5. Choose one of the options to fill in the gaps.

1. Today is my day off. I am going to spend ___ day in ___ country.

a) a, the b) the, the c) an, an d) a, the

2. My brother brought ___ new book yesterday.

a) a b) the c) an d) -

3. When I looked at ___ title of the book, I was very glad: it was ___ book which I had wanted to get for ___ long time.

a) a, the, the b) the, the, a c) an, -, - d) the, a, the

4. My sister is acquainted with ___ actor who played ___ leading part in ___ play you saw yesterday.

a) a, the, - b) the, the, the c) an, a, the d) a, a, the

5. What ___ river is ___ longest in ___ Europe?

a) a, the, - b) the, the, - c) an, -, - d) -, the, -

6. Why, what ___ strange question to ask!

a) a b) the c) an d) -

7. Any schoolboy knows that the longest river in ___ Europe is ___ Volga.

a) a, a b) the, the c) an, an d) -, the

8. I am afraid you will have ___ lot of ___ trouble with this business.

a) a, - b) the, the c) an, an d) -, -

9. ___ day was not bright yesterday.

a) a b) the c) an d) -

10. ___ sky was covered with ___ clouds.

a) a, - b) the, - c) an,- d) -, the

11. What ___ long story!

a) a b) the c) an d) -

12. What ___ lovely time we are having today!

a) a b) the c) an d) -

13. My father and mother have ___ lunch at ___ work.

a) a, a b) the, the c) an, an d) -, -

14. What ___ colour is your cat?

a) a b) the c) an d) -

15. I want to know what ___ book you are reading.

a) a b) - c) an d) the

16. ___ Neva flows into ___ Gulf of ___ Finland.

a) a, -, - b) the, the, - c) an, the, - d) -, the, -

17. ___ Pacific Ocean is very deep.

a) a b) the c) an d) -

18. ___ Urals are not very high.

a) a b) the c) an d) -

19. ___ Kazbek is ___ highest peak of ___ Caucasus.

a) -, the, the b) a, a, a c) an, the, - d) -, the, -

20. ___ Alps are covered with ___ snow.

a) a, - b) the, - c) an, an d) -, -

21. ___ Shetland Islands are situated to ___ north of ___ Great Britain.

a) the, the, the b) the, the, - c) an, the, the d) -, -, the

22. ___ USA is ___ largest country in ___ America.

a) a, the, - b) the, the, - c) an, the, - d) the, -, -

23. ___ Crimea is washed by ___ Black Sea.

a) a, a b) an, - c) the, the d) -, the

24. ___ Lake Baikal is ___ deepest lake in ___ world.

a) a, the, - b) -, the, the c) an, -, a d) the, -, the

25. ___ Paris is ___ capital of ___ France.

a) a, the, - b) -, the, - c) an, the, - d) the, -, -

6. Insert articles a/an, the if necessary.

Teckle comes from a very old country on ___ Nile. It is called ___ Ethiopia. Ethiopia is ___ beautiful mountainous country. Teckle is ___ young man. He wants to become ___ engineer. He is very happy to be a student of ___ Kiev University. He spends ___ lot of time at the library. He is reading and studying different ___ subjects at present. Very often in ___ evening his new friends and he go out. They walk about ___ city talking about their native countries.

7. Insert articles a/an, the if necessary.

Three men came to ___ New York for ___ holiday. They came to ___ very large hotel and took ___ room there. Their room was on ___ forty-fifth floor. In ___ evening ___ friends went to ___ theatre and came back to ___ hotel very late. “I am very sorry,” said ___ clerk of ___ hotel, “but ___ lifts do not work tonight. If you don’t want to walk up to your room, we shall make ___ beds for you in ___ hall.” “No, no,” said one of ___ friends, “no, thank you. We don’t want to sleep in ___ hall. We shall walk up to our room.” Then he turned to his friends and said: “It is not easy to walk up to ___ forty-fifth floor, but we shall make it easier. On ___ way to ___ room I shall tell you some jokes; then you, Andy, will sing us some songs; then you, Peter, will tell us some interesting stories.” So they began walking up to their room. Tom told them many jokes; Andy sang some songs. At last they came to ___ thirty-sixth floor. They were tired and decided to have ___ rest. “Well,” said Tom, “now it is your turn, Peter. After all ___ jokes, I would like to hear ___ sad story. Tell us ___ long and interesting story with ___ sad end.” “___ story which I am going to tell you,” said Peter, “is sad enough. We left ___ key to our room in ___ hall.”

Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives