A, An, The, -

Fill in the blanks. Use a, an or the, where it is necessary.

a) Mary is from 1) X England. She’s got2) ____a___ brother and

3) ______x____two sisters. They live with 4)____x____their family in
5) ____a_______ small, but 6) ___x_______
very comfortable cottage near 7) ___x____
London. Mary has lots of hobbies. She likes
8) ____x______ tennis and she plays
9) _____the____ piano. Mary’s family has 10)
________a__ big garden. Mary always takes
her dog for
11) _____a_____ walk in 12) ______the______ garden. 13) ___the______dog’s
name is 14) ____x_______ Charlie.

b) Steve is from 1) _____x_______ Manchester. He is 2) ___a__________ manager.

He works in 3) _____an_____ office. He goes to work in
4) ____the________ morning. He starts work at 8 o’clock and
he goes 5) ___x________home at 5.00 in 6) _the___________
evening. Steve has 7) _____a________ flat not far from
8) ___the________ office. It is on 9) ________the__ third floor
of
10) _____a____ five-storey building. It’s not big, but
comfortable. Steve is quite happy.

c) Peter is 1) ____a_____ new student at 2) ____the___ International School in

London. He is 3)___x________friendly and he has 4) ____a______ lot of friends
here.
Peter is 5) ___an_______ active person. ”I like going out with my 6) ___x______
friends on 7) ___x______ Sundays. We often go to 8) ____x____ London
museums and to 9) _____the____ theatre. Sometimes we go 10) ___x_____
hiking.