IZMIR DEMOCRACY UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

ENGLISH PREPARATORY PROGRAMME
2022-2023 FALL TERM
ORANGE LEVEL – WEEK 4
ARTICLES
Indefinite Articles (a/an)

1. For singular nouns

I saw a cat this morning.

There is an apple on the table.

2. When we talk about something for the first time, or something that is part of a group or type.

I saw a good film yesterday.

Do you want a drink?

!!! She has a university degree.

!!! It took me an hour to get home.

3. For jobs

He's an architect.
She's a scientist.

Definite Article (the)

1. When the listener already knows which thing we are talking about because it was mentioned
before or because there's only one of them.

I saw a good film yesterday. The film was about a woman who was travelling around the world.

I'm going to take the dog for a walk.

Have you seen the car key?
They go to the school next to the bridge.

2. Particular groups of things

When we talk about a particular group of things, we use the.

We went to the zoo and saw the kangaroos. (These are the particular kangaroos in that zoo – not
kangaroos in general.)

3. When there is only one of something

The Earth goes around the Sun.

4. For some countries

The UK, The USA, The Bahamas, The UAE, the Turkish Republic

5. For musical instruments

She plays the piano, but she doesn’t play the cello.

6. For superlative adjectives

She is the best teacher ever!
London is the most expensive city in Europe.
 IZMIR DEMOCRACY UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
ENGLISH PREPARATORY PROGRAMME
2022-2023 FALL TERM
ORANGE LEVEL – WEEK 4
ARTICLES
No Article

When we talk about things in general, we normally use a plural or uncountable noun with no article.

Birds eat worms.

Water freezes at 0°C.
Children need a lot of sleep.

A. Complete the sentences with a/ an/the/ no article.

1. I’m going to have two desserts – fruit salad and slice of carrot cake.
2. Did you know that there’____ restaurant near here where __waiters sing while you eat?
3. You can get best cookies in Manhattan here!
4. ‘Can I have glass of water, please?’ ‘Of course. Would you like still or
sparkling?’
5. What time are we having lunch? I’m hungry.
6. Did you stay at home in the holidays, or did you go away somewhere?
7. I usually go food shopping once week.
8. It was _______ best day of my life. I really can’t think of _______ better day.
9. I usually love _______ coffee, but I didn’t like _______ coffee you made last night.
10. Shall I get you _______ bar of chocolate or something?
11. I think _______ rich have a lot to answer for. _______ wealth has often resulted in the
misuse of _______ power.
12. It’s easy to find _______ Hope Street. It’s _______ third turning on the left.
13. My brother is _______ professional footballer. He earns more than _______ thousand
pounds _______ day.
14. She sailed single-handedly across _______ Atlantic, arriving in _______ New York, in
_______United States, in _______ early hours of yesterday morning.

B. Choose the correct words.

Snails
Have you ever picked up a/the snail? A/The snail is one of –/the most common creatures you can
find in –/the countryside, yet we know little about –/the lifestyle of a/the creature. A/The lower
surface of –/the snail’s body is moist, which allows it to move, and it has a/– protective shell that
generally proves an/the effective way of avoiding –/the predators. There are –/the marine snails and
–/the freshwater snails, as well as a/the more familiar snails we know from a/the garden. Indeed,
–/the snail is truly a/the remarkable creature.
 IZMIR DEMOCRACY UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
ENGLISH PREPARATORY PROGRAMME
2022-2023 FALL TERM
ORANGE LEVEL – WEEK 4
ARTICLES

C. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each
gap.

High Hills by Mary Holland

I read this book for (0) _______ literature class. I know it’s (1) ______ all-time classic, and I did try to
like it, but I just didn’t get into it. I kept persevering, hoping that I’d start to enjoy it, but no such luck.
(2) ______ famous scene out on _______ (3) moors was definitely _______ (4) best bit of the book,
but even that I found ridiculous, when it is clearly supposed to be passionate. I don’t know why
_______ (5) literary world sees this book as such ________ (6) masterpiece. _________(7) characters
are portrayed as being intelligent, but they do such stupid things! And as for it being ________ (8)
love story – marrying someone you don’t love and then being abused by them, that doesn’t spell love
to me!

Optional Exercise:

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 IZMIR DEMOCRACY UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
ENGLISH PREPARATORY PROGRAMME
2022-2023 FALL TERM
ORANGE LEVEL – WEEK 4
ARTICLES

Answer key

A.1 a
2 a, the
3 the
4 a, –
5 –
6 –
7 a
8 the, a
9 –, the
10 a
11 the, –, –
12–, the
13a, a, a
14 the, –, the, the
B.
Have you ever picked up a snail? The snail is one of the most common creatures you can find in the
countryside, yet we know little about the lifestyle of the creature. The lower surface of the snail’s
body is moist, which allows it to move, and it has a protective shell that generally proves an
effective way of avoiding – predators. There are – marine snails and – freshwater snails, as well as
the more familiar snails we know from the garden. Indeed, the snail is truly a remarkable creature.
C.
1. an
2. The
3. the
4. the
5. the
6. a
7. The
8. a