1. Match sentences a-f with uses of the article or no article (1-6).
1) it is clear what we are talking about
2) saying what someone’s job is
3) something mentioned for the first time
4) the only one of something
5) a generalization
6) something mentioned for the second time
a There is a strange man in our street.
b Chad has a new car. The car is black and silver.
c The moon is very bright tonight.
d We meet in the café after school.
e Gemma is a shop assistant.
f I’m really interested in (-) science.
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1) d 2) e 3) a 4) c 5) f 6) b
2. Complete the gaps with the or no article (-).
1) I enjoy walking in ________. rain – it’s so peaceful.
2) Some young people don’t see ________. point of studying ________. history.
3) I’ll meet you at ________. railway station at 6 o’clock.
4) Do you like ________. action films?
5) I don’t like to see ________. young children playing ________. violent sports like rubgy.
6) It’s likely I’ll be late for ________. school tomorrow.
7) I love ________. food in this restaurant, but then I always enjoy ________. Italian food.
8) All over ________. world, ________. people have similar problems.
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1) the 2) the, – 3) the 4) – 5) –, – 6) –
7) the, – 8) the, –
3. Complete the gaps with a/an, the or no article (-).
1) This is ________. school where I study English.
2) She has ________. nice car, but she wants a better one.
3) Do you watch ________. TV often?
4) There is ________. interesting article in ________. newspaper.
5) I want to go to ________. cinema this evening.
6) I like watching ________. baseball.
7) She is in ________. hospital because she had ________. accident.
8) Julie’s mum is ________. doctor.
9) It is so nice to see ________. sun again!
10) Is it time to go to ________. bed already?
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1) the 2) a 3) – 4) an, the 5) the 6) – 7) –, an
8) a 9) the 10) –
4. Complete the gaps with a/an, the or no article (-).
Hi Mason,
How are you? Are you enjoying 1) _______ winter holiday?
You asked about school, so I’ll tell you a bit about it. It’s 2) _______ very old building – they built 3) _______ ‘new’ part in 1930! It’s very nice inside, though. 4) _______ classrooms are bright and clean, and some of them have interactive whiteboards. Of course, everyone wants to use 5) _______ classrooms with 6) _______ new whiteboards! We have lovely playing fields near the school, but there isn’t 7) _______ swimming pool.
I looked up your school online, and it looks like 8) _______ very new building from 9) _______ photographs I saw. Do you like it there?
Write to me soon.
Best wishes,
Tom
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1) the 2) a 3) the 4) the 5) the 6) the
7) a 8) a 9) the
5. Complete the sentences with there is or there are.
1) _____. three new students in our class.
2) _____. a great drama class at school.
3) _____. about 50 laptops in our computer lab.
4) I think ________. a good film on at the cinema.
5) _____. only two shows I watch on TV.
6) _____. some really nice clothes in that shop.
7) Ethan, ________. a man here who wants to talk to you.
8) I know ________. an answer to this problem, but I can’t find it.
9) _____. people from many different countries in London.
10) _____. I want to go home. ________. a storm coming.
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1) there are 2) there is 3) there are 4) there is
5) there are 6) there are 7) there is 8) there is
9) there are 10) there is
6. Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences.
1) It is a first day of school tomorrow. ✗ ____ the __.
2) They are three students from China in class this year. ✗ ________.
3) I play in football team with classmates from school. ✗ ________.
4) dad leaves for the work at 7 a.m. every morning. ✗ ________.
5) Kelly’s sister is an dancer. ✗ ________.
6) It is a great film on TV tonight. ✗ ________.
7) We have the great computer lab in our school. ✗ ________.
8) We have a new car. A car is very fast. ✗ ________.
9) I’m giving Maggie the CD of dance music for her birthday. ✗ ________.
10) I’m interested in the geography. It’s favourite subject. ✗ ________.
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2) they – there 3) in a football 4) for work
5) an – a 6) it – there 7) the – a 8) a – the
9) the – a 10) in geography
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