Homework

Definite or Indefinite Article Pre-intermediate

A. Underline the correct Articles in each sentence.

1. Aaaah! There's an / the enormous spider on a / the wall! Please put it outside!

2. I always have a / the strong coffee before I start work in a / the morning.

3. There was no fruit in the / a fruit bowl, so I had a / the biscuit instead.

4. A / the teacher was angry because none of the / a students had done their homework.

5. Sicily is a / an island in a / the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.

B. Complete the sentences below using suitable Articles.

1. We didn't know what time it was because ……………… clock on ……………… wall was broken.

2. I wrote him ……………… letter to apologise for ……………… noise we'd made the night before.

3. I didn't go to ……………… party because I had ……………… awful headache and ……………… bad cold.

4. As I was walking to school, I found ……………… empty wallet on ……………… ground.

5. It was ……………… lovely day. ……………… sun was out, and there were no clouds in ……………… sky.

6. Z is ……………… last letter of ……………… English alphabet.

7. I had never eaten ……………… mango before. It was ……………… first time I'd tried one.

8. I haven't seen him in ……………… long time, but I heard that he's got ……………… new job.

9. I'll meet you at ……………… bus stop on ……………… corner in half ……………… hour.

10. There's ……………… big grey cloud in ……………… sky. I think there's ……………… storm coming.

C. Complete the sentences using suitable Articles and one of the words below.

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1. I complained to ……………… waiter because there was ……………… fly in my ………………………………

2. The teacher walked into ……………… room and started writing on ……………… ………………………………

3. The shop was having ……………… sale, so I bought myself ……………… pair of ………………………………

4. Jim was not at ……………… party because his wife had just had ……………… ………………………………

5. ……………… telescope was invented by ……………… ……………………………… called Galileo Gailei.

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Homework answers
Definite or Indefinite Article Pre-intermediate

Exercise A
1. an, the
2. a, the
3. the, a
4. the, the
5. an, the

Exercise B
1. the, the
2. a, the
3. the, an, a
4. an, the
5. a, the, the
6. the, the
7. a, the
8. a, a
9. the, the, an
10. a, the, a

Exercise C
1. the, a, salad
2. the, the, board
3. a, a, jeans
4. the, a, baby
5. the, an, Italian

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