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3. devant les noms de repas What did you have for Ø breakfast ?
We had Ø lunch in a very nice restaurant
4. devant un nom suivi d’un nombre Have you got these shoes in Ø size 43 ?
The train for Hogwarts leaves from Ø platform 9 ¾
3. Pour désigner une personne ou une chose What is the longest river in the world ?
unique en son genre I’m going away at the end of this month
4. Dans les relatives déterminatives I like the tea that I bought at Marks & Spencer’s.
The books I bought this morning are for you
5. Dans les structures en of qui déterminent le L’angleterre → Ø England mais on dire : The England of the
nom 18th century
6. Les adjectifs substantivés The rich, the poor, the blind, the unemployed, the elderly, the
underprivileged, etc. + accord au pluriel
7. Certains noms de pays et de régions, pour les Les noms de pays ne prennent pas d’article : Ø France, Ø
noms de fleuves Germany, Ø Italy, etc. sauf pour si le nom contient "united" ou
"union" ex : the United States (+ accord au singulier), the United
Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, ou est au pluriel ex : the
Philippines, the Canaries, the Netherlands, etc.
Fleuves : the Thames, the Hudson, the Seine, the Rhine, the Nile
8. Les titres sans le nom propre The Queen, the Duke, the President ; the Queen of England, the
Duke of Edinburgh, the President of the USA (mais Ø Queen
Elizabeth, Ø President Biden)
9. Les éléments, les planètes, les phénomènes the earth, the sun, the moon, the wind, the weather, the sky ,
atmosphériques, les chaînes de montagne the environment, the Alps (mais Ø space)
10. Les inventions the telephone, the cinema, the atomic bomb, the internet
11. Les instruments de musique He plays the piano, the guitar, the clarinet
12. Les espèces animales ou végétales the dog, the horse, the oak (le chêne)
13. Les moyens de transport I’ll take the plane
14. Les institutions the Army, the Police, the Church, the Press (mais Ø Parliament,
Ø Congress)
15. Devant same Your sweater is the same colour as mine.
These two photographs are the same.
16. Others Go to the cinema, the theatre, the concert , listen to the radio
(mais Ø television)
GRAMMAR THE ou Ø devant les noms-Exercises
1. Put in THE where necessary. If you don’t need THE, leave the space empty or use the symbol Ø .
a. I didn’t have time for Ø breakfast this morning because I was in a hurry.
b. " I’m going to ……the cinema……………….…this evening. " " Are you ? What film are you going to see ?"
c. There was no wind so ……the sea……………… was very calm."
d. "Are you going out this evening ? " " Yes, after ……Ø dinner………………"
e. The examination paper wasn’t too difficult but I couldn’t answer …Ø question 8…………………
f. Oh, ……the gate……………… is open, I must have forgotten to shut it.
g. " Flight BA123 to Vienna is now boarding at …Ø gate 21…………………"