Articfes: o / on, the, zero orticle

Thot's o good ideo! Let's

go ond pldg footboll!

Complete the toble.

.
good progromme
Thot's. .. . good ideo!
I wont to be . .. explorer.
I wont to soil round ..
world.
There wos

ffi\\\\\[fi

Where's.. .. .
ffi{{r{ffi$ Let's

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explore

pork!

wont to climb Mount Everest.

l'd like to visit Africo.
Let's plog footboll.
I

ffi

Sohoro Desert?

on TV.

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orticle z F

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neoa the informotion.

d/on
We use d/dn with singulor countoble nouns:
. when we tolk obout one thing or person
but we don't sog exoctlg which one:
Lucg s rcading a book.

There's a supermarket neor mg house.

to talk obout someone's jobl

'

Mg mother is o teocherto describe people or things:

'

Pip is o nice

gil.

Thot's o good ideo.

with numbers:
I sleep eight hours o night.
Aryles cost 3 a kilo.
Remember: We don't use d/qr with
uncountoble nouns (woter, milk) or piurol
in expressions

nouns (opples, books).

the
We con use fhe with singLrlor, plurol ond
uncountoble nouns. We use fhe:
. when it is cleor which person or thing we
meon:
The bog over there is mg brotheL Where's

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deserts (the Sohoro Desert).

with the nomes of some countries: tl,e
USA (United Stdtes of Americo), the IJK
(United Kingdom), the Nether/onds

with musicol instruments:

He Plogs the piono.
in some time expressions:
in

th e momi ngl oftemoon I eveni ng,

ot the v,/eekend.
But we sog:
in

lanuorg, ot night, on Mondags

Zero orticle
We don't use o or ftre:
. with nomes of people (Peter, Mr Hadg),
continents (Africd), most countries (Spdin),
cities (Modrid), streets (West Street), tot<es
(Lake Michigan) ond mountoins (,Mount

the sugar?

when there is onlg one:

The Earth is round. Peter is in the gorden.

with the nomes of oceons (the Pociflc

Oceon), seos (the Red Sed), rivers (the
Ni/e), mountoin ronges (tfie Andes) ond

Everest).

with sports (bdsketboli), gomes (chess),

school subjects (/tr'1oths), meols (dinner) ond
longuoges (English).
in these expressions:
Beth is at homelot schoollin bed.
I go to school everg dag. I

bg bus.

When we tolk obout something for the first time, we use o/on. When
we tolk obout it ogoin, we use fhe: This is o sandwich ond that s an
opple. The sondwich is for gou ond the opple is for me.

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I

2
3

Compfete with o, an

or the.

A: This is o boring film.

A: Whot does gour fcther do?
A: Whot's thot?

is
A: I con't open

A: Where's

A: How

A:

Joe's mum

octress,

door.

l'4il<e?

much cre the oronges?

B: Yes, it is. Come on, let's plog

gome.

B: He worl<s in
office.
Br lt's
old photo of mg dod.
B: Reollg? Whot about his fother?

Where's
B: He's ot
B: Theg're 2
B:

keg?

sports centre with Fred.

kilo, lthink.

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Complete with fhe or

Complete with o, the or

I A:
Br
2 Ar
Br
Ar
Ar
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:

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I

2
3

4
5
6

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There'sl

. Then do

the quiz.

postcord for gou on the toble. I think it's from

Yes, it is. Oh, look - it's from 3

14ike.

Miomi!

Whot does this word meon?

I don't know. Whg don't gou osk 4 .
Cloire? She speoks s
Sponish.
5
7
I con't. She isn't ot .
home she's ot
sports centre. She's ploging
tennis with Soroh.

Do gou olwogs do gour homework in 9

evening?
Well, no. But todog I'm studing for mg Geogrophg test.
Oh. I hotero
. Geogrophg!
I like it.
Of course gou do! Your mum's I
Geogrophg teocher!
Well, ges. But she never helps me with mg homework!

Comptete w ith o/an

or the.

There wos
good {ilm on TV lost night.
film wos obout Africo.
Peter ond Lucg live in ..
smoll town. .. town isn't neor the seo.
Vickg hos got
cot ond tvvo dogs.
dogs ore verg friendlg.
cot isn't friendlg.
There's sports centre ond
swimming pool in our town.
swimming pool is
in
pork neor mg house.
Mg mum's got
old cdr.
cor is blue.
I met
interesting girl gesterdog. girlwos from Poldnd.

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Write true onswers to the questions.

Whot ore gour fovourite subjects ot school?

l'49 fovourite subjects ore
Which countrg would gou like to visit? Where is it?
I'd lil<e to visit..
. lt's in
Which is gour fovourit e spoft? Who is gour Iovourite ploger?
lYg fovourite spoft is
ond mg fovourite ploger
Whot's gour fovourite food?
Mg fwourite food is
Whot do gou wont to be when gou grow up?
I wont to be
Con gou or gour friend speok o foreign longuoge?
I
Mg friend

is

@ w.it" o/on, the or -

Write.
rite to leenlink dbout gou ond gour fomilg. Use Exercise 8 os o model.
Photo

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Hi!
Mg nome's

from
with

... ..

.. ....

.l)m...
..

.l

ono

came

live

OJ

Comporotives ond superlotives

Short o{ectives

.n

The tiger is heovier thon the cheetoh.

Actuollg, it's the biggest ond heoviest

Complete the tobles.

ll111Hll'lflt$TillilxTix111tlt1il,lll11

foster (thon)

the {ostest

Dr9

bigg..

the bigg

heovu

hewier

toz9

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... (thon)

( .. .. )
lozi .... . (... .. .. )

..

necNrest

tozl

Comporotives ond

f6

n.oa the informqtion.

Use
. We use the compqrotive form of
odjectives to compore two people or
things:
I m tollet thon Emmo.
. We use the superlotive form of
odiectives to compore three or more
people or things:
Tim is the tollest bog in our closs.

superlolives

Form
. To form the comporotive of shoft
odiectives, we odd -el (thdr):
fast + foster (thon)

clever

clevercr (thon)

To {orm the superlotive of short

odjectives, we use the + -est:
fost + the fostest
clever 1 the cleverest

Co-plete the tqble.

Adjective

Compqrqtive

strong

gtrqqger

SuperlotiYe
Adjectives ending in -e:
nice
nicer
Adjectives ending in vowel
+ consonant:

thin

uglg

smoll

big
fost

bigger

Adjectives ending in consonont

prettg

nice

heovg

-9,

heavier

fot

@ Co-pl.t" *ith

the compordtive. Then do the quiz.

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Complete with the superlotive,

loot< qt the toble ond write sentences.

ag.

Weight

Peter

.55 m

50 kg

LUCU

.52 m

40 k9

rrorrg

.70 m

65 kg

.52 m

50 kg

Beth

Height

Peter / Lucg (old)

Peter / Horrg (short)

2
3 Horrg / Peter (heovg)
4 Beth / Horrg (goung)
5 Lucg / Beth (thin)
5 Beth / LucA (toll)
7 (old)
8 (short)
q (heovg)
l0 (goung)

l2

Complete ttre questions. Then write true onswers.

1ry1,o;, lhe

Are

tollesi

gou
ls Chinese
Who is

ls gour room

Which

60

(thin)
(toll)

is

pupil in gour closs? (toll)

gour teocher? (goung)
English? (eosg)

person in gour fomilg? (old)

thon gour mum ond dod's? (big)
room in gour house? (nice)

is Lhe

Lal lesL.

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Long odjectives, irrcgulor odjectives

First of oll, o cot is more beoutiful

thon o dog!Well, gour dog, ongwogl

Co-ptete the tobles.

ililllli:iiliillllliltiiiifi

iliiililiiili,ililltiiilliiii[ii

iiii,il,i,rri,iiiliiii lfiilliiiitililli.tl,,iiltltiiiiiiiilitriiiftiiiliiii
beoutiful more beoutiful (tfron)
expensive (thon)

expensve

dongerous more dongerous (

bod

the most beoutiful

the

expensive

most dongerous

worse (

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neoa the informotion.

To form the superlqtive of long odjectives,
we use the most + odjective:

Form
. To form the compdrdtive of long
odjectives, we use more + odjective

(+

+ the most beoutiful

expensive + the most expensive
beoutiful

thon):

beautiful
expensive

more beoutiful (thon)

These odjectives ore irregulor:

mote expensive (thon)

good
bod

bettet
worse

the best

the wotst

Complete the toble.

Adie.tive

Comporotive

beoutiful

mate bequLiful

Superlotive

expensve
interesting

excnn9
wonderful

Compore the pets.

.O

ffi

oongeTous

ffi

rntel|gent

o goldfish

populor

ffi

.aD/t

Z\iY

o snoke

o snoTK

YH

@b

hi,,

@
@

becutiful

on iguono

expensive

o homster

4,ffi

2
3

Snokes

9ll

Shorl<s
Dogs

4 Goldfish ore
5

Cots

6 Collies

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h1re Oongeraus

o cot

o horse

fr,
$1

ffi

o collie

tnan

fr,
o porrot

b,"l^)

o dolphin

o goldfish

aw
5 qood quord dogs
o Pooole

o torontulo

o cot

o homster

ooo

Torontulos
goldfish. Dolphins
homsters. Cots

on olsotion

of oll.

dogs.

iguonos. Porrots ore

homsters. Horses
poodles. Alsotions

of oll.
of oll.

of oll.
of oll.
of oll.

i,.ui t.ii
@

Comporotives ond suDerlotives

it6

,,,.,,

Complete with the correct form of the comporotive or the superlotive.

Pet Corner
Herc ane two etteTs from Pet Lovers.
We're waiting for yours, tool
Hil

ts.ella TeenLink

My ra-re.

l'm Futh and l'rn e even years old. l've got

two petsl A pamot and a dog. My pannot,
Cookie. s 5.
[no sy] b rd
rn the neighborhoodl He s ngs al dayl
He's 6
(iniellgenrl than
7
a canary but he's
{ug yl, tool
My dog, Missy, is E
fgood] dog in the wor d. She's also
(dirtyl dog in the
..
woddl She hates havng a bathl
Ithrnk she's lc
lbeautful] dog n rhe wofldl

DFoo e d1d \,e goL a go.dtis ..

Its name's Gold e. lt's
lquiet] pet n the
worldl Actualy, wanted a p renha fish
but they afe 2
ldangerousl than goldf sh. They bite
Also, Goldie is 3
..
. lsma]ll
than a cat or a dog and my mum ikes
that becaLtse we have a smal house,
too. A goldfish is a
lc]eanl than a hemsten so lcan keep it
in my aoom

I Love Goldiel
Debbie Lowe {71
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..ii:,'iir i::i iirr iif

lii'i -r:rii, lilr"

rlrr

'. .,,

i::rr'i

:'

',,. .i . r,,,. :,i,1' lir''.,,.,,i.,,....,.

Write.
Write o letter to Teenlink. Write obour the pet gou hove or the per gou would
the letters in Exercise l2 os o model.

Photo

c c c 0 cc c c c

cc c cc 0c c cc c c

lil<e

to hove. Use

0ccc ccecc00

Hil
Mg nome's

ond l'm
geors old.

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