English Grammar Drills

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4. Go down Elm Street and turn left at corner.
5. trees in park are beginning to turn color.
6. We are planning trip to visit college friends.
7. water pipes in old houses often need to be replaced.
8. owl has made nest behind our house.
9. There is storm warning. Turn on radio.
10. climate does seem to be getting warmer.
11. What is capital of North Dakota?
12. Could we get table that is less noisy than this one?
13. Excuse me, but I need to answer phone.
14. I need to return books to library.
15. Did you see newspaper this morning?
16. The Smiths were in accident last night.
17. They were driving in right lane and truck in left lane hit them.
18. Fortunately, nobody was hurt, but they did have to call police.
19. heavy smell of decay was hanging in air.
20. They are going to replace windows on south side of their house.
21. She found mistakes in the most recent revision.
22. I have question for you.
23. We are planning picnic in park.
24. Are you connected to Internet?
25. We had to shade our eyes from bright sunshine.
As we have seen, we use the with common nouns when the noun being modified is a defined
noun. A defined noun meets two criteria:
1. The noun is known to the speaker.
2. The speaker can reasonably assume that the listener will also know which specific noun
the speaker has in mind.