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Exercise 1: Put a/ an/ the in each space, or leave the space blank:
1.We went by _____ train to _____ west of England.
2.______ who live in ______ Netherlands are called Dutch.
3.______ judge sent me to _____ prison for ______ ten years.
4.______ Columbus was one of _____ first people to cross _____ Atlantic.
5.As ______ captain of ______ ship, I have _______ complete authority.
6.David learned to play _____ violin when he was at _______ university.
7.______ Trafalgar Square is near ______ Charing Cross Station.
8.Did you read _____ book I lent you _____ last week?
9.We’ll put up ______ shelves and then go to ______ café for something to eat.
10.Is that ______ present Bill gave you for ______ Christmas.

Exercise 2: Choose the best option to complete the following sentences

1. My mother goes to church in ______ morning.
A. X B. every C. the D. a
2. I eat ______orange everyday.
A. an B. orange C. the orange s D. any orange
3. Harry is a sailor. He spends most of his life at _____ sea.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
4. There are billions of stars in _____ space.
A. a B. an C. X D. the
5. He tried to park his car but _____ space wasn’t big enough.
A. the B. a C. an D. X
6. Can you turn off _____ television, please?
A. the B. a C. an D. X
7. We had _____ dinner in a restaurant.
A. a B. an C. x D. the
8. We had _____ meal in a restaurant.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
9. Thank you. That was ______ very nice lunch.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
10. ______rose is my favourite flower.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
11. When was _____ computer invented?
A. a B. an C. the D. X
12. My daughter plays _____ piano very well.
A. the B. a C. an D. X
13. Mary loves _____ flowers.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
14. Jill went to ______ hospital to see her friend.
A. x B. the C. a D. an
15. Mrs Lan went to ______ school to meet her son’s daughter.
A. x B. the C. a D. an
16. Carol went to ______ prison to meet her brother.
A. the B. a C. an D. X
17. Sandra works at a big hospital. She’s _______.
 A.nurse B. a nurse C. the nurse D. an nurse
18. She works six days _____ week.
A. in B. for C. a D. X
19. ______ is a star.
A. Sun B. A sun C. The sun D. Suns
20. What did you have for ______ breakfast this morning?
A. x B. a C. an D. the
21. London is _____ capital of England.
A. an B. a C. x D. the
22. When ______ invented?
A. was telephone B. was the telephone C. were telephones D. were a
telephone
23. We visited _______ two years ago.
A. Canada and the United States B. the Canada and the United States
C. the Canada and United States D. Canada and United States
24. Are you going away next week? No, _______ week after next.
A. a B. the C. some D. X
25. We haven’t been to ______ for years.
A. cinema B. the cinema C. a cinema D. any cinema
26. It took us quite a long time to get here. It was ______ journey.
A. three hour B. a three- hours C. a three- hour D. three- hours
27. If you live in _______ foreign country, you should try and learn the language.
A. the B. X C. an D. a
28. Did your train leave from ______ ?
A. the 8 Platform B. an Platform 8 C. some Platform 8 D. Platform 8
29. I can’t work here. There’s so much ______.
A. noise B. noises C. the noise D. a noise
30. Do you need ____?
A. an umbrella B. a umbrella C. umbrella D. an umbrellas
31. I’ve seen ______ good films recently.
A. a B. the C. some D. an
32. I often watch ______ television for two hours every night.
A. some B. the C. any D. X
33. The injured man was taken to _____.
A. hospital B. any hospital C. the hospital D. hospitals
34. She went out without _____ money.
A. any B. an C. a D. x
35. Toshi speaks ______ at home.
A. the Japanese B. Japan C. the Japan D. Japanese
36. A man and a woman were standing outside my house. ______ man looked English but I
think _____ woman was foreign.
A. the / a B. a / the C. a/ a D. the / the
37. John sat on _____ chair nearest _____ door.
A. the / a B. a / the C. a /a D. the / the
38. For breakfast I had _____ sandwich and _____ apple. The sandwich wasn’t very nice.
A. the / an B. a / the C. a / an D. the / the
39. I would love to live by _____ sea.
 A. the B. a C. an D. X
40. What is ______ longest river in ______ world?
A. the/ a B. a / the C. a / a D. the / the
41. This morning I bought a newspaper and a magazine. ______ newspaper is in my bag but
I don’t know where ______ magazine is.
A. a /a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a
42. We live in ______ big house in ______ middle of the village.
A. a / a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a
43. I’m looking for _____ job. Did Mary get _____ job she applied for?
A. a / the B. the / a C. a/ a D. the / the
44. Did _______ police find ______ person who stole your bicycle?
A. a /a B. the / the C. a / the D. the / a
45. We went out for ______meal last night. _______ restaurant we went was excellent.
A. a /a B. the / the C. a / the D. the / a
46. As I was walking along the street, I saw _____ $10 note on ______ pavement.
A. a/ a B. the / the C. a / the D. the / a
47. The Soviet Uinon was ______ first country to send a man into _____ space.
A. the /the B. X / X C. x /the D. the / X
48. Did you watch “Titanic” on ______ television or at ______ cinema?
A. the/ the B. X / X C. X / the D. the / X
49. After _____ lunch, we went for a walk by ______ sea.
A. the / the B.X/X C. X / the D. the / X
50. Peru is ______ country in South America. _______ capital is Lima.
A. a / a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a
51. I never listen to _____ radio. In fact I haven’t got ______ radio.
A. a /a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a
52. It was a beautiful day. _______ sun shone brightly in _____ sky.
A. a / a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a
53. It is said that Robinhood robbed _____ rich and gave the money to _____ poor.
A. a /a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a
54. Life is not so easy for _______ unemployed.
A. the B. a C. an D. X
55. Many people were killed in the accident. The bodies of _____ dead were taken away.
A.the B. a C. an D. x
56. The butler was _____ I suspected.
A. last person B. a last person C. the last person D. some last person
57. Where ______ you borrowed last week?
A. is scissors B. are the scissors C. is some scissors D. are scissors
58. Too much rubbish is being dumped in ______.
A. sea B. the sea C. a sea D. some sea
59. This is exactly _____ I was looking for.
A. job B. a job C. some job D. the job
60. Of all the cars, I think I prefer ______.
A. a Japanese B. some Japanese C. the Japanese one D. a Japanese one