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Unit 7 - Yellowstone National Park

This document contains a reading comprehension exercise and grammar overview from a geography student in Bucharest, Romania on Yellowstone National Park. The reading comprehension section contains multiple choice questions about the text. The grammar overview section covers the rules for using articles (a/an vs the) before different types of nouns, including specific nouns, unspecified countable nouns, plural nouns, nouns referring to occupations/locations, and nouns used in a generic sense. There are also exercises applying these rules to determine whether a, an, or the should be used before different nouns in sentences.

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Unit 7 - Yellowstone National Park

This document contains a reading comprehension exercise and grammar overview from a geography student in Bucharest, Romania on Yellowstone National Park. The reading comprehension section contains multiple choice questions about the text. The grammar overview section covers the rules for using articles (a/an vs the) before different types of nouns, including specific nouns, unspecified countable nouns, plural nouns, nouns referring to occupations/locations, and nouns used in a generic sense. There are also exercises applying these rules to determine whether a, an, or the should be used before different nouns in sentences.

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UNIVERSITATEA DIN BUCUREȘTI

Facultatea de Geografie
Geografie, Grupa 101
Student: Chioseaua Andrei-Daniel

UNIT 7 - YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

A. READING COMPREHENSION
1.

1. e
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. f
6. d

B. VOCABULARYSTUDY
3.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
e i g k b j a c f l m h d

GRAMMAR OVERVIEW

1.

1. They were lying on the beach. The sun was beating down. - Before a specific noun that we
have not introduced in the discourse before
2. It was a lovely day and we decided to go out for a walk. - Before unspecified countable nouns.
3. Mobile phones have made life easier for many people. - Before bare plural nouns with a
generic reading.
4. The chemist’s down the street has closed down. - Before nouns that refer to origin,
occupation, etc; Before unspecified countable nouns.
5. An atlas is a book of maps. - To describe “all examples of the same kind”
6. I stayed in a hotel not long ago. - Before unspecified countable nouns.

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7. The building was very old but the hotel was really nice - Before a specific noun that we have
not introduced in the discourse before.
8. We crossed the river by ferry. - Before unspecified countable nouns
9. I’ll see you on Monday then. - With uncountable nouns used in a generic way.
10. I hope you get there in time. - With uncountable nouns used in a generic way.
11. She did well at school and went to university. - With uncountable nouns used in a generic
way.
12. We travelled across America from coast to coast. - Before the names of towns, cities,
countries and names of people preceded by their title or office they hold.
13. She was appointed spokesperson. - With uncountable nouns used in a generic way.

4.

1) Let’s have a weekend in the mountains.

2) It’s in the Tasman Sea.

3) It appeared in the New York Times.

4) We’re going on a day trip by coach.

5) They’re flying to Seychelles.

6) It’s quite warm there in the winter.

7) The National Theatre isn’t far from the Waterloo Station.

8) Mark has always known what he wanted to do in life. After leaving school, he took a course in
business studies at college.

9) Are you doing anything at the weekend?

10) Does it snow here at Christmas?

11) This science fiction story is about the beginning of the universe.

12) The two women who live next door are both studying at the university.

13) Last week an oil tanker spilled oil into the sea, damaging wildlife.

14) They have signed a letter of protest and have sent it to government.

15) If the earth was a human being, it would be in the hospital.

16) I usually go home on train.

17) There’s something on the radio I want to listen to.

18) We’ve got a television, but it doesn’t work.

19) I can’t pay in cash, hut I can write a cheque.

20) There’s no public transport. You can’t get there without a car.

21) I saw them in town one afternoon last week.

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