Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one. Some sentences have two correct answers. Choose both.
1After the accident, he spent three nights in ............... before he was discharged.
Wrong!
Use "hospital" with no article when someone is there as a patient.
2She speaks ............... at home with her grandparents, but uses English at work.
Wrong!
Use "Spanish" with no article for the language in general.
3We grabbed ............... at the station cafe before the early train.
Wrong!
Use "breakfast" with no article when you mean the meal in general.
4The committee agreed that ............... is essential if the policy is to work in practice.
Wrong!
Use "trust" with no article when the abstract noun has a general meaning.
5He was sent to ............... for six months after the fraud conviction.
Wrong!
Use "prison" with no article when someone is there as a prisoner.
6If you want to sound natural, avoid putting ............... before plural nouns when you mean people in general.
Wrong!
Use "the" here because the advice is about not adding that article before general plural nouns.
7The lecturer insisted that ............... is not the same as being right.
Wrong!
Use "knowledge" with no article when the abstract noun has a general meaning.
8She went to ............... to pick up her niece, not to study.
Wrong!
Use "the school" when you mean the building or place, not attending as a student.
9On ............... he tends to work late, but he keeps Sundays free.
Wrong!
Use "Monday" with no article in the time expression "on Monday".
10The guide warned us that ............... can change in minutes in the mountains.
Wrong!
Use "weather" with no article when you talk about weather generally.
11The report concluded that ............... is a matter of perspective, not a fixed rule.
Wrong!
Use "beauty" with no article when the abstract noun has a general meaning.
12In her memoir, she writes that ............... was the hardest part of starting over.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "loneliness" and "the loneliness" work because the noun can mean the feeling generally or the specific experience described.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- After the accident, he spent three nights in hospital before he was discharged.
- She speaks Spanish at home with her grandparents, but uses English at work.
- We grabbed breakfast at the station cafe before the early train.
- The committee agreed that trust is essential if the policy is to work in practice.
- He was sent to prison for six months after the fraud conviction.
- If you want to sound natural, avoid putting the before plural nouns when you mean people in general.
- The lecturer insisted that knowledge is not the same as being right.
- She went to the school to pick up her niece, not to study.
- On Monday he tends to work late, but he keeps Sundays free.
- The guide warned us that weather can change in minutes in the mountains.
- The report concluded that beauty is a matter of perspective, not a fixed rule.
- In her memoir, she writes that loneliness / the loneliness was the hardest part of starting over.
