ARTICLES  

PART A : Put a or an before each of the following.

1.   __________ hotel                               5. ________ unhappy man

2.      __________ hour                             6. ________ horrible dream

3.      __________ unusual situation        7. ________ honest  woman

4.      __________ university education   8. ________ union official

 PART B : Complete the following speech by putting the into the spaces only where necessary (not in every sentence)

 “We in (1) _________ West are very lucky. How often do we experience (2) _______ real poverty, (3) ______ oppression or (4) _______ natural disasters ? (5) _____ life for us is fairly easy compared with (6) ____ life led by millions all over (7) ____ world. I have travelled far and wide and (8) _____ poverty I have seen in some countries is unimaginable. Every day (9) ____ people die of (10) ____ starvation and (11) ____ diseases caused by (12) ____ starvation. (13) ____ people in these countries need (14) ____ food and (15) ____ medicine urgently, and they are asking us for (16) ____ help. But we need (17) ____ money : your money. We cannot buy (18) ____ food they need, nor provide (19) ____ medicine they require without (20) ____ money you give today. So, please, give generously. Thank you.”

 PART C : Complete the news items with the, a  or an only where necessary.

 Good evening. Here is (1) ____ ten o’clock news.

 (2) ____ Prime Minister arrived in the U.K. this morning for (3) ____ talks with (4) ____ British President. (5) ____ talks are expected to start in (6) ____ afternoon.

 (7) ____ Government has promised to give (8) ____ quarter of (9) ____ million pounds to help (10) ____ homeless in London. (11) ____ recent survey has shown that (12) ____ number of people without (13) ____ homes has doubled in (14) ____ last decade.

 (15) ____ man was arrested in Glasgow this evening after (16) ____ 90 mile (17) ____ hour car chase along (18) ____ motorway. (19) ____ man has, so far, not been named.

 (20) ____ truck containing (21) ____ dangerous chemicals was stolen from outside (22) ____ factory in London over (23) ____ weekend.

 (24) ____ spokesman for (25) ____ factory said (26) ____  chemicals were highly poisonous.

 From midnight tonight (27) ____ petrol will cost (28) ____ extra 2p (29) ____ litre. (30) ____ rise is caused by (31) ____ present high price of (32) ____ oil in (33) ____ Middle East.

 (34) ____ ninety-year-old man has become (35) ____ oldest person to cross (36) ____ Atlantic alone. Sam Taylor, from New York, arrived in Plymouth last night.

 PART D : Add a, an or the where necessary.

1.      ____ United Kingdom is one of ____  coldest countries in ____ world.

2. Have you ever been to ____ Red Square in ____ Moscow ?

3.  ____ weather was lovely when I woke up this morning ; ____ sun was shining and there was ____ beautiful blue sky.

4. My sister works in ____ big hospital in ____ Edinburgh. She’s ____ nurse.

5. Who was ____ man you were talking to just now ?

6. “Where is Mary ?” “She is in ____ living room.

7. What time do you usually have ____ dinner ?

8. Do you prefer cooking with ____ gas or _____ electricity ?

9. We visited ____ Louvre Museum when we were in ____ Paris.

10. What time does Andy finish ____ school ?

11. There are 30 classrooms in ____ school.

12. Who invented ____ telephone ?

13. How long has Tim been looking for ____ work ?

14. Did you go to ____ London by ____ car or by ____ train ?

15. ____ Germans export a lot of cars.

16. Sam and Fred have got two children ; ____ girl and ____ boy. ____ girl is ____ teacher and ____ boy is ____ architect.

17. ____ Fabrizio’s restaurant is next to ____ HSBC Bank in ____ Bath Road.

18.  Are you interested in ____ politics ?

19.  Which one is larger? ____ Atlantic Ocean or  ____ Indian Ocean.

20. ____ Mount Ararat is higher than ____ Mount Etna.

21. Steven’s brother is ill in ____ hospital.

22.  The government plan to help ____ poor and ____ homeless.

 

 

ANSWER KEY

 PART A

1.      a               5. an

2.      an             6. a

3.      an             7. an

4.      a               8. a

 

PART B :

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PART C :  

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PART D 

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