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In pairs, read the dialogue and decide whether each gap should be a / an, the or – (no article). Write your answers.
Leah: What are you up to at 1________ weekend, Toby?
Toby: I’m going to go for 2________bike ride on Saturday. Do you fancy coming too?
Leah: I can’t, I’m afraid. I'm going to help my dad with some gardening. We're going to do some work for a neighbor.
Toby: That doesn't sound like 3________best way to spend your weekend. Gardening is 4________hard work! And according to the forecast, 5________weather isn't going to be good.
Leah: I know. But 6________neighbor is going to pay us for it. My dad’s 7________gardener, so he's got the right tools.
Toby: Really? I'll come and help you. I mean, if that's OK with you and your dad…
Leah: Sure. We’ll share 8________money with you. £10 9________hour. But what about 10________bike ride?
Toby: I’ll go on Sunday instead. The weather will probably be better than. Do you want to come?
Leah: Yes, please. I love 11________bike rides. But let's go in 12________afternoon. I will be exhausted when I wake up!
SPEAKING PRONUNCIATION. Work in pairs. Take turns to ask and tell your partner about your plans for your next summer, using will and be going to. Remember to pronounce the weak or strong forms of will, am, is, are appropriately.
Complete the sentences with a / an, the or – (no article). Use rules in the Learn this! box to explain your answers.
1. My mum is _______violin teacher. In fact, she's_______only violin teacher in our town.
2. I love_______Chinese food and there's_______Chinese restaurant near my house.
3. My brother, who is_______accountant with one of_______largest companies in London, earns £100
_______ hour.
4. If you’re hungry, there's_______sandwich in_______fridge.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of will or be going to and the verbs in brackets. Write which rule in the Learn this! box you are following.
1. That train ______________ (not stop) here - It's going too fast.
2. ‘We ______________ (spend) the weekend in Paris.’
‘Lucky you. You ______________ (have) a great time!’
3. ‘Help! I ______________ (drop) one of these boxes.’
‘Don't worry. I______________(take) one for you.’
4. I______________ (go) into town this afternoon. But I ______________ (not be) home late, I promise.
Read the Learn this! box. Then underline an example of each of the uses of will and be going to in the dialogue.
SPEAKING Look at the photo in pairs. Is this an activity you enjoy? Why? / Why not?
Studying the use of articles in the dialogue. Complete the Learn this! Box with a / an, the or – (no article).
LEARN THIS! Articles
a. We use 1________when we mention something for the first time and 2________when we mention it again.
b. We use 3________when it is clear what we are talking about and in superlatives.
c. We use 4________to say what someone's jobs is.
d. We use 5________when we make generalization.
e. We use 6________to mean ‘per’ or ‘in each’
f. there are set phrases which do not follow a rule
go to school | at 7________ weekend | watch TV | go to the cinema |
in 8____morning / afternoon | on Monday | listen to the radio |
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