UNIT 20. ARTICLE
I. Circle the best option to complete each sentence:
1. He is _________ engineer.
a. an
b. a
c. the
d. no article
2. My parents are always at _________ home on Sundays.
a. the
b. a
c. an
d. no article
3. What's _________ weather like in winter in your country?
a. the
b. a
c. an
d. no article
4. What’s her job? She’s _________ lecturer
a. an university
b. a university
c. one university
d. university
5. Are you a vegetarian? Yes, I never eat _________
a. meat
b. the meat
c. some meat
d. a meat
6. _________ is my favourite art
a. A music
b. The music
c. Music
d. Some music
II. Put in the or a/an where necessary:
1. Rita is studying _________ English and _________ Math this semester
2. He works as _________ assistant in _________ same shop as I do
3. Last night, there was _________ bird singing outside my house
4. What do you eat for _________ breakfast this morning?
5. Rita plays _________ violin and her sister plays _________ guitar
6. While we were in _________ Alaska, we saw _________ Eskimo village
7. Tom can’t go to _________ movies tonight because he has to write _________ essay
8. Mel’s granfmother is in _________ hospital, so we went to _________ hospital to visit her
_________ last night
9. John and Mary went to _________ school yesterday and then studied in _________ library before
returning home
10. On our trip to _________ Spain, we crossed _________ Atlantic Ocean
11. This is _________ beautiful painting. Does _________ artist live near here?
12. I bought ____ new toothbrush this morning and I can’t find it. I’m sure I put it in ____ bathroom
13. Can you get _________ fresh cream cake when you’re out? _________ shop on _________
corner usually sells them
14. It’s _________ very nice school and _________ teachers are all really hard-working
15. We stayed in _________ very nice hotel. _________ room was comfortable and _________
food was excellent
16. I come to ____ school by ____ bus
17. Ankara is ____ capital of Turkey
18. ____ O’hare is ____ busiest airport in the United States
19. we arrived in Dallas on ____ third of August
20. Last night, we had ____ dinner in ____ restaurant
21. I was at ____ home all day yesterday
22. My favourite subject is ____ history, but I’m not very good at ____ math
23. My friend lives on ____ same street as I do
24. My sister’s ____ teacher in ____ school near Seattle. She has three children, two girls and ____
boy. ____ girls are in her class at school, but ____ boy isn’t old enough for school yet
25. How much are the driving lessons? Twenty dollars ____ hour
26. Jane and Bill are ____ very nice couple. She has ____ clothing store, and he works in ____
office in ____ city
27. I bought Elliot ____ new jacket last week but yesterday two of ____ buttons came off. I’m
taking it back to ____ shop
28. I had ____ bath this morning but ____ water was a bit cold
29. Hannah was at ____ airport, waiting for ____ friend to arrive
30. You can have ____ apple or ____ orange. ____ apples are nice and sweet