PHẦN 1: ARTICLES: A, AN, THE OR Ø (nothing)

Exercise 1. Put "an", "a", "the" or Ø (nothing):

1. My birthday is _____ Sunday afternoon.
2. It doesn't often snow here at _____ Christmas. We haven't had _____ White Christmas for
many
years.
3. _____ Thanksgiving is in _____ November. The Church of England dates from _____ 1534s.
4. A: I like driving at ____ night. The roads are quite.
B: Oh, I don't like driving in ____ dark. I'd rather travel during___ day.
5. A: Are you doing anything at _____ weekend?
B: I don't think so. Well, come over on _____ Sunday.
6. __ meals we had weren't very good. We had___ breakfast in the hotel and that wasn't too bad.
We usually went out for _____ lunch because _____ lunch they served in the hotel was always
the
same _____ dinner we had in our first evening, so we tried a few restaurants. On our last evening
we had _____ marvelous dinner in a Chinese restaurant, but that was an exception.
7. Rita plays _____ violin and her sister plays _____ guitar.
8. On our trip to _____ Spain, we crossed _____ Atlantic Ocean.
9. David attended _____ Princeton University.
10. _____ Florida State University is smaller than _____ University of Florida
11. _____ chair that you are sitting in is broken.
12. _____ Civil War was fought in _____ United States between 1861 and 1865.
13. _____ big books on _____ table are for my history class.
Exercise 2. Put in a, an or some or leave a space:
1. Have you got _____ camera?
2. Would you like to be _____ actor.
3. Bill's got _____ big feet. 4. Do you collect _____ stamps?
5. Tom always gives Ann _____ flowers on her birthday.
6. Those are _____ really nice trousers. Where did you get them?
7. What _____ beautiful garden! 8. What _____ lovely children!
9. _____ birds, for example the penguin, cannot fly.
10. Jack has got _____ very long legs, so he's _____ fast runner.
11. You need _____ visa to visit _____ foreign countries, but not all of them .
12. I'm going shopping. I'm going to get _____ new clothes.
13. Jane is _____ teacher. Her parents were _____ teachers too.
14. When we reached the city centre, _____ shops were still open but most of them were already
closed.
15. Do you enjoy going to _____ concerts?
16. When I was _____ child, I used to be very shy.
Exercise 3. Choose the correct answer:
1. The British Prime Minister live in Downing Street / the Downing Street.
2. One of the nicest parks in London is St. James's Park/the St. James's Park, which is very near
Buckingham Palace / the Buckingham Palace.
3. Frank is a student at Liverpool University / the Liverpool University.
4. Mr. Jenkins reads Daily Telegraph / the Daily Telegraph but his wife reads Times / the Times.
5. We flew from London to Orly Airport / the Orly Airport in Paris.
6. Mary and Peter got married in St. Matthew's Church / the Matthew's Church.
7. Some children hate school / the school.
8. After leaving school / the school, Nora worked as a cleaner in hospital / at the hospital
9. All over the world, people are in prison / the prison because of their political beliefs.
10. The other day the fire-brigade had to go to prison / the prison to put out a fire.
11. On the way to London we passed through a small village with an old church. We stopped to
visit
church / the church. It was a beautiful building.
12. John's mother is a regular churchgoer. She goes to church/the church every Sunday. John
himself
doesn't go to church / the church.
13. Apples / the apples are good for you.
14. Women / the women are often better teachers then men/the men.
15. In Britain coffee / the coffee is more expensive than tea/the tea.
16. Most people/the most people still believe that marriage/the marriage and family life / the
family
life are the basic of our society.
17. Life / the life would be very difficult without electricity / the electricity.
18. Skiing / the skiing is my favourite sport but I also like swimming / the swimming.
19. Second World War / the Second World Ward ended in 1945.
20. Don't stay in that hotel. Beds / the beds are very uncomfortable.
Exercise 4. Put suitable articles into blanks if necessary:
1. After _____ lunch, we went for _____ wall by _____ sea.
2. Don't sit on _______ ground. It's wet.
3. On _______ Sunday my father stay in _______ bed till ten o'clock reading _______ Sunday
paper.
4. He's got _____ job in ______ South and spent ______ next two years doing ______ work he
really enjoyed.
5. My mother goes to _____ church in _____ morning and in ______ afternoon goes to visit
_______friends.
6. ____ postman's little boy says that he'd rather be _____ dentist than _____ doctor because
_____
dentists don't get called out at ______ night.
7. This morning I bought _____ newspaper and _____ magazine _____ newspaper is in my bag,
but I don't know where ______ magazine is.
8. My parents have ____ cat and____ dog.____ dog never bites ____ cat, but____ cat often
scratched____ dog.
9. We live in ___ old house in ___ middle of town. There is ___ garden behind ___ house.___
roof of ___ house is in bad condition.
Exercise 5:
1. My neighbour is . . . photographer; let's ask him for . . . advice about colour films.
2. A: We had . . . fish and . . . chips for . . . lunch.
B: That doesn't sound . . . very interesting lunch.
3. I had . . . very bad night; I didn't sleep . . . wink.
4. He is . .. . vegetarian; you won't get . . . meat at his house. He'll give you . . . nut cutlet. Last
time I had . . . nut cutlet. I had . . . indigestion.
5 . . . travel agent would give you . . . information about . . . hotels.
6. We'd better go by . . . taxi - if we can get . . . taxi at such . . . hour as 2 a.m.
7 . . . person who suffers from . . . claustrophobia has . . . dread of being confined in . . . small
space, and would always prefer . . . stairs to . . . lift.
8. A: Do you take . . . sugar in . . . coffee?
B: I used to, but now I'm on . . . diet. I'm trying to lose . . . weight.
9 . . . man suffering from . . . shock should not be given anything to drink.
10. You'll get . . . shock if you touch . . . live wire with that screwdriver.
Why don't you get . . . screwdriver with . . . insulated handle?
11. It costs fifty-five and . . . half pence and I've only got . . . fifty pence piece. You can pay
by . . . cheque here. But can I write . . . cheque for . . . fifty-five and . . . half pence?
12. A: . . . Mr Smith is . . . old customer and . . . honest man.
B: Why do you say that? Has he been accused of . . . dishonesty?
13. A: I'm not . . . wage-earner; I'm . . . self-employed man. I have . . . business of my own.
B: Then you're not . . . ...worker; you're . . . capitalist!
14. When he was charged with . . . murder he said he had . . . alibi.
15. A:. . . friend of mine is expecting . . . baby. If it's . . . girl she's going to be called Etheldreda.
B: What . . . name to give . . . girl!
16. I have . . . hour and . . . half for lunch.
I only have . . . half . . . hour - barely . . . time for . . . smoke and ... cup of coffee.
17. I hope you have . . . lovely time and . . . good weather.
But I'm not going for . . . holiday; I'm going on . . . business.
18. He looked at me with . . . horror when I explained that I was . . . double agent.
19. I wouldn't climb . . . mountain for £1,000! I have . . . horror of . . . heights.
20. I have . . . headache and . . . sore throat. I think I've got . . . cold. I think you're getting . . .
flu.
21 . . . Mr Jones called while you were out (neither of us knows this man). He wants to make
.. . complaint about . . . article in the paper. He was in . . . very bad temper.
22. If you go by . . . train you can have quite . . . comfortable journey, but make sure you get .
. . express, not . . . train that stops at all the stations.
23 . . . few people know (hardly anyone knows) that there is . . . secret passage from this
house to . . . old smugglers' cave in the cliffs.
24. A: I'm having . . . few friends in to . . . coffee tomorrow evening. Would you like to come?
B: I'd love to, but I'm afraid I'm going to . . . concert.
25. It's time you had . . . holiday. You haven't had . . . day off for . . . month.
26. He broke ...leg in... skiing accident. It's still in . . . plaster.
27. I want . . . assistant with . . . knowledge of French and . . . experience of . . . office
routine.
28. I see that your house is built of . . . wood. Are you insured against ... fire?
29. The escaping prisoner camped in . . . wood but he didn't light . . . fire because . . . smoke
rising from the wood might attract . . . attention.
30. A: I had . . . amazing experience last night. I saw . . . dinosaur eating . . . meat pie in . . .
London park.
B: You mean you had . . . nightmare. Anyway, dinosaurs didn't eat . . . meat.
31. I'll pay you . . . hundred . . . week. It's not . . . enormous salary but after all you are . . .
completely unskilled man.
32. If you kept . . . graph you could see at . . . glance whether you were making . . . profit or . .
...... loss.
33 . . . little (hardly anything) is known about the effect of this drug; yet . . . chemist will sell
it to you without . . . prescription.
34. I have . . . little money left; let's have dinner in . . . restaurant.
35. Would it be . . . trouble to you to buy me . . . newspaper on your way home?
36. . . . man is . . . reasoning animal.