Articles

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ARTICLES AND

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Walter Mitty
a clerk at Life magazine in
is ___
New York who daydreams of adventures.
a/an/the/_

3.

His job is
printing negatives in the “Negative Assets”
the magazine's covers.
office for ___
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4.

He is in love with ___
a coworker named Cheryl Melhoff, but she
doesn’t know about that.
a/an/the/_

5.

Mitty works with legendary photojournalist
Sean O'Connell, although they have never met in
the photographer travels a lot to
person, because ___
a good shot.
make ___
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6.

O'Connell has sent
a wallet
Mitty his latest negatives and ___
as a gift in appreciation of___ Mitty's work.
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HELP

7.

a new manager Ted
Walter has a situation: ___
Hendricks is taking ___
the company digital, which means the
the end to many jobs,
downsizing and ___
especially for Walter.
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8.

However, he habitually makes ___
an escape into delusions...
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9.

Till one day he has found that
O' Connell's latest negative #25 for ___
the final
magazine issue is missing.
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10.

Mitty sets off to find O'Connell, wherever he would be, in order to
find that very lost negative, till he hasn't lost his job and the
chance to see the girl of his dreams ever again.
Mitty flies to ___ north-eastern America — Greenland island.
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HELP

11.

A man from a small village explains that O'Connell left on a
___
ship not so long ago. To find him, Mitty would need to go
on the postal helicopter.
a/an/the/_
the only pilot on the island is drunk.​..
And ___
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12.

the helicopter cannot land upon the ship.
Mitty learns ___
the North
Misunderstanding the pilot, Mitty falls right into ___
Atlantic Ocean rather than jumping into a dinghy boat.
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HELP

13.

On the board Mitty learns that O'Connell has departed the
___ ship
earlier. Mitty discovers O'Connell's destinations — ___ Iceland,
where O'Connell is photographing the volcano Eyjafjallajökull.
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HELP

14.

He arrives at the village of Skógar near
the
a longboard, and notices
___ volcano using ___
O'Connell on a plane flying near the volcano.
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15.

An eruption forces Mitty to
flee, and he gets a
text message recalling him
back to ___ New York.
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HELP

16.

the negative, Mitty is kicked
For failing to recover ___
out as well as Cheryl, who was fired earlier.
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17.

Mitty returns ___ home discouraged and visits his
the wallet he received from
mother. He throws away ___
O'Connell into the trash. His mother tells him, she has
met O'Connell not so long ago. She told Mitty earlier, but
he was daydreaming and failed to hear her.
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HELP

18.

the Himalayas, and finally
Mitty discovers O'Connell is in ___
finds him photographing ___
a rare snow leopard.
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HELP

19.

the negative, O'Connell explains
When asked about ___
that ___ negative #25 was in the wallet.
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HELP

20.

When back home Mitty recounts his story to his mother but
mentions he discarded the wallet. His mother gives him the
the trash. Finding the
wallet, which she retrieved from ___
negative, an emboldened Mitty delivers it to Life magazine for
the final issue, without seeing it.
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21.

Mitty tells Cheryl about his adventures.
They see the final issue of Life at ___
a newsstand, with
its cover dedicated to the staff.
The photograph from negative #25 shows Mitty
sitting outside of the Life building, examining
a contact sheet.
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22.

Mitty and Cheryl continue their walk down the street
holding hands.

23.

GRAMMAR

24.

We do not use the with most names of places.
For example:
Continents: Africa (not the Africa), Europe, South America
Countries, states etc.: France (not the France), Japan, Brazil
Islands: Bermuda, Tasmania
Cities:towns etc. New York, Bangkok
Mountains: Everest, Etna, Kilimanjaro
But we use the in names with Republic, Kingdom, States etc.:
the Czech Republic the United Kingdom (the UK)
We say:
the north (of Brazil) but northern Brazil (without the)
the south-east (of Spain) but south-eastern Spain BACK

25.

We do not use the with most names of places.
For example:
Continents: Africa (not the Africa), Europe, South America
Countries, states etc.: France (not the France), Japan, Brazil
Islands: Bermuda, Tasmania
Cities:towns etc. New York, Bangkok
Mountains: Everest, Etna, Kilimanjaro
But we use the in names with Republic, Kingdom, States etc.:
the Czech Republic the United Kingdom (the UK)
We say:
the north (of Brazil) but northern Brazil (without the)
the south-east (of Spain) but south-eastern Spain BACK

26.

We do not use the with most names of places.
For example:
Continents: Africa (not the Africa), Europe, South America
Countries, states etc.: France (not the France), Japan, Brazil
Islands: Bermuda, Tasmania
Cities:towns etc. New York, Bangkok
Mountains: Everest, Etna, Kilimanjaro
But we use the in names with Republic, Kingdom, States etc.:
the Czech Republic the United Kingdom (the UK)
We say:
the north (of Brazil) but northern Brazil (without the)
the south-east (of Spain) but south-eastern Spain BACK

27.

The Himalayas
Mountain range –
the
Mount Everest
One mountain –
no the
BACK

28.

We use the with the names of oceans, seas, rivers and canals:
the Atlantic (Ocean) the Red Sea
We say go to sea / be at sea (without the) when the meaning is
‘go/be on a voyage'
BACK

29.

We do not use the with names of most
city streets/roads/squares/parks etc.:
Union Street (not the ...) Fifth Avenue Hyde Park
Queens Road, Broadway, Times Square

30.

THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
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but
OXFORD UNIVERSITY

31.

go to work / be at work / start work / finish work etc.
(not the work):
What time do you usually finish work?
go home / come home / arrive home / get home / be
at home etc.:
It's late. Let's go home.
BACK

32.

go to work / be at work / start work / finish work etc.
(not the work):
What time do you usually finish work?
go home / come home / arrive home / get home / be
at home etc.:
It's late. Let's go home.
BACK

33.

Ellie is ten years old. Every day she goes to
school. She's at school now. School starts
at 9 and finishes at 3.
We say a child goes to school or is at
school(as a student). We are not thinking
of a specificschool. We are thinking of
school as a generalidea - children learning
in a classroom.
Today Ellie's mother wants to speak to her​
daughter's teacher. So she has gone to the​
school to see her. She's at the school now.​
Ellie's mother is not a student. She is not 'at​
school', she doesn't 'go to school'. If she​
wants to see Ellie's teacher, she goes to the​
school (=Ellie's school, a specific building).
We use prison (or jail), hospital, university, college and church in a similar way.

34.

We do not normally use the with breakfast/lunch/dinner:
What did you have for breakfast?
But we use a/an if we say ‘a big lunch', ‘a wonderful dinner',
'an early breakfast' etc.:
We had a very nice lunch. (not We had very nice lunch)

35.

We do not use the before noun + number.
For example, we say:
Our train leaves from Platform 5. (not the Platform 5)
(in a shop) Do you have these shoes in size 43? (not the
size 43)
In the same way, we say: Room 126 (in a hotel), page 29 (of
a book), question 3 (in an exam), Gate 10 (at an airport)
BACK

36.

THE BAIKAL
but
LAKE BAIKAL