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The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.1 - Images of power for the textbook New Total English Advanced - Students' Book with authors JJ Wilson with Antonia Clare from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Complete the article with a, an, the or - (no article).
  2. Work in pairs. Explain the use or non-use of articles in exercise 7a.

Answer

  1. - (city)
  2. - (name)
  3. a (new information)
  4. The (specific)
  5. the (shared knowledge, we have already mentioned the building)
  6. the (unique)
  7. the (previously mentioned)
  8. - (countable plural)
  9. - (abstract noun)
  10. the (expression - the completion of)
  11. the (shared knowledge)
  12. the (specific)
  13. a (news, first mention), could also be 'the' if we already know of its existence.
  14. a (news)
  15. - (general)
  16. the (groups)
  17. the (specific)