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I. Use a or an. Write the correct forms of the indefinite articles into the gaps.
1. Lucy has ______ dog. 10. They finished ______ unit.
2. Let's sing ______ song. 11. There is ______ green English book on the
3. Emily needs ______ new desk in her desk.
room. 12. She's reading ______ old comic.
4. I need ______ blue pen. 13. They've got ______ idea.
5. Ben has ______ old bike. 14. He is drinking ______ cup of coffee.
6. Peter has ______ aunt in Berlin. 15. The girl is ______ pilot.
7. We listen to ______ English CD. 16. Leipzig has ______ airport.
8. She has ______ exercise book in her 17. This is ______ expensive bike.
school bag. 18. Look! There's ______ bird flying.
9. The speed of this car was 160 miles 19. My father is ______ honest person.
______ hour. 20. My friend likes to be ______ astronaut.
II. Put in the article a, an or the where necessary. Choose x where no article is used.
1. I like ______ lue T-shirt over there better than______ red one.
2. Their car does 150 miles ______ hour.
3. Where's ______ USB drive I lent you last week?
4. Do you still live in ______ Bristol?
5. Is your mother working in ______ old office building?
6. Carol's father works as ______ electrician.
7. The tomatoes are 99 pence ______ kilo.
8. What do you usually have for ______ breakfast?
9. Ben has ______ terrible headache.
10. After this tour you have ______ whole afternoon free to explore the city.
11. Look at ______ sea!
12. Who is ______ lady in ______ picture?
13. I visited ______ South Africa last summer.
14. The book is about ______ man who lives on ______ small island.
15. I work as ______ only English teacher at this school.
16. Harry fixed ______ car, so we can go to ______ lake.
17. She goes to work by ______ bike.
18. Jamy likes ______ music, he plays ______ instrument.
19. Marie enjoys eating ______ Swiss cheese.
20. We have ______ small house in ______ village in ______ Netherlands.
III. Decide whether to use the definite article the or not.
1. My grandmother likes ______ flowers very much.
2. I love ______ flowers in your garden.
3. See you on ______ Wednesday.
4. I always listen to ______ radio in the morning.
5. Alex goes to work by ______ bus.
6. Don't be late for ______ school.
7. Listen! Dennis is playing ______ trumpet.
8. We often see our cousins over ______ Easter.
9. She has never been to ______ Alps before.
10. What about going to Australia in ______ February?
11. Last year we visited ______ St. Paul's Cathedral and ______ Tower.
12. ______ Mount Everest is ______ highest mountain on earth.
13. ______ Loch Ness is ______ most famous lake in Scotland.
14. Most children like ______ sweets.
15. ______ summer of 2003 was hot and dry.
16. ______ Plaza Hotel is on ______ corner of 59th Street and 5th Avenue.
17. My sister often stays at ______ Uncle Tim's in Detroit.
18. Our friends ______ Millers moved to Florida last August.
19. ______ Smog is a problem in ______ big cities.
20. Our children go to school by ______ bus.
21. ______ Danube is Austria's longest river.
22. Our uncle lives in ______ Philippines.
23. ______ Jamaica belongs to ______ Carribean islands.
24. ______ Statue of Liberty was dedicated in 1886.
25. ______ Taj Mahal is one of India's most popular attractions.
26. ______ Dead Sea lies below sea level.
27. ______ Everglades National Park is in Florida.
28. Aconcagua is ______ highest mountain outside Asia.
29. ______ Mount Fuji is one of Japan's Three Holy Mountains.
30. Lake Superior is ______ largest of ______ Great Lakes.
IV. Decided whether to use the definite article the or not. If you do not need the article, type an x
Hi John,
I arrived in ______ USA last Monday. We left ______ Rome, flew over ______ Alps and made
a quick stop in ______ London. There we went shopping at ______ Harrods, visited ______
Tower and enjoyed a sunny afternoon in ______ Hyde Park. On the following day we left for
______ New York. ______ time on board wasn't boring as there were two films to watch on
______ monitor. ______ people on ______ plane were all ______ Italian. Before we landed at
______ JFK airport, we saw ______ Statue of Liberty, ______ Ellis Island and ______ Empire
State Building. ______ hotel I stayed in was on ______ corner of ______ 42nd Street and
______ 5th Avenue. I don't like ______ hotels very much, but I didn't have ______ time to rent
an apartment.
Please say hello to Peter and Mandy.
Yours,
Peter
V. Fill in the blank with the appropriate article, a, an, or the, or leave the space blank if no
article is needed.
1. I want ______ apple from that basket.
2. ______ church on the corner is progressive.
3. Miss Lin speaks ______ Chinese.
4. I borrowed ______ pencil from your pile of pencils and pens.
5. One of the students said, ______ professor is late today."
6 Eli likes to play ______ volleyball.
7. I bought ______ umbrella to go out in the rain.
8. My daughter is learning to play ______ violin at her school.
9. Please give me ______ cake that is on the counter.
10. I lived on ______ Main Street when I first came to town.
11. Albany is the capital of ______ New York State.
12. My husband's family speaks ______ Polish.
13. ______ apple a day keeps the doctor away.
14. ______ ink in my pen is red.
15. Our neighbors have ______ cat and ______ dog.
VI. Write the following paragraphs, inserting a, an, and the where needed.
1. I have ______ horse of my own. I call her Pretty Girl. She is ______ intelligent animal, but
she is not ______ thoroughbred horse. I could never enter her in ______ race, even if I wanted
to. But I do not want to. She is ______ companion, for my own pleasure. I took her
swimming ______ day or two ago.
2. ______ horse knows when he is going to race. How does he know? His breakfast was scanty.
(He is angry about that.) He does not have ______ saddle on his back. He is being led, not
ridden, to ______ grandstand. He is led under ______ grandstand into ______ unusual, special
stall. ______ horse is nervous. Sometimes he does not know what to do when ______ starting
gate flies open and ______ track is before him. If he does not begin to run instantly, other horses
are already ahead of him. During ______ race, when he sees another horse just ahead of him, he
will try to pass him. Sometimes ______ jockey holds him back to save his energy for ______ last
stretch. Eventually ______ horse gets to run as fast as he can. ______ exercise boy,
watching ______ owner's favorite jockey riding ______ horse he has exercised day after day,
says nothing. Secretly, he is planning for ______ day when he will be ______ jockey himself,
and his horse will be ______ first to cross ______ finish line.
3. Most working people have fewer hours to give to time-consuming activities of clubs than they
used to have, but most people in ______ small town belong to ______ club or two. One
of ______ clubs is likely to be ______ social and benevolent organization, such as ______
Rotary or Elks. Business people are likely to belong, also to either ______ Kiwanis Club
or ______ Lions. Such business people's organizations may meet as often as once a week in one
of ______ private dining rooms of ______ town's leading hotel for lunch. They have ______
good lunch, hear ______ good program, and continue their fundraising program for ______
worthy organization, such as ______ local hospital.
VII. In the following phrases, supply either a or an:
1. ____ bingo game 3. ____ good job 5. ____ used fork
2. ____ idiot 4. ____ rotten plum 6. ____ uncle
7. ____ historian 20. ____ intelligent man 33. ____ idea
8. ____ apple 21. ____ table 34. ____ energy level
9. ____ hair 22. ____ up stairway 35. ____ old book
10. ____ artichoke 23. ____ paper clip 36. ____ window
11. ____ horrible movie 24. ____ animal 37. ____ horse
12. ____ opera 25. ____ usual feeling 38. ____ airport
13. ____ fine opera 26. ____ interest 39. ____ new airport
14. ____ television 27. ____ alibi 40. ____ organisation
15. ____ earthquake 28. ____ early bird 41. ____ university
16. ____ icicle 29. ____ couch 42. ____ hour
17. ____ plant 30. ____ airplane 43. ____ economic
problem
18. ____ eggplant 31. ____ grade
44. ____ banana
19. ____ honorable 32. ____ pair
discharge 45. ____ unit