Structure 2013-06-11

p. 99
and got a bad sunburn
There is good news (noncount)
enough furniture (noncount)
people are very friendly (plural)
so many spices / so much spice
every kind of meat
coffee (noncount)
had time (noncount)

p. 107 A
1. e
2. d
3. g (desert (v) = to leave something)
4. h
5. c
6. a (U-Haul)
7. b
8. f
mystery: a situation where you don't know what happened
catastrophe: a big disaster
"in the works": preparing to happen
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Indefinite articles: a / an
- before singular (count) nouns
- no particular or specific thing/person/place
- not a unique noun
- indefinite for the first time something is said
(an before vowel *sounds*, a otherwise)
an hour, an honest person, a university

Zero article: no article used
- indefinite plural or noncount nouns (some)
- names/proper nouns (most - the U.S.)
- habitual locations (school, home, work, church)

Definite article: the
- specific things or groups of things: audience knows which one(s)
- if it is unique, the audience always knows which one
- superlatives (cheapest, most dangerous) make a noun unique
(Sometimes can be used in general with singular: the piano was invented in...)
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Exercise 1:
2. D
3. N
4. D
5. G (I'm talking about every wheel)
6. G (I'm explaining what they (in general) are)
7. G (this species in general)
8. N
9. G
10. D
Note: if you can replace "the + [noun]" with the plural (and no article), and it means the same thing, it's generic
2. a (N)
3. b (G)
4. a (D)
5. b (N)
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Homework:
p. 112
pp. 120-121 (Unit 8 reading & vocabulary)