Mạo từ : a/an/the

1. Mạo từ không xác định : không nêu lên từ trước, xuất hiện lần đầu tiên (a/an)
2. Mạo từ xác định : đã nêu lên từ trước, xuất hiện lần thứ 2 trở đi (the)

an : ueoai (âm phát ra)

a : còn lại (âm phát ra)

an apple
an orange
a book

an umbrella
a university
an hour

I. Write “a” or “an” in the space.

1. .....an.......unreasonable decision 2. .....a.......universal problem
3. .......a.....unit of work 4. .......an.....eucalyptus tree
5. .....an.......honorable man 6. ......an......X-ray /e/
7. .....a.......UFO 8. .......a.....T shirt
9. ......a......happy girl 10. ...an.........H-bomb
11. .......an.....elephant 12. .....a.......hospital
13. .......a.....BBC programme
14. ......a......UNESCO worker
reasonable (a) hợp lí
unreasonable (a) bất hợp lí
decision (n) sự quyết định
decide + Vto : quyết định
make a decision : quyết định = make up one’s mind
hornor (n) sự vinh hạnh
Spain (n) Tây Ban Nha
Spanish (a) thuộc Tây Ban Nha; (n) tiếng Tây Ban Nha

II. Put “an”, “a”, “the” in the blanks.

1. She is reading _______a______ French comic.

2. Look! There is _______a______ bird flying.
3. Does your mother work in _______an______ old office building?
4. A: I don't understand what this word means.
B: I don't know, either. You need to buy _______a______ dictionary and look it up.
5. Where is _______the______ USB drive I lent you last week?
6. A: Why can't Shelly travel with us to Korea?
B: She doesn't have ________a_____ passport.
7. There is _____a________ Spanish dictionary on the desk.
8. A: How long does it take you to get to work?
B: It takes about _____an________ hour.
9. A: I want to change the channel.
B: OK, _____the________ remote control is over there.
remote control (n) cái điều khiển từ xa
tatoo (n) hình xăm
10. Excuse me, is there _______a__ post office around here? I need to buy ____a_____ stamp.
11. I don't know that you have __a__ tattoo. Is that ______a_______ spider?
12. John bought _______a______ new laptop last week. Unfortunately, _______the______ laptop
broke down after just two days.
13. We went out for ___a___ meal last night. ______The_______ restaurant we went to was
excellent.
14. Mt. Hood is _____a________ volcano in Oregon. It's a very beautiful mountain.
15. When Nick was on safari in Tanzania, he saw ________a_____ cheetah hunting prey. He
took some beautiful videos of ________the_____ cheetah.
have breakfast
have lunch
have dinner
volcano (n) núi lửa
trip (n) chuyến đi / excursion (trong ngày, cắm trại)
journey (n) hành trình (điểm xuất phát và điểm đến)
flight (n) chuyến bay
voyage (n) chuyến hải trình (trên biển)
cruise (n) chuyến đi du lịch biển
safari (n) cuộc đi săn thú (châu Phi)
cheetah (n) con báo
hunt (v) săn bắt
prey (n) con mồi
some + N số nhiều / N không đếm được
a/an + NGHỀ NGHIỆP
a foot # 2 feet
be + V3/ed : bị động
has/have + V3/ed : HTHT
a child # some children
a/an + adj + N sô ít
Câu cảm thán:
What + (a/an) + adj + N! What a beautiful day!
What a cute dog!

How + adj + the + N + be! How beautiful the day is!

How cute the dog is!

III. Put in a, an or some or Ø (nothing).

1. Have you got …………a……… camera?
2. Would you like to be ………an………… actor?
3. Bill’s got (Bill has got) ………………… big feet.
4. Do you collect ………………… stamps?
5. Tom always gives Ann …………some……… flowers on her birthday.
6. Those are really ………………… nice trousers. Where did you get them?
7. What ………a………… beautiful garden!
8. What ………………… lovely children! How lovely the children are!
9. …………Some……… birds, for example the penguins, cannot fly.
10. Jack’s got ………………… very long legs, so he’s …………a……… fast runner.
11. You need ………a………… visa to visit ………some………… foreign countries, but not all
of them.
12. I’m going shopping. I’m going to get ………some……… new clothes.
clothes (n) quần áo
13. Jane is …………a……… teacher. Her parents were ………………… teachers, too.
14. When we reached the city centre, …………some… shops were still open but most of them
were already closed.
15. Do you enjoy going to ………………… concerts?
16. When I was …………a……… child, I used to be very shy.

IV. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.

1. They haven’t ………………… about where to go on their honeymoon.
A. promote B. made up their mind C. stimulating
promote (v) thúc đẩy, thăng chức
promotion (n) sự thúc đẩy
stimulate (v) kích thích
pile up (n) tai nạn liên hoàn
package tour (n) tour du lịch trọn gói
round trip ticket / return ticket (n) vé khứ hồi
one-way ticket (n) vé 1 chiều
stimulating (a) gây hứng thú
vary (v) thay đổi
2. The company’s accountant booked ………………… tickets for all employees on their trip to
Australia.
A. pile up B. package tour C. round trip
3. He is one of the most ………………… tour guides that I’ve ever met.
A. stimulating B. seaside resort C. varied
4. International passengers were announced to go on the plane from the …………………
number 1.
nation (n) quốc gia
national (a) thuộc quốc gia
international (a) quốc tế
passenger (n) hanh khách
A. terminal building : nơi để dẫn người vừa hạ cánh vào sân bay B. touchdown C. island
5. The pilot alerts the passengers to fasten their belt because he will be forced to have an
immediate ………………… in a few minutes.
A. adventure B. touchdown C. journey
6. She has a ………………… selection of shoes but she’ll only bring some necessary pairs for
her trip.
A. stalagmite (n) măng đá B. full board (n) gói dịch vụ ăn 3 bữa C. varied
7. You can see a lot of beautiful ………………… in Son Doong Cave in Vietnam.
A. stalagmite B. round trip C. stimulating
8. There was a ………………… over the departure time of the journey, so we all came early.
A. pyramid B. mix-up C. one-way ticket
pyramid (n) kim tự tháp
mix-up (n) sự nhầm lẫn
V. Complete the sentences using the given words.
confusion (n) sự lo lắng orchids (n) cây lan
magnificent (a) hùng vĩ explore (v) khám phá
inaccessible (a) không thể tiếp cận được
in advance : đặt trước jet lag
not break the bank : không tiêu hết tiên
1. To travel to Ha Long Bay in peak season, you should book a hotel room …………………
online.
2. Jane and her friends are going to Quang Binh to ………………… the Son Doong cave next
week.
3. There is some ………………… about the passengers’ backpacks on the train.
4. My grandmother is afraid of travelling by airplane because she always suffers from
………………… during the flights.
5. They live in a ………………… hotel in California during their trip.
6. The bridge is now ………………… to heavy trucks.
7. ‘Do ………………… by shopping for clothes once a week’, said her husband.
8. Her boyfriend gave her a beautiful basket of ………………… on her birthday.