Revision.

Articles (1)
1. Link the sentence in A with the rule in B. Some rules can be used more than once.

A
1 He's a teacher.

I usually go running along the River Tria.

2 We must take care of the Earth.

I went skiing in the Rocky Mountains.

3 The United States exports wheat. 8

I hate fast food.

4 The British love football.

There's a pub in the corner it's the pub with a red sign.

5 He's the best chef in the UK.

10 I get very tired after playing tennis.

B
a the is used with rivers/oceans/seas/mountain
ranges

g the is used for countries in the plural, e.g. The

Netherlands

b no article () is used with most

h the is used with superlatives
streets/villages/town/towns/cities/countries/la
kes/single mountains
c the is used with national groups

i no article () is used when a noun is used

generally

d a/an is used with jobs in the singular

j a/an is used when something is mentioned for

the first time

e no article () is used with sports

k the is used when a noun has already been

mentioned

f the is used when there is only one of

something

2. Read the text and fill in the gap with a/an, the or (no article).

'I'll have what he's having.' That's what (1)_________ people sometimes tell (2)_________ waiters
when another customer is served (3)_________ meal that looks delicious. Wouldn't it be simpler if
you could see every dish on (4)_________ menu before making up your mind? In (5)_________
Japan, tahat's exactly what diners can do. There, (6)_________ restaurant displays of real-looking
fake food, called sanpuru, serve as (7)_________ three-dimensional menu.
At one time, restaurants in Japan used to display real food to advertise (8)_________ specialities,
and to allow customers to 'preview' their meal. (9)_________ displays also meant that (10)_________
foreigners unable to read (11)_________ Japanese menucould figure out (12)_________ best thing to
order. In the 1930s (13)_________ first fake foods were made from (14)_________ wax. Eventually
such fake foods replaced (15)_________real foods. Today sanpuru are made from vinyl,
(16)_________

kind of plastic.
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3. Decide whether you need an article or not in these sentences.

a. I went to _____ hospital to see a friend who was ill.

b. I went to _____ hospital when I was knocked off my bike.
c. I go to _____ library once a week.
d. She always goes to _____ bed early.
e. I often get hay fever in _____ summer.
f. The shops in my town always close for _____ lunch.
g. My father used to go to work by _____ bike.
h. When are you going on _____ holiday?
i. Tom never gets to _____ work on time.
j. He earns 800 _____ week.
k. I'll visit you in _____ October.
l. I can't play _____ football very well.

Key

1.
1

3 g

4 c

b, h

e, a

8 i

9 j, k

10 e

2.
1

the

the

The

10

11 a

12 the

14

15

16 a

13 the
A the

the

the/

M the

the

O the

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