Theme 10: articles a/an/the

Put a, an or the following sentences where necessary

1. This morning, I bought …… newspaper and . . . magazine. . . . newspaper is in my bag but I don’t know
where I put . . . . magazine.
2. I saw . . . . accident this morning. . . . car crashed into . . . . tree. . . . . driver of . . . . car wasn’t hurt but . . . . .
car was badly damaged.
3. There are two cars parked outside: . . . . . blue one and …..grey one. . . . . . blue one belongs to my neighbor; I
don’t know who . . . . . owner of . . . . . grey one is?
4. My friends live in . . . . old house in . . . . small village. There is . . . . . beautiful garden behind the house, I
would like to have . . . . . garden like that
5. This house is very nice. Does it have . . . . . garden?
6. It’s . . . . . beautiful day. Let’s sit in . . . . . . garden.
7. I like living in this house but it’s a pity that . . . . garden is so small.
8. Can you recommend . . . . . . . good restaurant?
9. We had dinner in . . . . . . most beautiful restaurant in town.
10. I eat . . . . . . apple everyday. 11. Peter wants . . . . . sweet orange now.
12. There is only . . . . . . . university in this city.
13. I want to buy . . . . . . . umbrella now. It’s going to rain.
14. Trang Tien is . . . . . one-wayed street. 15. . . . . . . . hour is not a long time for me to finish that work.
16. Peter is . . . . . honest man. Don’t doubt him.
17. She has . . . . . . French name but in fact she’s English, not French.
18. What’s . . . . . . name of . . . . . . . man we met yesterday.
19. We stayed at a very nice hotel. I can’t remember . . . . . . name now.
20. There isn’t . . . . . airport near where I live. . . . . . nearest airport is 70 miles away.
21. Our plane was delayed. We had to wait at . . . . . airport 3 hours.
22. George has a part-time job. He cooks three mornings . . . . . week.
23. “Are you going away next week?”, “No, . . . . . . week after next.”
24. Where did you have ………. lunch?
25. – Where is . . . . . . nearest shop? + There is one at . . . . . end of this street.
26. – Do you often listen to . . . . . . radio? + No, in fact I haven’t got . . . . . radio.
27. – Would you like to travel in . . . . . . space? + Yes, I’d live to go to . . . . . moon.
28. – Do you go to . . . . . . cinema often?
+ No, not very often. But I watch a lot of film on . . . . . television.
29. – What did you have for . . . . breakfast this morning? + Nothing.
30. I had . . . . . big breakfast yesterday.
31. I lay down on . . . . . ground and looked up at . . . . . sky.
32. Sheila spends most of her time watching . . . . . television.
33. . . . . . . television was on but nobody was watching it.
34. Have you had . . . . . dinner yet? 35. Mary and I arrived at . . . . . same time.
36. Peru is . . . . . . . country in south America. . . . . . . capital is Lima.
37. . . . . . . . sun is a star. 38. . . . . . . moon goes around . . . . . earth every 27 days.
39. I am fed up with doing . . . . . . same thing every day.
40. I don’t usually have . . . . . . lunch but I always have . . . . . . .good breakfast.
41. Two people were injured in the accident and were taken to . . . . . hospital.
42. In Britain, children from the age of 5 have to go to……… school.
43. Mark didn’t go out last night. He stayed at . . . . . home.
44. She goes to . . . . . work at 6.30 every morning.
45. Bill never gets up before 9 o’clock. It’s 8.30 now so he is still in . . . . bed.
46. He often goes to . . . . . bed at 11 pm.
47. If you commit a serious crime, you could be sent to . . . . . prison.
48. Every term, the parents are invited to . . . . school to meet the teachers.
49. There are some people waiting outside . . . . . . school to meet their children.
50. The mother went to . . . . . school to meet the headmaster.
51. In your country, do many people go to . . . . university.
52. When Ann was ill, we all want to . . . . . . hospital to visit her.
53. John’s mother is a regular church-goer. She goes to . . . . . . . church every Sunday.
54. The other day, the fire brigade were called to . . . . . prison to put out fire.
55. I love swimming in . . . . . . sea.
56. It was a long voyage. We were at . . . . . . sea for 4 weeks.
57. My favourite sport is . . . . . . basketball.
58. Many people are afraid of . . . . . . spiders.
59. + Which animal can run fastest. - . . . . . . . . . . rabbit.
60. + which bird flies at night? - . . . . . . . . owl.
61. When was . . . . . . telephone invented. 62. Can you play . . . . . . .violin?
63. Can you play . . . . . . piano? 64. . . . . . . . young have the future in their hands.
65. To some extent, . . . . . . . rich are happier than . . . . . . poor.
66. . . . . . . . Atlantic is the largest ocean in the world.
67. Where is . . . . . . Argentina?
68. . . . . . . . . Amazon is the biggest river in the world.
69…….. Asia is the largest continent in the world.
70. Chicago is on . . . . . . . lake Michigan.
71. Next year we are going skiing in . . . . . Swiss Alps.
72. . . . . . . . . Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
73. Last year I visited . . . . . Mexico and . . . . . United States.
74. . . . . . . . . United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
75. . . . . . River Volga flows into . . . . . . Caspain sea.
76. . . . . . . . President is the most powerful person in . . . . . . United States.
77. . . . . . . . . President Kenedy was assassinated in 1963.
C. Đọc mẩu chuyện về sai lầm ngớ ngẩn sau và quyết định chọn từ cần thiết điền vào chỗ
trống. Nếu có từ bị thiếu, viết từ đó ra. Nếu không có từ nào bị thiếu, hãy đánh dấu X (như ví
dụ).
This is also (►) a true story. It shows how (►) X plans can sometimes go wrong and how (1) .
…………... people can make silly mistakes. This too happened quite (2)……………. long time ago -
in (3)…………… 1979, in fact. The scene was (4)……………. old people's home in (5)........
………..small town in (6) ................. north of England called (7)…………….. Otley. The owners of the
home wanted to put (8).............. fence around it to make it more private. The work began soon after
(9) .................. Christmas when (10)...............workmen arrived in (11)… …... lorry with planks of
wood which they put up around the building. It was (12)…………..very nice fence,said (13) ............
…….. of the old people. But there was (14)……… ……… problem. The workmen forgot to leave a
gap for the lorry to drive out through. They had to come back the next day to knock down part of (15)
…………. fence. "(16) …………a silly mistake!", said another resident. "It was (17).................. funny
we had to laugh. In fact, it was (18) ................ greatest fun we’ve had for a long time."