Fun with Articles! Read the following sentences What you notice about the way the articles are used? (a)There once was a very tall ESL student from Brazil who lived in a very small apartment The apartment was really much too small for the student, but he liked it anyway (b) Luiz used to have both a Brazilian girlfriend and a French girlfriend The Brazilian girl had no idea about the French girl The French girl knew about the Brazilian girl, but she didn’t care (Poor Luiz couldn’t make up his mind between them.) c) Ayano had a cat as a pet when she was a child Every day, the cat would try to scratch her Now, what you notice about this sentence? Manuela read a really interesting magazine article yesterday The author claimed to have proof that human beings are descendants of aliens from another planet The evidence she provided was startling! Fill in the blanks with the correct article (or NO article) More than one answer may be possible, so be prepared to explain your choice! I have _ really stupid friend who is careless with money He has good-paying job, but he doesn’t even have bank account He says he doesn’t need one because he spends his salary right away He gets pay check once _ week money is always gone before week is over I don’t know what he spends it on! I saw _”interesting” play last night _ actors were excellent, and _set was beautiful However, play itself was not very well written Would you like cake? icing is special recipe from _friend of my mother’s I made _ake and icing all by myself! Little Jonny doesn’t like school He says teachers re boring He doesn’t like doing _homework He much prefers to watch cartoons on TV As _result, his teachers aren’t very happy with the way he performs in class If he doesn’t take responsibility for doing assignments, he may have to repeat _same grade next year