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| USAGE AND MEANING | is used with there is/are There is a book and, two pens on the table. There are two pens and a book on the table. | is used when: a) it's clear from the situation which thing or person we mean Where's Tom? - He's in the garden. b) with some words the bank, the post office, the airport, the station ... c) with names of hotels, restaurants, theatres, cinemas, museums the Hilton, the Bombay Restaurant, the Bolshoy Theatre, the Odeon, the Pushkin Museum d) with ordinal numbers the first, the second ... | with names of streets, roads, squares Red Square Regent Street Cromwell Road |
Exercise 17. Put in the or -.
1. How far is it from here to ___ airport?
2. Do you live near ___ city centre?
3. "Where's Fred?" - "He's in ___ kitchen".
4. The British Prime Minister lives in ___ Downing Street 10.
5. "Where's ___ Grand Hotel?" - "It's in ___ South Street."
6. Excuse me, can you tell me where ___ post office is?
7. Could you close ___ door, please!
8. ___ Science Museum is in London.
Exercise 18. Put in a, the.
1. There is ___ desk in ___ room.
2. ___ desk is against ___ wall.
3. There's ___ word processor on ___ desk.
4. ___ word processor is next to ___ telephone.
5. ___ telephone is on ___ desk.
6. There is ___ photo on ___ wall behind ___ reading lamp.
7. There are two chairs beside ___ sofa.
8. There are three people on ___ sofa: ___ man and two women.
Exercise 19. Put in a/an, the, a lot of, many, much, some, any.
Mrs. Smith's kitchen is modern, nice and clean, with ___ (1) cupboards. There's ___ (2) washing machine, ___ (3) fridge and ___ (4) electric cooker but there isn't ___ (5) dishwasher. There are ___ (6) lovely pictures on ___ (7) walls of ___ (8) kitchen, but there aren't ___ ( 9) photos. There's ___ (10) radio near ___ (11) cooker on ___ (12) left. There is ___ (13) table in ___ (14) middle of ___ (15) room. On ___ (16) table there's ___ (17) vase with ___ (18) flowers in it. There are also ___ (19) apples and oranges on ___ (20) kitchen table. Oh! And there are ___ (21) cups and plates next to ___ (22) sink.
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