3.1 The indefinite article: 'a/an' (1)3.3C 'The' + nationality noun: 'the Chinese' [> LEG 3.19.2, App 49]
Study: We use the in front of nationality nouns to refer to 'all the people in general'.
We can divide nationality nouns into four groups:1 the + -ese or -ss: the Chinese, the Japanese, the Portuguese, the Sudanese, the Swiss.2 the + plural ending in -s:
-ian: the Austrians, the Belgians, the Brazilians, the Egyptians, the Russians.
-an: the Americans, the Koreans, the Mexicans, the Venezuelans, the Zimbabweans.
other -s endings: the Arabs, the Germans, the Greeks, the Poles, the Scots, the Turks.3 Two forms: the Danes/the Danish, the Spaniards/the Spanish, the Swedes/the Swedish.4 the + -ch or -sh: the British, the Dutch, the English, the French, the Irish, the Welsh.Write: Rewrite these sentences using nationality nouns to refer to 'the people in general'.1 The people from Portugal are very different from the people from Spain.
ТагШ^.2 The people from America and the people from Russia understand each other better.3 The people from Brazil speak Portuguese, but the people from Mexico speak Spanish.4 The people from Germany and the people from Japan work very hard.5 The people from Greece buy ships from the people from Korea.6 The people from Britain and the people from Holland do a lot of foreign trade.3.3D Context
Write: Put in a or the.ANCIENT SECRETS
Mr Denys Stocks,^1 retired policeman, has just been given(^2) B.Sc. for twelve years' research into ancient Egyptian
industrial methods. Egyptologists have often wondered how^3
Egyptians were able to cut such hard stone and how they produced
such fine jewellery. Mr Stocks has shown that^4 Egyptians used
saws and drills.^5 saws and drills were made of copper, which is
very soft. But^6 Egyptian craftsmen turned them into very
powerful tools. First^7 craftsman made^8 cut in^9
stone with^10 soft saw. Then^11 craftsman poured sand
into^12 cut.^13 hard sand got into^14 teeth of
(^15) saw and did (^16) cutting. In this way, (^17) worker
could cut basalt, one of the hardest rocks.^18 sand he used
turned into^19 very fine powder.^20 powder was then
used by jewellers to cut precious stones and to make delicate jewellery.
An ancient Egyptian drill