Exercise 9 Use the words in the box to write sentences. Some of your sentences must be questions (Where is ...? Are your parents...?) Use each word at least once

18 is/isn’t your parents expensive I Jim’s book am/am not an engineer old Spanish Anna at work how where are/aren’t

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Exercise 10 Which is right?

1 I like this hotel. Rooms/The rooms are very nice.

2 Jane doesn't go to parties/the parties very often.

3 I went shopping this morning. Shops/The shops were very busy.

4 “Where's milk/the milk?” “It's in the fridge.”

5 “Do you do any sports?” “Yes, I play football/the football.”

6 We went for a swim in the river. Water/The water was very cold.

7 1 don't like swimming in cold water/the cold water.

8 Excuse me, can you pass salt/the salt, please?

9 Vegetables/The vegetables are good for you.

10 “Where are children/the children?” “They're in the garden.”

11 1 can't sing this song. I don't know words/the words.

12 I enjoy taking photographs/the photographs. It's my hobby.

13 I must show you photographs/the photographs that 1 took when 1 was on holiday.

14 Money/The money doesn't always bring happiness/the happiness.

Exercise 11 Put in the, a/an or – (= no article)

1 Who opened _____ window?

2 I’d like _____ glass of water.

3 My sister is married to _____ farmer.

4 _____ man in _____ next flat is French.

5 He’s _____ oldest child in _____ school.

6 Who’s ____ girl by ____ piano?

7 Today is _____ only day that I’m free.

8 “Which coat is yours?” “_____ red one.”

9 Before people invented _____ wheel, they couldn’t transport heavy loads easily.

10 People say ____ British are not very friendly but I disagree.

11 I pick up ____ kids from _____ school and take them ____ home when Mary is at ____ work.

12 Take these letters to _____ post office, will you?

13 Are we going round to _____ Wilsons for _____ supper on Saturday?

14 Where do you work during _____ day?

15 What will you do if they cut _____ electricity off?

16 The government should tax _____ rich more and _____ poor less.

17 ____ power doesn’t interest him but ____ money does.

18 What did people write with before _____ ballpoint pen.

19 ____ fax machine is a much faster way of sending letters than the post.

Exercise 12 Put in the, a/an or – (= no article)

1 After a hard day at _____ work my mother used to come home and go to _____ bed to rest for half an hour before making supper.

2 Children go to _____ school to learn to read and write.

3 Don’t drink coffee in _____ evening if you have trouble sleeping at _____ night.

4 It’s a big town with _____ university, lots of _____ schools and _____ churches, of course, and it even has a _____ prison!

5 _____ school which I go to isn’t far from our house.

6 I don’t like _____ school very much, because it’s very big and modern, but then I don’t like _____ school anyway!

7 I’d like to go to _____ college or even to _____ university when I leave _____ school.

8 It’s only a bus – ride from _____ university to the football ground.

9 Not far from _____ university is _____ hospital where I had to lie in _____ bed for four weeks with my leg in plaster!

10 _____ church we go to is about a ten minutes’ walk from our house.

11 Tim and I go to _____ cinema nearly every week.

12 Now it’s time to go to _____ bed, so I’d better stop writing.

13 I have ____ idea. Let’s go on ____ picnic on Saturday.

14 Did Ann get _____ job she applied for?

15 ____ moon goes round ____ earth every 27 days.

16 I’m not hungry. I had ____ big breakfast.

17 ____ young people don’t go to ____ theatre very much these days.

18 Don’t sit on ____ ground. It’s wet.

19 ____ bicycle is ____ excellent invention.

20 Do you know ____ people who live next door?

21 ____ women are often better teachers than ____ men.

22 Frank is a student at ____ Liverpool University.

23 ____ Gobi desert is in ____ Asia.

24 _____ noise is a form of pollution.

25 You’d better have ____ good reason for being late.

26 I have never had ____ car in my life.

27 I never listen to ____ radio. In fact I haven’t got ____ radio.

27 All ____ students in ____ class like their teacher.

28 Are you interested in ____ art?

Exercise 13 Complete the following sentences with a/an, the or – (= no article).

1 In ____ Britain ____ coffee is more expensive than ___ tea.

2 Have you already spent ____ money I gave you yesterday?

3 Did you have fun at ____ picnic yesterday?

4 I am looking for ____ work.

5 Can you turn on ____ light, please?

6 Did you see the film on ____ television or at ____ cinema?

7 It was ____ beautiful day. ____ sun shone brightly.

8 ____ Tate Gallery is ____ main modern art museum in London.

9 Did you think ____ reason Jack gave for being late was believable?

10 He’s got ____ interesting job.

11 You need ____ visa to visit ____ foreign countries.

12 Did ____ police find ____ person who stole your bicycle?

13 ____ Jamaica is ____ island in ____ Caribbean Sea.

14 Who was ____ first President of ____ United States?

15 ____ Everest is ____ highest mountain in ____ world.

16 Which river is longer - ____ Mississippi or ____ Nile?

17 This is ___ lovely furniture. We could put it in ____ living room.

18 I must go shopping. We need ____ meat and ____ bread.