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1、 Social Issues-Discuss and Agree Determiners Practice Articles speaking practice/Social issues vocabulary Work in twos or threes.Try to make sentences that you both/all think are true starting with words below.The phrases on one line often have different meanings,so choose one.Your teacher will tell

2、 you if you should use the worksheet below with no articles(adding articles when necessary)or the version on this page with the articles still in.From 1990 to 1999/(In)the(19)90s A 21st century CEO/The 21st century CEO/21st century CEOs The academic community/Readers of academic journals,(Drug)addic

3、tion/Becoming a drug addict The chief advantage of/A major selling point of Airlines/The travel industry (For)almost all people/(For)the vast majority of people,Arabic countries/The Middle East Arctic countries/Countries near the North Pole Antarctica/The South Pole Asia/The Orient A convincing argu

4、ment for/The most convincing argument for Baby-boomers/The baby-boomer generation Beaches/The coast A big benefit of/The biggest benefit of Billionaires/The super-rich (Formal)business clothing/A suit(and tie).The main cause of/A major cause of (In)the twenty-first century/Since 2000 Large cities in

5、 this country/The capital city of this country Leaving the countryside/Depopulated villages Democratic countries/A democratic country Countries near the equator/Tropical countries In a couple of years/In the next couple of years,(In)developing countries/(In)the developing world p.1 A difference betw

6、een/The only difference between Becoming a drop out/Dropping out of the workforce In the education system/In school,The elderly/Elderly people Electoral systems/The electoral system(in this country)England/The United Kingdom The environment/Environmental problems Everest/The Himalayas A few/Few In t

7、he(near)future/From now on Gambling/The gambling industry A good option/A better option/The best option The(current)government/(Modern)politicians At home/In a house or flat,Humans/A human/The human species The most important/A vital Ireland/The Republic of Ireland Legislation on data security/The l

8、egislation on data security The LGBT community/LGBT teenagers The media/Newspapers In June and July/In the middle of the year Korea/The Korean Peninsula Modern society/The modern world Neighbouring countries/The nearest countries(to this one)New York/The Big Apple In the North of this country/In nor

9、thern towns(In)North America/(In)the USA NAFTA/The North American Free Trade Agreement The nuclear power industry/Nuclear power plants The(official)opposition/Opposition parties In Pacific nations/In the Pacific Ocean.p.2 In the distant past/A long time ago,Pensions/The(national)pension system Probl

10、ems with immigration/The problems with immigration A large number of people/Many people Most people/Most of the people in this room The most polluted places/Pollution The poor/Poverty In prison/As a prisoner,Private education/The private education system Professionals/The(upper)middle class A rat/Th

11、e rat/Rats The latest research/Recent research Right-wingers/The(alt)right Sociologists/(The field of)sociology Swedish people/The Swedish A typical(Japanese)office worker/The typical(Japanese)office worker(Long-term)unemployed people/The(long-term)unemployed The United Nations/United Nations peacek

12、eepers Cambridge University/The University of Cambridge Vulnerable children/The most vulnerable children Welfare benefits/The Welfare State The West/Western countries (Factory/Industrial/Manual)workers/The working class(In)January to June this year/(In)the first half of this year Next year/In the ne

13、xt few years,Share some opinions with another group and see if they share your opinions.Ask about any phrases that you couldnt understand and/or couldnt use.Add missing determiners to the phrases on the next page.Sometimes you need to add to both phrases and sometimes to just one.The ones on one lin

14、e always take different articles,e.g.“a”for one and“-”for the other(never two“the”ones on one line).p.3 No articles version If your teacher tells you to,use this version for the speaking activity,adding any articles needed.When you finish the speaking activity,add any determiners needed below.The on

15、es on one line always take different articles,e.g.“a”for one and“-”for the other(never “the”or“a/an”to both).From 1990 to 1999(In)(19)90s 21st century CEO 21st century CEO 21st century CEO Academic community Readers of academic journals,(Drug)addiction Becoming drug addict Chief advantage of Major s

16、elling point of Airlines Travel industry(For)almost all people(For)vast majority of people,Arabic countries Middle East Arctic countries Countries near North Pole Antarctica South Pole Asia Orient Convincing argument for Most convincing argument for Baby-boomers Baby-boomer generation Beaches Coast

17、Big benefit of Biggest benefit of Billionaires Super-rich(Formal)business clothing Suit(and tie).Main cause of Major cause of(In)twenty-first century Since 2000 Large cities in this country Capital city of this country Leaving countryside Depopulated villages Democratic countries Democratic country

18、Countries near equator Tropical countries In couple of years In next couple of years,(In)developing countries(In)developing world Difference between Only difference between Becoming drop out Dropping out of workforce In education system In school,Elderly Elderly people Electoral systems Electoral sy

19、stem(in this country)England United Kingdom Environment Environmental problems Everest Himalayas Few Few In(near)future From now on Gambling Gambling industry Good option Best option(Current)government(Modern)politicians At home In house or flat,Humans Human Human species Most important policy Vital

20、 policy Ireland Republic of Ireland p.4 Legislation on data security Legislation on data security LGBT community LGBT teenagers Media Newspapers In June and July In middle of the year Korea Korean Peninsula Modern society Modern world Neighbouring countries Nearest countries(to this one)New York Big

21、 Apple In North of this country In northern towns(In)North America (In)USA NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement Nuclear power industry Nuclear power plants(Official)opposition Opposition parties In Pacific nations In Pacific Ocean.In distant past Long time ago,Pensions (National)pension system

22、Problems with immigration Problems with immigration Large number of people Many people Most people Most of people in this room Most polluted places Pollution Poor Poverty In prison As prisoner,Private education Private education system Professionals (Upper)middle class Rat Rat Rats Latest research R

23、ecent research Right-wingers (Alt)right Sociologists (Field of)sociology Swedish people Swedish Typical(Japanese)office worker Typical(Japanese)office worker(Long-term)unemployed people(Long-term)unemployed United Nations United Nations peacekeepers Cambridge University University of Cambridge Vulne

24、rable children Most vulnerable children Welfare benefits Welfare State West Western countries(Factory/Industrial/Manual)workers Working class(In)January to June this year(In)first half of this year Next year In next few years,Optional:Do the grammar presentation below and use that to help check your

25、 answers.Check your answers with the first worksheet.All other answers are probably wrong,so ask your teacher about any which you wrote differently.You can also ask about any differences in meaning between similar ones.p.5 Determiners grammar presentation Without looking above,write“a/an”,“the”or“-”

26、in each of the gaps below depending on which you think matches the grammar explanation.Only one should be possible in each gap.Also fill in the gaps in the examples given to help with and help check your answer.Determiners in general and specific statements _+plural noun for(the most common way of)m

27、aking general statements _+singular(countable)noun for making general statements(the second most common way,often used to make you imagine one typical example,e.g.one typical person in that situation)_+singular(countable)noun for making general statements(less common,mainly used to make scientific s

28、tatements about species etc)_+uncountable nouns to make general statements(e.g.“_ politi-cal repression”_+uncountable nouns to talk about specific things(e.g.“_ political repression which was mentioned in the New York Times yesterday”)_+singular countable noun to mean one/any of a group(e.g.“_ anarc

29、hist protestor”or“_ Labour Party MP”)_+something unique/that there is only one of(e.g.“_ middle of the ocean”,“_ sole.”)_+something that is number one(e.g.“_ main”,“_ best”)_+an adjective to mean a whole group of people(e.g.“_ dis-abled”,“_ British”)_+the name of a whole group(e.g.“_ Vietnamese comm

30、u-nity”,“_ millennial generation”,“_ tobacco industry”or“_ pop-ulation”)_+something that is considered to be one thing all joined together(e.g.“_ mainland”)Determiners in number expressions “all/most/many/some+_+people”when talking about people in general“all of/most of/many of/some of _ people”when

31、 talking about specific people _+number expressions like“little”,“large amount of”and“couple of”(with n negative meaning)“_+few”and“_+little”,with a negative meaning Determiners in time expressions “_+this/next/last+week/month/year”,and similar phrases like“to-day”,“tomorrow”and“yesterday”“in _ last

32、 (s)”to mean times from the past until now(e.g.“in _ last four decades”,“in _ last five minutes”)“in _ next (s)”to mean times from now and into the future(e.g.“in _ next two days”,“in _ next 24 hours”)“(In)_”+a decade(e.g.“in _ 1890s”)“(In)_”+a century(e.g.“in _ 16th century”)“In _ past”and“In _ fut

33、ure”(because there is only one of each)p.6 Determiners in names of places _+mountain ranges(e.g.“_ Alps”or“_ Rockies”)_+names of(individual)mountains(e.g.“_ Mont Blanc”or“_ Mount Rushmore”)_+names of countries made up of different islands,states,etc,often ending with“-s”(“_ Netherlands”,“_ Philippin

34、es”,“_ Seychelles”,“_ Maldives”,“_ UAE”,etc)_+names of individual countries(“_ Belgium”,“_ Cyprus”,“_ Malta”,“_ Argentina”,“_ Georgia”,“_ Greece”,“_ Kazakhstan”,“_ Russia”,“_ Jordan”,“_ Mongolia”,“_ Switzer-land”,“_ Thailand”,“_ Turkey”)_+official names of countries with“republic”,e.g.“_ Czech Repub

35、lic”or“_ DRC”)_+continents and parts of continents(“_ South America”,“_ Central Asia”,“_ Australasia”,etc)_+(official)names of towns and cities(“_ Paris”,“_ Athens”,“_ Brussels”,“_ Cologne”,“_ Florence”,“_ Geneva”,“_ Guangzhou/Canton”,“_ Kiev”,“_ LA”,“_ Milan”,“_ Moscow”,“_ Munich”,“_ Naples”,“_ Nor

36、th Korea”,“_ Perth”,“_ Prague”,“_ Rome”,“_ Shenzhen”,“_ Turin”,“_ Venice”,“_ Vienna”,“_ Warsaw”)_+nicknames of cities and countries(“_ Windy City”,“_ Venice of the Midlands”,“_ sick man of Europe”,“_ Big Easy”,etc)_+names of geographical features(“_ Indian Subcontinent”,“_ Straits of Malacca”,etc)_+

37、names of seas and oceans(“_ Atlantic Ocean”,“_ South China Sea”,“_ Sea of Japan”,etc)“at/in+_”+a place to mean your status(not actually meaning being physi-cally in or at that place,e.g.“at _ university”to mean being a university stu-dent but“at a university”for the location of a protest)“In _ North

38、/South/East/West of”to mean parts of countries and countries“_ West/East/South/North”to mean(whole)hemispheres of the world Try to find at least one example of each of these in the example phrases above to start checking your answers.p.7 Suggested answers Determiners in general and specific statemen

39、ts _-_+plural noun for making general statements(the most common way)_a/an_+singular(countable)noun for making general state-ments(the second most common way,often used to make you imagine one typical ex-ample,e.g.one typical person in that situation)_the_+singular(countable)noun for making general

40、statements(less common,mainly used to make scientific statements about species etc)_-_+uncountable nouns to make general statements(e.g.“_-_ po-litical repression”_the_+uncountable nouns to talk about specific things(e.g.“_the_ political repression which was mentioned in the New York Times yesterday

41、”)_a/an_+singular countable noun to mean one/any of a group(e.g.“_an_ anarchist protestor”or“_a_ Labour Party MP”)_the_+something unique/that there is only one of(e.g.“_the_ middle of the ocean”,“_the_ sole.”)_the_+something that is number one(e.g.“_the_ main”,“_the_ best”)_the_+an adjective to mean

42、 a whole group of people(e.g.“_the_ disabled”,“_the_ British”)_the_+the name of a whole group(e.g.“_the_ Vietnamese com-munity”,“_the_ millennial generation”,“_the_ tobacco industry”or“_the_ population”)_the_+something that is considered to be one thing all joined together(e.g.“_the_ mainland”)Deter

43、miners in number expressions “all/most/many/some+_-_+people”when talking about people in general“all of/most of/many of/some of _the_ people”when talking about specific people _a_+number expressions like“little”,“large amount of”and“couple of”(with n negative meaning)“_-_+few”and“_-_+little”,with a

44、negative meaning Determiners in time expressions “_-_+this/next/last+week/month/year”,and similar phrases like“to-day”,“tomorrow”and“yesterday”“in _the_ last (s)”to mean times from the past until now(e.g.“in _the_ last four decades”,“in _the_ last five minutes”)“in _the_ next (s)”to mean times from

45、now and into the future(e.g.“in _the_ next two days”,“in _the_ next 24 hours”)“(In)_the_”+a decade(e.g.“in _the_ 1890s”)“(In)_the_”+a century(e.g.“in _the_ 16th century”)“In _the_ past”and“In _the_ future”(because there is only one of each)p.8 Determiners in names of places _the_+mountain ranges(e.g

46、.“_the_ Alps”or“_the_ Rockies”)_-_+names of(individual)mountains(e.g.“_-_ Mont Blanc”or“_-_ Mount Rushmore”)_the_+names of countries made up of different islands,states,etc,often ending with“-s”(“_the_ Netherlands”,“_the_ Philippines”,“_the_ Sey-chelles”,“_the_ Maldives”,“_the_ UAE”,etc)_-_+names of

47、 individual countries(“_-_ Belgium”,“_-_ Cyprus”,“_-_ Malta”,“_-_ Argentina”,“_-_ Georgia”,“_-_ Greece”,“_-_ Kazakhstan”,“_-_ Russia”,“_-_ Jordan”,“_-_ Mongolia”,“_-_ Switzerland”,“_-_ Thailand”,“_-_ Turkey”)_the_+official names of countries with“republic”,e.g.“_the_ Czech Re-public”or“_the_ DRC”)_-

48、_+continents and parts of continents(“_-_ South America”,“_-_ Central Asia”,“_-_ Australasia”,etc)_-_+(official)names of towns and cities(“_-_ Paris”,“_-_ Athens”,“_-_ Brussels”,“_-_ Cologne”,“_-_ Florence”,“_-_ Geneva”,“_-_ Guangzhou/Canton”,“_-_ Kiev”,“_-_ LA”,“_-_ Milan”,“_-_ Mos-cow”,“_-_ Munich

49、”,“_-_ Naples”,“_-_ North Korea”,“_-_ Perth”,“_-_ Prague”,“_-_ Rome”,“_-_ Shenzhen”,“_-_ Turin”,“_-_ Venice”,“_-_ Vienna”,“_-_ Warsaw”)_the_+nicknames of cities and countries(“_the_ Windy City”,“_the_ Venice of the Midlands”,“_the_ sick man of Europe”,“_the_ Big Easy”,etc)_the_+names of geographical

50、 features(“_the_ Indian Subcontinent”,“_the_ Straits of Malacca”,etc)_the_+names of seas and oceans(“_the_ Atlantic Ocean”,“_the_ South China Sea”,“_the_ Sea of Japan”,etc)“at/in+_-_”+a place to mean your status(not actually meaning being physi-cally in or at that place,e.g.“at _-_ university”to mea