NAME:

1._ ALFRED RUIZ MENDOZA

2._ DIANA ROQUE HUAYANAY

ARTICLES 3._ ALEXANDER PAUCAR ALVITES

A) PUT IN A / AN OR THE. SOMETIMES YOU DON’T NEED

EITHER WORD – YOU LEAVE IT BLANK.

1. There was ……A…….. waiter standing at …A…

N …… entrance of ……
A ……

restaurant. I ordered him ……

A ….. glass of ……
A …. vodka with some juice in it.

2. There was …T…

HE….. question I wanted to ask ……
A ….. biology teacher about

…TH
…E…. kangaroo. She had said ……
TH…
E … kangaroo carried her baby in ……
A …..

kind of bag in …T…

HE…. front part of ……
A ….. her body. I wanted to know how

many baby kangaroos it could carry at ……

TH…
E .. time.

3. “Is that your wife?”

“No, my wife’s …A……. woman in …T…
HE…. red dress.”
4. I work with …A……. man and two women. …T…
HE…. man is quite nice, but …A…….

women
are not very friendly.
5. What’s in …T…
HE… newspaper?

6. Can you show me ……

A …. that book, please?

7. What’s …T…
HE…. name of ……
A …. woman in …T……. blue dress?
HE

8. …T…
HE….. water turns into ……….. ice at 0 degree C.
AN

9. I like ……A…… steak, but I don’t like ……

TH…
E .. eggs.

10.She lives in ……
A …… nice flat on …T
… …. fifth floor of ……T…
HE HE.. old house.

B) PUT IN A / AN OR THE. SOMETIMES YOU DON’T NEED EITHER WORD –

YOU LEAVE IT BLANK.

John Colloway is THE bank manager. He works in A bank in THE center of …-

X… London. Every morning he gets up at seven o’clock, has X… breakfast and

…… E cup of ……A….. coffee, and reads ……
TH… TH…
E .” Times”. Then he goes to …--…
-- ….
work by …A ….. bus. In …T…
H…E . morning, he usually makes …… A ….. telephone calls, sees

……TH…E.. customers and ……X…… dictates …T… H…

E … letters. He has …T… H…
E . lunch at
…… TH…E.. restaurant near …A…… bank. In …T …H… E .. afternoon he works until five or five-
thirty, and then goes …T… H…E . home. He doesn’t work on …… A ….. Saturdays or Sundays;

he goes to ……X …… cinema or reads. He likes ……X……. novels and ……TH… E.. history.
He is not married. He has ……….. sister in ……
AN A ….. brother in
X …. Oxford and ……
X….. London.
……
C) PUT A SUITABLE ARTICLE INTO THE BLANKS:
1.My neighbour is ……
A ….. photographer; let’s ask him for …T…
H…E .. advice about colour

films.

A … very bad night; I didn’t sleep …A

2.I had …… ……. wink.

3.He is …A
……… vegeterian; you won’t get ……
A…. meat at his house.

TH…
……… youngest boy has just started going to ……
4.…A E.. school; …T…
H…E . eldest boy is

at ……A…… college.

5.I went to ………E… school to talk to …T

TH …H…
E … headmistress. I persuaded her to let Ann

give up …T…
H… A…. ballet lessons instead.
E …. gymnastics and take ……
THE
X knock on ………. A
6.There was ………. door. I opened it and found ………… small dark
X X
man in ………. check overcoat and ……… soft hat.
X
7. Are John and Mary ……….. cousins?
X
-No, they aren’t ……X…. cousins; they are ……X….. brother and ……… sister.
X
X.. postman’s little boy says that he’d rather be … …… X …..
8.……… … dentist than ……
X
doctor, because …………. TH
dentists don’t get called out at ………E.. night.
T…
9. Would you like to hear …… HE… story about …AN THE
…….. Englishman, ………….

Irishman and ………E. Scotsman?

TH
10.No. I’ve heard …… E .. stories about …T…
TH… H…E .. Englishmen, ……
TH
…E… Irishmen and

…………EScotsmen before and they are all ……X….. same.

TH

D) SOME OF THE BLANK SPACES BELOW NEED ARTICLES, OTHERS DO

NOT. FILL IN THE ARTICLES WHERE NEEDED.
1. Tobacco is one of ………… most important products of ……….. South.
2. …………. fresh air is needed by all people.
3. …………. cotton which comes from ………… Alabama is better than ……….
cotton which comes from ………… Oklahoma.
4. ………… air in this room is fresh.
5. ………. important products which we get from ……THE…… India are ………..
tea,……… cotton, and ………… rice.
6. …………. telephone seldom rings in our home.
7. …THE silver is A conductor of …………. electricity.
8. I get on ………… train at THE same place every day.
9. …… THE …… rain and …… THE …… sun are needed for …… THE …….
raising of…… THE vegetables.
10.Mary is waving to us from across …… THE ……. street.

E) SOME OF THE BLANK SPACES BELOW NEED ARTICLES, OTHERS DO

NOT. FILL IN THE ARTICLES WHERE NEEDED.
1. He went to ………… Spain last month.
2. When you go to …………. Spain, be sure to see …A…. Madrid.
3. He works in ……A…… building on THE corner of ………. Tenth Ave. and
62nd St.
4. ………… Tokyo is ………… largest city in ……….. World.
5. ………… traffic on ………… Jones Avenue is heavy.
6. ………… Miami is ……THE…… center of ……THE…… tobacco industry.
7. ……… Rio Grande River forms ……A…. boundary between ………. U.S. and
Mexico.
8. THE rivers of ……THE……..eastern part of …………. United States flow toward
…THE………. East Coast.
9. …THE… largest river in …………. America is …………. Mississippi.
10.…………. New York subway trains are very comfortable.