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Use The with musical instruments but put nothing with games, (sports and indoor games).
e.g. 'My children play the guitar and the drums, which drives our neighbours mad!'

Practice Exercise: put the or nothing, O.

Can you play (1)..... tennis?
No, I play (2) ...basketball and (3) .....footballbut I prefer staying at home and playing (4)......guitar. Do you like listening to (5).....piano or (6).....trumpet? Neither! I´m tone deaf. I prefer watching (7)....sumo wrestling on t.v. or playing (8)....cards. When I was at school I liked quiet games like (9)....chess but they made me play games like (10)........rugby and (11)......cricket, which I hated.

n.b. "Listen to" the radio or music or the t.v. but "watch t.v."

Answers: 1. O 2. O 3. O 4.the 5.the 6. the 7. O 8. O 9.O 10. O. 11. O

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Use The with musical instruments but put nothing with games, (sports and indoor games).e.g. 'My children play the guitar and the drums, which drives our neighbours mad!'

Use The with musical instruments but put nothing with games, (sports and indoor games).
e.g. 'My children play the guitar and the drums, which drives our neighbours mad!'