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Articles
To learn about and practise articles
1. Why do Olympic athletes push themselves to ______ limits?
2. I miss ______ birthday parties, ruin family holidays and skip nights out.
3. “We’re worried about you,” said my friend from across ______ table.
4. Don’t they know how hard it is to be at ______ top in sport?
Complete the sentences with definite article the or zero articles.
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5. …because I was too busy hiring a car in downtown ______ Johannesburg.
6. I was born with an enormous amount of ______ drive and determination.
7. I was ______ only girl in a rugby club of 250 boys.
8. But if your dream is to be ______ best and reach the winner’s platform, you had better be totally committed to your sport.
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Find examples for the rules about definite article the and zero articles from the sentences above.
We use the definite article the:
when there is only one of something (e.g. the top).
when we refer to something unique (e.g. ____________)
for superlatives (e.g.