ARTICLES

Exercise 1: Fill in the blank with a - an - the or x (no article)

1. She likes ……..milk, but she doesn’t like ……..milk you bought ………last month.
2. …… rice is the main food in Asia, isn’t it?
3. ………... tennis is my favourite sport. I play once or twice ………. week if I can, but I’m not
………. very good player.
4. My parents let me have …….party at ………home, but only until ………midnight.
5. ……..apples you bought are smaller than ……….ones I usually eat.
6. She is ……….teacher and works in one of those schools near ………your house.
7. We like ……….music very much.
8. I will have ………picnic tomorrow if it’s dry and sunny.
9. John is …………tallest boy in my class.
10. We were near the mountain and saw ……….UFO in the sky.
11.Where are you going ………next week? - We are staying at ……….home, because we have to
study hard to pass ………..exams.
12. She plays ………flute on Monday and Friday and she plays ……..football at weekends.
13. I can´t remember where, but my best friend is studying in ……….university in France.
14. I like ……….cats, but my sister doesn’t.
15. I want to see ……..your mother please, is she here now?
16. She’s ………artist and works at home, her husband is ………..electrician and he has to go to a
lot of houses every day.
17. They have got two children: ………boy and ………..girl; ……….girl’s seven and …………boy’s
nine.
18. She’s visiting ……….United States next month.
19. How do you go to ……….work? - I always go by ………..bus.
20. She’s very good at playing ……..piano.
21. My sister usually has ……….breakfast at ……….half past eight.
22. How often does he go to London? - He goes to London once ………year.
23. How much time do you work ………day? - I work seven hours and ………half every day.
24. ………water is essential for people, but ……….water in this area is polluted, so we have to buy
some.
25. Pandas and ……….. tigers are both endangered animals.
26. Mary has got ……… flat on ……….fouth floor and she gets …….. lovely view from there.
27. We like ……….tea, but we don’t like ………..coffee.
28. ………..flowers and trees grow well in ………wet and sunny climate.
29. My best friend is ……….mechanic, let’s ask him for ………..advice about cars.
30. Yesterday my mother went to ………..school to talk to ………..teachers.
31. I don’t know if we can pay by ……….cheque here.
32. A famous proverb says that ……….apple a day keeps …………doctor away.
33. We went to ……..cinema yesterday, but I didn’t really like …….end of …….film.
34. …..… friend of mine is expecting ……... baby. It’s ………girl. She is going to be called Angie.
35. ……..most people travel to London by plane.
36. She sometimes goes to …..supermarket and buys some chocolate, she loves ……..chocolate
very much.
Exercise 2: Supply the articles (a, an, or the) if they are necessary. If no article is
needed, leave the space blank.
1. Jason’s father bought him_____ bicycle that he had wanted for his birthday.
2. _____ Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship from France to_____ United States.
3. Rita is studying_____ English and_____ math this semester.
4. Please give me _____ cup of _____ coffee with_____ cream and _____ sugar.
5._____ big books on_____ table are for my history class.
6. When you go to _____ store, please buy_____ bottle of_____ chocolate milk and_____ dozen oranges.
7. John and Mary went to_____ school yesterday and then studied in_____ library before returning home.
8. There are only_____ few seats left for_____ tonight’s musical at_____ university.
9. _____ Lake Erie is one of_____ five Great Lakes in_____ North America.
10. What did you eat for_____ breakfast this morning?
11. Louie played_____ basketball and_____ baseball at_____ Boy’s Club this year.
12. Rita plays_____ violin and her sister plays_____ guitar.
13. David attended_____ Princeton University.
14. Harry has been admitted to_____ School of Medicine at_____ Midwestern university.
15. Phil can’t go to_____ movies tonight because he has to write_____ essay.
16. Last night there was _____ singing outside my house.
17. _____ chair which you are sitting in is broken.
18._____ Florida State University is smaller than_____ University of Florida.
19. Scientists sent_____ expedition to_____ Mars during_____ 1990s.
20. Mel’s grandmother is in_____ hospital, so we went to visit her_____ last night.
21. I’m on night duty. When you go to _____ bed, I go to _____ work.
22. Sorry, I can’t find the number. I remember writing it on _____ back of an envelope.
23. _____ gold is perhaps _____ most highly treasured metal.
24. _____ Mekong River is _____ longest river in _____ Vietnam.
25. _____ winter is usually cold, but ______winter of this year is warm.
26. _____ money you gave me is not enough to buy _____ bicycle.
27. Look at _____ sun. It is rising.
28. We watch television after _____ dinner.
29. Mr. Brown bought _____ new car _____ last week.
30. He usually travels to _____ Philadelphia by _____ train.
31. Miss Linda speaks _____ Chinese very well although she is from _____ UK.
32. _____ swimming is _____ good sport.
33. Please open _____ door.
34. _____ United States is _____ world’s biggest consumer of energy.
35. Peter likes to play _____ volleyball, but he is not _____ good player.
36. My daughter is learning to play _____ violin at _____ school.
37. I told Mom we would be _____ home in _____ hour or so.
38. You can see _____ moon in _____ sky at _____ night.
39. _____ her children play in _____ street all day.
40. _____ blue is _____ color I like.
41. _____ January is _____ first month of the year.
42. You frequently see this kind of violence on _____ television.
43. _____ AIDS is _____ incurable disease.
44. Not everyone believes that _____ technology has improved _____ quality of people’s lives.
45. Would you show me _____ shortest way to_____ airport?
Exercise 3: Choose A, B, C, or D that best complete the preceding sentence.
1. It is estimated that about 640 women remain illiterate in _____ world, mostly in developing
countries.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
2. Did you read _____ book I lent you _____ last week.
A. a / the B. the / the C. the / X D. X / X
3. I went by _____ train to _____ West of England.
A. X / a B. X / the C. X / X D. the / the
4. We visited Canada and _____ United States.
A. an B. a C. X D. the
5. I fell in _____ love with him because of his kind nature.
A. a B. the C. X D. an
6. _____ schooling is compulsory in Australia between _____ ages of six and seventeen.
A. The / X B. A / an C. X / the D. The / an
7. In _____ most social situations , _____ informality is appreciated.
 A. X / X B. the / an C. a / the D. the / a
8. _____ love is _____ very strong feeling of affection towards someone who you are romantically attracted to.
A. The / the B. The / X C. A / the D. X / a
9. London is _____ of England. A. a capital B. capital C. one capital D.
the capital
10. Do you know exactly_____ number of Siberian tigers in China?
A. a B. an C. the D. X
11. It is estimated that only 1,000 pandas remain in_____ wild.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
12._____ friend in need is_____ friend indeed.
A. The/ the B. A/ a C. X/ X D. X/ the
13. What is your_____ biggest dream in_____ life?
A. X/ X B. the/ a C. the/ the D. a/ the
14. Did you have_____ good time at the party last night?
A. a B. an C. the D. X
15. The local authorities are conducting_____ campaign to help_____ disabled.
A. a/ the B. the/ X C. X/ X D. X/ the
16. _____ used razor blade is _____ useless thing.
A. The/ the B. A/ a............. C. An/ an D. Ø/ Ø
17. We live at _____ third house from the church.
A. the B. a C. an D. Ø
18. My aunt has _____ interesting novel.
A. the B. an C. a D. Ø
19. It was _____ best film I had ever read.
A. the B. a C. an D. Ø
20. A video lab is _____ useful means for language learning.
A. the B. an C. a D. Ø
21. Mrs. Lan went to _____ school to meet her son's teacher.
A. Ø B. a C. an D. the
22. The workmen went to ____ church to repair the roof.
A. Ø B. the C. a D. an
23. My parents have ____ cat and _____ dog. The dog never bites the cat.
A. a/ a B. a/ the C. the/ the D. the/ a
24. We live in ______ big house in ____ middle of the village.
A. a/ a B. a/ the C. the/ the D. the/ a
25. Her parents are now working in ______ Europe.
A. the B. a C. an D. Ø
26. It was a beautiful day, __ sun shone brightly in ___ sky.
A. a/ a B. a/ the C. the/ the D. the/ a
27. There is _______ new English book on the desk.
A. a B. an C. the D. Ø
28. Life is not so easy for _____ unemployed.
A. the B. a C. an D. Ø
29. Manny people were killed in the accident. The bodies of _____ dead were taken away.
A. the B. a C. an D. Ø
30. My friends like to be _______ astronaut.
A. the B. a C. an D. Ø
31. I didn't have much success in finding _____ job.
A. the B. an C. Ø D. a
32. Is that ____ present Bill gave you at Christmas?
A. Ø B. the C. a D. an
33. We are looking for _______ place to spend ________ night.
A. the/the B. a/the C. a/a D. the/a
34. Please turn off ________ lights when you leave ________ room.
A. the/the B. a/a C. the/a D. a/the
35. We are looking for people with ________experience.
A. the B. a C. an D. x
36. Would you pass me ________ salt, please?
A. a B. the C. an D. x
37. Can you show me ________way to ________station?
A. the/the B. a/a C. the/a D. a/the
38. She has read ________interesting book.
A. a B. an C. the D. x
39. You’ll get ________shock if you touch ________ live wire with that screwdriver.
A. an/the B. x/the C. a/a D. an/the
40. Mr. Smith is ________ old customer and ________ honest man.
A. An/the B. the/an C. an/an D. the/the
41. ________ youngest boy has just started going to ________ school.
A. a/x B. x/the C. an/x D. the/x
42. Do you go to ________ prison to visit him?
A. the B. a C. x D. an
43. ______ friendship is ______ two-side affair.
A. The/a b. A/an c. A/the d. Ø/ a
44. She does not see her grandchildren very often so she makes ______ real fuss of them when she
does.
A. a b. an c. Ø d. the
45. A man and a woman were standing outside my house, ______ man looked English but I think
______ woman was foreign.
A. the/a b. a/a c. a/the d. the/the
46. What is ______ longest river in ______ world?
a. the/the b. the/a c. a/a d. a/ the
47. I think nothing is more interesting than sitting in the sun shine and enjoying the beauty of
_____ nature.
A. a b. an c. the d. Ø
48. ________ earth is overpopulated.
A. The b. A c. Ø d. An
49. There are several structures in Greece that archaeologists called ________ pyramids
A. the b. a c. an d. Ø
50. Did you have _______ good time at the party last night?
A. an b. a c. Ø d. the
51. What is your ______ biggest dream in ______ life?
A. Ø / Ø b. the/ the c. the/a d. a/ the
52. There isn’t ______ theater near where I live ______ nearest theater is 10 miles away.
A. a/ The b. the/ The c. an/ The d. the/ A
53. ______ Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship from ______ France to ______ United States.
A. The/ Ø/ the b. A/ the/ the c. Ø/ Ø/ the d. A/ the/ a
54. Most ______ farmers working hard on their hand almost get nothing for their lifetime.
A. the b. a c. an d. Ø
55. We went out for ______ meal last night. ______ restaurant we went to was excellent.
A. a/ The b. the/ A c. the/ The d. the/ Ø
56. ______ swimming is considered to be ______ good way of losing weight.
A. Ø/ a b. The/ a c. A/ the d. The/ the
57. You should disconnect ______ power before attempting to repair electrical equipment.
A. a b. an c. the d. Ø
58. His dream of becoming ______ doctor became true after seven years of learning hard.
A. Ø b. an c. the d. a
59. Species become extinct or endangered for ______ number of reasons, but ______ primary cause
is the destruction of habitat by human activities.
A. Ø/ a b. a/ the c. the/ a d/ Ø/ Ø
60. Have you read ______ ” Oliver Twist”, ______ interesting novel written by Charles Dickens?
A. the/ the b. Ø/ an c. Ø/ Ø d. an/ the
Exercise 4: Complete each of the sentences below with suitable articles a/ an/ the or no
article (Ø)
1. Salem doesn’t like _________ talkative people.
2. It’s true that _________ rich lead a different life from the poor.
3. Mary lives in _________ Canada near Lake Ontario.
4. The explorer crossed _________ Pacific Ocean in a canoe.
5. She has been playing _________ piano for ten years.
6. For breakfast we usually have _________ coffee and toast.
7. I like _________ blue T-shirt over there than _________ red one.
8 Barbara hopes to go to _________ university next year.
9. Carol’s father works as _________ electrician.
10. Sarah thinks _________ life is more difficult in a foreign country.
11. The judge sentenced the thief to six months in _________ prison.
12. Ben has _________ terrible headache.
13. A volcano has erupted in _________ Philippines recently.
14. _________ examinations always make him nervous.
15. We went to _________ cinema twice a month.