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Student: Lenin Santiago Medina Diaz Code:201922569

Teacher: Marcela Bustos Teacher

COURSE GUIDE TOPIC GRAMMAR EXPECTED

TIME OF WORK
English IV City life Articles 8 hours
OBJECTIVES

 Students can understand the main points of clear standard speech, including short
narratives.
 Students can express themselves with sufficient vocabulary on familiar topics such
as travel.
 Students can use articles (a, an, the) appropriately when talking about
geographical features.

PRESENTATION

Dear student in this worksheet you will find information about the use of articles (a, an,
the) and the use of quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns. Remember there
are videos to support the explanations in the online classroom- Moodle. Do not hesitate
to ask me any question or doubt you can have.

Let’s explore this vocabulary before we start:

Use a good dictionary to find out the meanings of the words listed above, write the
Spanish meaning in the following chart.
Carbono neutral Transporte publico
Un centro de la ciudad Un contenedor de reciclaje
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Un carril de bicicleta Un area residencial

Espacio verde Un centro comercial
Un bloque de apartamentos de altitud Congestión del trafico
Una calle de unica vía Luces del trafico
Una zona peatonal

Match the words in A with the words in B.

A B
cycle     f  a mall
1 pedestrian     d      b area
2 shopping     a      c congestion
3 traffic     c      d zone
4 residential     b      e transport
5 public     e      f lane

It is very important to check the uses of the article THE. There are some place names that
are always written with this article. Check the following chart and its examples.
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1. Other phrases with zero (-) article

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At home / at school/ at university/ at work/ at night

In bed/ in prison/ in hospital
On holiday

Complete the sentences with the, a, an or –.

Have you ever been to the Himalayas?
1 I haven’t seen Ben for a while. Perhaps he’s on     the      holiday.
2 We stayed in     a      expensive hotel in Rome.
3     The      sun’s very hot at midday, so be careful.
4 I’ve got       a    good camera because I enjoy taking photos.
5 I’d love to go to     -    Brazil one day.
6 David has a small house on     the      coast.
7     The      Australian people have a healthy lifestyle.
8 We had     an      good time with our friends last weekend.
9 I’ve just read       a    interesting book on Greece.
10 Laura’s not at     -      home right now.

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REFERENCES
Stephen Greene, 2013. Cutting Edge: Pre-Intermediate. England, Pearson Education Limited.