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Q U I C K F I X W O R K S H E E T JANUARY 2008

Quick Fix 99
Vocabulary/Topic: categories of things

Grammar Issue: articles: a/an

STUDENT WORKSHEET ELEMENTARY

grammar focus: articles - a /an

We use a/an when we say what things or people are, e.g.:
New York is a city. / Tom Hanks is an actor.
We use an instead of a when the noun it follows starts with a vowel sound, e.g.:
an orange / an hour / an island

activity. What are these things?

1. What is a tomato? 8. What is a trumpet?

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2. What is Leeds? 9. What is a daffodil?

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3. What is a Beemer? 10. What is a Nokia 6288?

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4. What is a cauliflower? 11. What is Mojito?

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5. What is Arsenal? 12. What is Wrigleys Orbit?

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6. What is a Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding? 13. What is Skype?

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7. What is Thames? 14. What is Strictly Come Dancing?

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activity. PAIRS

1. Its a fruit.
2. Its a city.
3. Its a car. (an informal name for a BMW car)
4. Its a vegetable.
5. Its a football team.
6. Its a dish.
7. Its a river.
8. Its an instrument.
9. Its a flower.
10. Its a mobile phone.
11. Its a cocktail.
12. Its a chewing gum.
13. Its an Internet communicator.
14. Its a TV programme.

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