ARTICLES

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1. Jason’s father bought him the 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 a 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. No one in / Spanish class knew the correct answer to / Mrs. Perez’s question.
8. My / car is four years old, and it still runs well.
9. When you go to the store, please buy a bottle of / chocolate milk and a dozen
oranges.
10. There are only a few seats left for / tonight’s musical at the university.
11. John and Marcy went to school yesterday and then studied in the library before
returning home.
12. / Lake Erie is one of the five Great Lakes in / North America.
13. On our trip to / Spain, we crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
14. The Mount Rushmore is the site of / magnificent tribute to the four great American
presidents.
15. What did you eat for / breakfast this morning?
16. Louie played / basketball and / baseball at the Boys’ Club this year.
17. Rita plays / violin and her sister plays / guitar.
18. While we were in / Alaska, we saw an Eskimo village.
19. Phil can’t go to the movies tonight because he has to write a essay.
20. David attended / Princeton University.
21. Harry has been admitted to the School of Medicine at / Midwestern University.
22. Mel’s grandmother is in a hospital, so we went to visit her / last night.
23. / political science class is taking a trip to the United Arab Emirates in / spring.
24. / Queen Elizabeth II is the monarch of / Great Britain.
25. The Declaration of Independence was drawn up in 1776.
26. Scientists sent an expedition to / Mars during / 1990s.
27. Last night there was a bird singing outside my house.
28. The chair that you are sitting in is broken.
29. The Civil War was fought in the United States between 1861 and 1865.
30. / Florida State University is smaller than the University of Florida.
31. Did you see the movie about Dian Fossey's work with mountain gorillas? It was /
amazing film.
32. I love / good movie about historical figures or historical events. I thought "Lincoln"
was fantastic. And Daniel Day-Lewis was great in the film.
33. I would love to take a luxury cruise next year to the exotic location such as Indonesia
or Panama.
34. Jimmy did not enjoy the cruise to Alaska because it was too cold and rainy. The
weather ruined / entire trip.
35. Let's find a place where we can just sit for a couple of hours, drink some coffee, and
have a good chat.
36. That is the place where Sidney proposed to Meryl. Isn't that / beautiful location?
37. Suddenly, the password Sandra always used to log in to her email didn't work
anymore. Somebody had hacked in and changed the password.
38. When Nick was on safari in Tanzania, he saw a cheetah hunting prey. He took some
beautiful video of the cheetah.
39. Did you enjoy the book I recommended to you? Wasn't that / exciting novel?
40. I need a smartphone which allows me to check my email and use Facebook. I really
want a phone with good battery life.
41. They are building a new mall downtown. I heard that the mall will house a movie
theater, a great restaurants, and an ice skating rink.
42. We went to the awful party last night. Ugh, the music was bad, the people were
boring, and the food was terrible. I had / terrible time.
43. A: Excuse me, do you have a time? I'm supposed to meet a friend here at 8 PM but
the friend hasn't arrived yet.
B: I'm sorry, I'm not wearing the watch, but I think there is a clock at the entrance to
this building.
44. I didn't know you had a tattoo. Is that a spider? That's a weird thing to have
tattooed on your arm. Did it hurt when you got the tattoo?
45. I have an awesome recipe for chocolate cake. My grandmother gave me the recipe,
and it goes great with a big scoop of / vanilla ice cream.
46. A: Hello, I'd like to mail a postcard.
B: OK, that will be 33 cents. Oh! You forgot to address the postcard.
A: Oh my gosh, I'm so glad you noticed that. Can I borrow a pen?
47. I'm reading such an interesting book. It's about a man who decides to leave society
and walk into the wilderness in Alaska. It's called "Into the Wild", and they made the
book into a movie. I love a stories like that.
48. A: What is / "capital city"?
B: Well, / "capital city" is the political center of the country.
49. A: What is the capital city of Canada?
B: Ummm, I think / capital is Ottawa.
50. We stayed in the extraordinary hotel room in Las Vegas. Not only did the hotel room
have a Jacuzzi and a huge flat-screen TV, it also had a large terrace with an
unbelievable view over the city.