ARTICLES

Insert A or An if necessary

1. My neighbour is..........photographer; lets ask him for..........advice

2. We had...........fish and .............chips for..........lunch. That doesnt sound............very
interesting lunch
3. He said, Good night, but I had........very bad night; I didnt sleep.............wink
4. He is.............vegetarian. You wont get...........meat at his house
5. .................travel agent would give you...........information about.............hotels
6. Do you take .............sugar in ............coffee?
7. It costs fifty and...........half pence and Ive got ...............fifty pence piece
8. ............Mr Smith is..............old costumer and ................honest man
9. When he was charged with..............murder he said he had .............alibi
10. ..............friend of mine is expecting................baby. If its.................girl shes going to be
called Etheldra
11. I have............hour and ............half for lunch
12. I hope you have...............lovely day and .................good weather
13. I have..............headache .............sore throat. I think Ive got ...........cold
14. If you go by.............train you can have quite....................comfortable journey, but make sure
you get............express, not ..............train that stops at all the stations
15. Its time you had..................holiday. You havent had...............day off for ..........month
16. He broke..............leg in ..................skiing accident. Its still in.................plaster
17. I see that your house is built of..............wood. Are you insured against.................fire?
18. The scaping prisoner camped in..................wood but he didnt light...............fire because
smoking rising from the wood might attract....................attention
19. I had..................amazing experience last night. I saw.................dinosaur
eating...................meat pie in .................London park
20. Ill pay you................thousand.....................year. Its not............enormous salary but after all
you are...............completely unskilled man

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences with the word given in brackets at the end,
using the if necessary

1. The box was made of.................................(wood)

2. Some coins are made of...........................and some of................................(silver, cooper)
3. ...................................in that stream is not suitable for drinking (water)
4. ................................is found in Australia and South Africa (gold)
5. ................................that we had for dinner was tough (dinner)
6. .................................are grown in Spain, Brazil and Israel (oranges)
7. In Britain more people drink...............than......................... (tea, coffee)
8. When do you have................................? (breakfast)
9. There is fish......................... today (dinner)
10. We wear .....................to keep us warm (clothes)
11. ...................................are not allowed to park here (cars)
12. ..............................in that vase are very beautiful (flowers)
13. She plays..............................very well (tennis)
14. What are we having for......................? (lunch)
15. ....................................in that field is very green (grass)
16. ..................................are used in some countries to pull heavy loads (elephants)
17. In Austria............................speak............................German (people, German)
18. .........................is spoken in many countries (Spanish)
19. Can you speak...........................? (French)
20. Many great ships cross..........................(Atlantic Ocean)
21. We arranged to meet outside...............................(Woolworths)
22. ...............................is a very large country in ......................... (India, Asia)
23. He came for an hour, but he stayed all....................................(evening)
24. My uncle lives in a large house built of.............................. (stone)
25. He goes there by............................every morning, and stays there all.............................(bus,
day)
26. When he comes home in ..............................he often fells tired (evening)
27. When he had a meal he sits down and reads...................................which he bought on his
way home (newspaper)
28. When he has finished with ...............................he will sit listening to.............................or
smoking (news, radio)
29. He sometimes smokes a pipe, but he prefers...................................(cigarettes)
30. He was found guilty of theft and sent ............................ for six months (prison)
31. My son will be old enough to go to................................next May (school)

In each space put a/an or the, or leave the space blank

It has been announced that for.................third consecutive month there has been...............rise
in ................number of................unemployed, rather than...................fall that had been
predicted. ................rise was blamed on.................continuing uncertainty
over..................government economy policy, and couldnt come at.................worse time
for...............Prime Minister, who is facing ..............growing criticism over
.............way.................present crisis is being handle. ..................... MPs are increasingly
voicing....................fears that despite.....................recent devaluation of.................... pound and
cuts in...................interest rates, .....................government still expects.....................recovery of
the economy to take three or even four years. To make................matters worse,
.................number of small business going into...............liquidation is still at..................record
level, and.................housing market is showing no signs of recovery. Some backbenchers
expect...................general election before...............end of................winter unless there
is.................rapid change of................fortune.

In each space put a/an or the, or the blank space

1. When I ............ station, I had to stand in.................queue for................taxi for.................long

time
2. We took................trip around London and saw......................Tower Bridge
3. ..................happiness of the majority depends on............hard work from everyone
4. .....................most main roads in this part of....................country follow....................line
of..................roads built by..................Romans
5. Have you got................latest records by...................Gipsy Kings?
6. If I had ...............time, I would like to take up.....................archery
7. We spent.................pleasure evening having ...............drink at........................Robin Hood
8. .....................Nile flows right though ......................city
9. ..................summer I spent in...................USA was one of ..................best in my life
10. Go down.................Kingston Street and turn right into....................Mill Road
11. Please let me carry.......................shopping. Its..................least I can do
12. I dont like................milk in ..........coffee
13. She was...............first woman to cross.............Atlantic in............canoe
14. Jim became..............furniture salesman after leaving..................school
15. At ............end of ..............busy day, .............sleep is .............best tonic
16. ...............James Joyce I knew wasnt ..................... novelist and wasnt.................Irish either
17. Well go for ............ walk if ..................sun comes out
18. This is ..................last time I do you ...............favour for..............while
19. Im staying in ..............Hilton so you can leave me................message