Our capital city Unit 2
Activity 12 – I learn: The article ‘the’.
1. The man with black hair is my father.
2. Port Louis is the capital city of the Republic of Mauritius.
3. I can see the moon and the stars in the night sky.
4. Here is a ball. The ball is small.
Activity 11(a) – I ll in the blanks correctly with ‘a’, ‘an’, or ‘the’.
This is Pixie and Dixie’s friend Meena. Last year, she went to live in another country. She tells her
friends about it.
Moving to ______ United States was exciting. We live in New York. It is ____ huge city. I like
_____ city very much. My neighbourhood is nice. I go to ____ good school. My mum works in
_____ same school! She is _____ teacher of English. It is summer now. ______ weather is warm
and sunny. I eat ____ ice-cream every day! I miss ______ beaches in Mauritius and I miss you!
Let’s read these sentences aloud.
We use ‘the’ when there is just one person, place, or
thing. We also use ‘the’ when we talk about someone
or something that has already been mentioned.
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