b. Fill in the blanks using a, an, the, or the zero article Ø. (Điền vào chỗ trống bằng cách sử dụng mạo từ a, an, the hoặc mạo từ rỗng Ø.)

1. When you visit Paris, you should have __Ø__  dinner at the top of the Eiffel Tower.

2. In this town, there is a big theater and museum. __________ museum is very interesting.

3. I really want to visit __________ London because I want to see Big Ben.

4. Going to see __________ lions in Africa would be so exciting.

5. I want to go to __________ art gallery when we visit London next month.

6. __________ town we visited yesterday was really beautiful.

7. Lots of people want to visit __________ Leaning Tower of Pisa when they travel to Italy.

I. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets. Add words if necessary. (Điền vào mỗi chỗ trống dạng đúng của tính từ trong ngoặc. Thêm từ nếu cần thiết.)

1. Hue is (pretty) ____________ girl in our school.

2. Travelling by train is (cheap) ____________travelling by plane.

3. My's house is (far) ____________from school.

4. Mercury is  (close)  ____________ planet to the sun.

5. What is (wet) ____________month of a year?

II. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.

(Chọn đáp án đúng để điền vào chỗ trống.)

1. Is Fansipan ________ mountain in the world?

A. highest B. the highest C. Both A & B are correct.

2. Do you think that this test is ________ we've ever taken?

A. the easiest B. the easiest one C. Both A & B are correct.

3. My bedroom is ________ my brothers' bedrooms.

A. tidier than B. the tidiest C. the most tidy

4. The white dress is ________ but ________.

A. nicest – the most expensive

B. the nicest – the cheapest

C. nicest – cheapest

5. What is the ________ month of the year?

A. hotest B. the hottest C. hottest

6. The dictionary is ________ in the bookshop.

A. the thickest B. the thickest than C. thickest

7. This dress is ________ than that one.

A. more large B. larger C. the largest

8. Do you think that it's ________ holiday we've had?

A. the worst B. bad C. worse than

9. What is ________ lake in the world?

A. the deepest B. the largest C. Both A & B are correct.

10.This is ________ moment in my life.

A. happier B. the happiest C. the most happy

Diễn một mạo từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống nếu cần thiết. 1.My friend is angry with me because I can’t remember _______ exact date other birthday. 2. _______ Christmas is one of _______ important holidays in _______ Western countries. 3. _______ Ho Chi Minh City is one of _______ biggest cities in _______ Vietnam. 4. “Are Kate and David _______ siblings. They look alike.” “No, they aren’t They are _______ cousins”. 5. Yesterday _______ fog was so thick that we couldn’t see clearly. We followed _______ car in front of us and hoped that we were going _______ right way. 6. My father has bought me _______ computer.Thanks to it, I can learn many things from______ Internet. I think _______ computer is one of _______ greatest inventions of all time. 7. _______ Great Lakes, also called _______ Laurentian Great Lakes and _______ Great Lakes of North America, are _______ series of interconnected freshwater lakes. 8. ______ Pacific Ocean is _______ largest and deepest of Earth’s oceanic divisions. It extends from Arctic Ocean in ______ north to ______ Southern Ocean in _____ south. It is bounded by _______ Asia and _______ Australia in _______ west and _______ US in _______ east. 9. When I was _______ student, I lived with _______ American couple in _______ home stay in Texas. Both _______ host and _______ hostess were friendly and helpful. 10. Last year, Peter paid _______ visit to _______ England on early April. He had the chance to enjoy _______ University Boat Race (between Oxford and Cambridge), which took place on _______ Thames. _______ Thames is _______ historic heartland of rowing in _______ United Kingdom.

Hãy điền một từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống

Dear Dane,

.....(1).... are you ? I'm fine. I'm in London,........(2)....... the International School of English. I'm in ...(3)..... 7B with eight other students. .....(4)......are all from different countries- Spain, France, Japan, Argentina, Switzerland and Thailand. Our teacher's.....(5)..... is John Smith. He is very nice. He is funny and he is very good .....(6)..... My new address ...........(7).......... at the top of the letter. I....(8)........... with an English family, the Browns. Mr and Mrs Brown have three ........(9).... Thomas is fourteen, Catherine is twelve and Andrew is seven. They are ....(10)......... friendly but it isn't easy to understand them !

Write to me soon.

Love,

Jane

I. Điền vào mỗi chỗ trống Một từ thích hợp.

My school library (1) .......................... very big. It is (2) ............................ the right of the lab. Every day, a lot of students come there to read books and magazines. There (3) ........................... hundreds of book of all kinds. English books are (4) ....................... the shelves (5) ..................... the right. Those shelves on the left (6) ........................... science books : chemistry, (7) ........................, and biology. In the (8) ........................ of the library, there are two racks (9) ............................... magazines and newspapers. We like reading all the books there (10) ............................... they are very interesting and useful.

Bài 10:  Điền mạo từ “a”, “an”, “the” hoặc Ø vào chỗ trống sao cho thích hợp.
1. Farmers in my hometown earn a living by raising _______ poultry.
2. Some villagers play _______ flute in special occasions.
3. Do you know there is _______ local folk festival tonight?
4. I like _______ colorful costumes of _______ ethnic minority people in Vietnam.
5. _______ cattle are often raised in the rural areas in my country.
6. When I travel to ______ foreign country, I always want to try _______ local specialties first.
7. Have you ever been to _______ remote area?
8. Ethnic minority people often gather together at _______ communal house.
9. In Tay Nguyen, people sometimes ride _______ elephants.
10. _______ traditional customs of Vietnam are totally different from _______ customs of Western countries.

Exercise 2: Câu chuyện sau được chia thành các câu nhỏ, hãy đọc và điền mạo từ thích hợp “a/an/ the hoặc x (không cần mạo từ)” vào chỗ trống:
1. There was ________knock on ________door. I opened it and found ________small dark man in ________blue overcoat and _______woolen cap.
2. He said he was ________employee of ________gas company and had come to read ________meter.
3. But I had ________suspicion that he wasn't speaking ________truth because ________meter readers usually wear ________peaked caps.
4. However, I took him to ________ meter, which is in ________dark corner under ________ stairs.
5. I asked if he had ________ torch; he said he disliked torches and always read ________ meters by ________light of ________match.
6. I remarked that if there was ________leak in ________ gas pipe there might be ________ explosion while he was reading ________meter.
7.  He said, “As ________matter of ________fact, there was ________explosion in ________last house I visited; and Mr. Smith, ________owner of ________house, was burnt in ________face.”
8.  “Mr. Smith was holding ________lighted match at ________time of ________explosion.”
9.  To prevent ________possible repetition of this accident, I lent him ________torch.
10.  He switched on ________torch, read ________meter and wrote ________ reading down on ________back of ________envelope.
11.  I said in ________surprise that ________meter readers usually put ________readings down in ________book.
12.  He said that he had had ________book but that it had been burnt in ________fire in________ Mr. Smith's house.
13. By this time I had come to ________conclusion that he wasn't ________genuine meter reader; and ________moment he left ________house I rang ________police.

Exercise 2: Câu chuyện sau được chia thành các câu nhỏ, hãy đọc và điền mạo từ thích hợp “a/an/ the hoặc x (không cần mạo từ)” vào chỗ trống:
1. There was ________knock on ________door. I opened it and found ________small dark man in ________blue overcoat and _______woolen cap.
2. He said he was ________employee of ________gas company and had come to read ________meter.
3. But I had ________suspicion that he wasn't speaking ________truth because ________meter readers usually wear ________peaked caps.
4. However, I took him to ________ meter, which is in ________dark corner under ________ stairs.
5. I asked if he had ________ torch; he said he disliked torches and always read ________ meters by ________light of ________match.
6. I remarked that if there was ________leak in ________ gas pipe there might be ________ explosion while he was reading ________meter.
7.  He said, “As ________matter of ________fact, there was ________explosion in ________last house I visited; and Mr. Smith, ________owner of ________house, was burnt in ________face.”
8.  “Mr. Smith was holding ________lighted match at ________time of ________explosion.”
9.  To prevent ________possible repetition of this accident, I lent him ________torch.
10.  He switched on ________torch, read ________meter and wrote ________ reading down on ________back of ________envelope.
11.  I said in ________surprise that ________meter readers usually put ________readings down in ________book.
12.  He said that he had had ________book but that it had been burnt in ________fire in________ Mr. Smith's house.
13. By this time I had come to ________conclusion that he wasn't ________genuine meter reader; and ________moment he left ________house I rang ________police.

Exercise 2: Câu chuyện sau được chia thành các câu nhỏ, hãy đọc và điền mạo từ thích hợp “a/an/ the hoặc x (không cần mạo từ)” vào chỗ trống:
1. There was ________knock on ________door. I opened it and found ________small dark man in ________blue overcoat and _______woolen cap.
2. He said he was ________employee of ________gas company and had come to read ________meter.
3. But I had ________suspicion that he wasn't speaking ________truth because ________meter readers usually wear ________peaked caps.
4. However, I took him to ________ meter, which is in ________dark corner under ________ stairs.
5. I asked if he had ________ torch; he said he disliked torches and always read ________ meters by ________light of ________match.
6. I remarked that if there was ________leak in ________ gas pipe there might be ________ explosion while he was reading ________meter.
7.  He said, “As ________matter of ________fact, there was ________explosion in ________last house I visited; and Mr. Smith, ________owner of ________house, was burnt in ________face.”
8.  “Mr. Smith was holding ________lighted match at ________time of ________explosion.”
9.  To prevent ________possible repetition of this accident, I lent him ________torch.
10.  He switched on ________torch, read ________meter and wrote ________ reading down on ________back of ________envelope.
11.  I said in ________surprise that ________meter readers usually put ________readings down in ________book.
12.  He said that he had had ________book but that it had been burnt in ________fire in________ Mr. Smith's house.
13. By this time I had come to ________conclusion that he wasn't ________genuine meter reader; and ________moment he left ________house I rang ________police.