definite article/ zero article
In pairs, discuss why the two contrasting sentences with each number below have different articles.
1a) We had breakfast at 8 o’clock.
b) The breakfast on the train was awful.
2a) We left in the afternoon.
b) We left at night.
3a) We travelled by train.
b) We came on the early train.
4a) the Himalayas
b) Mont Blanc
5a) the United States
the Philippines
b) England
6a) the London road
b) London Road
7a) The telephone is a great invention.
b) Mobile phones are a nuisance.
Discuss as a class.
Try to make up similar pairs showing similar contrasts.
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