Two weeks ago, I discussed the meaning of ‘the.’ For this week, I wanted to show you an excellent exercise I’d found on http://www.usingenglish.com.
Please do the exercise on http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/84.html because it highlights the fact that geographical nouns may use ‘the,’ depending on what they are.
After you’ve done that try the following:
Read this letter. Look at the ‘x’ and decide whether to use the definte article ‘the’ or not.
Hi Grammar Girl,
I arrived in x USA last Monday. We left x Rome, flew over x Alps and made a quick stop in x London. There we went shopping in x Harrods, visited x Tower of London and enjoyed a sunny afternoon in x Hyde Park. On the following day we left for x New York. x time on board wasn’t boring as there were two films to watch on x monitor. x people on plane were all Italian. Before we landed at x JFK airport, we saw x Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and Empire State Building. hotel I stayed in was on x corner of x 42nd Street and x 5th Avenue. I don’t like hotels very much, but I didn’t have time to rent an apartment. Please say hello to Jessie and Chris.
Yours,
Shiv.
Answers will be next week.
See you soon,
Grammar Girl !