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 PRACTICE ON POINTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

• Article Summary
• Article Diagnostic
• A-unspecific
• A-specific
• All/ The-class
• The-class/ A-unspec
• All/ The-specfic
• The-Earlier Mention
• The-Included Parts
• The-Later Mention
• The-Shared Knowl
• A-Nationality
• The-Landmarks
• The-Geography
• The-Countries
• Most / Most of the
• Another/ The other
• 2nd Mention Prac
• Identifying Nouns
• Article Expressions
• The-Superlatives
• Known or New?
• Speaking in General
• Art Paragr Edit
• Article Context
• Related Pages

Known or New?

Identified vs. unidentified article use

 

 

Use "the" if the noun is:

PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED	DEFINED BY ANOTHER MODIFIER	SHARED KNOWLEDGE
in an earlier sentence or paragraph   as part of an item already introduced	prep. phrase,   adj. clause  proper noun	you and I know the one (the car we both own)   you and I see the one (the book we are looking at)   we all know the one (the postoffice)   unique things (the sun, the boy's mother)

 

Review if needed:  Article Summary

 

 

 

Practice

Airport Snag

 

1. Select the correct article to complete each sentence:  0 (no article) a  or the.
2. Then, compare your response to the answer by clicking the "check" button.

#	YOUR RESPONSE	CHECK ANSWER
1.	- 0 A The new airport in Tenerife had problems with its baggage system.
2.	Airport workers had a problem with - 0 a the conveyor belts.
3.	- 0 A The electricity had to be turned off while they fixed the problem.
4.	- 0 A The electricians had to be called in to assist.
5.	Most problems with baggage equipment seem to involve - 0 a the program error.
6.	However, - 0 a the problem in this situation was a backpack caught in the machinery.
7.	In this case, - 0 a the problem was that . . .
8.	the owner of - 0 a the backpack had forgotten to close it well.
9.	One of - 0 a the straps had gotten caught.
10.	- 0 A The worker had to cut the strap out of the gears.