School
I usually go to ___ school at 7:00 am.
No article
It doesn't specify which school, it's a routine place
______ dinner that my grandmother cooked last night tasted exactly like old-fashioned cooking from the 1970s.
The
Specific noun that everyone can identify/understand
What machine sent documents through the phone line?
Fax machine
If students needed information for a research paper, they went to ______ library.
The
Public physical institutions.
Correct this sentence:
Sun is yellow
The sun is yellow
In 1995, students wrote all their essays by hand in ____ paper notebook.
No article
Plural countable nouns used in a general way
In the 1980s, people looked at ______ cookbooks to find new recipes, not food blogs.
No article
Plural nouns used in a general sense.
What book helped people find phone numbers?
The Yellow Pages
Correct the sentence:
I went to the school yesterday to study math.
I went to school yesterday to study math.
Correct this:
"I like the music, but I don't like the homework."
"I like music, but I don't like homework."
Students had to run to class when they heard ______ bell ring at 8:00 AM.
The
A specific, unique sound/object within a known context that everyone in that environment recognizes.
I cook ____ dinner at 5:00
No article
General statement, routine
Say three inventions that were mentioned earlier:
Walkman, encyclopedia, Yellow Pages, Fac Machines
Is this correct?
I went to bank yesterday
No
"I went to the bank yesterday"
Public location, not a routine
Why do we say: "the internet" but NOT "the school" in "I go to school"?
"The internet" = One specific thing everyone knows.
"Go to school" = General activity/place
______ university life in the 1980s involved spending hours doing physical writing.
No article
General stage of life/education
Complete the sentence:
In the 1990s, people drank ______ coffee while reading physical newspapers.
No article
Uncountable nouns in general.
Correct this sentence:
She searched for information in encyclopedia
She searched for information in the encyclopedia.
Mention three places where we usually DON'T use "the"
School, Work, Home
What object did people use to listen to music before MP3 players?
A walkman
To show an image, the professor used ______ projector that sat in the middle of the room.
The
A singular noun specified and known by everyone in that class
Complete the sentence:
Before supermarkets, ______ milkman left ______ milk at the front door every morning.
The / the
Specific, identifiable person (the milkman) and specific unique context (the milk for that house).
Correct ALL mistakes:
My father used internet and searched number in Yellow Pages.
My father used THE internet and searched FOR A number in THE Yellow Pages.
To send a letter in 1985, you had to walk to ______ post office on Main Street.
The
Specific location ("on Main Street").
Say three places where we use "the"
The park, the office, the bank, the library, etc.