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.