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Hi. Please help. Which is correct for each one? Please see the underlined parts. For no. 4, do we need the definite article "the" right after the word "make"?
1. A: What food/kind of food do you like?
B: I like hamburgers.
2. Do you exercise regularly? If not/If you don't, I think you should.
3. Is he here? If not/If he isn't, where is he?
4. Class, we're going to make the "Sports Day" posters today.
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1. A: What food do you like? B: I like hamburgers.
- 1.
- A: What food do you like?
- B: I like hamburgers.
- ) 1.
- A: What kind of food do you like?
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1. A: What food do you like?
B: I like hamburgers. (Food is specific.)
1. A: What kind of food do you like?
B: I like vegetables. (Kinds of food is general: meat, dairy, fruit and vegetables, bread and grains, sweets.)
Anonymous2. Do you exercise regularly? If not/If you don't, I think you should.
Both are OK.
0Anonymousdo we need the definite article "the" right after the word "make"?
No. If you use 'the', it sounds like "Sports Day" posters have already been discussed with the students, maybe as one of the projects they'll be doing this week or this month, and 'the' makes a reference back to the same posters which were discussed then. The students will not ask
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