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Grammar & Vocabulary (Level 11) – Module 4 – Lesson 10
⚫ We use the indefinite articles ______________ and ______________ before a
singular countable noun when we mention the noun for the ______________ time.
They also mean “______________”.
Practice 1: a or an?
⚫ Fill in the blanks with ‘a’ or ‘an’.
1. ________ doctor 8. ________ easy job 15. ________ university
2. ________ engineer 9. ________ error 16. ________ interesting book
3. ________ agent 10. ________ honest kid 17. ________ one-legged troll
4. ________ actor 11. ________ US citizen 18. ________ hourly punishment
5. ________ electrician 12. ________ unicorn 19. ________ eight-armed animal
6. ________ teacher 13. ________ used car 20. ________ hungry man
7. ________ FBI agent 14. ________ hero 21. ________ angry lady
Practice 2: a & an
⚫ Put in ‘a’ or ‘an’ where necessary.
1. Marina lives in village and Sam lives in city.
2. My cousin is engineer and his wife is architect.
3. This is egg, not ping-pong ball.
4. Alan sat on buffalo and I sat on elephant at the zoo.
5. We gave Mum anklet and bracelet for her birthday.
6. A pilot flies aeroplane or helicopter.
⚫ The definite articles _______ is used to point out specific things or things that both the
speaker and the listener know.
⚫ Therefore, we use it…
1. when the person or thing has been mentioned before
I have a cat. cat is called Maru.
My car was stolen, but luckily thief was caught.
2. when there is only one of such person or thing
earth is our only home.
Shhh! principal is coming.
3. before superlatives
tallest mountain in the world is Mount Everest.
That is most boring film I have ever seen.
4. before ordinal numbers (first, second…)
second man to set food on the moon is Buzz Aldrin.
This is tenth time I have read this book.

Practice 1: a or the?
⚫ Fill in the blanks with ‘a’ or ‘the’.
1. Sorry, I can’t stop! I’m going to _______ airport.
2. A: Do you know Christmas Carol? It’s _______ great movie.
B: Who’s _______director?
3. A: Does your friend play _______ musical instrument?
B: Yes, he plays _______ sitar.
4. What’s _______ weather like in India this time of year?
5. A: What’s _______ name of _______ main river that runs through Calcutta?
B: _______ Hooghly.
Practice 2: a, an or the?
⚫ Match the sentences and the pictures.
1. Can I have the bag? _______
2. I’d like an apple. _______
3. I’d like the apple. _______
4. He’s painting the door. _______
5. He’s painting a door. _______
6. There’s a bus. _______
7. There’s the bus. _______

⚫ We usually use no articles before…
1. people’s names, e.g. Vivi, Chloe, Ivy

2. months and days of the week, e.g. December, January, Monday Friday
3. festivals, e.g. Christmas
4. name of sports and games, e.g. Football, golf, Pictionary,
hopscotch, hide-n-seek,
5. languages, e.g. Chinese, British, Korean
tag
(“Japanese is a hard language to learn.” BUT “The Japanese are very friendly.”)
Name of places
⚫ When we talk about some places, we need to use the:
the X (no article)
Rivers, seas, oceans, gulfs and canals Lakes, bays and harbours
the Niles, West Lake,
Group of islands Single islands

the Maldives, Lantau Island,
Mountain ranges Single mountains

the Himalayas, Castle Peak,
Deserts and forests Some parks

the Sahara, Victoria Park,
Country names with a common noun Continents, countries, cities and

the United States, the United Kingdom, districts
Europe, England,
Names with “of” Roads and streets

the Statue of Liberty, Nathan Road, Wall Street, Broadway,
Most museums and art galleries Stations, stops and piers

the Art Museum, Mongkok Station,
Most hotels Some markets

the Peninsula, the Four Seasons, Stanley Market,
Practice 1: the or ?
⚫ Fill in the blanks with ‘the’ or ‘’ if no article is needed.
1. Where are ______ Himalayas? Between ______ Nepal and ______ India.
2. Where is ______ Sydney? In ______ Australia.
3. Where is ______ River Nile? In ______ Egypt.
4. Where are ______ Canary Islands? In ______ Atlantic Ocean.
5. Where is ______ Wall Street? In ______ New York.
6. Where is ______ Mount Fuji? In ______ Japan.
7. Where are ______ Shetland Islands? In ______ UK.

Practice 2: the or ?
(1)
These days ________ Japanese cooking is familiar around the world. In many
(2) (3)
countries outside ________ Japan, people eat sashimi, which is ________ raw
fish, or tempura, which is fish or (4)________ vegetables cooked in (5)________ oil.
(6) (7)
Going out for ________ dinner is one of ________ greatest pleasures of
(8) (9) (10)
________ Japanese life and ________ Tokyo is one of ________ world’s
(11) (12)
greatest cities for ________ restaurants. Many first-time visitors to ________
city are surprised by the variety of (13)________ Japanese food.
(14) (15)
Many restaurants have plastic ________ copies of their dishes in ________
(16)
front window, or a colour photograph on ________ menu. This is for people who
(17) (18)
can’t speak ________ Japanese. The quality of the food inside ________
restaurant is always excellent.

Practice 3: Unnecessary articles
⚫ Cross out the unnecessary articles in the sentences.
1. Steve brought me a lovely cotton a blouse from India.
2. Mum wants you to buy a carton of a yoghurt on your way home.
3. There was a fear all around when the armoured trucks arrived.
4. As far back as 4000 BC, people used silver to make an ornaments.
5. She always buys the silk from this department store. The silk is of high quality
and is reasonably priced.
6. Janet can’t do the laundry because she forgot to buy a box of a detergent.
7. The bleach is a chemical we use to remove the colour from a piece of fabric.
8. India is said to be the place where the game of a chess originated.
9. The chickenpox is a viral disease. Those who are infected by it develop blisters
on the skin.
10. That restaurant serves several varieties of the coffee. I like the Brazilian coffee
best of all.
Practice 4: a, an, the or ?
⚫ Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ or ‘’ if no article is needed.
1. I live in ________ Paris. It’s ________ big city.
2. I like ________ art. I went to ________ art gallery in Spain last year.
3. Miss Lee goes to ________ work at 8 every morning. She’s ________ engineer.
4. Clare isn’t at ________ work. She’s on ________ holiday.
5. ________ Prime Minister visited ________ capital of ________ Paraguay last
week.
6. ________ Queen opened a new bridge across ________ River Thames in
________ London yesterday.
7. Tiger Woods won ________ PGA Championship yesterday.
8. There was ________ robbery in ________ High Street on Friday.
9. ________ President of ________ USA will meet ________ President of
________ Zambia next week.
10. ________ car crashed into ________ train in ________ India yesterday.
Practice 5: a, an, the or ?
⚫ Complete the passage with suitable articles. Write ‘’ if no article is needed.
(1) (2)
Sukiyaki is _________ Japanese dish of _________
(3) (4)
beef, _________ tofu, _________ mushrooms and
(5)
_________ vegetables. (6)_________ beef is sliced before
(7)
cooking. Sukiyaki is cooked in _________ iron pot over
(8) (9)
_________ charcoal fire. _________ soya sauce and
(10)
_________ sugar are used to give it flavour.
A. We add ‘-ness’ to some adjectives to form nouns:
happy → ___________________ forgetful → ___________________
sad → ___________________ tidy → ___________________
rude → ___________________ ready → ___________________
good → ___________________ weak → ___________________
_______ → ___________________ _______ → ___________________
⚫ Fill in the blanks with the above nouns.

1. All the ___________________ of an egg is in the yolk.
2. ___________________ can be a normal part of aging. As people get older,
changes occur in all parts of the body, including the brain.
3. We knew that he was upset because there was a touch of
___________________ in his voice.
4. ___________________ and bad manners have become alarmingly common in
the American work-place. Many workers surveyed have been insulted or ignored
by their co-workers.
5. I dared not cry or show any sign of ___________________.
6. His ___________________ to have a personal word with everybody at the
funeral was much appreciated.
7. If you want to work for such an organization, you are expected to maintain a high
standard of ___________________ in your appearance.
8. Juliet's eyes shone with ___________________ when she saw all her favourite
dishes on the dining table.

B. We add ‘-ity’ to some adjectives to form nouns:
probable → ___________________ scarce → ___________________
responsible → ___________________ generous → ___________________
complex → ___________________ equal → ___________________
hilarious → ___________________ creative → ___________________

1. Editors complain about the lack of ___________________ in the ideas put to
them.
2. The ___________________ of water was serious, but all natural resources were
scarce.
3. Everything was possible, but the ___________________ of Jason returning
home unharmed was remote.
4. I was given a great deal of ___________________ in my new job.
5. Her behaviour was hilarious but ___________________ is not easily tolerated in
a convent school.
6. I shall never forget the ___________________ shown by the donors.
7. The government must promote racial ___________________.
8. It was a complex operation but such ___________________ are common in
cardiac surgery.
C. We add ‘-ence’ to some adjectives to form nouns:
absent → ___________________ intelligent → ___________________
silent → ___________________ persistent → ___________________
independent → ___________________ obedient → ___________________
violent → ___________________ confident → ___________________

1. Minton is an outstanding boxer, with tremendous ___________________ in his
own ability.
2. To be good at the game, you need a reasonable level of ___________________.
3. I’ll be away for a week. Miss Leung will be in charge during my
___________________.
4. A loud scream broke the ___________________ of the night.
5. Having a job gives you financial ___________________.
6. With blind ___________________, I allowed my father to organize my life.
7. Her ___________________ paid off when she was offered the job of manager.
8. Domestic ___________________ involves injuring someone, usually a spouse
or partner, but it can also be a parent, child or other family member.

⚫ Add suitable suffixes (-ness, -ity, -ence, -ance) to the words given in brackets.
1. Researchers found a number of important ___________________ (different) in
the way boys and girls learn.
2. Many individuals regularly experience ___________________ (weak) and it can
be caused by a variety of conditions, such as a lack of sleep or malnutrition.
3. Tomorrow, there's a remote ___________________ (possible) of snow on high
ground.
4. One quality the team possessed in ___________________ (abundant) was
fighting spirit.
5. The prisoners continued to protest their ___________________ (innocent).
6. He tried to smooth over the ___________________ (awkward) of the situation.
7. The index adds appreciably to the ___________________ (useful) of the book.
8. Hindus attach great ___________________ (important) to food preparation.

 Homework:
⚫ Fill in the blanks with ‘a’ or ‘an’.
1. Christmas is ________ joyous 6. Gru is ________ evil man.
occasion. 7. Stuart is ________ arrogant person.
2. Elizabeth is ________ bright woman. 8. Bob is ________ irresponsible kid.
3. Jane is ________ sweet-natured lady. 9. Kevin is ________ conceited bore.
4. Henry is ________ adventurous boy. 10. Dave is ________ bitter minion.
5. Joan is ________ enthusiastic girl.
Donald: We’re going to (1)________ Japan in (2)________ September.

(3)
Jim: Oh, are you? I lived in Japan for a while. I went to ________ Kyoto
University. (4)________ Kyoto is a great city. Did you know, it used to be the
capital of Japan until (5)________ 19th century?
Donald: No, that’s interesting. How big is it?
Jim: Not too big. You can explore most of the city on (6)________ foot. There are
(7) (8)
hundreds of ________ temples and ________ lovely gardens to visit.
Do you speak (9)________ Japanese?
Donald: No, I don’t.

(10)
Jim: Never mind. ________ Japanese are very good at speaking
(11)
________ English.
⚫ Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ or ‘’ if no article is needed.
1. Have you seen ________ koala bear before?
2. There was ________ advertisement for the post of secretary in ________
yesterday’s newspaper.
3. ________ last time I saw her was three years ago.
4. ________ Mount Everest is ________ highest mountain in ________ world.
5. Can you go to ________ shop and buy ________ loaf of bread and ________
dozen eggs? Here is ________ money for them.
6. ________ boy scouts had ________ enjoyable time hiking and camping in
________ Sai Kung during ________ school holidays.
7. Charmaine was late by almost ________ hour because she overslept.
8. I saw ________ squirrel just now and ________ squirrel was eating some nuts
on ________ tree.
9. In the past, people believed that ________ earth was flat.
10. My grandmother lives in ________ terrace house at ________ end of ________
Plantation Avenue.
END OF LESSON 10
Grammar & Vocabulary Level 11
Module 1
Lesson 1 My Dream Job
Lesson 2 Participial Adjectives
Lesson 3 Countable/Uncountable; Quantifiers
Module 2
Lesson 4 Type 2 Conditionals
Lesson 5 Expressing Preferences
Lesson 6 Connectives (II): Contrasting Ideas; Unless
Module 3
Lesson 7 Gerunds
Lesson 8 Adjective & Adverbs
Lesson 9 Relative Clauses (II): who, which, whose
Module 4
Lesson 10 Articles
Lesson 11 Consolidation

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⚫ We use the indefinite articles ______________ and ______________ before a

They also mean “______________”.

⚫ Fill in the blanks with ‘a’ or ‘an’.

1. ________ doctor 8. ________ easy job 15. ________ university

2. ________ engineer 9. ________ error 16. ________ interesting book

4. ________ actor 11. ________ US citizen 18. ________ hourly punishment

5. ________ electrician 12. ________ unicorn 19. ________ eight-armed animal

1. Marina lives in village and Sam lives in city.

2. My cousin is engineer and his wife is architect.

3. This is egg, not ping-pong ball.

4. Alan sat on buffalo and I sat on elephant at the zoo.

5. We gave Mum anklet and bracelet for her birthday.

6. A pilot flies aeroplane or helicopter.

speaker and the listener know.

⚫ Therefore, we use it…

1. when the person or thing has been mentioned before

I have a cat. cat is called Maru.

My car was stolen, but luckily thief was caught.

2. when there is only one of such person or thing

earth is our only home.

Shhh! principal is coming.

tallest mountain in the world is Mount Everest.

That is most boring film I have ever seen.

4. before ordinal numbers (first, second…)

second man to set food on the moon is Buzz Aldrin.

This is tenth time I have read this book.

⚫ Fill in the blanks with ‘a’ or ‘the’.

1. Sorry, I can’t stop! I’m going to _______ airport.

2. A: Do you know Christmas Carol? It’s _______ great movie.

3. A: Does your friend play _______ musical instrument?

B: Yes, he plays _______ sitar.

4. What’s _______ weather like in India this time of year?

⚫ Match the sentences and the pictures.

1. Can I have the bag? _______

2. I’d like an apple. _______

3. I’d like the apple. _______

4. He’s painting the door. _______

5. He’s painting a door. _______

6. There’s a bus. _______

7. There’s the bus. _______

⚫ We usually use no articles before…

1. people’s names, e.g. Vivi, Chloe, Ivy

the X (no article)

Group of islands Single islands

Mountain ranges Single mountains

Deserts and forests Some parks

Country names with a common noun Continents, countries, cities and

Names with “of” Roads and streets

Most museums and art galleries Stations, stops and piers

Most hotels Some markets

⚫ Fill in the blanks with ‘the’ or ‘’ if no article is needed.

2. Where is ______ Sydney? In ______ Australia.

3. Where is ______ River Nile? In ______ Egypt.

4. Where are ______ Canary Islands? In ______ Atlantic Ocean.

5. Where is ______ Wall Street? In ______ New York.

6. Where is ______ Mount Fuji? In ______ Japan.

7. Where are ______ Shetland Islands? In ______ UK.

⚫ Fill in the blanks with ‘the’ or ‘’ if no article is needed.

fish, or tempura, which is fish or (4)________ vegetables cooked in (5)________ oil.

city are surprised by the variety of (13)________ Japanese food.

restaurant is always excellent.

⚫ We use the indefinite articles and before a

1. doctor 8. easy job 15. university

2. engineer 9. error 16. interesting book

4. actor 11. US citizen 18. hourly punishment

5. electrician 12. unicorn 19. eight-armed animal

2. Where is Sydney? In Australia.

3. Where is River Nile? In Egypt.

4. Where are Canary Islands? In Atlantic Ocean.

5. Where is Wall Street? In New York.

6. Where is Mount Fuji? In Japan.

7. Where are Shetland Islands? In UK.

fish, or tempura, which is fish or (4) vegetables cooked in (5) oil.

1. I live in Paris. It’s big city.

4. Clare isn’t at work. She’s on holiday.

5. Prime Minister visited capital of Paraguay last

6. Queen opened a new bridge across River Thames in

8. There was robbery in High Street on Friday.

9. President of USA will meet President of

happy → _ forgetful → _

sad → _ tidy → _

rude → _ ready → _

good → _ weak → _

_ → _________ _ → _________________

probable → _ scarce → _

responsible → _ generous → _

complex → _ equal → _

hilarious → _ creative → _

absent → _ intelligent → _

silent → _ persistent → _

independent → _ obedient → _

violent → _ confident → _