Контрольные задания > Explain why we use each article in bold, or no article (-). Understanding your parents Dean Burnett is (a) a doctor of neuroscience. He is also (b) the author of (c) a new book called 'Why your parents are driving you up the wall and what to do about it' (Penguin, 2019). He wrote (d) the book to help (e) (-) teenagers to understand their parents. There are lots of books for (f) (-) parents about this question, but not many written for (g) (-) young people. He says that (h) (-) problems in (i) the relationship between (j) (-) youngsters and (k) (-) adults are nothing new. (I) The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates talked about them 2500 years ago! Dean thinks that (m) the key to understanding your parents is to simply realise that your brain works differently when you are (n) a teenager and when you are (o) an adult.
Вопрос:

Explain why we use each article in bold, or no article (-). Understanding your parents Dean Burnett is (a) a doctor of neuroscience. He is also (b) the author of (c) a new book called 'Why your parents are driving you up the wall and what to do about it' (Penguin, 2019). He wrote (d) the book to help (e) (-) teenagers to understand their parents. There are lots of books for (f) (-) parents about this question, but not many written for (g) (-) young people. He says that (h) (-) problems in (i) the relationship between (j) (-) youngsters and (k) (-) adults are nothing new. (I) The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates talked about them 2500 years ago! Dean thinks that (m) the key to understanding your parents is to simply realise that your brain works differently when you are (n) a teenager and when you are (o) an adult.

Ответ:

  • (a) a: Used because 'doctor' is a general noun and it is the first time we are mentioning the profession.
  • (b) the: Used because 'author' is specific to Dean Burnett in this context. He is the author of something specific.
  • (c) a: Used because 'new book' is a general noun and it is the first time we are mentioning the new book in this context.
  • (d) the: Used because 'book' is specific to the one mentioned earlier, and is something unique in the sentence.
  • (e) (-): No article needed. We are referring to teenagers in general.
  • (f) (-): No article needed. We are referring to parents in general.
  • (g) (-): No article needed. We are referring to young people in general.
  • (h) (-): No article needed. We are referring to problems in general.
  • (i) the: Used because we are referring to a specific relationship, the one between youngsters and adults.
  • (j) (-): No article needed. We are referring to youngsters in general.
  • (k) (-): No article needed. We are referring to adults in general.
  • (l) The: Used because there was only one philosopher Socrates in ancient Greece.
  • (m) the: Used because 'key' refers to the specific key to understanding your parents.
  • (n) a: Used because we are referring to a teenager in general.
  • (o) an: Used because we are referring to an adult in general. Since the word 'adult' begins with a vowel sound, we use 'an' instead of 'a'.
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