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Zero Articles
We don’t use articles in the following situations.
Situations Examples
proper nouns Hitesh, Chanda, Muna
abstract and material nouns affection, love, care, silver, copper
primary purposes school, college, hospital, church, bank,
market, church
possessive pronouns our hostel, his jacket, their bicycle
meals dinner, supper, breakfast
seasons, months and days autumn, June, Sunday
diseases, games and diabetes, cricket, pink
colours
certain expressions at sunset, by bus, on holiday, on strike,
at work, on foot, by chance, in trouble,
by sea, under arrest, at ease
A. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles—‘a’ an’, ‘the’ or ‘X’ wherever
necessary.
1. ________ Fifth International Women’s Surf Championship scheduled
to take place on _______ island of Mauritius, in ___________ Indian
Ocean, have been cancelled due to _________ bad weather. There were
_________ waves as high as _________ three meters yesterday afternoon,
and _________ strong winds are making _________ conditions even more
dangerous. _______ organizing committee hopes _______ championships
can be held in ___________ week’s time once ________ weather has
improved.
2. Nearly 400 children and young people with __________ physical
disabilities from all over ________ Australia, ________ United States,
__________ New Zealand and __________ South Africa have been
competing in __________ National Junior Games for the Disabled. They
have taken part in __________ swimming, ____________ basketball,
__________ archery and ___________tennis. _________
Games were opened by _______ Prime Minister, who is __________
Olympic sprint champion herself.
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