ARTICLES

Exercise 1 : Put in a / an or the

1. This morning I bought …… newspaper and…………. magazine. ………… newspaper is in my bag but I
don’t know where I put ……… magazine.
2. I saw …….. accident this morning. ……….car crashed into ….. ….tree. ……… driver of ……car wasn’t
hurt but ……. car was badly damaged.
3. There are two cars parked outside: ……blue one and grey one. ……… blue one belongs to my neighbours; I
don’t know who ……. owner of ….. grey one is.
4. My friends live in …… old house in small village. There is ……… beautiful garden behind ……. House. I
would like to have ……. Garden like that.
6. She´s visiting ……….United States next month.
7. How do you go to ……….work? - I always go by ………..bus.
8. She´s very good at playing ……..piano.
9. My sister usually has ……….breakfast at ……….half past eight.
10. How often does he go to London? - He goes to London once ………year.
11. How much time do you work ………day? - I work seven hours and ………half every day.
12. ………water is essential for people, but ……….water in this area is polluted, so we have to buy some.
13. ……….pubs usually close at midnight.
14. Mary has got ……flat on ……….fouth floor and she gets ……..lovely view from there.
15. We like ……….tea, but we don´t like ………..coffee.
16. ………..flowers and trees grow well in ………wet and sunny climate.
17. My best friend is ……….mechanic, let´s ask him for ………..advice about cars.
18. Yesterday my mother went to ………..school to talk to ………..teachers.
19. I don´t know if we can pay by ……….cheque here.
20. A famous proverb says that ……….apple a day keeps …………doctor away.
21. We went to ……..cinema yesterday, but I didn´t really like …….end of …….film.
22. I think she is trvelling tonight. I hope she has ……… good time and ………..good weather.
23. …….. most people travel to London by plane.
24. She sometimes goes to ….. supermarket and buys some chocolate, she loves ……..chocolate very much.
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer
1. My mother goes to church in ______ morning.
A. x B. every C. the D. a
2. I eat ______ everyday.
A. a banana B. banana C. the bananas D. any banana
3. Harry is a sailor. He spends most of his life at _____ sea.
A. a B. an C. the D. x
4. There are billions of stars in _____ space.
A. a B. an C. x D. the
5. He tried to park his car but _____ space wasn’t big enough.
A. the B. a C. an D. x
6. Can you turn off _____ television, please?
A. the B. a C. an D. x
7. We had _____ dinner in a restaurant.
A. a B. an C. x D. the
8. We had _____ meal in a restaurant.
A. a B. an C. the D. x
9. Thank you. That was ______ very nice lunch.
A. a B. an C. the D.x
10. ______rose is my favourite color.
A. a B. an C. the D. x
11. When was _____ computer invented?
A. a B. an C. the D. x
12. My daughter plays _____ piano very well.
A. the B. a C. an D. x
13. Mary loves _____ flowers.
A. a B. an C. the D. x
14. Jill went to ______ hospital to see her friend.
A. x B. the C. a D. an
15. Mrs Lan went to ______ school to meet her son’s daughter.
A. x B. the C. a D. an
16. Carol went to ______ prison to meet her brother.
A. the B. a C. an D. x
17. Sandra works at a big hospital. She’s _______.
A.nurse B. a nurse C. the nurse D. an nurse
18. She works six days _____ week.
A. in B. for C. a D. x
19. ______ is a star.
A. Sun B. A sun C. The sun D. Suns
20. What did you have for ______ breakfast this morning.
A. x B. a C. an D. the
21. London is _____ capital of England.
A. an B. a C. x D. the
22. When ______ invented?
A. was telephone B. was the telephone C. were telephones D. were a telephone
23. We visited _______ two years ago.
A. Canada and the United States B. the Canada and the United States
C. the Canada and United States D. Canada and United States
24. Are you going away next week? No, _______ week after next.
A. a B. the C. some D. x
25. We haven’t been to ______ for years.
A. cinema B. the cinema C. a cinema D. any cinema
26. It took us quite a long time to get here. It was ______ journey.
A. three hour B. a three- hours C. a three- hour D. three- hours
27. If you live in _______ foreign country, you should try and learn the language.
A. the B. x C. an D. a
28. Did your train leave from ______ ?
A. the 8 Platform B. an Platform 8 C. some Platform 8 D. Platform 8
29. I can’t work here. There’s so much ______.
A. noise B. noises C. the noise D. a noise
30. Do you need ____?
A. an umbrella B. a umbrella C. umbrella D. an umbrellas
31. I’ve seen ______ good films recently.
A. a B. the C. some D. an
32. I often watch ______ television for two hours every night.
A. some B. the C. any D. x
33. The injured man was taken to _____.
A. hospital B. any hospital C. the hospital D. hospitals
34. She went out without _____ money.
A. any B. an C. a D. x
35. Toshi speaks ______ at home.
A. the Japanese B. Japan C. the Japan D. Japanese