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9 GRAMMAR EXTRA

ELEMENTARY UNIT 9 9.2 articles: a/an, the, no article

9.1 can/can’t, have to/don’t have to

1 Put the words in the box in the correct group.

airport city centre have lunch

1 Read the bus rules and underline the correct in … morning King of Sweden sweets
alternatives. taxi Thailand tour guide

Bus rules a/an the no article

Children under five travel free.
No cycles. Folding cycles OK.
No speaking to the driver.
Seats next to the door are for old people.
Exact money only. No change.

1 My child is five and a half years old. You have to/

can buy a ticket for her. 2 Complete the text with words from Exercise 1.
2 My cycle folds into a small space. You can/have to We usually use no article with plural nouns like
bring it onto the bus. 1
, cities or countries like
3 The ticket is €2.30. I have €3. You don’t have to/ 2
and in phrases like 3 .
can’t get any money back. Jobs and singular nouns, for example
4 I want to know where to get off. You can/can’t 4
and 5 usually take a, or
speak to the driver. an when the word begins with a vowel, like
5 I want to sit at the front of the bus. You can’t/ 6
. We usually use the before unique
don’t have to sit next to the door. nouns, for example the 7 and in certain
phrases like 8 and the 9 .
2 Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences.
One sentence is correct. 3 Complete the sentences with a/an, the or – (no
have to article).
1 At the airport you can say you packed your own 1 airships were built in late
bag. You can’t carry things for other people. nineteenth century.
2 You can take liquid like water onto a plane. You 2 They were very popular form of transport
don’t have to buy it at a shop in the airport. in Germany and were called Zeppelins.
3 big problem was that they contained
3 You have to buy a newspaper. You can’t get one on
gas which exploded easily.
the plane. 4 In 1937 Hindenburg caught fire and
4 At the airport shop you can buy gis. airships weren’t used for
passengers again.
5 You don’t have to show your passport but you
5 Today airships are much safer and are used
have to show it to a person. A machine can’t
for sightseeing tours in Switzerland.
read it.

3 Use the prompts to write rules for travelling

by tram.
1 have a ticket for the journey
You have to have a ticket for the journey.
2 show your ticket to the inspector
    
3 eat and drink on the tram
    
4 press the bell to stop the tram
       
5 smoke on the tram

6 put your head out of the window

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9 GRAMMAR EXTRA

9.3 apologising 3 Match events 1–5 with apologies a)–e).

1 Put the phrases in the box in the correct group.

1 7.30a.m. didn’t wake my wife up for work
2 8.30a.m. hit another car on the way to work
Don’t let it happen again. Don’t worry about it. 3 9a.m. missed my meeting
I caught the wrong train. I didn’t hear my alarm. 4 10a.m. spilt coffee on the manager’s floor
I don’t believe you. I feel bad about this. It’s fine. 5 12.30a.m. no money for lunch
I’m afraid I missed the bus. I’m terribly sorry.
No problem. Sorry I’m late. a) I’m really very sorry, I didn’t see you in front of me.
b) I’m really sorry about that – I slipped and the cup
apologising fell out of my hand.
I feel bad about this. c) I feel very bad about this but can I borrow some
money?
d) I feel very bad about this but I forgot to wake you
up.
reasons for apologising
e) I’m so sorry about missing the meeting.

Consolidation
responding positively 1 Underline the correct alternative to complete the
conversation.
Inspector: Tickets, please.
Mrs Newton: Here you are.
Inspector: Thanks. And for 1a/the children?
responding negatively
Mrs Newton 2I really didn’t know/I’m afraid I had to
buy 3the/– tickets for the children.
Inspector: How old are they?
Mrs Newton: My son’s six and my daughter is three.
2 Correct the sentences by moving one word.
Inspector: You 4can/have to buy a ticket for your
1 I terribly broke your cup! I’m sorry. son but you 5can’t/don’t have to buy
one for your daughter.
2 I’m so sorry this but you can’t park about there. Mrs Newton: I’m 6very sorry/afraid.
Inspector: Well, 7no, really, it’s fine/don’t let it
3 A: Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to spill really tea happen again.
on you.
Mrs Newton: Thanks. Zack, come and sit next to me.
You 8have to/can’t sit there.
B: No, it’s really. Fine.
Zack: Why not?
4 I feel bad about this but I can’t go out with you Mrs Newton: Look at 9a/the sign. It says these
tonight. I’m very washing my hair. seats are for 10an/– old people.
Zack: But I 11can’t/don’t have to see any old
people on the bus now.
Mrs Newton: OK, but when an old person gets on,
you 12can/have to give them the seat.
Zack: Oh, 13I really don’t know/I’m afraid
I didn’t see you. Would you like to sit
here?
Passenger: No, that’s OK. You 14don’t have to/can
stand up.
Zack: No, please sit down.
Passenger: 15Don’t let it happen again./
No, really. It’s fine. My stop is next.

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