E Write: Put in a, the, or one only where necessary.HERE'S HEALTH!'I think that's all, Mrs Grant,' Dr Grey said as she handed her1 a list of prescriptions.2... list was very long and Mrs Grant almost fainted as she tried to read it. She had3... headache and4... cold and felt as if she was getting 5... flu. On top of this, one of her children was in bed with 6... mumps. 'I've prescribed some pills for7... high blood pressure as well,' Dr Grey said. 'How many do I have to take - 8... pill9...day?' 'No. One pill with each meal. Three pills 10... day.' Mrs Grant thanked 11... doctor and walked out of her surgery with some difficulty. She staggered into the local chemist's and handed 12... long prescription list to Mr Burt,13... chemist. Mr Burt greeted her cheerfully. 'Good morning, Mrs Grant,’ he said, glancing at 14... list. 'What a list! I trust you're keeping well!' I trust you're keeping well’ 3.3A The definite article: 'the' (1). Form and basic uses of 'the' [> leg 3.16,318] 1 The never varies in form whether it refers to people or things, singular or plural: a That's the man we met last night. b That's the woman we met last night с That's the shirt I bought yesterday,d They're the men we met last night. e They're the women we met last night. f They're the shirts I bought yesterday. 2 We use the to refer to something that is known. [> 3.2A] 3 The can combine with singular countable nouns (the book), plural countable nouns (the books) and uncountable nouns, which are always singular (the furniture). Write: Supply a/an or the in the following text. We wanted to reach 1... a...small village and knew we must be near. Then we saw2... woman just ahead and some children playing. When we stopped to ask the way,3... woman said she was4... stranger herself. We called out to5... children, but they ignored us. Just then two men came along and we asked them the way.6... men didn't know, but at least they were helpful. 'There's7... signpost a mile along this road,' one of them said. We drove to8... signpost eagerly. This is what it said: NORTH POLE 6,000 MILES.
3.3B 'A / an', 'the' and zero in front of abbreviations: 'the BBC' [> LEG 3.7, 3.17, 3.24] 1 We make abbreviations with the first letters of the most important words. We then treat these abbreviations like ordinary nouns and use them with a/an, the or zero [> 3.1 C]; I’ve just bought an LP. (= a Long Playing record). We use an + vowel sound (an LP) and a + consonant sound (a VW= a Volkswagen). 2 We use a / an and full stops with titles: She's an M.A. (= Master of Arts) 3 We use the in front of institutions when we can't say them as single words. We don't use full stops: / listen to the news on the BBC. (= the British Broadcasting Corporation) We are members of UNESCO,/ju:'neskou/ (= the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 4 We use no article (zero) with chemical symbols: CO2 stands for Carbon Dioxide. 5 The first letters of some words are often used as normal words: e.g. Planes use radar. (= RAdio Detection And Ranging) Write: Supply a/an, the or '-'. 1 Jim got... a... B.Sc. (= Bachelor of Science) from Durham University in 1988. 2 Celia is sure she's seen... UFO (= Unidentified Flying Object). 3... EC (= The European Community) does a lot of trade with the rest of the world. 4 I don't know how much... MP (= Member of Parliament) earns. 5 Which countries belong to... NATO? (= North Atlantic Treaty Organization) 6... H20 is the chemical formula for water. 7 I've used my computer to learn... BASIC (= Beginners' All-purpose Instruction) 8... NASA [ˈnasə] (= National Aeronautics and Space Administration) had a setback in 1986.
3.3C The' + nationality nouns: 'the Chinese' [> leg 3.19.2, App 49] We use the in front of nationality nouns to refer to 'all the people in general'. We can divide nationality nouns into four groups: 1 the + -ese or -ss:the Chinese, the Japanese, the Portuguese, the Sudanese, the Swiss. 2 the + plural ending in -s. -ian:the Austrians, the Belgians, the Brazilians, the Egyptians, the Russians. -an:the Americans, the Koreans, the Mexicans, the Venezuelans, the Zimbabweans. other -s endings: the Arabs, the Germans, the Greeks, the Poles, the Scots, the Turks. 3 Two forms: the Danes/the Danish, the Spaniards/the Spanish, the Swedes/the Swedish. 4 the + -en or -sft- the British, the Dutch, the English, the French, the Irish, the Welsh
Write: Rewrite these sentences using nationality nouns to refer to 'the people in general'. 1 The people from Portugal are very different from the people from Spain. The Portuguese... the Spanish/the Spaniards. 2 The people from America and the people from Russia understand each other better. 3 The people from Brazil speak Portuguese, but the people from Mexico speak Spanish. 4 The people from Germany and the people from Japan work very hard. 5 The people from Greece buy ships from the people from Korea. 6 The people from Britain and the people from Holland do a lot of foreign trade.
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