Exercise 3 definite articles
Select either the or no article from the dropdown box to in front of each bold noun.
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- The report will discuss marketplace changes.
- The report will discuss some of changes which have occurred.
- The speakers discussed social problems.
- The speakers discussed problem of unemployment.
- The speaker warned of declining living standards.
- The speaker warned of declining living standards of rural families.
the Incorrect. marketplace changes is a general plural noun phrase and does not need the definite article.
no article Correct!
marketplace changes is a general plural noun phrase and does not need the definite article.
no article Incorrect. The noun changes is used here in a specific sense. The answer to the question 'what changes?' is: the changes which have occurred.
the Correct! The noun changes is used here in a specific sense. The answer to the question 'what changes?' is: the changes which have occurred.
the Incorrect. social problems is a general plural noun phrase and does not need the definite article.
no article Correct!
social problems is a general plural noun phrase and does not need the definite article
no article Incorrect. The noun problem is used here in a specific sense. The answer to the question 'what problem?' is: the problem of unemployment.
the Correct! The noun problem is used here in a specific sense. The answer to the question 'what problem?' is: the problem of unemployment.
the Incorrect. living standards is a general plural noun phrase and does not need the definite article.
no article Correct!
living standards is a general plural noun phrase and does not need the definite article.
no article Incorrect. The noun phrase declining living standards is used here in a specific sense. The answer to the question 'whose living standards?' is: the declining living standards of rural families.
the Correct! The noun phrase declining living standards is used here in a specific sense. The answer to the question 'whose living standards?' is: the declining living standards of rural families.
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