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UNIT
61
EXERCISES

61.1 Put a/an, the or zero article (—) in the spaces. If two answers are possible, give them both.
(A&B)

1 Are we talking now about John Smith who led the Labour Party?
2 We're going to a barbecue with Simpsons.
3 There's Linda Jones to see you.
4 A special award was given to film director Ingmar Bergman.
5 The prize is to be given each year in memory of late Ayrton Senna.
6 We met our old friend Romey Thompson in Sydney.
7 That surely can't be Jenny Watson we knew in Zimbabwe.
8 I found myself sitting next to Boris Yeltsin! Not Boris Yeltsin, of course, but someone
with the same name.
9 I didn't realise how rich he was until I heard that he owns Picasso.
10 He's really keen on football. He likes to think of himself as Paul Gascoigne.
11 Have you heard that Woodwards are moving house?

61.2 Write the where necessary in these sentences. If the sentence is already correct, put a </. (B)
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1 Can I drive you to /, university? It's on my way.
2 When I'm in London, I always go to theatre.
3 Margaret believes that all children should go to church every Sunday.
4 In Sweden, children start school when they are six or seven.
5 Jim's been in hospital for six weeks now.
6 He lives near church on the hill.
7 She's going to university to do French.
8 There was a fire at school in Newtown.
9 Even her most dedicated fans wouldn't call her new play a great work of theatre.
10 Have you heard hospital is going to close?
11 It's time the children went to bed.
12 He's been in and out of prison since he left school.
Look again at those in which zero article is correct before the place or institution.
Which of them could have the? What would be the difference in meaning?

61.3 Who do you think is being described in these text extracts? (A)

...previously unknown work by the German philosopher and writer,
been discovered...

...has been revealed that the youngest American president, , was

3 ( ...the king of rock and roll, , who died in 1977...

Think about how you would describe other famous people in a similar way. One is done
for you.
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