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9 READ, LISTEN & SPEAK.

A Look at the photo and read the caption and the information in the chart. Then circle the
correct article or Ø for no article to complete each sentence.

Kent Couch’s Balloon Flights, 2006–2010
Distance/
Year Other Information
Destination
99 miles many balloons
2006
(159 km) exploded
193 miles
2007 balloons lost gas
(311 km)
reached
2008 Idaho
destination
70 miles
2010 raced
(113 km)

Kent Couch and Fareed Lafta prepare for take-off in July 2012.
Their form of transportation? Over 350 balloons and a lawn chair.

1. Kent Couch made the / some / a balloon flight every year between 2006 and 2008.
2. Not all of a / some / the flights were successful.

3. In 2006, some / Ø / the balloons exploded, so Couch ended Ø / the / an flight.
4. In 2007, he had Ø / a / an problems with some / a / the gas in the balloons.

5. The / Ø / A 2008 flight was a / some / the success. Couch reached his destination.

6. In 2010, Kent Couch entered the / a / Ø race with another lawn-chair balloon.

7. A / Ø / The race was 70 miles (113 km).

8. The / Ø / Some flights in 2006 and 2007 were not the / Ø / some successes.

B Complete each statement with a, an, the, or Ø for no article.

1. Kent Couch owns Italian restaurant. T F

2. Couch and Fareed used lawn chair for their journey. T F

3. The balloons had gas in them. T F

4. They expected to fly at height of 5000–10,000 feet. T F

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