I. Write “a” or “an” in the space: 1. ............unreasonable decision

2..............universal problem

3. ............unit of work

4..............eucalyptus tree

5. ............honorable man

6..............X-ray

7. .... .......UFO

8..............T shirt

9. ............happy girl

10............H-bomb

11. ............elephant

12............hospital

13. ............BBC programme

14............UNESCO worker

Exercise 2. Write a or an in the space:

BÀI TẬP MẠO TỪ - ARTICLE EXERCISES

I/ ARTICLES: A, AN, THE OR Ø(nothing).

Exercise 1. Put "an", "a", "the" or Ø (nothing):

1. My birthday is _____ Sunday afternoon.

2. It doesn't often snow here at _____ Christmas. We haven't had _____ White Christmas for many years.

3. We came here in _____ summer of _____ 1969.

4. _____ Thanks giving is in _____ November. The Church of England dates from _____ year 1534. I like driving at ____ night. The roads are quite. Oh, I don't like driving in ____ park. I'd rather travel during___ day.

5. Are you doing anything at _____ weekend? + I don't think so. Well, come over on _____ Sunday.

6. __ 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 _____ dinner we had in our first evening was pretty a few, so we tried a few restaurants. On our last evening we had _____ marvelous dinner in a Chinese restaurant, but that was an exception.

7. Rita plays _____ violin and her sister plays _____ guitar.

8. On our trip to _____ Spain, we crossed _____ Atlantic Ocean.

9. David attended _____ Princeton University.

10. _____ Florida State University is smaller than _____ University of Florida

11. _____ chair that you are sitting in is broken.

12. _____ Civil War was fought in _____ United States between 1861 and 1865.

13. _____ big books on _____ table are for my history class.

Exercise 2. Write a or an in the space:

Exercise 3. Put in a, an or some or leave a space:

1. Have you got _____ camera? 2. Would you like to be _____ actor.

3. Bill's got _____ big feet. 4. Do you collect _____ stamps?

5. Tom always gives Ann _____ flowers on her birthday.

6. Those are _____ really nice trousers. Where did you get them?

7. What _____ beautiful garden! 8. What _____ lovely children!

9. _____ birds, for example the penguin, cannot fly.

10. Jack has got _____ very long legs, so he's _____ fast runner.

11. You need _____ visa to visit _____ foreign countries, but not all of them .

12. I'm going shopping. I'm going to get _____ new clothes.

13. Jane is _____ teacher. Her parents were _____ teachers too.

14. When we reached the city centre, _____ shops were still open but most of them were already closed.

15. Do you enjoy going to _____ concerts? 16. When I was _____ child, I used to be very shy.

Exercise 4. Put suitable articles into blanks:

1. John is _____ teacher. He's teaching in _____ school in London.

Every morning, he gets up at 7 o'clock, has _____ breakfast and _____ cup of _____ coffee. Then he goes to work by bus. He has _____ lunch at _____ restaurant (near _____ school). In the afternoon he works until 5 or 5.30 and then goes _____ home. He doesn't work on _____ Saturday or Sunday. He goes to _____ cinema or theatre. John has _____ sister in Oxford and _____ brother in _____ London.

2. There are millions of stars in _____ space. 3. I'm going away at _____ end of this month.

4. The sun is _____ star. 5. What did you have for _____ breakfast?

6. Have you got _____ car? 7. How much are those potatoes? 1.20 _____ kilo.

8. Can you think _____ rich should pay more taxes to help _____ poor?

Exercise 5. Put suitable articles into blanks:

1. He is _____ honest person. 2. My father went out to _____ sea when he was 14.

3. When do you hope to go to _____ university? 4. There's a strike at _____ hospital.

5. He is_____ one-eyed man. 6. There's _____ onion left in the fridge.

7. This is_____ useful method of learning English. 8. I've got _____ uncle.

9. Your shoes are under_____ bed. 10. There's a splendid view of_____ Lake Geneva from his hotel.

Exercise 7. Put suitable articles into blanks if necessary:

1. After _____ lunch, we went for _____ wall by _____ sea. 2. Don't sit on _______ ground. It's wet.

3. On _______ Sunday my father stay in _______ bed till ten o'clock reading _______ Sunday paper.

4. He's got _____ job in ______ South and spent ______ next two years doing ______ work he really enjoyed.

5. My mother goes to _____ church in _____ morning and in ______ afternoon goes to visit _______ friends.

6. ____ post man's little boy says that he'd rather be _____ dentist than _____ doctor because _____ dentists don't get called out at ______ night.

7. This morning I bought _____ newspaper and _____ magazine _____ newspaper is in my bag, but I don't know where ______ magazine is.

8. My parents have ____ cat and____ dog.____ dog never bites ____ cat, but____ cat often scratched____ dog.

9. We live in ___ old house in ___ middle of town. There is ___ garden behind ___ house.___ roof of ___ house is in bad condition.

Exercise 8. Which is correct or more likely, a/an or one? If both a/an and one arepossible, write them both:

1. It weights over _______ hundred kilos.

2. I only asked for _______ pizza - I didn't want three of them.

3. I wouldn't allow _______ child of mine to be treated in that way.

4. It only took us _______ week to drive to Greece.

5. I've always wanted to own _______ silver - coloured car.

6. _______ sandwich isn't enough. I usually eat four or five

7. Policies differ from _______ state to another.

8. Less than three quarters of _______ hour later, she was home.

9. All of the competitors completed the race, with just _______ exception.

10. She left home late ______ morning and hasn't been seen since.

11. The best way to learn______ musical instrument is to find ______ enthusiastic teacher.

12. Somewhere in the distance, ______ bell rang.

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

City planners have claimed trees (1)…… an important role in an urban environment. Children (2)…….. close to nature have better health, while walking in parks helps reduce blood pressure, stress and obesity. The problem is to select the right trees and (3)…… them.

Ha Noi is considered one of the greenest cities in Viet Nam thanks to its beautiful and precious trees. Ancient trees in Ha Noi are frequently (4)……. in poems. Each street can be (5)……… by a tree. To local residents, the hundred-year old trees that line the streets are more than just beautiful, they are part of the city's identity.

Due to the treasured place the trees have in the (6)………… of the local residents, Hanoians seem to have a lot of concern when construction workers chop them (7)………. Workers get away with digging around the trees without much care, and even (8)………. the trees without enough earth to grow - making them vulnerable to storms.

To (9)……… with the problem, Ha Noi's authorities have started a project of replanting trees: each of the capital's streets will be planted with two or three sorts of trees. Moreover, more people should be made (10)…… of the importance of protecting trees in communities.

Điền vào số 8

A. leave

B. remain

C. cause

D. have

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

City planners have claimed trees (1)…… an important role in an urban environment. Children (2)…….. close to nature have better health, while walking in parks helps reduce blood pressure, stress and obesity. The problem is to select the right trees and (3)…… them.

Ha Noi is considered one of the greenest cities in Viet Nam thanks to its beautiful and precious trees. Ancient trees in Ha Noi are frequently (4)……. in poems. Each street can be (5)……… by a tree. To local residents, the hundred-year old trees that line the streets are more than just beautiful, they are part of the city's identity.

Due to the treasured place the trees have in the (6)………… of the local residents, Hanoians seem to have a lot of concern when construction workers chop them (7)………. Workers get away with digging around the trees without much care, and even (8)………. the trees without enough earth to grow - making them vulnerable to storms.

To (9)……… with the problem, Ha Noi's authorities have started a project of replanting trees: each of the capital's streets will be planted with two or three sorts of trees. Moreover, more people should be made (10)…… of the importance of protecting trees in communities.

Điền vào số 7

A. away

B. off

C. down

D. Ø

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

City planners have claimed trees (1)…… an important role in an urban environment. Children (2)…….. close to nature have better health, while walking in parks helps reduce blood pressure, stress and obesity. The problem is to select the right trees and (3)…… them.

Ha Noi is considered one of the greenest cities in Viet Nam thanks to its beautiful and precious trees. Ancient trees in Ha Noi are frequently (4)……. in poems. Each street can be (5)……… by a tree. To local residents, the hundred-year old trees that line the streets are more than just beautiful, they are part of the city's identity.

Due to the treasured place the trees have in the (6)………… of the local residents, Hanoians seem to have a lot of concern when construction workers chop them (7)………. Workers get away with digging around the trees without much care, and even (8)………. the trees without enough earth to grow - making them vulnerable to storms.

To (9)……… with the problem, Ha Noi's authorities have started a project of replanting trees: each of the capital's streets will be planted with two or three sorts of trees. Moreover, more people should be made (10)…… of the importance of protecting trees in communities.

Điền vào số 6

A. brain

B. place

C. centre

D. heart

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

City planners have claimed trees (1)…… an important role in an urban environment. Children (2)…….. close to nature have better health, while walking in parks helps reduce blood pressure, stress and obesity. The problem is to select the right trees and (3)…… them.

Ha Noi is considered one of the greenest cities in Viet Nam thanks to its beautiful and precious trees. Ancient trees in Ha Noi are frequently (4)……. in poems. Each street can be (5)……… by a tree. To local residents, the hundred-year old trees that line the streets are more than just beautiful, they are part of the city's identity.

Due to the treasured place the trees have in the (6)………… of the local residents, Hanoians seem to have a lot of concern when construction workers chop them (7)………. Workers get away with digging around the trees without much care, and even (8)………. the trees without enough earth to grow - making them vulnerable to storms.

To (9)……… with the problem, Ha Noi's authorities have started a project of replanting trees: each of the capital's streets will be planted with two or three sorts of trees. Moreover, more people should be made (10)…… of the importance of protecting trees in communities.

Điền vào số 5

A. described

B. presented

C. expressed

D. explained

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

City planners have claimed trees (1)…… an important role in an urban environment. Children (2)…….. close to nature have better health, while walking in parks helps reduce blood pressure, stress and obesity. The problem is to select the right trees and (3)…… them.

Ha Noi is considered one of the greenest cities in Viet Nam thanks to its beautiful and precious trees. Ancient trees in Ha Noi are frequently (4)……. in poems. Each street can be (5)……… by a tree. To local residents, the hundred-year old trees that line the streets are more than just beautiful, they are part of the city's identity.

Due to the treasured place the trees have in the (6)………… of the local residents, Hanoians seem to have a lot of concern when construction workers chop them (7)………. Workers get away with digging around the trees without much care, and even (8)………. the trees without enough earth to grow - making them vulnerable to storms.

To (9)……… with the problem, Ha Noi's authorities have started a project of replanting trees: each of the capital's streets will be planted with two or three sorts of trees. Moreover, more people should be made (10)…… of the importance of protecting trees in communities.

Điền vào số 4

A. referred

B. indicated

C. spoken

D. mentioned

5. Write a – an or the.
1. Look at ___________ sea!
2. Who is ___________lady in ___________ picture?
3. I visited ___________ South Africa last summer.
4. The book is about ___________ man who lives on ___________ small island.
5. I work as ___________ only English teacher at this school.
6. Harry fixed ___________ car, so we can go to ___________ lake.
7. She goes to work by ___________bike.
8. Jamy likes ___________music, he plays ___________ instrument.
9. Marie enjoys eating ___________ Swiss cheese.
10. We have ___________ small house in ___________ village in ___________ Netherlands.