Cover of the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5.1 - Bright ideas? for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Check what you know. Complete the sentences with a(n), the or - (no article). Then check your answers in the article.
  2. Complete the rules 1-6 in the table with a(n), the or -. Write a word or phrase from the sentences above as an example of each rule.

Answer

a)

  1. a; the
  2. -; -; the
  3. The; -; -
  4. the; the; the; a

b)

  1. a / an; a lawsuit, a key part (not the only key / important part of family life)
  2. the; the fast food chain (mentioned before -McDonald's), The World Health Organization (unique)
  3. -; reality television (uncountable), British men (plural), women (plural)
  4. -; America
  5. the; the late 1880s, the USA
  6. the; the modern car, the wealthy