2.5 Definite Articles
4 Practice A
(a) Electrical engineering is the main industry in thenorthern region.
(b) Energy firms have made a record profit in thefinancial year 2012–2013.
(c) Global warming is partly caused by fossil fuels.
(d)Thecompany’s CEO has been arrested on fraud charges.
(e) Theft is costing thebanking business millions of dollars a year.
(f) Tourism is theworld’s biggest industry.
(g)Theforests of Scandinavia produce most of Britain’s paper.
(h)The Thai currency is the baht.
(i) Computer crime has grown by 200% in thelast decade.
(j) Themain causes of theIndustrial Revolution are still debated.
(k) Already 3% of theworking population are employed in call centres.
(l) Thelatest forecast predicts rising unemployment for two years.
(m) Research on thehousing market is being conducted in thebusiness school.
(n)The best definition is often thesimplest.
5 Practice B
(a) the/a
(b) –
(c) the/-
(d) –
(e) –
(f) the
(g) the
(h) the
(i) –
(j) an
(k) the
(l) the
(m) the
(n) –
2.6 Definitions
1 Simple definitions
(a) loan
(b) organisation
(c) period