 6-the 7-an 8-a 9-the 10-0 11-the 12-the 13-a 14-the 15-0 16-0 / the / some 17-a 18-the 19-a 20-one 21-the 22-a / one 23-the 24-a 25-the 26-the 27-the 28-a 29-the* 30-a

* the most fun= superlative

c:
1-a 2-0 3-a 4-the 5-0 6-a 7-0 8-the 9-the 10-the 11-0 12-0 13-a 14-the 15-0 16-0 / some 17-a 18-0