> Four sentences are true and two are false. Put ticks / against the true ones. ‘You can use awith plural nouns, for example, Can you hear a dogs barking? ‘You can use the with plural nouns, for example, Can you hear the dogs barking? ‘You can use no article with plural nouns, for example, Can you hear dogs barking? You can use awith uncountable nouns, for example, A water is boiling You can use the with uncountable nouns, for example, The water is boiling. You can use no article with uncountable nouns, for example, Water boils. Look again at the example sentences in part A. Put the four correct ‘examples into the correct paragraph. 4) Sally isin the kitchen with her young daughter, Claire. Can | make the tea, please, Mummy? Yes, but do be careful. Put some water in the kettle, put some tea in the teapot, and when pour it into the pot very careful ) Sally and Ciaire are stil talking. don't really understand my science classes at school Why not’? What don’t you understand? Well, for example, Yes. Well, why? 69) Itis night. Helen and Simon are lost in a forest. They are alone. Helen: Where are we? Simon: | don’t know, Helen: Wait, thought! saw a light over there, and listen, Sally: at 100°C, yes? 4) José and Carmen live on a farm near a forest. They have three dogs. It is night. Carmen: José = —— José: — Yes, there might be something out there. I'l go and have a look. © Match what you say with what you mean. You say You mean 1 Can you hear dogs barking? a) You expect your listener to know which dogs you are talking about 2 Can youhear the dogs barking? —_b) Youdo not know which dogs; they are new to you. 3 Water boils at 109°C. 2) You mean water in gonoral 4 The water's boiling, ) You mean some particular water. 5 Society isn fair a) You mean a particular society 6 The society is meeting tonight. ) You mean human society as a whole. 7 the 2) You expect your listener to know which partcular one(s) you mean. ~ (no article) ) You do not mean any particular one(s).