CURSO: INGLES PROF. JOHN F.

GUEVARA PINTO

Be careful!
- Usa “a” en palabras como “European” o
“university”. De igual manera, usa “a” para la
vocal “U” /ˈjuː/ y para el número “1” /ˈwʌn/.
- Por otro lado, usa “an” para palabras como
“hour” o “honest”. De igual forma, usa “an”
para la consonante “F” /ˈɛf/ y para el numero
“8” /ˈeɪt/
Dato curioso:
Herb: /ˈɜːrb/ (US) /ˈhɜːrb/ (UK)
(Si la pronunciación es americana, no se suele
pronunciar la “h”. Por tanto, se debe usar an
junto a la palabra. Si la pronunciación es
británica, se debe usar a ya que se pronuncia la
“h”)
PRACTICE
COMPLETE THE GAPS USING a, an, or X (nothing). READ
CAREFULLY.
1.
This is ___ amazing dance club, but you don't look like you are
enjoying yourself. Aren't you having ___ fun? Is there ___
problem?
8.
How much does ___ ticket cost? Unfortunately, I don't have ___
money with me right now. Can I pay with ___ ATM card? What
about ___ credit card?
9.
He won ___ award for his new science fiction novel called
"Launch". Evidently, it's about ___ astronaut who gets trapped in
___ space for more than ___ year. It sounds like ___ incredible
book.
10.
He loves ___ classical music, so he went to ___ university where
he could study the violin. That's ___ unusual major, but he is so
good I'm sure he'll find ___ work as ___ concert violinist.
COMPLETE THE GAPS USING a, an, or the. READ
CAREFULLY.
1.
My mother is ___ doctor and my father is ___ author.
2.
Cindy recommended ___ good dentist, but ___ dentist doesn't
have any openings for two months.
3.
Mt. Hood is ___ volcano in Oregon. It's ___ very beautiful
mountain.
4.
Sam recommended ___ book to Lisa. She didn't like ___ book at
all.

2. 5.
Vegetarians don't eat ___ meat, they eat ___ vegetables and ___ Do you have ___ vacuum? I dropped ___ piece of cake, and I
fruit. Don't make him ___ greasy hamburger; make him ___ need to clean it up.
healthy salad instead.
6.
3. Honey, where's ___ vacuum? I can't find it. It was in ___ closet,
We finally found ___ apartment, but we don't have ___ furniture but now it's not there.
yet. There is ___ furniture store just around the corner and they
have ___ pretty good selection of beds. I think we'll start there. 7.
Do you have ___ dictionary? I don't have one, and I need to look
4. up ___ word.
Samir works for ___ Egyptian company which specializes in ___
information technology. He is going to ___ European conference 8.
next month to discuss ___ research on online sales in North Do you have ___ passport? You need ___ passport to travel
Africa. outside of ___ country.

5. 9.
I love ___ chocolate, but my husband doesn't. I want to get ___ There's ___ big bear in ___ backyard. I think ___ bear is looking
cat, but he hates ___ cats. We don't agree on anything, but I still for something to eat.
think we make ___ great couple.
10.
6. Do you have ___ computer? I have ___ laptop and ___ iPad.
While I was in Japan, I stayed in ___ hotel with walls made of ___
paper. We ate ___ rice with every meal. It was quite ___ unique COMPLETE THE GAPS USING a, an, the or X (nothing). READ
experience. CAREFULLY.

7. 1.
I wanted to buy ___ new smartphone, but the salesman didn't John bought ___ new car last week. Unfortunately, ___ car broke
have ___ information on the model I wanted. I need ___ help down after just two days.
making ___ decision before I buy anything.
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2. 16.
We went to ___ movie yesterday. Even though it got ___ good A: Hello, I'd like to mail ___ postcard.
reviews, ___ movie was absolutely terrible. I was so mad, I went B: OK, that will be 33 cents. Oh! You forgot to address ___
to ___ box office and asked for my money back. postcard.
A: Oh my gosh, I'm so glad you noticed that. Can I borrow ___
3. pen?
Our teacher gave us ___ test today. It was ___ really hard test.
There were ___ questions on there which I didn't even 17.
understand. I'm reading such ___ interesting book. It's about ___ man who
decides to leave society and walk into ___ wilderness in Alaska.
4. It's called "Into the Wild", and they made ___ book into ___ movie.
Excuse me, is there ___ post office around here? I need to buy I love ___ stories like that.
___ stamp.
18.
5. A: What is ___ "capital city"? B: Well, ___ "capital city" is ___
We have ___ beautiful lake behind our house. Every winter, ___ political center of ___ country.
lake freezes over, and we can go ice skating. When I was ___ kid,
I used to spend ___ hours skating back and forth across ___ ice. 19.
A: What is ___ capital city of Canada? B: Ummm, I think ___
6. capital is Ottawa.
Carrie works for ___ amazing organization; ___ organization
provides ___ food and ___ supplies for children in ___ developing 20.
world. We stayed in ___ extraordinary hotel room in Las Vegas. Not only
did ___ hotel room have ___ Jacuzzi and ___ huge flat-screen
7. TV, it also had ___ large terrace with ___ unbelievable view over
A: Is there ___ water on ___ Moon? B: Yes, scientists have ___ city.
discovered ___ ice there.
21.
8. Can you play ___ musical instrument? I play ___ piano and ___
When I turned on my new laptop, ___ screen exploded! Luckily, it guitar.
has ___ good warranty. Either they will replace ___ broken screen
or send me ___ brand new laptop. 22.
Do you own ___ guitar? Someone left ___ old guitar sitting on the
9. table.
A: I know ___ great new restaurant called Mumbai on 8th Avenue.
It's ___ Indian restaurant with ___ incredible food. B: Oh yeah, I 23.
know that restaurant; ___ chef is ___ good friend of mine. These days, ___ apples are really expensive. And ___ lettuce
costs a fortune! Why do ___ fruit and ___ vegetables cost so
10. much?
Wow, I can't believe how much ___ gallon of gas costs these
days. If ___ price keeps going up, I'm going to buy ___ electric 24.
car. Diana thinks ___ creativity and ___ innovation are something you
can't teach, but I disagree.
11.
They are building ___ new mall downtown. I heard that ___ mall 25.
will house ___ movie theater, ___ great restaurants, and ___ ice Dr. Preston told me that ___ pronghorn is the fastest land animal
skating rink. on the planet, but I think he was wrong. I'm pretty sure ___
cheetahs are faster.
12.
We went to ___ awful party last night. Ugh, ___ music was bad, 26.
___ people were boring, and ___ food was terrible. I had ___ The environmentalist argued that ___ clean air should be ___
terrible time. universal "human right". He discussed the effects of ___ pollution
on ___ human health.
13.
A: Excuse me, do you have ___ time? I'm supposed to meet ___ 27.
friend here at 8 PM but ___ friend hasn't arrived yet. B: I'm sorry, Cheryl thinks ___ cats make the best pets, but I think ___ dogs
I'm not wearing ___ watch, but I think there is ___ clock at the have more personality.
entrance to this building.
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14. The documentary discussed whether ___ cat was domesticated
I didn't know you had ___ tattoo. Is that ___ spider? That's ___ in ancient Egypt or in an earlier period. I have ___ cat, so I was
weird thing to have tattooed on your arm. Did it hurt when you got very interested in the program.
___ tattoo?
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15. I wish I could play ___ violin. I love string instruments like ___
I have ___ awesome recipe for chocolate cake. My grandmother violins and ___ cellos.
gave me ___ recipe, and it goes great with ___ big scoop of ___
vanilla ice cream. 30.
I read that ___ bristlecone pine is ___ longest living tree in the
world.