English Through Reading for EFL Learners
INSTRUCTOR: DR. H. GHAEMI 48
Pub signs - definite and indefinite article usage
Complete the following extract from the text, adding articles whenever they are necessary. Note any
cases where you have a choice..
Only (......) few English pubs, however, have (......) names dating back more than three centuries. One
of (......) more common names that does date back (......) long way is (......)
Rose and Crown, (......) name
first used just after (......) "Wars of (......) Roses" in (......) fifteenth century, when (......)
House of
Lancaster ((......) emblem: (......) red rose) fought (......) House of York ((......) emblem: (......) white rose)
for (......) English crown. (......) name Rose and Crown has been (......) popular name for (......) inns and
pubs ever since.
(......) lot of older pubs have (......) names reflecting local loyalties or (......) loyalty to king and country.
Inns situated near (......) homes of dukes and lords are frequently named after (......) duke's or lord's
family name — especially when (......) duke or lord in question happened to own (......) inn, as was often
(......) case. Thus (......) pub called (......)
Norfolk Arms, whose (......) sign shows (......) heraldic
shield or
(......) portrait of (......) Duke, is likely to have been named after one of (......) Dukes of (......) Norfolk
((......) title created in 1483).
