108 GRAMMAR articles

0 Complete the sentences with a, an, the, or - (no article).

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1 The Kremlin is probably 2 most famous
building in 3 Moscow.
2 James had 4 acc ident while he was skiing in
Austria and now he 's in 5 hospital.
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3 first state in 7 USA where 8 _ __
women could vote was Wyoming.
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4 population of 10 South Africa is
approximately 4 7 million.
5 I went to 11 university the year after I finished
school. First I worked as 12 au-pair in Italy for
six months.
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6 River Ebro in Spain flows into _ __

Mediterranean Sea.
7 We couldn't visit 15 _ _ vi llage church yesterday
because there was 16 wedding taking place.
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8 _ _ _ quickest way to get from London to Oxford
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by car is to take 19 M40 motorway.
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_ _ _ Lake Superior, in 2 1_ __ Canada, is
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biggest lake in 23 world.
10 I'm not usually frightened of 24 spiders, but
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spiders in zoo were enormous!
11 The man was sent to 27 prison for eight years
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for robbing bank in Zi.irich.
12 T love eating at 29 Mario's. I think it's the best
pizza restaurant in the city.
13 \Vhenever I' m in London, I take 30 bus to
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Science Museum and spend the morning
looking around .
14 We spent our honeymoon in Morocco and camped
in 32 Sahara desert for two nights.
15 My sister doesn't normally like 33 heights, but she
managed to clin1b to the top of3 4 Eiffel Tower.
16 35 _ __ Mont Blanc is 36 _ _ highest mountain in
37 _ __ Alps.

28- 3 7 Excellent. You can use articles very well.

10- 27 Good. But check the rules in the Grammar Bank (Student's Book p.151) for any questions
that you got wrong.
0-9 This is difficult for you. Read the rules in the Grammar Bank (Student's Book p.151 ). Then
ask your teacher for another photocopy and do the exercise again at home.

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Q Write two paragraphs about your country a nd city or town. Include the following information:
Your country: Your city or town:
• Wh ere is it? • Where is it?
• What are the most important geographical • What are the most important buildings,
features , e.g. mountains, lakes, rivers, etc.? tourist sites, shops, etc.?

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