Cover of the textbook On Screen B1+ - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6c - Grammar in use for the textbook On Screen B1+ - Student's Book with authors Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing

Question

Read the text. Which article (a / an, the or -) do we use for: jobs? proper nouns? something mentioned for the first time? something mentioned before? nouns that are unique? names of continents? countries? cities? mountain ranges? rivers? meals? sports? musical instruments? Decide in pairs. Check in the Grammar Reference section. Is it the same in your language?

Answer

  • jobs: a / an
  • proper nouns: -
  • something mentioned for the first time: a / an
  • something mentioned before: the
  • nouns that are unique: the
  • names of continents: -
  • countries: -
  • cities: -
  • mountain ranges: the
  • rivers: the
  • meals: -
  • sports: -
  • musical instruments: the