ARTICLES

Complete the sentences with “a/ an/ the or ø (no article)”:

Exercise 1:
1. Jason’s father bought him ____a______bicycle that he had wanted for his birthday.
2. ____the_____Statue of Liberty was ____a___gift of friendship from _______France to
____the_____United States.
3. Rita is studying __________English and _________Math this semester.
4. ___the____judge asked ____the___witness to tell ___the______truth.
5. Please give me ___a_____cup of coffee with ________cream and _________sugar.
6. ____The___big books on ___the_____table are for my history class.
7. My _________car is four years old, and it still runs well.
8. When you go to _______store, please buy ____a____bottle of ________chocolate milk
and __a____dozen oranges.
9. There are only ___a____few seats left for ________tonight’s musical show at
____the______university.

Exercise 2
1. John and Mary went to ________school yesterday and then studied in
__the_____library before returning home.
2. _______Lake Erie is one of _______five great Lakes in ________North America.
3. On our trip to_______ Spain, we crossed ____the_____Atlantic Ocean.
4. _______Mount Rushmore is the site of _____the____magnificent tribute to
_______four great American presidents.
5. What did you eat for ________breakfast this morning?
6. David played _______basket ball and _________baseball at ___the___ club this year.
7. Rita plays ____the__violin and her sister plays __the______guitar.
8. While we were in _________Alaska, we saw ___an_____Eskimo village.
9. Ton can’t go to ____the____movies tonight because he has to write __an____essay.
10. David attended ____the______Princeton University.

Exercise 3:
1. Harry has been admitted to ___the_____School of Medicine at _______mid western
University.
2. Mel’s grandmother is in ____the____hospital, so we went to visit her _______last
night.
3. __the____political science class is taking __the___trip to ______France in
_____Spring.
4. ______Queen Elizabeth II is ______monarch of _________Great Britain.
5. Scientists sent _______expedition to ________Mars during ______1990s.
6. Last night there was _______bird singing outside my house.
7. ______chair that yoxu are sitting in is broken.
8. _______Civil War was fought in _____United States between 1861 and 1865.
9. _______Florida State University is smaller than _______University of Florida.
10. There was ______knock on _the____door. I opened it and found ___a____small dark
man in _______blue overcoat and _______ woollen cap.