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Don't forget to use a/an! = ‘Student A: an orange Student B: an egg Student C: a gir, ete We use a / an: We use the: * with singular countable nouns = ¢_with singular or plural nouns when we are when we are talking about talking about something specific which we them in general. either already know about or it is mentioned An elephants a big arimal fora second time. Which elephant? We don't mean a The carin ont ofthe house is Ted's. (Which car? spect elephant; we mean Not any car. The car which isin font ofthe house) elephants in general) wth noune which are urigus aterthe verte ‘tobe and” Thesunissnig (= Teron om sin) nave go The Aetopote kere Hesston votre the names of ver (he Amazon and 'e's got @ pet cat. countries when they include words such as state, kingdom, ete. (the United Kindgom) We don't use a / an: with uncountable or plural We don't use th: nouns. with proper nouns or possessive adjectives. We can use some inste poms erica dae cP piee Her fathers trom Leeds. | want some sugar and some BUT strawberries. family names and nationalities take the. The Browns Inve next door. The Italans eat alot of soaghett | % Write a, an or some. i or 8. tea 4 icecream 7 sandwich 10, bread : fe lemon 5 burger 8 butter 1" grape omelette 6 egg 9 onion 2 julce 25e Articles (4) write the or - 1 Look at... 2 eather is nice today. 3 Smiths are on holiday 4 Is this Tom's cat? 5 Benisin New York (5) Choose the correct item. 1. Have you got ‘onion? lobster? Aa Ban C the 4 Are Pyramids in Egypt? Aa Ban C the 5 My mum is art. Aa Ban C the 6 The children are in garden. Aa Ban C the © nine gape win aan orto. 1. A: Where are you going this summer? B: Well, we want to goto 1) ..4/7.. island in Greece. Ak: That's fantastic. Which one? B: We want to go to 2) itn of Corfu A It's 3) beautiful istan. 2 A: Do you know dk stn? B: Yes, Ido. He is 1 friend of John's, isn't he? A: Right. He is 2) one who wants to become 3) pilot. He loves planes. 8 9 10 Where hotel? Dad is in kitchen, We are from Italy blue bag is yours ‘There is some cheese in fridge. haven't got Umbrella. | need to buy one Aa Ban © the apple in my bag is fresh. AA B An The Ben has got new digital camera, Aa Ban C the black dog is ours. AA B An The ‘Ann's brother is doctor Aa B an C the A: leat 1) apple and 2) banana every day. B: Why do you do that? A: Don't you know that 3) apple a day keeps 4) doctor away? B: What about 5) banana then? Well, | don't know but I love bananas. What does your mother do? She's 1) doctor. ‘And what about your father? He's 2) artist. Oh, that's great. Jenr Pat: Jenr Pat Jenn Pat JennArticles a 7 Read the conversation between Jennifer and Pat. Then fill in the gaps with a, the or. Jennifer: I'm realy hungry. Let's get something to eat Pat! OK. Why don't we go to 1) /¢ Italian restaurant near my house? They make great pizzas there Jennifer: That sounds good. After that, we can go to 2) cinema and watch 3) film. Pet! hear 4) new James Bond fm is really exciting! Jennifer: Oh, | just love 5) James Bond films! Pat: Alright, then. Are you ready? Jennifer: Give me a few minutes. | need to leave 6) note for my mum, Where's 7) pen? Oh, here itis. OK, now I'm ready Pat: Great! Le’s go! (B) Read the following sentences and put a tick (/) for every correct use of the and a cross (X) for every incorrect use of it. Nest week, my family and are going to visit the London. x Wie are going to stay ata hotel whichis near the River Thames. ‘We want to vist al the famous sights | can't wat to see Buckingham Palace and the Big Ben. We also want ovis the Tower of London. My mum says thatthe food in the UK is delicious So, 'm going to ty the fsh and chips. I cat wait! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 Fillin the gaps with the where necessary. 1) = Bareelona is 2) second largest city in 3) Spain "and itis in 4) northeast of 5) ‘county. About 3 million people live there and millions of tourists visit 6) city of Barcelona ‘every year, There are many places to visit including 7) famous building Casa Batlle » Athens is 2) capital city of 3) Greece. 4) city of Athens isin 5) south of the country. There are many important ancient sites and temples in Athens. One of them is 6) Parthenon, Millions of 7) tourists visit 8) Acropolis every year in order to see the Parthenon and 9) Ancient Agoraa Articles (40) read the ietter and write the missing words. Write one word on each line. Hi Mum, | __ I's so lovely to be on holiday. Paris 1) i. really beautiful. Right now, I am at the } hotel 2) room is huge and I've got an amazing view ofthe city from here. There is | 3) big bed and a sofa with soft cushions on it. There is also a very big bathroom. | have so many things to do tomorrow. | really want to vist 4) Louvre and the | Champs Elyseés. | hear that §) are fantastic. | That's al fr now. Email soon. Laura Imagine you are on holiday and your friend calls you. Choose a city and tell him/her where you are and what you can see/visit there. City: Moscow Student A: Hi | Where are you? See: — Statue of Peter the Great Student B: I'm in ~ Moscow Kremlin ‘Student A: Really! What can you see there? Visit: - Saint Basi's Cathedral Student B: | can see ~ Red Square Student A: That sounds great! And what can City: Rome you visit there? ‘See: - Coliseum | Tiber River Student B: | can visit Visit : Pantheon /-St Peter's Square_| student A: | hope you have a grea ime. Bye! L Death Using ideas from the Speaking Activity above, write an email to your mum about your holiday. Use Ex. 10 as a model. HiMum, Its 80 lovely to be here in | have s0 many things to do tomorrow. | want to see {also want to visit Email soon! Love, 28 cr