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We often use a/an to talk a b o u t a person o r th in g fo r th e firs t tim e ; and the w hen we talk abo u t th e
person o r th in g again.

A man walked up to a policeman. The man took out a map and asked the policeman...

^ Put in a/an or the.

A BAG IN A BAG
This is ! ......true story. Once I went into i .............big sports shop because I wanted 2 .............sports
bag. 3 ........... assistant came up to me, and I told him what I wanted. 4 .............assistant brought me three
different bags. I chose 5........... smallest one and paid for it. 6.............assistant put 7.............bag in
8........... large plastic bag. I told him one bag was enough, and asked him to take 9.............bag out of
10........... other bag. He did so, but he looked very unhappy as I walked out of 11.............shop.

r emember : we don't use a/an with plurals. We can use the with plurals.

She's wearing black shoes. (NOT... a black shoes.) She bought the shoes last week.

^ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: animals, birds and other creatures

Make sure you know the words in the box. Use a dictionary if necessary. Then look at the
groups of pictures and complete the sentences. Put in a/an or the.

ant camel/ eagle frog monkey mouse {plural mice) parrot pigeon snake spider

GROUP A

! This is a ..?f*W£h... It's ..t-h?.........biggest animal in ..*-!']?...........group.
1 This is .................It's.................. smallest animal in ....................group.
2 This is ................. It's.................. most intelligent...................................

GROUP B
3 This is ........ ........It's.................. fastest bird in ............... ... group.
4 This is ........ ........It's.................. only blue and yellow ... ............. in

5 This is ........ ........It's.................. smallest........................

GROUPC
6 This is only creature with eight legs in ......
7 This is .................creature with six legs in
8 This is ....................................with no legs
9 This is .................green creature..............

In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) and full ARTICLES' A /A N AND THE 155
forms (for example / am, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.