ARTICLE: DIFFICULT EXERCISES

1. Complete with the/a/an/--.

 Although ____ accommodation in Paris is quite expensive I found ___ cheap hotel in
the city centre.
 _______ Good Fast Food Competition aims to prove that fast food doesn't need to be
made with _____ unhealthy ingredients.
 Do you know any shops that sell _____ clothes for ____ teenagers? - "Yes, There's
__ place called young style on _____ other side of ___ town.
_____ People say that ______ Costume Museum is quite boring, but I've got ___ friend
who went there and says it's brilliant.
 I went to _____ fashion show in ____ town centre yesterday. Models were really
good-looking but ____ clothes were a bit boring.
 When my son starts _____ school, he'll have lunch every day in canteen. I hope he
likes _____ food.
 _____ tracksuit he bought yesterday was the wrong size.
 He had to go to ____ hospital for a check-up.
 Is there _____ cheap hotel near here?
 He left ____ home without informing anyone.
 _____ life would be very complicated without _____ computers.
 My favourite season is ____ summer because of ____ 4th of July.
 He gave ____ boys in our street a new ball.
 _____ elderly don’t have to work because they are retired.
 ____ king of Spain is Felipe.
 _____ king Felipe was in Madrid. It was ____ honour to meet him.
 He had dinner with ____ president Pedro Sanchez. He arrived there by ___ train.
 He always wears ____ uniform to work because he works in ____ U.N.
 ____ Spanish always complain about ____ politics.
 ______ French people are very annoying.
 _____ Europeans don’t have to pay a visa to travel to other countries in ____
European Union.
 He gave me just ___ euro to pay for the pen.

2. Put these nouns in plural.

Glass Hero Echo Volcano Box Bush Watch
Switch Foot Tooth Goose Spy
Penny Zoo Kangaroo Tattoo Shelf Wife Dwarf
self Crisis thesis oasis ellipsis Series Sheep deer
Fish Moose Cod Offspring

3. Pon las frases en genitivo sajón.

1. Daniel has got a dog. The dog is called Bobo  Daniel’s dog is called Bobo.

2. The children have got new hamsters. The hamsters are behind the bookcase.

3. Peter has two sisters. Their names are Sarah and Nicky.

4. I’ve got six cousins. Their surname is Parker.

5. I’ve got a pet cat. Her name is Dolly.

6. Jess has got two brothers. They’re at university.

7. James has got a beautiful girlfriend. She comes from Spain.

4. Translate using the Saxon genitive.

1. La puerta de mi casa

2. La hamburguesa de Harry

3. Las hermanas de Pedro

4. La pelota de las niñas

5. El zumo de tu abuela

6. Los juguetes de mis hijos

7. La casa de mis primos es muy grande