Chapter 3: Articles

Chapter 3: Articles

A, An, The

Complete the sentences with a, an, the or -

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There is an elephant in the zoo. _____ elephant is nearly 40 years old.

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John is _____ teacher.

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_____ millions of people speak Chinese.

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He plays the piano very well, so his parents want to buy him _____ piano for his birthday.

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_____ Sahara Desert is huge.

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In _____ 80s Jacques Consteau became famous for his expeditions.

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_____ moon is round and it orbits around _____ Earth.

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I saw _____ octopus in the sea. It had eight 'arms'.

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Everyone should try to help _____ poor.

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There is an article in _____ Times about _____ Alps.

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I love music, but the music I don't like is _____ jazz

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Complete the text with a, an, the or -

Angel Falls (page 39)

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At a height of 979 metres, Angel Falls is _____ highest waterfall in the world.

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It is situated in _____ Auyantepui Mountain in Venezuela.

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Because of its location deep in the Venezuelan rainforest, nobody in _____ outside world knew about Angel Falls until 1935.

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However, _____ local people called, _____ Pemones, knew about it for thousands of years before that.

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Its name in _____ Pemone language is Kerepakupai Meru, which means 'waterfall of the deepest place'.

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In 1935, _____ American pilot, Jimmie Angel...,

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was flying his plane along _____ Carrao River when he discovered the falls.

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He went back in 1937 and tried to land his plane on the top of the falls, but _____ wheels of the plane got stuck in mud.

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Angel and three other passengers had to walk down from _____ top of the falls on foot.

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It too, them 11 days, but _____ people all over the world...

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...people all over the world learned of his adventure and the existence of _____ waterfall.

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He became _____ legend and the falls were named after him.

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Thirty-three years later, _____ helicopter lifted Jimmie Angel's plane from the mountain and ...

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...and today it is in front of _____ airport at Cuidad Bolivar in Venezuela.

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Sadly, Jimmie Angel was hurt very badly while he was landing _____ airplane on 17th April, 1956...

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...in _____ Panama. He died 8 months later from his injuries. His ashes were scattered over Angel's Falls.

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Open Ended

What have you learned today?

Open Ended

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