A Weekend in the City

a Determinative

— A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type. Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".

a Noun

— A is the first letter of the alphabet. The letter "a" comes before "b". — In some schools, an A is a very high grade. Ron got an A on his earth science test.

weekend Noun

— The end of the working week, usually Saturday and Sunday. I do not have work on the weekends.

weekend Verb

— If you weekend somewhere, you stay there just for the weekend. We'll weekend at the beach.

in Preposition

— Used to show that something is inside something else. The cat is in the box. — Used to show that someone is at home, or is available. Is John in? The Doctor is now in. — Used to show movement towards the inside. The rain came in through the window.

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

city Noun

— A city is large area where many people live and work, larger than a town. Tokyo and New York are two of the world's largest cities. There's too much crime in the inner city. — The city is the government that has power over a city. A city usually builds roads and parks, and keeps them in good shape. The city has its offices in a building called a city hall. The mayor asked city council to reduce taxes. — The city is the people who live in the city. The city is afraid of the change.