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 !
Hi Grammar Girl,
I arrived in the USA last Monday. We left Rome, flew over the Alps and made a quick stop in London. There we went shopping in the Harrods, visited the Tower of London and enjoyed a sunny afternoon in the Hyde Park. On the following day we left for New York. Time on board wasn’t boring as there were two films to watch on the monitor. the people on plane were all Italian. Before we landed at the JFK airport, we saw the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and Empire State Building. hotel I stayed in was on the corner of 42nd Street and 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
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