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Exercise 1. Put "an", "a", "the" or Ø (nothing):

1. My birthday is _the____ Sunday afternoon.
2. It doesn't often snow here at _the____ Christmas. We haven't had _a____
White Christmas for many years.
3. We came here in __the___ summer of _____ 1969.
4. __A___ Thanks giving is in _the____ November. The Church of
England dates from _____ year 1534. I like driving at ____ night. The
roads are quite. Oh, I don't like driving in ____
park. I'd rather travel during___ day.
5. Are you doing anything at _the____ weekend? + I don't think so. Well,
come over on __the___ Sunday.
7. Rita plays _the____ violin and her sister plays __the___ guitar.
8. On our trip to __the___ Spain, we crossed ___the__ Atlantic Ocean.
9. David attended _the____ Princeton University.
10. _the____ Florida State University is smaller than _the____ University
of Florida
11. _the____ chair that you are sitting in is broken.
12. _the____ Civil War was fought in _the____ United States between
1861 and 1865.
13. __the___ big books on ___a__ table are for my history class.
Exercise 2. Write a or an in the space:
1. _an____ 6. __an___ X- ray 11. _an____ elephant
unreasonable decision
2. _a____ universal 7. _an____ UFO. 12. __a___ hospital
problem
3. _a____ unit of work. 8. _a____ T shirt 13. __a___ BBC
programme
4. __a___ eucalyptus 9. __a___ happy 14. _an____ UNESCO
tree girl worker
 5. _an____ honorable 10. _a____ H-
man. bomb
Exercise 3. Put in a, an or some or leave a space:
1. Have you got _a____ camera?
2. Would you like to be __an___ actor.
3. Bill's got _a____ big feet.
4. Do you collect _____ stamps?
5. Tom always gives Ann __some___ flowers on her birthday.
6. Those are _____ really nice trousers. Where did you get them?
7. What _a____ beautiful garden!
8. What __a___ lovely children!
9. _____ birds, for example the penguin, cannot fly.
10. Jack has got _____ very long legs, so he's _a____ fast runner.
11. You need _a____ visa to visit _some____ foreign countries, but not all
of them .
12. I'm going shopping. I'm going to get _some____ new clothes.
13. Jane is _a____ teacher. Her parents were _____ teachers too.
14. When we reached the city centre, _some____ shops were still open but
most of them were already closed.
15. Do you enjoy going to _____ concerts?
16. When I was __a___ child, I used to be very shy.
Exercise 4. Put suitable articles into blanks:
1. John is _a____ teacher. He's teaching in __a___ school in London.
Every morning, he gets up at 7 o'clock, has _____ breakfast and __a___ cup
of _____ coffee. Then he goes to work by bus. He has _____ lunch at
__a___ restaurant (near __the___ school). In the afternoon he works until 5
or 5.30 and then goes _____ home. He doesn't work on _the____ Saturday
or Sunday. He goes to _the____ cinema or theatre. John has __a___ sister
in Oxford and _a____ brother in _____ London.
2. There are millions of stars in _the____ space. 3. I'm going
away at _the____ end of this month.
4. The sun is _a____ star. 5. What did you
have for _____ breakfast?
6. Have you got _a____ car? 7. How much are
those potatoes? 1.20 __ ___ kilo.
8. Can you think __the___ rich should pay more taxes to help __the___
poor?
Exercise 5. Put suitable articles into blanks:
1. He is _an____ honest person. 2. My father went
out to __the___ sea when he was 14.
3. When do you hope to go to _a____ university? 4. There's a strike
at __a___ hospital.
5. He is__an___ one-eyed man. 6. There's
_an____ onion left in the fridge.
7. This is_an____ useful method of learning English. 8. I've got
_an____ uncle.
9. Your shoes are under__the___ bed. 10. There's a splendid view
of__the___ Lake Geneva from his hotel.
Exercise 6. Choose the correct answer:
Choose the best answer to complete the sentences
1. I want ........................... apple from that basket.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
2. Miss Lin speaks ............................ Chinese.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
3. One of the students said, “................ professor is late today”
A. a B. an C. the D. X
4. Eli likes to play .......................... volleyball.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
5. I bought ......................... umbrella to go out in the rain.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
6. My daughter is learning to play ............................. guitar at her school.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
7. Please give me ......................pen that is on the counter.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
8. Albany is the capital of ........................ New York state.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
9. Our neighbor has .......... cat and ............. dog.
A. a/ a B. an/ a C. the/ the D. X/ X
10. .......................ink in my pen is red.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
11. It is ......... funniest book that I have ever read.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
12. Can anyone give me .......................... hand, please because I have just
fallen over?
A. a B. an C. the D. X
13. She always said that when she grew up she wanted to
be .............................
A. doctor B. a doctor C. the doctor D. a doctors
14. I have left my book in .......................... kitchen and I would like you to
get it for me.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
15. Please meet me at the train station in ............................ hour from now.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
16. I like to watch tennis on the television. It is ........................... very good
game.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
17. ..................... president of the United States will be visiting Australia
next week.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
18. July goes to ....................... work on the bus.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
19. .....golf is my favorite sport. I play once or twice ..... week if I can, but
I’m not ...... very good player.
A. X/ a/ a B. The/ a/ a C. The/ the/ the D. X/ a/
the
20. I don’t know what to do. It’s ................................ problem.
A. quite difficult B. a quite difficult C. quite a difficult D. the
quite difficult
21. ........... starts at seven o’clock.
A. School B. A school C. The school D. The schools
22. We can finish the rest of the bread for ...........breakfast.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
23. Nigel opened a drawer and took out ...............................
A. photos B. a photos C. some photos D. some photo
24. We need to protect ........................... environment from pollution.
A. some B. a C. an D. the
25. We often go to school by ......bicycle.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
Exercise 8. Which is correct or more likely, a/an or one? If both a/an
and one are possible, write them both:
1. It weights over _______ hundred kilos.
2. I only asked for _______ pizza - I didn't want three of them.
3. I wouldn't allow _______ child of mine to be treated in that way.
4. It only took us _______ week to drive to Greece.
5. I've always wanted to own _______ silver - coloured car.
6. _______ sandwich isn't enough. I usually eat four or five
7. Policies differ from _______ state to another.
8. Less than three quarters of _______ hour later, she was home.
9. All of the competitors completed the race, with just _______ exception.
10. She left home late ______ morning and hasn't been seen since.
11. The best way to learn______ musical instrument is to find ______
enthusiastic teacher.