EXERCISE 1: Choose The Correct Answer: (Wire (N) : Dây) (Screwdriver (N) : Tua Vít)

EXERCISE 1: Choose the correct answer
1. We are looking for _______ place to spend ________ night.
A. the/the B. a/the C. a/a D. the/a
2. Please turn off ________ lights when you leave ________ room.
A. the/the B. a/a C. the/a D. a/the
3. We are looking for people with ________experience.
A. the B. a C. an D. x
4. Would you pass me ________ salt, please?
A. a B. the C. an D. x
5. Can you show me ________way to ________station?
A. the/the B. a/a C. the/a D. a/the
6. She has read ________interesting book.
A. a B. an C. the D. x
7. You’ll get ________shock if you touch ________ live wire with that screwdriver.
[wire (n): dây] [screwdriver (n): tua vít]
A. an/the B. x/the C. a/a D. a/the
8. Mr. Smith is ________ old customer and ________ honest man.
A. An/the B. the/an C. an/an D. the/the
9. ________ youngest boy has just started going to ________ school.
A. a/x B. x/the C. an/x D. the/x
10. Do you go to ________ prison to visit him? [prison (n): nhà tù]
A. the B. a C. x D. an
11. ________eldest boy is at ________ college.
A. a/the B. the/x C. x/ a D. an/x
12. Are you going away next week? No, ________ week after next.
A. an B. a C. the D. x
13. Would you like to hear ________ story about ________ English scientist?
A. an/the B. the/the C. a/the D. a/ an
14. There’ll always be a conflict between ________ old and ________ young.
[conflict (v): xung đột]
A. the/the B. an/a C. an/the D. the/a
15. There was ________ collision at ________ corner. [collision (n): sự va chạm]
A. the/a B. an/the C. a/the D. the/the
16. My mother thinks that this is ________ expensive shop.
A. the B. an C. a D. x
17. Like many women, she loves ________ parties and ________gifts.
A. the/ a B. a/the C. a/a D. x/x
18. She works seven days ________ week.
A. a B. the C. an D. x
19. My mother goes to work in ________ morning.
A. a B. x C. the D. an
20. I am on night duty. When you go to ________ bed, I go to ________ work.
A. a/x B. a/the C. the/x D. x/x
EXERCISE 2: Fill in the blanket with “a/an/the/x”
1. There was ___a_____knock on ____the____door. I opened it and found

____a____small dark man in ____a____blue overcoat and ____a___woolen
cap.
2. He said he was ___an___employee of ____the____gas company and had come to

read ___X the__meter. [meter (n): dụng cụ đo đồng hồ]
3. But I had ___X a_____suspicion that he wasn't speaking ____the____truth

because
_____a x___meter readers usually wear ____the x____peaked caps.

[suspicion (n): sự nghi ngờ] [peaked cap: mũ lưỡi trai]
4. However, I took him to _____a the___ meter, which is in ____the____dark corner

under____the____ stairs.
5. I asked if he had ____the a____ torch; he said he disliked torches and always read
_____a the___ meters by ___the_____light of ____a____match.
[match (n): diêm] [ torch (n): đèn pin]
6. I remarked that if there was ____a____leak in _____the___ gas pipe there might
be_____X an___ explosion while he was reading ____a the____meter.
[remarked (n): nhận xét] [leak (n): lỗ thủng, khe hở] [explosion (n): bùng nổ]
7. He said, “As ____a____matter of ____X____fact, there was _____X an

___explosion in___X the_____last house I visited; and Mr. Smith,
____the____owner of ____the____house, was burnt in ___the_____face.”
[ as a matter of fact: thực chất, thực tế]
8. “Mr. Smith was holding ___X a_____lighted match at ___X the_____time of

____the__explosion.”
9. To prevent _____the a___possible repetition of this accident, I lent him

___a_____torch. [repetition (n): sự tái diễn]
10. He switched on ___X the_____torch, read ____X the____meter and wrote __X
the______ reading down on ___a the_____back of ____the an____envelope.
[envelope (v): bọc] [switches: ngắt mạch]
11. I said in ____a x____surprise that _____the___meter readers usually put
____X____readings down in __a______book.
12. He said that he had had ___a_____book but that it had been burnt in
___the_____fire in____the x____ Mr. Smith's house.
[burn – burnt/ed -burnt/ed: cháy]
13. By this time I had come to ___X the_____conclusion that he wasn't ____X
a____genuine meter reader; and _____the___moment he left
_____the___house I rang ____a the____police. [genuine (A): xác thực, thật]
14. Are John and Mary ____X____cousins?

No, they aren't ___X_____cousins; they are ___a x _____brother and ____a
x____sister.
15. ____A the____fog was so thick that we couldn't see ____X (the)____ side of
____X (the)____road. We followed ____the____car in front of us and hoped that we
were going ____ the____right way. [fog (n): cỏ, sương mù] [side of road: bên cạnh
đường]
16. I can't remember ____X the____exact date of ____a the____storm, but I know it
was on
____X____Sunday because everybody was at ___X the_____church. On

_____X___Monday______a the__post didn't come because ___X
the_____roads were blocked by _____X ___fallen trees. [post (n): người đưa
thư]
17. Peter thinks that this is quite ____a____ cheap restaurant.
18. A: There's ___a_____murder here. [murder (n): kẻ giết người]
B: Where's ____a the____body?
A: There isn't ____the a (any)____body.
B: Then how do you know there's been ____a____murder?
19. Number ___a_____hundred and two, - ___the_____house next door to us, is for
sale. It's quite ___a_____nice house with __X______big rooms ____a the____back
windows look out on ___a the_____park.
20. I don't know what _____a x___price ____the____owners are asking. But Dry and
Rot are___X the_____agents. You could give them __X a_____ring and make them
____a an____offer. [agents (n): điệp viên]
21. _____A the___postman's little boy says that he'd rather be __a______dentist than
____a____doctor, because ____X____dentists don't get called out at ____the

x____night.
22. Just as ____ the____air hostess (there was only one on the plane) was handing me
___ a_____cup of ____x____coffee ___the_____plane gave ____a____lurch and

____the____
coffee went all over ____the____person on ______the__other side of

____the____gangway.
23. There was ___X a_____collision between ___a_____car and ____a____cyclist at
____a the____ crossroads near ____X____my house early in ___the_____morning.
[collision (n): sự va chạm]
24. Professor Jones, ____the____man who discovered ___a the new drug that
everyone is talking about, refused to give ____X a____press conference.
[discovered (n): người phát hiện ra] [drug (n): thuốc] [conference (n): hội nghị, bàn
bạt] [refused (V): từ chối]
25 Peter Piper, ____a____student in ____the____ professor's college, asked him why

he refused to talk to __a the______press.
EXERCISE 3 :
1. Taiwan is _____ island. It is ______ largest island of ______ Republic of China.
A. an, a, Ø B. the, the,Ø C. a, the, the D. an, the, the
2. It is hot in ______ summer, and ______ days are longer.
A. a, the B. Ø, the C. the, the D. the, Ø
3. Where there is _____ will, there is _____ way.
A. the, a B. the, the C. a, the D. a, a
4 ______ Vietnamese are _____ hardworking people.
A. the, a B. the, Ø C. Ø, Ø D. Ø, a
5. Rose's hometown was in _____ south Sea and his father is in ______ Black Sea.
A. Ø, Ø B. the, a C. the, a D. the, the
6. Jimmy has tried twice, and now he will give it ______ third try.
A. one B. another C. the D. a
7. Henry is fond of listening to ___ radio while John is interesting in watching ___ TV
A. Ø, Ø B. the, a C. the, Ø D. Ø, the
8. He works at night and sleeps during ______ day
A. a B. an C. the D. Ø
9. A robber is dangerous to ____ society
A. the B. an C. a D. Ø
10. We elected Jessica _____ head of the club.
A. Ø B. the C. a D. one
11. The invitation has been accepted by _____ dancer and _____ singer.
A. the, a B. the, a C. a, a D. the,Ø
12 _____ morning, a stranger knocked at my door.
A. Ø B. a C. the D. one
13. You will find the picture on _____ tenth page.
A. this B. Ø C. an D. the
14. This is _____ only discount I can offer you.
A. Ø B. one C. an D. the
15. The lion was shot in _____ nose [shot (v): bắn]
A. its B. that C. Ø D. a
16. A sailor is _____ person who works on a ship
A. one B. Ø C. a D. the
17. I enjoy playing ___ soccer while Tom enjoys ____ music. He can play ____
trumpet very well. [trumpet (n): kèn]
A. the, the, Ø B. Ø, Ø, the C. the, the, the D. Ø, Ø,

Ø
18. The sun gives everyone light during _____ day.
A. one B. the C. a. D. Ø
19. Lily is fond of listening to _ music while Kevin is interested in playing ___ piano.
A. the, Ø B. Ø,Ø C. the, the D. Ø, the
20. Beyond ______ stars, the astronaut saw nothing but ____ space
[astronaut (n): phi hành gia]

A. Ø, the B. the, the C. Ø, Ø D. the, Ø
21. Many people are still in __ habit of drawing silly paintings in ____public places.
A. the, Ø B. the, the C. Ø, Ø D. Ø , the
22. A lot of businessmen and businesswomen agree that _____ knowledge of
English is a must in ______ international trade today.
A. the, the B. the, an C. Ø , the D. a, Ø
23. Paper money was in _____ use in China when Marco Polo visited the country
in _____ thirteenth century.
A. the, the B. Ø, the C. Ø,Ø D. the, Ø
24. Most boys like playing basket ball, baseball or ______ football.
A. Ø B. a C. the D. an
25. Let's go and watch those students play ____ cards.
A. an B. a C. Ø D. the
26 ____ horse is smaller than _____ elephant.
A. Ø, Ø B. the, a C. a, an D. an, the
27. Is Professor Su going to have _____ X-ray check.
A. Ø B. a C. the D. an
28. Harry is a sailor. He spends most of his life at……… sea.
A. the B. one C. this D. a
29 _____ man will bring ________ nature under control.
A. The , Ø B. Ø, Ø C. Ø, Ø D. The , the
30. Do you know ________ Vietnamese word for "penguin"?
A. a B. the C. an D. Ø
31. Jasmine is _______ most diligent of the five.
A. an B. Ø C. the D. a
32. There is special care for _____ sick and _______ elderly in this medical center.
A. the, a B. the, the C. Ø, the D. Ø, Ø
33. He is neither ______ African, nor _____ Asian. He is from _____ Europe.
A. an, an,Ø B. a, an, the C. a, a, Ø D. a, an, Ø
34. I remember Steven was here in _____ spring of 2001, perhaps in _____ April
of that year.
A. the, the B. Ø, Ø C. a, Ø D. Ø , the
35. I remember Peter lives in ____ north, so we shouldn't be walking ____ east.
A. the, Ø B. Ø, Ø C. Ø, the D. the, the
36. The minister returned from Rome by ______ship.
A. the B. Ø C. a D. one
37. Vivian is_____ Chairwoman of the Association of the English Department.
A. the B. a C. one D. Ø
38 _____ Fords did manage to send _____ Ford to a music school.
A. The, Ø B. Ø, Ø C. An, an D. Ø, a
39 ______ Republic of Panama lies between _____ Pacific Ocean and _____
Caribbean Sea.
A. Ø,Ø,Ø B. The, the, the C. The, Ø,Ø D. Ø, the, Ø
40. One tenth of _____ thousand is _______ hundred.
A. a, the B. a, a C. one, an D. one, a
41. The Liaos often have ________ dinner at home but last Sunday they had
_______ good dinner at a restaurant.
A. Ø, a B. Ø,Ø C. a, a D. a, Ø
42. In the afternoon ______ heavy snow began to fall. Soon ______ streets were
covered with ____ snow. The poor little girl walked in _____ snow, cold and hungry.
A. Ø, Ø, Ø, B. a, the, the, Ø C. the, the, Ø, the D. a, the, the, the
43. It was... night, but... street was brightly lit.  sai đề nên bỏ
A. the, the B. the, a C. a, a D. a, the
44. I was surprised at... readiness with which she agreed to my suggestion.
[readiness (n): sự sẵn sàng]
45. My father's hours became more irregular; sometimes he stayed in... house in ....
morning and sometimes both he and my mother were out all ……day.
[irregular (a): không đều]
A. a, Ø, Ø B. the, Ø, the C. Ø, the, the D. the, the, Ø
46. I have... great admiration for him. [admiration (n): sự khâm phục]
47. I'll tell you all about it... tomorrow night.
48. He was... bachelor with... small income. [bachelor (n): hiệp sĩ]
A. the, the B. the, a C. a, a D. Ø, the
49. He was afraid he would be late for... lunch.
50. She made... long telephone call from... lobby and ate... quick lunch.
A. a, Ø, Ø B. the, Ø, the C. a, the, the D. a, the, a
EXERCISE 4 :
1. I want _________ apple from that basket.
2. Miss Lin speaks _________ Chinese.
3. One of the students said, “_________ professor is late today”
4. Eli likes to play _________ volleyball.
5. I bought _________ umbrella to go out in the rain.
6. My daughter is learning to play _________ violin at her school.
7. Please give me _________ pen that is on the counter.
8. Albany is the capital of _________ New York state.
9. Our neighbour has _________ cat and _________ dog.
A. a/ a B. an/ a C. the/ the D. Ø/ Ø
10_________ ink in my pen is red.
11. It is _________ funniest book that I have ever read.
12. Can anyone give me _________ hand, please because I have just fallen over?
13. She always said that when she grew up she wanted to be _________ teacher.
14. I have left my book in _________ kitchen and I would like you to get it for me.
15. Please meet me at the train station in _________ hour from now.
16. I like to watch tennis on the television. It is _________ very good game.
A.a B. an C. the D. Ø
17 _________ president of the United States will be visiting Australia next week.
18. July goes to _________ work on the bus.
19 _________ golf is my favourite sport. I play once or twice _________ week if I
can, but I’m not _________ very good player.
A. Ø/ a/ a B. The/ a/ a C. The/ the/ the D. Ø/ a/ the
20. I don’t know what to do. It’s _________ problem.
A. quite difficult B. a quite difficult
C. quite a difficult D. the quite difficult
21. _________ starts at seven o’clock.
A. School B. A school C. The school D. The schools
22. We can finish the rest of the bread for _________ breakfast.
23. We need to protect _________ environment from pollution.
A. some B. a C. an D. the
24. We often go to school by _________ bicycle.
A. some B. a C. an D. the
25. I need _________ time to think about _________ offer you made me.
A. the/ the B. a/ the C. Ø/ an D. Ø/ the
26_________ book you ordered _________ last week is now in stock.
A. the/ Ø B. a/ the C. Ø/ an D. Ø/ the
27_______ dancing is _______ more interesting activity than _________ reading.
A. Ø/ Ø/ Ø B. The/ a/ the C. Ø/ a/ Ø D. Ø/ the/ Ø
28 _________ recipe for _________ success is _________ hard work.
A. The/ Ø/ Ø B. The/ a/ the C. Ø/ a/ Ø D. Ø/ the/ Ø

29 _________ people who live in _________ glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
A. the/ Ø B. the/ the C. Ø/ Ø D. Ø/ the
30. I have two brothers: _________ older one is training to be _________ pilot
with British Airways, _________ younger one is still at _________ school.
A. The/ Ø/ the/ Ø B. The/ a/ the /Ø
C. an/ a/ the/ Ø D. the/ the/ the/ Ø
31. I won’t be home for _________ dinner this evening. I’m meeting some friends
after _________ work and we’re going to _________ cinema.
A. The/ Ø/ Ø B. Ø/ the/ the C. Ø/ Ø/ the D. Ø/ the/

Ø
32. Danny wanted _____ new bicycle for Christmas.
33. Jennifer tasted _____ birthday cake her mother had made.
34. The children have _____ new teacher called Mr. Green.
35. Dad turned on _____ radio to listen to _____ news.
A. a/a B. a/the C. the/the D. the / a
36. AleØ is in Boston studying for _____ MBA.
37. The teacher read _____ interesting article from the newspaper.
38. There was _____ huge crowd of people outside the church.
39. Julie talked for _____ hour about her school project.
40_____ European expert was invited to speak to the committee.
41. The Mississippi river is in _____ United States of America.
42. It would help us if you gave _____ honest opinion.
43. I like _____ blue T-shirt over there better than _____ red one.
A. a/a B. the / the C. the/ a D. Ø/Ø
44. Their car does 150 miles _____ hour.
45. Where's _____ USB drive I lent you last week?
46. Do you still live in _____ Bristol?
47. Carol's father works as _____ electrician.
48. The tomatoes are 99 pence _____kilo
A.a B. an C. the D. Ø
48. The tomatoes are 99 pence _____kilo.
49. What do you usually have for _____breakfast?
50. Ben has _____terrible headache.

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EXERCISE 1: Choose the correct answer

1. We are looking for _______ place to spend ________ night.

A. the/the B. a/the C. a/a D. the/a

A. the/the B. a/a C. the/a D. a/the

3. We are looking for people with ________experience.

4. Would you pass me ________ salt, please?

5. Can you show me ________way to ________station?

A. the/the B. a/a C. the/a D. a/the

6. She has read ________interesting book.

[wire (n): dây] [screwdriver (n): tua vít]

A. an/the B. x/the C. a/a D. a/the

8. Mr. Smith is ________ old customer and ________ honest man.

A. An/the B. the/an C. an/an D. the/the

9. ________ youngest boy has just started going to ________ school.

A. a/x B. x/the C. an/x D. the/x

11. ________eldest boy is at ________ college.

A. a/the B. the/x C. x/ a D. an/x

A. an/the B. the/the C. a/the D. a/ an

[conflict (v): xung đột]

A. the/the B. an/a C. an/the D. the/a

A. the/a B. an/the C. a/the D. the/the

16. My mother thinks that this is ________ expensive shop.

A. the/ a B. a/the C. a/a D. x/x

18. She works seven days ________ week.

19. My mother goes to work in ________ morning.

20. I am on night duty. When you go to ________ bed, I go to ________ work.

A. a/x B. a/the C. the/x D. x/x

EXERCISE 2: Fill in the blanket with “a/an/the/x”

1. There was ___a_____knock on ____the____door. I opened it and found

2. He said he was ___an___employee of ____the____gas company and had come to

3. But I had ___X a_____suspicion that he wasn't speaking ____the____truth

_____a x___meter readers usually wear ____the x____peaked caps.

4. However, I took him to _____a the___ meter, which is in ____the____dark corner

_____a the___ meters by ___the_____light of ____a____match.

[match (n): diêm] [ torch (n): đèn pin]

7. He said, “As ____a____matter of ____X____fact, there was _____X an

[ as a matter of fact: thực chất, thực tế]

8. “Mr. Smith was holding ___X a_____lighted match at ___X the_____time of

9. To prevent _____the a___possible repetition of this accident, I lent him

[envelope (v): bọc] [switches: ngắt mạch]

11. I said in ____a x____surprise that _____the___meter readers usually put

____X____readings down in __a______book.

[burn – burnt/ed -burnt/ed: cháy]

14. Are John and Mary ____X____cousins?

____X____Sunday because everybody was at ___X the_____church. On

17. Peter thinks that this is quite ____a____ cheap restaurant.

18. A: There's ___a_____murder here. [murder (n): kẻ giết người]

B: Where's ____a the____body?

A: There isn't ____the a (any)____body.

B: Then how do you know there's been ____a____murder?

____a____doctor, because ____X____dentists don't get called out at ____the

___ a_____cup of ____x____coffee ___the_____plane gave ____a____lurch and

coffee went all over ____the____person on ______the__other side of

____a the____ crossroads near ____X____my house early in ___the_____morning.

[collision (n): sự va chạm]

25 Peter Piper, ____a____student in ____the____ professor's college, asked him why

1. Taiwan is _____ island. It is ______ largest island of ______ Republic of China.

A. an, a, Ø B. the, the,Ø C. a, the, the D. an, the, the

2. It is hot in ______ summer, and ______ days are longer.

A. a, the B. Ø, the C. the, the D. the, Ø

3. Where there is _____ will, there is _____ way.

A. the, a B. the, the C. a, the D. a, a

1. We are looking for _ place to spend __ night.

5. Can you show me way to station?

8. Mr. Smith is old customer and honest man.

9. youngest boy has just started going to school.

11. eldest boy is at college.

20. I am on night duty. When you go to bed, I go to work.

1. There was _a_knock on the__door. I opened it and found

2. He said he was _an_employee of thegas company and had come to

3. But I had _X a_suspicion that he wasn't speaking the__truth

___a x_meter readers usually wear the xpeaked caps.

4. However, I took him to ___a the_ meter, which is in thedark corner

___a the_ meters by _the_light of a__match.

7. He said, “As amatter of Xfact, there was _X an

8. “Mr. Smith was holding _X a_lighted match at _X the_____time of

9. To prevent ___the a_possible repetition of this accident, I lent him

11. I said in __a xsurprise that _the_meter readers usually put

Xreadings down in a____book.

14. Are John and Mary Xcousins?

__XSunday because everybody was at _X the_____church. On

17. Peter thinks that this is quite a cheap restaurant.

18. A: There's _a___murder here. [murder (n): kẻ giết người]

B: Where's a thebody?

A: There isn't the a (any)body.

B: Then how do you know there's been amurder?

adoctor, because Xdentists don't get called out at the

_ a_cup of xcoffee _the_plane gave alurch and

coffee went all over theperson on theother side of

__a the crossroads near Xmy house early in _the_____morning.

25 Peter Piper, astudent in the professor's college, asked him why

1. Taiwan is _ island. It is largest island of ____ Republic of China.

2. It is hot in summer, and days are longer.

3. Where there is _ will, there is _ way.

4 __ Vietnamese are _ hardworking people.

26 horse is smaller than _ elephant.

29 _ man will bring ____ nature under control.

38 _ Fords did manage to send _ Ford to a music school.

40. One tenth of _ thousand is ___ hundred.

9. Our neighbour has _ cat and _ dog.

19 _ golf is my favourite sport. I play once or twice _ week if I