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Articles: Exercise 1
Articles: Exercise 1
Exercise 1
Fill in the correct indefinite article ‘a’ or ‘an’.
Exercise 2
Fill in the blanks with the indefinite articles ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘some’.
Exercise 3
Correct the following sentences (if necessary).
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13. The vegetables are very cheap this year._________________________________
14. Most people like ice cream.____________________________________________
15. Beatrix is Queen of the Netherlands.____________________________________
16. Beatrix is the Queen of the Netherlands._________________________________
17. She’s been in the hospital for a week.___________________________________
18. You owe me hundred euros.___________________________________________
19. The unemployment is a problem._______________________________________
20. No-one dies from smallpox any more.___________________________________
21. Do you have headache?______________________________________________
22. What a weather!____________________________________________________
23. People can be so stupid!______________________________________________
24. The workers have joined an union.______________________________________
25. I’m crying because I’ve been peeling an onion.____________________________
Exercise 4
Fill in the correct article (a, an, some, the) in the blank space in the following
sentences. If the sentence makes a generalization, put Ø in the blank space to show
that no article is used.
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15. Whenever we go to ________ movies, we always get ________ big bag of
popcorn.
16. Everyone has to have ________ insurance.
17. I’ve just had ________ idea.
18. There was ________ fire at ________ old Brown place last night.
19. Can I get ________ information from you?
20. Bad news travels around ________ world before good news gets its shoes on.
21. Susan lost ________ baby tooth today.
22. I have ________ information that ________ group will be interested in.
23. ________ newspapers all across _________ country are losing ________
readers.
24. I never get ________ clear answer from ________ personnel department.
25. We got ________ real shock when ________ contractor gave us ________ final
bill.
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