ARTICLE TEST

Time allotted: 60 minutes

Name:……………………………………………………………………………………..Class:……………………………
Mark the letter A, B, or C on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1: I think that’s_____thing to say.
A. an awful B. the awful C. awful
Question 2: I don’t know what to do. It’s_____problem.
A. quite difficult B. a quite difficult C. quite a difficult
Question 3: _____is my favourite sport.
A. Golf B. A golf C. The golf
Question 4: We had_____time at the disco last night .
A. really nice B. a really nice C. really a nice
Question 5: Did you learn to play_____when you was small?
A. the cello B. a cello C. cello
Question 6: In most countries_____starts at 9 o’clock
A. the school B. a school C. school
Question 7: While I was in hospital, they gave me_____.
A. an X-ray B. a X-ray C. X-ray
Question 8: Where’s your grandfather? – He may be in his room listening to_____.
A. a radio B. the radio C. radio
Question 9: My friend has a house in_____.
A. West London B. the West London C. West of London
Question 10: In England most children go to_____at the age of five.
A. a school B. the school C. school
Question 11: By the time you get home, I will have cleaned the house from _____.
A. top to bottom B. the top to the bottom C. a top to a bottom
Question 12: I could see the plane high up in_____.
A. sky B. the sky C. a sky
Question 13: The invention of_____is normally attributed to the German engineer Gottlieb Daimlet.
A. the car B. a car C. car
Question 14: The butler was_____person I suspected.
A. last B. a last C. the last
Question 15: Sally spent six months out of_____.
A. the work B. work C. a work
Question 16: Report are coming in of a major oil spill in_____.
A. the Mediterranean B. a Mediterranean C. Mediterranean
Question 17: I know the prize is_____opportunity to travel around the world.
A. the unique B. an unique C. a unique
Question 18: Jazz music appeared an America in_____.
A. the 1920s B. a 1920s C. 1920s
Question 19: I could never live in Tokyo – it’s too crowded_____.
A. city B. a city C. the city
Question 20: I know the meeting will be on_____in June, but I don’t know the exact date yet.
A. Monday B. the Monday C. a Monday
Question 21: The exam results came in_____this morning.
A. the post B. a post C. post
Question 22: During the time of social distancing because of Covid-19 pandemic, we contact mostly by_____.
A. a phone B. the phone C. phone
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Question 23: I didn’t even know Joan was interested in art until I heard that she owns_____.
A. a Van Gogh B. the Van Gogh C. an Van Gogh
Question 24: _____are away on holiday this weekend, so I don’t think you can meet them.
A. Robinsons B. The Robinsons C. a Robinson
Question 25: Have you ever seen_____fighter plane?
A. a MiG B. the MiG C. an MiG
Question 26: At the age of 98, Mr. Johnson has_____that goes back to the start of the last century.
A. past B. the past C. a past
Question 27: Tiger Wood is celebrating_____victories in his last three golf tournaments.
A. a back to a back B. back to back C. the back to the back
Question 28: As I get older, I seem to remember_____better than things that happened very recently.
A. the past B. a past C. past
Question 29: _____is of _____to the social and economic life of Egypt.
A. A Nile – importance B. Nile – an importance C. The Nile – importance
Question 30: The report is due next week, so you’d better put_____.
A. a pen to a paper B. pen to paper C. the pen to the paper
Mark the letter A, B, or C on your answer sheet to indicate the answer that is NOT CORRECT to following questions.
Question 31: My parents like to relax in our garden in_____.
A. summer B. the summer C. a summer
Question 32: Why are they always playing_____game?
A. so terrible a B. such a terrible C. such terrible
Question 33: My father has been______of the company for nearly ten years.
A. a head B. head C. the head
Question 34: Jane plays tennis well, but she will never be_____.
A. Steffi Graf B. a Steffi Graf C. the Steffi Graf
Question 35: I decided to stay in this hotel because it was_____.
A. a cheapest B. the cheapest C. cheapest
Question 36: _____ is outside. Do you want to see her?
A. a Linda Green B. Linda Green C. the Linda Green
Question 37: Let’s stop here to have something to drink. Would you like_____?
A. a coffee B. the coffee C. coffee
Question 38: She arrived home while I was watching_____last night.
A. television B. the television C. a television
Question 39: We haven’t had a holiday for_____.
A. such a long time B. so long time C. so long a time
Question 40: Having finished the report, I got back to the bed and waited for _____.
A. a dawn B. the dawn C. dawn
Question 41: ______have / has changed our life dramatically.
A. The computer B. Computers C. Computer
Question 42: I spend most of the time of the weekend talking to my parents_____.
A. by the phone B. by phone C. on the phone
Question 43: Bill Clinton became_____of The United States in 1993
A. the President B. a President C. President
Question 44: I _____ to work practically every day.
A. go by bus B. take bus C. take the bus
Question 45: Since her graduation from_____, my daughter has been working for Tesla for over two years.
A. The Sydney University B. Sydney University C. The University of Sydney
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
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Question 46: On this record the twins play piano duet.
A B C
Question 47: Unfortunately, the Covid-19 cases are definitely on increase these days.
A B C
Question 48: In one class we had to do a research on the language used in business.
A B C
Question 49: As a child, Ethel would often daydream about travelling in time to the world very different from the one
A B C
she lived in.
Question 50: We are against war in general, so of course we are against war like this between a superpower
A B C
and a developing country.
Mark the letter A, B, or C on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The 6.45 train, which went from Winchester to Southampton, was already full of (51)_____ commuters
when Rale boarded it with fifteen minutes to go before its departure. He registered (52)_____ vague annoyance
at this, as it meant he had to actually communicate with (53)_____fellow passenger in order to find (54)_____
one remaining window seat in his normal carriage, carriage C. Rale always made (55)_____ point of travelling
in the middle carriage for (56)_____ safety’s sake – about such things as (57)_____ safety he was meticulous
– and would only venture into the first four carriages, or for that matter (58)_____ last four, in extreme
emergencies. Rale was nothing if not a creature of (59)_____ habit; it bothered him intensely if he was unable
to get (60)_____ window seat or if (61)_____ the drinks trolley lady didn’t come round, or worse still, she came
but (62)_____ hot water boiler wasn’t working and so coffee was not available. (63)_____ brioche and a cup of
coffee – black, one sugar – was Rale’s early-morning indulgence. He found it sufficed for (64)_____ breakfast,
unless he was unusually hungry. Exactly ten minutes into (65)_____ journey, Rale opened his briefcase and
took out his copy of that morning’s Guardian newspaper, neatly folded and began (66)_____ crossword. This
was (67)_____ time of day Rale liked best. He could immerse himself in (68)_____ delightful challenge of
teasing out words from his mind, and put off (69)_____ thoughts of work in the administrative department of
(70)_____ Southampton Hospital. Today, however, Rale’s neatly planned existence was to be well and truly
turned on its head.
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