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Exercise 7
Choose the correct articles to complete the story.
Choose from a, an, the, and Ø (no article).

SNOW DAY

Last Tuesday was first day of school for spring semester.

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However, when I woke up and looked out

4 window, I noticed that there was
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lot of
6 snow outside. snow was so high that I couldn’t see my car. It
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was covered with

snow. I got dressed, but I couldn’t find my boots. boots
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were under
bed. I went outside and found shovel next to door.
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There was
14 strange sight in front of house. deer was standing on
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lawn, looking at me.

17 deer did not move, and I did not move either. We
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looked at each other

few minutes. Then deer ran down street.
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I was ready to shovel and I saw two squirrels next to

tree. There were
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animals everywhere.
squirrels love to run around, even in snow.
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I shoveled
driveway and found car. In winter, I usually park
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in garage, but last night I forgot. It took me

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off car. It was unusual morning. After one hour of work, I was ready
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to go to
33 school. I got into car and drove 20 miles hour down
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street. It took me 50 minutes to get school building. I had cup

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of coffee. They did not have sugar or milk because delivery truck
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got stuck on Kennedy Boulevard, so I drank black coffee. When I came

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room, was
notice on board. professor was not
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coming to school. He had accident. What bad luck! Then I had

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to fight
52 snow and drive home again.
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Exercise 8
Choose the correct articles to complete the story.
Choose from a, an, the, and Ø (no article).

LAKE TAHOE

Lake Tahoe is located on

1 border between California and Nevada.
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It is
four-season paradise. In winter, people come to ski in high
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mountains.
7 Sierra Nevada Mountains provide excellent skiing, and there
are
8 many lifts. Squaw Valley, second largest ski area, was site
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of 1960 Winter Olympics. In

11 12 spring, snow begins to melt and
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run down
14 mountain. Much of melted snow ends up in lake.
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In summer,
17 18 Lake Tahoe is used for swimming and boating.
lake water is clean and cool.
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On Nevada side, there are

20 21 casinos. Casinos attract many
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visitors to
23 area. Most are in Stateline, Nevada, which borders
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lake.
25 combination of blue water, white mountaintops, and
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green grass is
27 unusual sight of beauty. people return
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year after year to enjoy

vacation spot.
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