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Level special cases
• • •h; a hundred;
CM in bed; after lunc

NO ARTICLE (£w£): COMMON EXPRESSIONS WITHOUT THE (1)
• meals:^^

to have breakfast/lunch/dinner; before/at/after/for breakfast etc
• days, dates, public holidays, months and years:

on Tuesday(s); on September 17th; at Christmas; in July; in 2006
• this/next/last + a day or longer period of

this Monday; next Friday; last week; next month; this summer; last year

Complete the sentences with words from the boxes.

breakfast/ Easter lunch next Saturdays Tuesday winter

► I usually just have toast and coffee for ............

1 Let's have................................... together o n ...................................

2 We usually go to Scotland a t..................................
3 I'm working at home................................... week.
4 It got very cold last..................................
5 I play tennis with Rob o n ..................................

August 23rd Christmas last September 1616 this

6 My holiday is in ........................................................................ year.
7 Lindsay's birthday is o n ..................................
8 Shakespeare died in ..................................
9 The whole family always comes together a t..................................
10 We went to California................................... summer.

NO ARTICLE (feQ: COMMON EXPRESSIONS WITHOUT THE (2)______________________________________
• places and activities:

to/at/from school/university/college; to/in/out of church/prison/hospitai/bed; at home; to/at/from work;
on holiday
• transport: expressions with by:
by car/bus/bicyde/piane/train/underground/boat and on foot

^ Complete the sentences with words from the box.

bed car church foot home holiday hospital prison school university work 1

1 I usually stay in ..................................late at the weekend.

2 Jake's going to ..................................to study business.
3 Most of the people in our village go to ................................... on Sundays.
4 I was in ................................... for a week when I broke my leg.
5 If I go to ..................................b y .....................................it takes half an hour.

6 Uncle George comes out o f................................... in June.
7 I'm not going there o n ................................... - it's raining.
8 'Is Kirsten at ?' 'No, sorry, she's out.'
9 'Are you working in August?' 'No, I'm on '
10 We had to learn Latin a t..................................

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