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What are the basic rules for using the definite and indefinite article?
3. Fill the following chart. Use
or
depending on whether it is possible to use the article or
not.
a/an
The
Zero article
singular
plural
4. How can the articles influence the meaning? How does the use of articles depend on the
context?
5. Match the sentences with their explanations:
a Hey, Robert, what’s that?
It looks like a flying saucer.
b Turn off the light and look at the sky.
c Can you reach the large camera on the shelf behind your chair?
d I think we got at least one good photo of the saucer.
e Let’s send it to a newspaper.
1 She is not talking about any particular one; it isn’t important or she doesn’t know.
2 She doesn’t expect him to know which one because she’s pointing it out for the first time.
3 She expects him to know which one because she is describing it precisely.
4 She expects him to know which one because they have mentioned it before.
5 She expects him to know which one without describing it (because it is the only one she can
mean).
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