Revision 4 Elementary

What Are Articles?

Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific.

Basically, an article is an adjective. Like adjectives, articles modify nouns.

Multiple Choice

4. I haven't seen him ...... last week

• a) for

• b) since

Multiple Choice

Tom has been my friend _________ a long time.

• since

• lately

• already

• for

More uses of English articles

• Rivers, mountain ranges, seas, oceans and geographic areas all use ‘the‘.

  For example, “The Thames”, “The Alps”, “The Atlantic Ocean”, “The Middle East”.

• Unique things have ‘the’.

  For example, “the sun”, “the moon”.

• 
  

• 
  

More uses of English articles

• Musical instruments use ‘the‘.

  “She plays the piano.”

• Sports don’t have an article.

  “He plays football.”

• Illnesses don’t have an article.

  “He’s got appendicitis.”

  But we say “a cold” and “a headache”.

• Jobs use ‘a’.

  “I’m a teacher.”

More uses of English articles

• Countries

  We don’t use ‘a’ if the country is singular. “He lives in England.” But if the country’s name has a “plural” meaning, we use ‘the’. “The People’s Republic of China”, “The United States of America”.

• Continents, towns and streets don’t have an article.“Africa”, “New York”, “Church Street”.

  
  

Multiple Choice

Do you  live in ___ Bristol?

• a
• an
• the
• zero article 

Multiple Choice

Correct or incorrect? An eagle is a bird of prey.

• Correct

• incorrect

Multiple Choice

17. ______Peru is ______country in South America. ______capital is Lima.

• A. X/ the/The

• B. The/ a/ The

• C. X/a/ X

• D. X/a/The

This

near and singular

That

far away and singular

These

near and plural

Those

far away and plural

Multiple Choice

........... are tables.

• This

• That

• These

• Those

Have to / Has to

Have to expresses obligation.

​Have to/Don't have to

​We use have to to indicate that something is necessary.

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​You have to train hard to become a great champion.

​

​Don't have to indicates that it's not necessary. (It's up to the person.)

​

​You don't have to go to the gym to train hard. (It's not necessary as you can train hard anywhere.)

​Form

​Have to/Don't have to + Base verb

​I, You, We, They have/don't have to

​He, She, It has/doesn't have to

• Mustn't means that you should not do something. It’s not a good idea or it’s forbidden.

• Don’t have to means it is not necessary. You are not required to do something, especially if you don’t want to.

I don’t have to go to school tomorrow because it’s holiday.

You don’t have to study for tomorrow’s exam because it’s cancelled.

She doesn't have to buy that dress. She has plenty in her wardrobe.

Don't have to

You mustn't smoke on a train.

You mustn't park your car here. It's a -no parking -area.

Kate, you mustn’t tell anyone my secret. Please, promise!

Mustn't

Mustn't Vs Don't Have to

Multiple Choice

I___________ go to work on Sunday.

• mustn't

• don’t have to

Multiple Choice

Marcus _______ work on Saturdays.

• has to

• have to

PREPOSITIONS IN, ON, AT

Let's learn about prepositions of time and place.

Drag and Drop

She waited

Placeholder

the bus stop for over twenty minutes.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

at

on

Drag and Drop

When I was ​

Placeholder

Spain, it was really cold.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

in

at

Draw

Where do you keep your phone?

Drag and Drop

She put her keys ​

Placeholder

top of the television.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

on

in

Multiple Choice

I was born ______ June 16. I was born ______ 1949. I am a doctor. I go to work ______5:00 a.m

• on, in, at

• at, in, on

• in, at, on

Fill in the Blanks

We use ……………… with parts of the day (e.g. the afternoon).

Fill in the Blanks

We use ……………… with days (e.g. Monday).

Fill in the Blanks

We use ……………… with night and the weekend.

Match

Match the following

• My friends go on holiday in

• It’s my birthday on

• Rob plays basketball at

August.

Sunday

the weekend

• August.

• Sunday

• the weekend