Cover of the textbook Outcomes Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 16 - A brief history for the textbook Outcomes Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Choose the correct option.

Answer

  1. The best day of my life was the day I got married. (only one special day; we always use the with superlatives)
  2. The / A day I will never forget is when I met President Putin. (both possible – The if it is the only day or A if you see it as one of many days you will never forget)
  3. I’ve never seen a whale in the wild, but I’d love to. (there are many whales)
  4. I’d love to go to the United States and see the Grand Canyon one day. (we use the with some place names that have a common noun in the name, e.g. the United Kingdom, the United States, the Grand Canyon, 185 the Soviet Union)
  5. I’m glad to say, I’ve never broken a bone. (we have several bones)
  6. The / A left-wing party won the last election here. (The if there was only one left-wing party; A if there was more than one left-wing party; there was only one most recent election) The party’s leader is quite young. (refers back to the party that won the election)