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Grammar ChallengeThe 'zero' articlePractice activities


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Exer c ise 1 :

Read each sentences and decide whether it is correct or not.

1. I don't really like sweet things but I love a choco la te .

a. Correct

b. Not correct

2. She goes to work b y b u s.

a. Correct

b. Not correct

3. They usually go skiing in the A lps but last year they went to France and skied on t h e

Mon t B lanc.

a. Correct

b. Not correct

4. What t he g rea t ho l i day we had in Italy and w ha t th e fan tas t i c cheese we ate!

a. Correct

b. Not correct

5. He's from the Ma ld ives and she's from I r e l a n d .a. Correct

b. Not correct

6. He bought a pa ir o f j eans and the m os t fan tas t i c su i t I've ever seen.

a. Correct

b. Not correct


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Exer c ise 2 :

Choose the best answer from the options below to complete the sentences.

They met at ( 1 )__________ speed-dating event.

She was from ( 2 ) __________ Ireland and he was from ( 3 )__________ Caribbean.

She really likes ( 4 ) __________ folk music but he prefers ( 5 )__________ jazz.

She loves skiing but he's terrified of( 6 )__________ heights and was even too scared to

go to ( 7 )__________ top of( 8 ) __________ Empire State Building when he went to ( 9 ) __________New York on holiday.

She eventually decided to go out with him anyway and six months later they got married!

What ( 1 0 )__________romantic story she'll have to tell her grandchildren.

Opt ions(1) the / a / an / no article

(2) the / a / an / no article










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A n swe r s

Quiz 1 :

Read the sentences and decide whether each one is correct or not.

1. I don't really like sweet things but I love choco la te.

a. Th is sen tence is cor rect

We don't use any article when we're talking about uncountable nouns in general.

2. She goes to work b y b u s.


We don't use any article when we're talking about some kinds of transport, including'by bus'.

3. They usually go skiing in the A lps but last year they went to France and skied on t h e

Mon t B lanc.

b. Th is sen tence is no t cor r ect .

We use the definite article with groups of mountains but no article with single

mountains.

4. What the fan t as t i c cheese we ate in Italy!

b. Th is sen tence is no t cor r ect .

We don't use an article with expressions with 'What + uncountable noun'.

5. He's from the Ma ld ives and she's from I r e l a n d .


We use the de f i n i te a r t i c l e w i th coun t r i es made up o f i sl ands bu t w e don ' t use

an a r t i c l e coun t r i es li ke ' I r e land ' .

6. He bought a pa ir o f j eans and the m os t fan tas t i c su i t I've ever seen.

a. Th is sen t ence is cor rect

We use articles with these pieces of clothing.


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A n swe r s

Exer c ise 2 :

Choose the best answer from the options below to complete the sentences.

They met at ( 1 )__________ speed-dating event.

She was from ( 2 ) __________ Ireland and he was from ( 3 )__________ Caribbean.

She really likes ( 4 ) __________ folk music but he prefers ( 5 )__________ jazz.

She loves skiing but he's terrified of( 6 )__________ heights and was even too scared to

go to ( 7 )__________ top of( 8 ) __________ Empire State Building when he went to ( 9 )

__________New York on holiday.

She eventually decided to go out with him anyway and six months later they got married!

What ( 1 0 )__________romantic story she'll have to tell her grandchildren

Opt ions

(1) a

(2) no a r t i c le

(3) t h e

(4) no a r t i c le

(5) no a r t i c le

(6) no a r t i c le

(7) t h e

(8) t h e

(9) no a r t i c le

(10) a

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