GRAMMAR REFERENCE 4.2 articles a/an, the, 1 Complete the sentences with a, an, the or - (no article). acs! no exticte 1 What's that? It's _an_ umbrella. R420) 2 Whar'shisjob? He's a journalist 1 There's angyange on te table 3. Thereisn't a” office here 2 I'mnotaStudent, 4 Welivein he UK. 3. Shes anGrelsh teacher 5 They'rein the city centre. 4 There's ade restaurant in my sreet. 8 Areyoufiee in #he evenings? § Ihave two children, 7 ike _— Brazil because love 4#€ sunt | & He doesnt wok on sturdy 8 Tvegot_— tre beso ‘+ The first time we talk about one person/thing, we use a or an. 9 You're _@_ fantastic student. Jan ives in an old house ina vilege near Hull 10 There are _@i-lotof shops He use a beore consonant sounds, eg a shel aunersity 2 Make sentences or questions Add articles where Weusean before vowel sounds, eg an afpot an hour necessary. 1 There isn't / museum in / my town ‘The frst time we tlk about people or things using a plural noun, There ion a museum in my town, a pertinent aenciyie tiga ae Tar a ere are / twenty nosy children in / garden Perea There are twtnly rwisy children inne orden We io use a/an snared no arte (rl to tak about 3. Isthere / tourist information centre / here ? fabs, or to talk about what things are. ciel Ti jhere a tours! inGormodion unter ere? ‘She's an engineer. Is that a new tablet? 4 Meet me in / city centre /at / eight o'clock Alex ard son are jouralss. Those are beaut cerns! “Heet mein the O8y enkee, a eval glock, |we use ain some phrases, eg. alot of once a week. 5. There are / lot of / shops open in / evening ‘We use no article... here art wict of § os We Un Wee NOH "errant ens nt citi fteecy Clams patra ee ‘My name's David. 'm from Bath. | think this is Bond street. Ht ing pe wy agar ese We live in Venezuela. (out the USA, the UK), tine UAE) Theve's_o_surienming pool in ry fiend!s hays: 2 with days, times and meals (beak Fast, heath, dinner), Isthere / toilet at / railway station? {fm free on Friday at nine o'clock. | have lunch at one o'clock. As there _o oiled ot *We roilwoy slaviont 8 There isn't bathroom in / my hotel room There srt 0 a throm in may incldl roam. GR4.2b)) De a iis tha cB ae 3. Complete the text with the correct articles. Sometimes no BE i tne conasterran article is necessary. 2 Sheend'is rom the usa My bestfriend ives in t Petersburg. Russia, She ives in 4 We have dinner at seven o'clock the evening. | ‘a beautiulnousein2____ centre ofthe city near : | 3 neva River. there are #__six bedrooms, three ‘We use the to say you know which one) | mean: This can bathrooms and __ swimming pool. Her house is near be. $__ shopping centre. | usually vst her once” 1 ecause we have aeady taed about ivthem year in summer. There ae ots of fantastic restaurants in Jan ives in an of house ina vilage near ul. The house was StPetersburg and we eat in*___ different place every day uitn 1485. The vag is near a ake, We always visit *___ theatre next to her house because Decause we mate itclear inthe sentence, eg. the shops on we botn ove watching plays. Weneverfel bored. ‘my street, the woman who answered the phone = ——s = when there is only one, e.g. the moon, the Burj Khalifa, the ty centre, the capital of Austral, the Nile, sisousethe or arts ofthe yn the maming, nthe evevting (out at night). 143