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3. As … MP (Member of Parliament), he does … lot of work to
help … disabled people and … elderly.
4. On … Sunday we are going to … coast for … day. We’ll probably have … dinner in … local restaurant.
5. Generally speaking, … Spanish love … fish and Madrid has …
second-largest fish market in … world.
6. Before I go to … sleep, I like to watch …TV or listen to … radio.
7. I’d like two coffees, please – … large black one and … one
with … cream.
8. These days … children are taught to respect … different cultures.
9. … the singer has become … cult figure in … America.
10. … N/new evidence has cast … doubt on …identity of … man
jailed for … crime.
8.4. Choose the correct words to complete this magazine
article.
WHY WAIT TO GO THERE?
Why do people around (1) the / – world flock to (2) the /– theme
parks? (3) The /– places like Disney World and Alton Towers offer (4)
the /– fun, relaxation and escape from (5) the /– problems and boredom
of everyday life. They offer (6) the /– adults and children alike a chance
to take (7) the /– risks without (8) the /– consequences. Thanks to advances in technology, (9) the /– accidents in (10) the /– theme parks are
now rare. You can go on (11) the /– rides that look scary but are actually
safe. You can scream and laugh as (12) the /– roller coaster races down
toward (13) the /– ground and loops up to (14) the /– sky again, leaving
your cares and troubles behind. Even though (15) the /– roller coasters
are (16) the /– most popular of all (17) the /– rides, they are not for everyone. But don’t worry. Today’s theme parks offer a lot more than (18)
the /– thrills and spills. There are train rides through a replica of (19)
the /– rain forest. And there are (20) the /– games with (21) the /– priz-
es, too. (22) The /– hot dogs, ice cream and candy floss complete (23)
the /– picture of this perfect getaway for (24) the /– whole family. Why
not go to (25) the /– nearest one, immediately?
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8.5. Complete the sentences with A/AN or THE.
1. … tiger is … animal which struggles to survive in … modern
world.
2. “I need … kilo and … half of minced beef, but I want all … fat
taken off, please”.
3. … art gallery used to own … Picasso, but it was stolen in … daring daylight robbery.
4. … first thing students need to appreciate is that … laboratory can
be … dangerous place.
5. We spent … week in Paris and had … great time going up … Eiffel
Tower, and taking … trip along … Seine in … small boat.
6. Tom Gibson, … architect mainly responsible for … design of …
new building, lives in … farmhouse in … country.
7. … rent is $1000 … month because … apartment is in … most
expensive part of … city.
8. I can never understand … US elections, because I’m not sure I
know … difference between … Democrats and … Republicans.
9. … worst thing about traveling on the motorway is that if there is
… accident, there is usually … huge traffic jam.
10. My dad is down at … pub having … drink with … other members
of … pub-quiz team.
8.6. Read this story and fi ll in the gaps with the correct article:
A/AN, THE or zero article. For one gap you will need a possessive
adjective.
A SCARY DAY
I first experienced terror when I was seven. My mother lived in London, but after a brief affair with (1) … soldier from the United States
she became pregnant and fled to (2) … country. At that time, fifty years
ago, it was considered shameful to be a single parent. A great aunt of
hers lived in (3) …cottage in (4) … North Wales, and there she was able
to bring me up in (5) … peace, pretending that she was a widow. (6) …
locals were all very friendly to us and accepted us without question, and
I had (7) … blissful childhood.
One day I arrived home from (8)…school to find my mother clutching (9) … telegram, in floods of tears. (10) … telegram informed her that
her father – my grandfather – had died. His funeral would be in three
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days and we had to go to London. I had never been outside (11) …village
and I was really excited at the thought of going to (12) … capital city.
So, two days later, we boarded a train to London. It was (13) … first
time I had been on a train and I could barely contain (14) … excitement of such an adventure. Several hours later we arrived. I clutched my
mother’s hand as we stepped down from the train. (15) … station was full
of people rushing home from (16) … work and it was quite dark. Now
(17) …fear was starting to creep into my mind. Then, suddenly, we were
in (18)… street outside the station. I had never seen so many people,
buses and cars, nor heard so much noise. I was terrified. I opened (19) …
mouth and the wail that I let escape was one of (20) … real terror.
8.7. Complete the sentences with the correct articles.
1. He’s got … asthma.
2. The ring is just a band of … gold.
3. It prints seven pages … minute.
4. Let’s have a weekend in … mountains.
5. She’s at … work.
6. It’s in … Tasman Sea.
7. Sorry, it’s … wrong number.
8. It appeared in … New York Times.
9. She’s always been … Catholic.
10. What’s for … dinner?
11. We’re going on a day trip by … coach.
12. They’re flying to … Seychelles.
13. It’s … best solution.
14. Can you ski on … Mont Blanc?
15. It’s quite warm there in …winter.
16. We all need … oxygen.
17. We’ve had over … dozen applicants.
18. She works in … television.
19. It’s all …better if you can come early.
20. He was crowned … king.
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8.8. Fill in the gaps with the correct article: A/AN, THE or zero
article.
PANCAKE RECIPE
You need 100 grams of flour, (1) … egg, a little milk, and a spoonful of butter. Beat (2) … egg with (3) … flour. Add (4) … milk until the
mixture is runny. Heat (5) … butter in (6) … frying pan. Pour (7) …
spoonful of (8) … mixture into (9) … pan. Cook for one minute. Turn
(10) … pancake over and cook a little longer. Serve hot, with sugar and
lemon juice.
8.9. Fill in the gaps with the correct article: A/AN, THE or zero
article.
1. People say… British are not very friendly but I disagree.
2. If we do not protect … nature, our environment will get worse
and worse.
3. I pick up … kids from … school and take them home when I’m
not at …work.
4. Take these letters to … post office, will you?
5. Are we going round to … Wilsons for supper on Saturday?
6. Where do you work during … day?
7. What will you do if they cut …electricity off?
8. She kissed him on … cheek.
9. The Government should tax … rich more and … poor less.
10. I think … power doesn’t interest him but …money does.
8.10. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some
of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be
there. Spot the mistake.
CLEANER AIR
(1) ______ The government has recently announced some plans which they
(2) ______ should help to protect the environment. Firstly, the tax system
(3) ______ could be changed, so that anyone who drives a big car which
(4) ______ consumes a lot of the petrol will pay more taxes than people who
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(5) _____ drive smaller cars. In an addition, company car parks may
(6) _____ be taxed so that companies who will encourage their employees
(7) _____ to travel to work by the train or bus. There will also be money
(8) _____ available to build more cycle tracks, which allow people to cycle
(9) _____ safely, and reducing the need for so many car journeys. Lastly,
(10) _____ the government wants to reduce down the number of heavy
(11) _____ lorries on the roads and they persuade manufacturers to
(12) _____ use a rail transport instead. These ideas are good, but they do
(13) _____ not go far enough. Too many people live so far away from the
(14) _____ place where they have work or study that they cannot be
(15) _____ expected to walk or cycle to there regularly. Few modern
(16) _____ factories are so unpleasant to live near that they must be far away
(17) _____ from houses. If small factories and offices were closer to people’s
(18) _____ homes, we would save money and reduce pollution.
8.11. Correct the mistakes in the use of articles in this text –
some are wrongly used, some are omitted.
A CLASS TO REMEMBER
I remember (1) the really embarrassing moment when I was starting
to learn (2) the English. My teacher’s name was Trevor Jones. He was
from Cardiff in (3) the Wales. He was always making (4) the jokes. One
day he wrote (5) __ words “English Cramer” on (6) ___ blackboard.
He asked us if that was correct. Immediately I offered to answer (7) ___
question. I told him (8) an E should be changed to (9) the A. Trevor said
that was (10) ___ good answer and he changed (11) ___ letter. Then he
asked me if I was happy with (12) a new spelling. With (13) the absolute
confi dence, I said that it was now correct. Suddenly, (14) an other students started laughing. I looked around in (15) the confusion. My friend
whispered that it needed (16) the second M. “Oh, it should have (17)
the M too!” I shouted out and Trevor nodded with (18) the smile. It was
correct. But I still remember (19) ___ terrible feeling of (20) the embarrassment from that moment.
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8.12. Complete this text with A/AN, ONE or zero article.
HOLIDAYS ALL OVER THE WORLD
A Christmas tree is (l) … evergreen or artificial tree decorated with
(2) … lights and (3) … colored ornaments in (4) … people’s homes at (5)
… Christmas. An Easter egg is (6) … egg made of (7) … chocolate or (8)
… hen’s egg with (9) … painted shell, given as (10) … present to (11) …
children at (12) … Easter.
Passover is (13) … Jewish religious festival in (14) … memory of (15)
… freeing of (16) … Jews from (17) … slavery in (18) … Egypt.
Ramadan is (19) … ninth month of (20) … Muslim year, when (21)
… Muslims do not eat or drink anything between (22) … sunrise and (23)
… sunset.
Thanksgiving is (24) … public holiday in (25) … USA, on (26) …
fourth Thursday in (27) … November, and in (28) … Canada, on (29) …
second Monday in (30) … October.
8.13. Complete this news report with A, AN, ONE, the or no article (-).
A SURPRISE CAR
John Millar, who lives near (1) … . Stirling in (2) … central Scotland,
thought he had found (3) … bargain when he bought (4) … Volkswagen for just (5) … thousand (6), … hundred and sixty-five pounds at (7)
… auction in (8) … April this year. Everything was fine for about (9) …
month, then (10) … day, (11) … car just stopped. John took it to (12) …
local garage where (13) … mechanic thought there was (14) … problem
with (15) … petrol supply. He was really surprised when he discovered
(16) … source of (17) … problem. He had to remove (18) … large, tightly-sealed plastic bag from (19) … petrol tank. Inside (20) … bag was (21)
… wad of (22) … hundred pound notes. It amounted to fifteen thousand
pounds. Suddenly, (23) … Volkswagen was (24) … even bigger bargain
than John had imagined. But John is (25) … honest Scot and he reported
his discovery to (26) … police. They are now trying to find (27) … car’s
previous owner because they want to know where (28) … money came
from and why it was hidden. John is waiting patiently and hoping that it
will eventually be his. When that happens, he won’t have to worry about
(29) … money for (30) … petrol for quite some time.
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8.14. Complete the text with A/AN, THE or zero article.
BIRD MIGRATION
Whether (1) … particular species of (2) … bird migrates depends on
(3) … number of (4) … factors. (5) … most important influence on (6)
… migration is (7) … climate of (8) … area where (9) … birds breed, and
(10) … small number of birds remain in an area where there is (11) …
harsh winter So in (12) … Scandinavia (13) … blackbird is (14) … migratory bird, but it is not (15) … migratory in (16) … southern Europe where
(17) … winters are milder. Another factor is (18) … type of (19) … food
involved. Some birds eat mainly (20) … insects which are not available
in winter so these birds have to undertake (21) … migration in order to
find food. However lack of (22) … food is not (23) … trigger for migration, and birds need to be well fed before they start (24) … long-distance
flight. The main reasons for (25) … migrating seem to be partly genetic
and partly as (26) … result of (27) … small changes in (28) … weather or
in (29) … length of (30)… day.
8.15. Complete the text with A/AN, THE or zero article.
ENERGY
(1) … waves are vibrations that transfer energy from place to place
without matter (solid, liquid or gas) being transferred. For example,
think of (2) … Mexican wave in (3) … crowd at (4) … football match.
(5) … wave moves around (6) … stadium, while each spectator stays in
their seat, only moving up then down when it’s their turn. Some waves
must travel through (7) … substance. This substance is known as (8) …
medium and it can be solid, liquid or gas. (9) … sound waves and seismic
waves are like this. As (10) … waves travel through it, (11) … medium
vibrates. Other waves do not need to travel through (12) … substance.
They may be able to travel through (13) … medium, but they do not have
to. (14) … visible light, infrared rays and microwaves are like this. They
can travel through (15) … empty space.
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8.16. Complete the text with A/AN, THE or zero article.
GLACIERS
Most of (1) … world’s glaciers are found near (2) … Poles, but (3) …
glaciers exist on all of (4) …world’s continents. (5) … glaciers need (6) …
special kind of climate. Most are found in areas of high snowfall in winter and cool temperatures in summer. These weather conditions ensure
that (7) … snow that falls in the winter isn’t lost by (8) … melting or (9)
… evaporation in summer. Such conditions typically occur in polar and
high alpine regions.
There are two main types of (10) … glaciers: (11) … valley glaciers
and (12) … continental glaciers or ice sheets. (13) … glaciers depend
on (14) … snow or (15) … freezing rain to survive. In Antarctica, for
example, although (16) …temperature is low, there is little snow or rain,
and this causes (17) … glaciers there to grow very slowly. A glacier forms
when (18) … snow builds up over time, turns to (19) … ice, and begins
to flow outwards and downwards because of (20) … pressure of its own
weight. (21) … buried layers slowly grow together to form a thickened
mass of (22) … ice. (23) … thickness of (24) … glacial ice usually makes
it seem (25) … little blue in color.
8.17. Complete the sentences with A/AN, THE or zero article.
1. First of all we went to … Lake Garda and then we went walking
in … Alps.
2. … Isle of Wight is … island off … south coast of … England.
3. Would you like to see … picture of … village I lived in when I was
… child?
4. … President of … United States lives in … White House in …
Washington D.C.
5. … Nelson’s Column is in … Trafalgar Square, quite near … National Gallery.
6. Her brother is … musician. He plays … flute in … orchestra. He
has been doing this since he left … school at … age of eighteen.
7. … Doctor Williams works in … large hospital in … North Wales,
near …coast.
8. Shall we go for … walk in … Hyde Park this afternoon or go see
…Van Gogh exhibition at … Tate Gallery instead?
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9. My sister lives in …old house in … Barton Place. She’s got …
small flat there on … top floor.
10. What … awful weather! I thought you said … French Riviera was
always hot and sunny. … rain and storms of … past few days are
more typical of Britain than … Mediterranean.
8.18. Supply the required articles for countable nouns in the
following text.
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
The king was (1)... very learned person. Yet, when he saw me walk
on (2) ... two legs he thought I was (3)... kind of mechanism made by
some clever artist. But when he heard my voice, and found that I could
speak like (4) ... person he was greatly astonished. He was not satisfied
with (5) ... story 1 told him of (6) ... manner in which I had come into his
kingdom. He thought that (7) ... girl who found me and her father had
taught me those words in order to sell me at (8) ... better price.
He sent for (9)... three great scholars who were then in (10)... country. (11) ... gentlemen, after they had examined me carefully, were of (12)
... different opinions about me. However, after much argument, they
agreed that I was only (13) ... freak of nature. I was so small that I could
not defend myself against (14) ... other animals, they said, I could not
run as fast as (15) ... other animals, nor climb (16) ... trees, not dig (17)
... holes in (18) ... earth to hide myself in. I was not (19) ... dwarf, for (20)
... queen’s dwarf, (21) ... smallest person ever known in (22) ... kingdom,
was nearly thirty feet high. They did not know what I was. Therefore I
was (23)... freak of nature.
Such (24) ... conclusion would have satisfied (25) ... philosophers
of Europe who reason in (26) ... same way. After they had told me about
their conclusion, I begged for permission to say (27) ... word or two. I
told (28) ... king that I came from (29) ... country where there lived (30)
... people of my size. (31) ... animals, (32) ... trees and (33) ... houses
were all in proportion. Therefore in my coun try I might be able to defend myself, and get food for myself. (34) … answer to this was (35)...
smile of contempt.
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8.19. Fill in the gaps with the words in brackets. Add A or THE
if necessary.
1. We’ve got some important visitors flying in from ... next week.
Can you meet them at … ? (West Indies, Birmingham Airport)
2. Ferdinand spent his holiday sailing across … from … to … (Med-
iterranean, Naples, Corsica)
3. My brother’s idea of a holiday is trekking across … or exploring
…. Personally, I’d rather explore … and do some shopping! (Sa-
hara, Andes, Paris)
4. Have you met Cora’s new boyfriend? He’s … from… (ski in-
structor, Switzerland)
5. What … ! Our train broke down near Ely and we had to get a bus
from there to … and then wait hours for the next train. (terrible
journey, Peterborough station)
8.20. Read the biography below and choose the correct alterna-
tive.
NO MOUNTAIN TOO HIGH
Jordan Romero is not just any teenager.
This boy has got some high expectations – that’s
for sure! At fifteen he is one of (1) a /–/ the most
daring and successful mountain climbers of the
world. Romero achieved his climb on (2) a /–/
the Everest, the world’s highest mountain when
he was just thirteen, which made him (3) a /–/
the youngest person to do that.
The boy was inspired to climb (4) a /–/ the
tallest mountains of each continent when he saw
(5) a /–/ the painting in his school hallway that
depicted (6) a /–/ the seven continents’ highest peaks. So this amazing
young teen set out to realize his ambition, starting to climb (7) a /–/ the
mountains at the age of ten.
Mountaineering is both (8) a /–/ the passion and (9) a /–/ the serious occupation for Jordan. He also enjoys (10) an /–/ the other active
pastimes such as mountain biking, rock jumping, skateboarding, snow-
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