English Course

ROCKETMAN
PROJECT

Guilherme Araújo
Phase 01 - Day 01
 - The Articles and Plurals -

Exercise 1/1

01. Complete this shopping list with a/an. 


___ orange ___ apple ___ house
___ bottle of wine ___ grapefruit ___ green apple
___ carton of milk ___ watermelon ___ white egg
___ ice-cream ___ hour ___ European country
___ banana ___ ice-cream ___ airport
___ small melon ___ school uniform ___ umbrella
___ hamburger ___ accident ___ station
___ piece of ham ___ orange hat ___ English university
___ pizza ___ egg ___ library 


02. Complete the sentences with a/an.

Paul goes to university every day. In his backpack there is ___ book, ___ pencil case,
___ apple and ___ egg and mayonnaise sandwich. Some days he also buys ___ ice cream for
dessert. Today he has ___ English exam. The exam is not very difficult. He writes ___ short
story about ___ adventurer. The story begins like this: “It is ___ special day for Oliver. At ten
o'clock in the morning he gets on ___ plane. His destination is Australia.”

03. Make sentences. Choose from Box A and Box B. Use a/an when necessary.
A I want to ask you Barbara works in B old house artist
Tom never wears Ann wants to learn party question
I can’t ride Jim lives in bookshop foreign language
My brother is This evening I'm going to hat bicycle
a) _I want to ask you a question____________________________________________________
b) _____________________________________________________________________________
c) _____________________________________________________________________________
d) _____________________________________________________________________________
e) _____________________________________________________________________________
f) _____________________________________________________________________________
g) _____________________________________________________________________________
h) _____________________________________________________________________________

04. Some of these sentences are right, but most are wrong. Correct the sentences that are
wrong.
a) I’m going to buy some flowers.
__ok____________________________________________________________________________
b) I need a new jeans.
__I need a new pair of jeans. OR I need some new jeans_______________________________
c) it’s a lovely park with a lot of beautiful tree.
________________________________________________________________________________
d) There was a woman in the car with two mens.
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e) Sheep eat grass.
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d) David is married and has three childs.
________________________________________________________________________________
e) Most of my friend are student.
________________________________________________________________________________
f) He put his pyjama and went to bed.
________________________________________________________________________________
g) We went fishing but we didn’t catch many fish.
________________________________________________________________________________
h) Do you know many persons in this town?
________________________________________________________________________________
i) I like your trouser. Where did you get it?
________________________________________________________________________________
j) The town centre is usually full of tourist.
________________________________________________________________________________
k) I don’t like mice. I’m afraid of them.
________________________________________________________________________________
l) This scissor isn’t very sharp.
________________________________________________________________________________

05. Put a/an or the.

Tina wants to buy a car. She has come to see Ryan, who is trying to sell his.
TINA: So, you don’t say much in your advert. Is this __________ old car?
RYAN: Not very old. Come and have a look at it.

TINA: Were you __________ first owner?

RYAN: No, I got it two years ago.
TINA: Have you driven it a lot?

RYAN: Well, I drive to my office in __________ city centre five days __________ week, but I
don’t use it much at weekends.

TINA: I see. Now, the thing is, I’m __________ doctor. I’ve just started work at __________
hospital in Hills Road. I’m on call a lot of the time and I have to find __________ car
which is really reliable. __________ car I used to have was always breaking down
and giving me problems.

RYAN: Oh, this one’s very good. It may not be __________ fastest car around, but it always
gets there eventually. And it’s got __________ new set of tyres.
TINA: Right. It’s good to know that. Can I go for __________ test drive?
RYAN: Um, actually, that’s not possible right now.
TINA: Why not?
RYAN: Well, I’m afraid it won’t start. You see, I’ve just realised that __________ battery is
flat.
 Exercise 1/2

01. Translate this small text:

Your parents and siblings (brothers and sisters) are your immediate family – and
your extended family includes all your relatives – uncles, cousins, great-aunts, etc. You can
use a family tree to diagram the relationships among your family members. A person who is
related to you by a long series of connections can be called a distant relative.
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Exercise 1/3

Read this small text and send as an audio through WhatsApp.

My family lives in a small house. It’s simple but pretty. It has a large garden. I like to
work in the garden but my sister hates to work in the garden. She prefers to read. She reads
in the morning, in the afternoon and at night. I give all of the vegetables to mom and dad.
They like to cook in our small kitchen. I eat any vegetable but my sister eats only a few. My
family always eats breakfast and dinner together. We talk. We laugh. Then my sister washes
the dishes. At night dad likes to listen to music. Mom works on the computer. I watch
television. And my sister reads. Soon we go to bed. My parents go to bed late but my sister
and I go to bed early. I’m ready to go to sleep but my sister wants to keep reading.