The document discusses the proper use of the indefinite articles "a" and "the" in English. "A" is used with unknown or unspecified things, while "the" is used with things that have already been mentioned or are known to the audience. The exercise asks the reader to fill in the blanks of a short text with either "a" or "the" depending on whether the noun is being introduced for the first time or has already been mentioned.

1. A v/s The Francisco Martínez
Name : ________________________________________________________ Date __________
A/An Its used with The Its used with
things that
unknown everybody
things knows
Its used when Its used when
you mention you already
someting for mentioned
the first time something
Unknown : desconocido
Everybody : todos
Already: anteriormente
Exercise [!]
Read the following text twice, and write in the gaps A / The when its necessary
Yesterday I went to ______ new shop, it was called “Todo a 1000”, ______ shop sells things
that doesn`t worth more that 1000$ Chilean pesos. ____ shop have lots of interesting goods,
for example there is ______ bag, that you put things inside, and then you extract the air with
______ vacuum cleaner, and ____ the bag shrinks and become smaller, its like ______
famous “Space bags” that are sold on TV. ______Shop is very interesting and has lots of useful
items, and also is very cheap!
Goods: bienes, objetos
Worth : vale
Vacuumcleaner: aspiradora
Cheap : barato