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the chart to fill in the blanks in the paragraph below.
A. When ____ person takes ____ trip to ____ beach, he should bring ____
things to make ____ trip more pleasant. He will need ____ towel, ____
frisbee, ____ books, ____ food, ____ suntan oil, ____ sunglasses, ____
money, and ____ radio. I always bring ____ friend along, too. We sit on
____ towel, read ____ books, eat ____ food, and listen to ____ radio.
Then we play with ____ frisbee. Of course, we spend ____ money, too.
The definite article the can be used the first time we mention a noun
if the noun is unique, or the only one of its kind. This means that the
identity is already known. Some examples of unique nouns are: the sun,
the moon, the ceiling, the floor. If you are in a room with only one door,
you can say the door. If you are at a beach and everyone is swimming in
the same water, you can say the water.
Copy the paragraph below and choose articles to fill in the blanks.
B. When you go to ____ beach at Miami, be careful of ____ sun. ____ sun
is strong and hot. Stay in ____ water as much as you can. If ____ sky is
clear, ____ danger of sunburn is great. If ____ sky is cloudy, you can stay
out longer. Always check ____ weather before you go to ____ beach.
III. Controlled Composition Dicto­comp
Your teacher will read the paragraph above (either IIA or IIB) three
times. Listen carefully, but do not take notes. After the third reading,
write the paragraph as well as you can from memory. Check your use
of articles.
IV. Grammar Reduced relative clauses
Relative clauses can be made shorter sometimes by taking out the
subject and the auxiliary verb, and leaving a phrase. The phrase that remains
can be a prepositional phrase or a participial phrase. It acts like an
adjective to describe the noun it follows. Study the examples below:
The boy who is in the green swimming suit is my cousin.
The boy in the green swimming suit is my cousin.
The girl who is wearing a red suit is his sister.
The girl wearing a red suit is his sister.
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