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3 What's That? 9 Writing O رابط الدرس الرقمي www.ien.edu.sa A. What is a museum you know? What are your favorite objects in the museum? Write notes in the chart. Describe the age, size, or where the objects are from. You can use words like: old, new, modern, big, small, nice, strange, or interesting. Object Museum: Description Writing Corner 1. Use the indefinite article a or an to introduce a singular noun for the first time. The museum has a dinosaur skeleton. 2. Use the definite article the to talk about a noun for the second time. The dinosaur skeleton is enormous. 3. Add s to most plural nouns. Do not use the article a or an with plural nouns. The museum has many fossils. 4. Use the definite article the to talk about plural nouns for the second time. The fossils are about 200 million years old. B. Read the text. What objects are in the museum? What words describe the objects? Underline the guide's instructions. Welcome to the National Museum. My name's Hameed. I'm your guide. This exhibit is interesting. Follow me. This is a meteorite. The meteorite is from a crater in the desert. Please, don't touch it. These are dinosaur skeletons. They're big. This skeleton is strange. It isn't a fish. It's a dinosaur from the sea. That's an enormous skeleton of an elephant. The skeleton is about 12 million years old. Please, don't take photographs. C. Be a museum guide. Write about your favorite objects in a museum. Use your notes from the chart in A and ideas from this unit. Describe the objects and give instructions to the visitors. 10 Project Make a brochure for a museum and label the objects in it. Use drawings or photos from the Internet or magazines. وزارة التعليم Ministry o24ucation 2024-1446 SG_01_COMBO_TEXT_2024.indb 24 29/4/24 11:30 PM

What is a museum you know? What are your favorite objects in the museum? Write notes in the chart. Describe the age, size, or where the objects are from. You can use words like: old, new, mod

Read the text. What objects are in the museum? What words describe the objects? Underline the guide’s instructions.

Be a museum guide. Write about your favorite objects in a museum.

Make a brochure for a museum and label the objects in it.

O 11 Form, Meaning and Function The Definite Article: the The definite article the comes before singular and plural nouns. the student the students Use the for specific objects or people that were introduced before or that are known. Do not use the with plural nouns when talking in general. He is a tourist. The tourist is in New York. Where are the students? They're at the art museum. Teachers work at schools. Use the for objects that are one of a kind. the Earth the stars the sun the sky the moon the sea Use the with the names of oceans, seas, rivers, mountain ranges, deserts, groups of states, and monuments. the Red Sea the Amazon the Arabian Desert the Alps the Eiffel Tower the National Museum the United States the Pacific Ocean Do not use the with proper names, possessive adjectives, months, days of the week, meals, games, sports, or with the words home, school, work, business, and vacation when used for their purpose. Fahd is my brother. He is in Dubai on business. A. Write the definite article the where necessary. Let's play tennis after lunch. 1. Riyadh is capital of Saudi Arabia. 2. Look in 3. What is sky! You can see population of moon and Saudi Arabia? stars. ±5 4. 5. Pyramids are in Spanish is Egypt. official language of Nile is in Egypt, too. Mexico. B. Write the article a, an, or the where necessary. 1. That is 2. We play airplane. football in airplane is in park on sky. Saturdays. 3. This is my father. He is at work. He is teacher. 4. exhibits at National Museum are very interesting. 5. Look at picture on page 22. people are at museum. وزارة التعليم Ministry of Education 2024-1446 SG_01_COMBO_TEXT_2024.indb 25 25 29/4/24 11:30 PM

The Definite Article: the

Write the definite article the where necessary.

Write the article a, an, or the where necessary.