. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH A/AN/THE or NO ARTICLE (X) Some useful grammar notes 1 We use a/an when we don’t need to indicate which one but we use the when it’s clear which one we mean. My cousin works for ___1 international airline in ___2 USA. 2 We say the when there’s only of something (including superlatives here). psychology. 3 We usually say the sea, the ground, the sky, the countryside but we say go to sea, be at sea meaning go/be on a voyage. 4 We need the definite article when we talk about the cinema, the theatre, the radio but we usually say television. Did she go to ______ 3 university? Yes. She has just graduated with ____ 4 first-class honours in Do you work for ____5 big company ? No, not yet. I’m still ____ 6 student but I can play ____7 violin very well. If you ever get ___ 8 computer virus, stop sending ________9 emails immediately. If your monitor stops working, turn off ____ 10 computer and wait _____ 11 minute. One of ____ 12 most famous 5 When we mean something in general we don’t use the article 6 We use the + musical instruments and also the + adjectives such as rich, poor, old, young, unemployed, meaning plural. 7 We don’t use the definite article before the names of meals 8 With words such as prison, school, church, university, college, hospital we don’t use the article when we think about what they are used for. viruses was ____13 Love Letter, created in May, 2000. It was so dangerous that when ____ ____ 15 14 people thought they had got rid of virus it sat waiting in ____ over ___ 17 16 unopened file to be spread all world. The man who created it was from ___ 18 Philipines. _____ 19American programmer created ____20Melissa virus in 1999. He was in ___ 22 ____ 24 21 prison for only 20 months. first virus to travel from ___ 23 computer to ____ computer was Brain, in 1986. I started going to ___ 25 going to work with ____ evening classes and soon I realised I was 26 computers for ____ I’ve been very interested in ____ 28 27 rest of my life. smartphones and ____29 tablets for some time now. 9 We don’t use go + article before bed, work, home. 10 We don’t use articles before names of continents, countries, states, cities, towns or villages except when the countries are groups of islands or states. Do you sometimes listen to ____ 30 radio? Are you at ___ 31home? Would you like to go to ___ 32 theatre? I rarely see ___ 33 play. There isn’t ___ 34theatre in my town. Do you want ___ 35coffee? I’ve just put ___ 36kettle on. Have you had ___ 37 lunch? You look tired! Why don’t we spend the weekend in ____38 countryside? I won’t go to ____39work tomorrow. I’ll stay _____ 40home and have some rest. I’ve got to go to _____ 41 hospital to visit __ 42 friend of mine this evening. Why is she in ___ 43hospital? ____ 44rich are always worried about their appearance. She had __45 cosmetic surgery. By the way, what ____ 46lovely dress you’re wearing! Are you still working as ___47 designer? Yes, I’ve just sold my summer collection to ___ 48 famous department store chain in ___ 49Ireland. Such ___ 50 lucky girl! . My cousin works for AN 1 international airline in THE 2 USA. Did she go to X 3 university? Yes. She has just graduated with X Do you work for A 5 4 first-class honours in psychology. big company ? No, not yet. I’m still A 6 student but I can play THE 7 violin very well. If you ever get A 8 computer virus, stop sending X 9 emails immediately. If your monitor stops working, turn off THE 10 computer and wait A 11 minute. One of THE 12 most famous viruses was THE 13 Love Letter, created in May, 2000. It was so dangerous that when X they had got rid of THE 15 virus it sat waiting in AN 16 14 people thought unopened file to be spread all over THE 17 world. The man who created it was from THE 18 Philipines. AN 19American programmer created THE 20Melissa virus in 1999. He was in X THE 22 first virus to travel from X I started going to X with X 25 21 prison for only 20 months. 23 computer to X 24computer was Brain, in 1986. evening classes and soon I realised I was going to work 26 computers for THE 27 rest of my life. I’ve been very interested in X 28 smartphones and X29 tablets for some time now. Do you sometimes listen to THE 30 radio? Are you at X 31home? Would you like to go to THE 32 theatre? I rarely see A 33 play. There isn’t A 34 theatre in my town. Do you want A 35coffee? I’ve just put THE 36kettle on. Have you had X 37 lunch? You look tired! Why don’t we spend the weekend in THE 38 countryside? I won’t go to X 39 work tomorrow. I’ll stay X 40home and have some rest. I’ve got to go to THE 41 hospital to visit A42 friend of mine this evening. Why is she in X 43hospital? THE 44rich are always worried about their appearance. She had A45 cosmetic surgery. By the way, what A 46 lovely dress you’re wearing! Are you still working as A47 designer? Yes, I’ve just sold my summer collection to A 48 famous department store chain in X 49 Ireland. Such A 50lucky girl!