Question

X. Put in a /an or the where necessary. Leave an empty space if the sentence is already complete.

1.      I don’t usually like staying at _________ hotels, but last summer we spent _________ few days at a very nice hotel by _________ sea.

2.      _________ tennis is my favorite sport. I play once or twice _________ week if I can, but I’m not _________ very good player.

3.      I won’t be home for _________ dinner this evening. I’m meeting some friends after _________ work and we are going to _________ cinema.

4.      _____________ unemployment is very high at the moment and it’s very difficult for _____________ people to find _________ work.

5.      There was _________ accident as I was going _________ home last night. Two people were taken to ________ hospital. I think ________ most accidents are caused by ________ people driving too fast.

6.      Carol is _________ economist. She used to work in _________ investment department of _________ Lloyds Bank. Now she works for _________ American bank in _________ United States.

7.      What’s _________ name of _________ hotel where you’re staying? ~ _________ Imperial. It’s in _________ Queen Street in _________ city centre. It’s near _________ station.

8.      I have two brothers. _________ older one is training to be _________ pilot with _________ British Airway. _________ younger one is still at _________ school. When he leaves _________ school, he hopes to go to _________ Cambridge University to study law.

9.      Frank Lloyd Wright is _________ name of _________ famous architect. He is _________ architect who designed _________ Guggenheim Museum in New York. He also designed _________ hotel in Tokyo. _________ hotel was designed to withstand _________ earthquakes.

10.  _________ meals we had weren’t very good. We had _________ breakfast in the hotel, and that wasn’t too bad. We usually went out for _________ lunch because _________ lunch they served in the hotel was always the same. And _________ dinner we had at the hotel on our first evening was pretty awful, so we tried a few restaurants. On our last evening we had _________ marvellous meal in a Chinese restaurant.

 

  

Answer 1

X. Put in a /an or the where necessary. Leave an empty space if the sentence is already complete.

1.      I don’t usually like staying at _____∅____ hotels, but last summer we spent _____a____ few days at a very nice hotel by _____the____ sea.

2.      _____∅____ tennis is my favorite sport. I play once or twice _____a____ week if I can, but I’m not _____a____ very good player.

3.      I won’t be home for _____∅____ dinner this evening. I’m meeting some friends after _____∅____ work and we are going to ____the_____ cinema.

4.      ______∅_______ unemployment is very high at the moment and it’s very difficult for _______∅______ people to find ____∅_____ work.

5.      There was ____an_____ accident as I was going _____∅____ home last night. Two people were taken to ____∅____ hospital. I think ____∅____ most accidents are caused by ____∅____ people driving too fast.

6.      Carol is _____an____ economist. She used to work in ____the_____ investment department of _____∅____ Lloyds Bank. Now she works for ____an_____ American bank in _____the____ United States.

7.      What’s _____the____ name of ____the_____ hotel where you’re staying? ~ ____The_____ Imperial. It’s in _____∅____ Queen Street in ____the_____ city centre. It’s near ____the_____ station.

8.      I have two brothers. ____The_____ older one is training to be _____a____ pilot with _________ British Airway. _____∅____ younger one is still at _____∅____ school. When he leaves _____∅____ school, he hopes to go to ____∅_____ Cambridge University to study law.

9.      Frank Lloyd Wright is _____the____ name of ____a_____ famous architect. He is _____the____ architect who designed ____the_____ Guggenheim Museum in New York. He also designed _____a____ hotel in Tokyo. _____The____ hotel was designed to withstand _____the____ earthquakes.

10.  _____The____ meals we had weren’t very good. We had ____a_____ breakfast in the hotel, and that wasn’t too bad. We usually went out for ____∅_____ lunch because _____the____ lunch they served in the hotel was always the same. And ____the_____ dinner we had at the hotel on our first evening was pretty awful, so we tried a few restaurants. On our last evening we had _____a____ marvellous meal in a Chinese restaurant.