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2 CHECK. Read the statements about Andrew Skurka. Circle T for true or F for false.

1. He used a large boat. T F

2. His journey was 2500 miles. T F

3. He stopped at villages along the way. T F

4. He didn’t travel through any national parks. T F

5. There was a lot of snow in some places. T F

6. His journey took a year. T F

3 DISCOVER. Work with a partner. Look at the pairs of sentences from the reading on
page 103. Notice the words in bold. Why does the second sentence in each pair use the
instead of a or an? Discuss your answer with your classmates and teacher.

a. He was starting a journey of 4678 miles. His plan was to complete the journey mostly by
hiking and skiing.

b. He took skis and an inflatable raft with him. He used the raft to cross rivers.

Andrew Skurka slides across
the ice in his inflatable raft.

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