12 98 Nouns and articles Training for a bikeathon: Using articles correctly 1 a) Tawnie is training to participate in a bikeathon. Every day, she takes notes of her training and of the food she eats. Complete her diary entry with the appropriate words below, using a/an where necessary. 2 Monday, June 14th Today I cycled 32 km. I had cereal 1 and 2 for breakfast. At lunchtime I ate 3 with tuna and sweet corn and 4 – for the vitamins . For dinner I had 5 with 6 , followed by 7 with 8 and for dessert I had 9 . celery soup egg sandwich roll tomato sauce apple cereal chocolate bar spaghetti b) Do you lead a healthy life? Look at what Tawnie wrote and then write down what you ate yesterday. Proofreading: Using articles correctly 2 Read the text about why teenagers should do sports. In most lines (1–16) there is a word that should not be there. Write these words in the spaces provided. 4–6 lines are correct. Make a ✔ in the space if the line is correct. There are three examples (0, 00, 000) at the beginning. There is a lot of the value in doing sports, either at school or somewhere the 0 else. So, even if you think you’re not a “sports” person you should ✔ 00 re-think that position. ✔ 000 First, the social benefits. It typically requires a team to do a sport. When 1 you practise everyday, play together and have a patience to go through 2 the ups and downs of the success and failure, you bond. If you are shy or 3 have a hard time meeting people, then joining a sports team is an ideal 4 way to instantly meet and bond with the people. 5 Second, we need to consider the health benefits. Most the teens don’t get 6 too motivated to simply “work out”. However, most of them love a sports. 7 So, being on a sports team is a way to get the benefits of an exercise while 8 also having a good time. You may even get in the best shape of your life. 9 Finally, doing sports just makes you balanced. A lot of the teens think 10 because they are artistic or musical they can’t do a sports. It doesn’t fit 11 their image or something. But many actors, artists and the musicians also 12 participated in athletics in a high school. Adding an activity like playing 13 football or volleyball will make you that much more balanced. 14 And, the more balanced you are, the more successful you’ll 15 ultimately be in the life. 16 3 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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