Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one. Some sentences have two correct answers. Choose both.
1In her keynote, the professor argued that ............... is not a luxury but a prerequisite for innovation.
Wrong!
Use zero article with the general abstract noun "curiosity".
2After the scandal, ............... for transparency became the committee’s favourite excuse for doing nothing.
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Use "the need" because the sentence refers to a specific need after the scandal.
3In the ethics seminar, we discussed whether ............... can ever be fully objective.
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Use zero article with the academic field in general, so "science" is correct.
4In this company, ............... is treated as a skill you can train, not a personality trait.
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Use zero article with the general abstract noun "resilience".
5The report warns that ............... is often mistaken for efficiency when teams are under pressure.
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Use zero article with the general abstract noun "speed".
6When the CEO says "we value feedback," ............... matters is whether anyone acts on it.
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The fixed specifying phrase is "the only thing that".
7In the museum, ............... that the founder collected is protected by strict climate control and low lighting.
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Use "the art" because the relative clause identifies the specific art the founder collected.
8In the debate, she appealed to ............... rather than evidence, which weakened her case.
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Use zero article with the general abstract noun "emotion".
9At that stage of the trial, ............... behind the defendant's actions was still unclear, so the judge postponed the ruling.
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Use "the intent" because the phrase "behind the defendant's actions" identifies a specific intent.
10In the training manual, ............... is described as the ability to recover quickly after setbacks.
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Use zero article when defining the general concept "resilience".
11In her memoir, she writes that ............... of those early summers is what she misses most about childhood.
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Use "the innocence" because it refers to the specific innocence of those summers.
12In the philosophy lecture, ............... was defined as the absence of coercion, not the absence of rules.
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Use zero article when defining the general abstract concept "freedom".
Exercise complete
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Answers
- In her keynote, the professor argued that curiosity is not a luxury but a prerequisite for innovation.
- After the scandal, the need for transparency became the committee’s favourite excuse for doing nothing.
- In the ethics seminar, we discussed whether science can ever be fully objective.
- In this company, resilience is treated as a skill you can train, not a personality trait.
- The report warns that speed is often mistaken for efficiency when teams are under pressure.
- When the CEO says “we value feedback,” the only thing that matters is whether anyone acts on it.
- In the museum, the art that the founder collected is protected by strict climate control and low lighting.
- In the debate, she appealed to emotion rather than evidence, which weakened her case.
- At that stage of the trial, the intent behind the defendant’s actions was still unclear, so the judge postponed the ruling.
- In the training manual, resilience is described as the ability to recover quickly after setbacks.
- In her memoir, she writes that the innocence of those early summers is what she misses most about childhood.
- In the philosophy lecture, freedom was defined as the absence of coercion, not the absence of rules.