14 Study these sentences and explain the use of the article.

1. Could you pass me the documents lying on your table.

2. The package designers target the young.

3. John Corbin is the most successful package engineer in the USA.

4. Popov invented the radio.

5. I think he is the one who can conduct negotiations to the mutual benefit.

6. The Guardian published the article about our package company.

7. The Cullens started their business in 1989.

15 Use this map to answer the questions in the way shown. Write the name of the place and the place it is in. On maps we do not normally use the, but in your sentences, use the if necessary.

1 Yes, the Middlesex Hospital is in Tottenham Road. You should turn right and go along the Oxford Street till the crossroad with Tottenham Road. Turn left and go for about 100 meters. The hospital will be on your left.

2 …………………………………………………………..

3 …………………………………………………………..

4 …………………………………………………………..

5 …………………………………………………………..

6 …………………………………………………………..

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8 …………………………………………………………..

1 Is there a hospital near here?

2 How can I get to the Westminster Abbey?

3 How can I get to the University of London?

4 Where is a museum near here?

5 How can I get to the Central Criminal court?

6 Are there any sights near here?

7 Is there a park near here?

8 How can I get to the Southwark Cathedral?

16 Complete the sentences with the where necessary.

1 My boss traveled to … Himalayas this summer.

2 Have you ever been to … Caribbean Isles?

3 We booked into a hotel on … Park Lane.

4 Mary got her degree at ….Oxford University.

5 Last time when I was on a business trip to … America, I had a stunning view of … Appalachians from my window.

6 We spent three weeks designing a new package for … Italians.

7 They heard … news about labeling on … radio and then watched a similar report on … television.

8 … Project Team usually had … lunch together.

17 Work individually. Study the information about the Indefinite Article (a/an)

and do exercises afterwards.

Indefinite Article (a/an) The indefinite article a/an is only used in front of a singular countable noun mentioned for the first time. The is used when it is mentioned a second time e.g. I bought a jacket and a dress. The jacket was quite cheap. Other uses: to talk about any one of a group of people or things in general e.g. He buys a newspaper every day. with all things of the same kind e.g. Is a spider an insect? to talk about someone’s job e.g. She’s an artist. with numbers, fractions, certain words that express an amount e.g. a hundred, a million, a third, a few/ a great deal to talk about a type of a particular thing e.g. This area produces a fine cheese. with two things that are often mentioned together as though they are one thing e .g. a cup and saucer (not ‘cup and a saucer’) with smb’s name when we don’t know the person e.g. There is a Mr. Brown to see you. to mean every with expressions of time e.g. once a week, twice a year with What…! Exclamations, such, rather e.g. What a nice person! He’s such a fool! It’s rather a high price, isn’t it?