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“I spent some time looking around (1) ……… shops in (2) ………Oxford Street. I spent far too much (3) ……… money, of course. I bought some clothes: three dresses, (4) ……… sweater, (5) ………Indian blouse, two pairs of trousers and (6) ………skirt. I enjoyed myself—it was great fun!! (7) ………skirt is really nice: (8) ………hundred pounds is too expensive, but I couldn’t resist it. Anyway, it was reduced from (9) ……… hundred and twenty pounds, so I made (10) ………saving of twenty pounds. One of (11) ………dresses doesn’t fit, I’ve discovered, but I can take it back next time I go. I had (12) ………wonderful time and bought all these lovely things. But it was very crowded. Everyone was rushing about. And (13) ………traffic was terrible. I usually have (14) ………coffee and (15) ………slice of cake, but the cafés were all full, so I didn’t bother. (…)” |
B-Use the words supplied ( A, An, The or O ) to complete this text:
(1) ………man from (2) ………California was spending (3) ………month in (4) ………Britain. One day he booked (5) ………hotel in Cheltenham, (6) ………old town in (7) ……West of (8) ………England. Then he went out to look around (9) ………place. But (10) ………man didn’t return to (11) ………hotel. He disappeared, leaving (12) ………suitcase full of clothes behind. (13) ………police were called in, but they were unable to find out what had happened to (14) ………missing tourist. It was (15) ………mystery. But two weeks later (16) ……… man walked into (17) ………police station in Cheltenham. He explained that he was sorry, but while walking around (18) ………town, he had got lost. He had also forgotten (19) ………name of (20) ……… hotel he had booked into. So he had decided to continue with his tour of (21) ………country and had gone to visit (22) ………friend in (23) ………Scotland before returning to pick up (24) ………suitcase he had left behind. (25)……….astonished police-officer took him to the New Cheltenham Hotel. |
C-Complete these sentences about pollution and the environment. Put in A, An, The, or O:
1-There was (1) ………programme on(2) ………television about dangers to (3) ………environment.
2-There was also (4) ………article about (5) ………pollution in (6) ………paper.
3-(7) ………ozone layer will continue to disappear if we don’t find (8) ………way to stop it.
4-(9) ………world’s weather is changing. (10) ………pollution is having (11) ……… effect on (12) ………our climate.
5-(13) ……last week (14)………oil tanker spilled (15)………oil into (16) ……sea, damaging (17) ……… wildlife.
6-Some professors have signed (18) ………letter of protest and have sent it to (19) ………government.
7-If (20) ………Earth was (21) ………human being, it would be in (22) ………hospital.
I. Common expressions without articles
In some common fixed expressions to do with place, time and movement, normally countable nouns are treated as uncountables, without articles.
Examples are:
to school
at school
in school (US)
from school
to/at/from university/college (GB)
to/in/from college (US)
to/at/in/into/from church
to/in/into/out of bed/prison
to/in/into/out of hospital (GB)
to/at/from work
to/at sea to/in/from town
at/from home leave home
leave/start/enter school/university/college
by day
at night
by car/bus/bicycle/plane/train/tube/boat
on foot
by radio/phone/letter/mail
With place nouns, similar expressions with articles may have different meanings.
E.g. Compare:
- I met her at college (when we were students)
I'll meet you at the college. (The college is just a meeting place.)
- Jane's in hospital, (as a patient)
I left my coat in the hospital when I was visiting Jane.
- Who smokes in class? {=... in the classroom?)
Who smokes in the class? (= Who is a smoker...?)
In American English, university and hospital are not used without articles.
E.g. She was unhappy at the university.
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