Practice Ex.1. Which is correct?
1.Pacific Ocean/ The Pacific Ocean.2. Station hotel/ The Station hotel. 3.National Gallery/ The National Gallery 4.River Seine/ the river Seine 5.Gobi desert/ the Gobi desert 6.United States of America/ the United Sates of America 7.Oxford Street/ the Oxford Street 8.South of France/ the South of France 9.Apollo Theatre/ the Apollo Theatre 10.Heathrow Airport/ the Heathrow Airport 11.Lake Erie/the Lake Erie 12.Netherlands/the Netherlands 13.Trafalgar Square/ the Trafalgar Square 14.North America/the North America
Ex.2. Complete the following exclamations.
What a/an -! (countable singular)
What -! (plural and uncountable)
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Ex.3. Choose the correct form.
1.Life/the life indeed would be dull if there were no difficulties.2.He followed a/the letter, but not a/the spirit of the law.3.Women/the women are often better teachers than men/the men.4.In Britain coffee/the coffee is more expensive than tea/the tea.5.Most people/the most people still believe that marriage/the marriage and family life/the family life are the basis of our society.6.Second World War/The Second World War ended in 1945.7.Do you know people/the people who live next door/the next door?8.Two of the biggest problems facing our society are crime/the crime and unemployment/the unemployment. 9.I hate violence/the violence and cruelty/the cruelty among people.10.The vegetables/vegetables are good for health.
11.Language/the language is art/the art of concealing thoughts.12.One of the most/most pleasant things in the world/ world is going to a/the journey.13.-/the police searched a/the house of the/a suspect.14.Most of -/the roads in this district are not suitable for -/the motor cars.15.To love our country, to be interested in its concerns, is natural for all the/- men.16.Truth/the truth is that I don’t like to stay here any longer.17.We are studying an/the/- architecture. We are studying -/the architecture of the/-/a Renaissance period.18.Love/the love is blind, but at the same time it is a/-/the wonderful thing. It makes a/the world go round.19.I’m going to a/the post-office. I want to post a/the parcel.20.We are installing a/- solar heating. We want to save an/-/the energy.
Ex.4. Put a/an, the or nothing into each gap.
1. … Beethoven whose music you have just listened to was one of … world’s greatest composers. 2. … youth is full of … pleasure and … hope.3.There are five students from … Japan here, so we have …good opportunity to practice …Japanese.4.We looked at … cars standing near the store, … first two were far expensive, but … other ones were reasonably priced.5.This morning I bought … newspaper and … magazine. … newspaper is in my bag, but I don’t know where … magazine is.6.I saw … accident this morning. … car crashed into … wall. … driver of …car was not hurt, but … car was badly damaged. 7.We live in … old house in … middle of the village. There is …beautiful garden behind … house. … roof of … house is in … bad condition.8.I’m looking for … job. Did you get … job you applied for?9.Could you close …door, please? They live…next door.10.
We live in … small flat near … center of the city. 11.Did … police find … person who stole your car?12.This morning I had … boiled egg and … toast for … breakfast.13.As I was walking along the street, I found … 10 $ note on … pavement.14.Have you got … car? – No, I’ve never had … car in my life.15.I went into … shop and asked to speak to … manager.16.… President of … United States is elected for four years.17.What … beautiful garden! … flowers growing here are beautiful too.18.It’s … very interesting film. I advise you to see it.19.You got into … wrong train. Your train is at … platform 5. 20. … truth is that he is … only man she obeys. 21. My cousin,… young man of twenty-five, works as… interpreter. He has … wide range of … interests and … good knowledge of three foreign languages.
Ex.5. Put in a/an, the or leave it blank.
1. Julius Caesar who was … powerful Roman general came to … Britain in 55 B.C. 2. … English language was brought onto … British Isles in … middle of … fifth century by … Angles, … Saxons, … Jutes who came there from … North of … Germany. 3. … British Prime Minister lives in … Downing Street 10. 4. One of … nicest parks in London is … St. Jame’s Park which is very near … Buckingham Palace. 5. Frank is … student at … London University. 6. Mr Readdles reads … Daily Telegraph but his wife reads … Times. 7. …Tower of London is situated within … City. 8. … London Underground (or Tube) is … oldest and longest in … Europe. 9. … Regent’s Park is … largest, it is still one of … most popular places of rest of … Londoners on … hot summer days. 10. … oldest part of London is … City, … business center. But … political center is … Westminster which is in … West End. 11… Londoners like to say, “When … man is tired of London, he is tired of … life”. 12. Do you usually see films at … Classic or at … Odion? 13. … National Gallery and … Tate Gallery are famous all over … world. 14. Near … British Museum you can see the tall building of … University of London. 15. … London University was built in … 19-th century. 16. … West End is for … rich – with … theatres, … smart restaurants and … beautiful shops. 17. … English Channel separates … Great Britain from … Continent.
Ex.6. Insert the articles, if any.
1… Moon goes round … Earth every 27 days. 2. … Soviet Union was … first country to send a man into … space. 3. Did you see … film on … television or at … cinema? 4. After … lunch we went for … walk by … sea. 5. I’m not hungry. I had … big breakfast not long ago. 6. … Mother was … only person I could talk about it. 7. It was … beautiful day, … sun was shining brightly in … sky. 8. What is … highest mountain in … world? 9. We don’t go to … theatre very often these days. In fact, in … town where we live there is no … theatre. 10. Could you turn down… television, please? It’s a bit loud. 11. Do you listen to … latest news over … radio or … television? 12. Mary plays … piano very well, but she can’t play … violin. Can you play … guitar? 13. … giraffe is … tallest of all animals. 14. What is your beautiful flower? – … rose. 15. What is … largest living bird? – … eagle. 16. Every English child knows … story of Robin Hood. It is said that he robbed … rich and gave the money to … poor. 17. … man must do everything possible to save … environment and … life on … planet of … Earth. 18. Those people with jobs have enough money, but life is not so easy for … unemployed. 19. What do you call … people of … England? – … English. 20. Jane is … teacher. Her parents were … teachers too. 21. I would like to be … economist. 22. … indifference and pride look very much alike. 23. All over the world, people are in … prison because of their political beliefs. 24. On … way to London we passed through … small village with … old church. We stopped to visit … church. It was … beautiful building. 25. How many people go to … university in your country? 26. Some children hate … school. 27. Bill left … university without doing his examinations. 28. When will you go to … hospital to visit your sick friend? – … next week. 29. I really hate … people who chew …gum all the time. 30. … traffic is one of … biggest problems in our cities.
Ex.7. Insert the articles: a/an, the, - .
1. We want … government to do something about … problem of unemployment. 2. … cities are usually exciting – in … London, for example, you can have tea at … Ritz and then go to … theatre in … evening.3.I must go to … bank and see … bank manager. I want to borrow … two hundred pounds.4.She has two children, … girl and … boy. … girl is five and … boy is only one.5.He goes to … work in … City by … train every day. His office is in … Baker street.6.She never reads … newspapers during the week, but she buys … Observer every Sunday and she reads it in … bed.7.When you go to … France, you must take … boat on … Seine when you are in … Paris.8.My uncle is … shopkeeper. He has … shop in … small village by …River Thames near … Oxford. 9.… shop sells almost everything from … bread to … newspapers. 10. … children always stop to spend … few pence on … sweets or … ice-cream on their way to and from … school. 11. My uncle doesn’t often leave … village. He doesn’t have … car, so once … month he goes by … bus to … Oxford and has… lunch at … Grand Hotel. 12.He is one of … happiest men I know.13. …Shakespeare, … world’s greatest dramatist was born in … little cottage.14. Neither life nor property was saved and … poor and … weak were oppressed by … strong.15.… Venice which is in …north of … Italy stands on … 118 islands.16.… London Underground which has 400 km of tunnels is… longest in … world.17.… women live longer than … men. They have … average life of 77 years.I remember my first math’s teacher was … man. He had … small beard and … bright blue eyes. He usually wore … dark-brown coat and … light-green hat.
Ex.8. Supply the articles a/an, the if they are necessary.
1. … Statue of Liberty was … gift of friendship form … France to … United States. 2.Jason’s father bought him … bicycle that he had wanted for his birthday. 3. Rita is studying … English and … math this semester. 4.… judge asked … witness to tell … truth.4.Please give me … cup of … coffee with … cream and … sugar. 5.No one in … Spanish class knew … correct answer to … Mrs Perez’s question. 6.When you go to … store, please buy … bottle of … chocolate milk and … dozen oranges. 7.There are only … few seats left for … tonight’s musical at … university. 8.John and Marcy went to … school yesterday and they studied in … library before returning home. 9.… Lake Erie is one of … five Great Lakes in … North America. 10.On our trip to … Spain, we crossed … Atlantic Ocean. 11.Louie played … basketball and baseball at … Boy’s Club this year. 12.Phil can’t go to … movies tonight because he has to write … essay. 14.David attended … Princeton University. 15.Susan’s grandmother is in … hospital so we went to visit her … last night. 16. … Queen Elizabeth II is …. Monarch of … Great Britain. 17.Scientist hoped to send … expedition to … Mars during … 1980s. 18. … Civil War was fought in … United States between 1861 and 1865. 19 .… Florida State University is smaller than … University of Florida. 20 .… Declaration of Independence was drawn up in 1776.
Ex.9 Choose and use: a/an, the or nothing.
1. On … Sundays I stay in … bed till ten o’clock, reading … Sunday papers. 2.My mother goes to … church in … morning and in … afternoon she visits her friends.
3.Like many women she loves … tea parties and … gossip. 4.She lives on … top floor of … old house. When the wind blows, all … windows rattle. 5.… family hotels are … hotels which welcome … parents and children. 6.… interference with … nature often brings … disaster. 7.Everywhere … man has cut down … forests in order to cultivate … ground, or to use … wood as … fuel or as … building material. 8.If you go by … train you can have quite … comfortable journey. 9.I’ll pay one hundred … week. It’s not … enormous salary but after all, you are … completely unskilled man. 10.Would you like to listen to … story about … Englishman, … Irishman, … Scotsman? – No, I’ve heard stories about … Englishmen, … Irishmen, … Scotsmen before, and they are all … same. 11. He was … very tall man with … dark hair and … small beard. 12.Leave your coats in … cloakroom, don’t bring them into… theatre. 13.… man I met on the train told me … rather unusual story. 14.My car broke down near … bus stop. There was … man waiting for … bus, so I asked him for… advice. 15.We have … flat on the top floor. We get … lovely view from there. 16.We’ve just bought … piano. -Who can play … piano in you family? 17. … life is very difficult for … unemployed these days. 18.I bought my sister … book and … bottle of … perfume for her birthday, but I don’t think she liked … perfume. 19.She is seriously ill. She has been in … hospital for three weeks. We are going to … hospital to visit her. 20.Is this … first time you have been to … Crimea? – No, I often spend my holidays on … Crimean beaches. 21.When I left …station I had to stand in …queue for … taxi for a long time. 22. … happiness of the majority depends on … hard work from everyone. 23.I’m staying in … Hilton so you can leave me … message. 24.It’s … long time since I met … lovely person like you. 25.We took … trip around … London and saw … Houses of Parliament, … Tower Bridge, … Hyde Park, … Trafalgar Square and many other sights in … West End. 26.We studied … poetry at school, but I haven’t read much since. 27.I cannot imagine my life without … music, but … music they play on the radio station is dreadful!