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Second Year English (Grammar Test) Topic# 01 Articles
Fill in the article >a<, >an< or >the< where necessary. Choose >x< where no article is used.
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I like _____ blue T-shirt over there better than the red one. Their car does 150 miles ________hour. Where's _________ USB drive I lent you last week? Do you still live in ________ Bristol? Is your mother working in _______ old office building? Carol's father works as ____________ electrician. ________ tomatoes are 99 pence a kilo. What do you usually have for ___________ breakfast? Ben has _________ terrible headache. After this tour you have ______ whole afternoon free to explore ________ city. Do you know how to program in __________________________ Java? ( = a programming language) We're looking to hire someone who speaks __________________________ Russian. I don't think he's __________________________ good fit ( = well-matched) for our company. Direct selling accounts for about __________________________ 50% of our annual sales. The senate passed an important energy bill on Tuesday. __________________________ bill will ensure that companies don't overcharge their customers. The senator from California spoke out against __________________________ racism. (in general) The senator from California spoke out against __________________________ last week's protests in Los Angeles. The senator from California spoke out against __________________________ protests in Los Angeles that killed 10 people. He has __________________________ MBA (Master of Business Administration) from Harvard. He signed up for _________________________ MBA program that I told you about last week.
Review the following paragraphs and insert the articles where necessary. owner of missing cat is asking for help. “My baby has been missing for over month now, and I want him back so badly,” said Mrs. Brown, 56-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in trailer park near Clovis. She said that Clyde, her 7-year-old cat, didn’t come home for dinner more than month ago. next morning he didn’t appear for breakfast either. After Clyde missed extra-special lunch, she called police. When policeman who dopped by asked her to describe Clyde, she told him that Clyde had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth but was missing half of his left ear, and was seven years old and completely white. She then told officer that Clyde was about foot high. A bell went off. “Is Clyde your child or your pet?” officer suspiciously asked. “Well, he’s my cat, of course,” Mrs. Brown replied. “Lady, you’re supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS,” said irritated policeman. “Well, who can I report this to?” she asked. “You can’t. You have to ask around your neighborhood or put up flyers,” replied officer. Mrs. Brown figured that billboard would work a lot better than 8”x11” piece of paper on telephone pole. There was empty billboard at end of her street just off interstate highway. billboard had phone number on it. She called that number, and they told her they could blow up picture of Clyde (from Mrs. Brown’s family album) and put it on billboard for all to see.
Fill in the article >a<, >an< or >the< where necessary. Choose >x< where no article is used.
1.
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
I like _____ blue T-shirt over there better than the red one. Their car does 150 miles ________hour. Where's _________ USB drive I lent you last week? Do you still live in ________ Bristol? Is your mother working in _______ old office building? Carol's father works as ____________ electrician. ________ tomatoes are 99 pence a kilo. What do you usually have for ___________ breakfast? Ben has _________ terrible headache. After this tour you have ______ whole afternoon free to explore ________ city. Do you know how to program in __________________________ Java? ( = a programming language) We're looking to hire someone who speaks __________________________ Russian. I don't think he's __________________________ good fit ( = well-matched) for our company. Direct selling accounts for about __________________________ 50% of our annual sales. The senate passed an important energy bill on Tuesday. __________________________ bill will ensure that companies don't overcharge their customers. The senator from California spoke out against __________________________ racism. (in general) The senator from California spoke out against __________________________ last week's protests in Los Angeles. The senator from California spoke out against __________________________ protests in Los Angeles that killed 10 people. He has __________________________ MBA (Master of Business Administration) from Harvard. He signed up for _________________________ MBA program that I told you about last week.
Review the following paragraphs and insert the articles where necessary. owner of missing cat is asking for help. “My baby has been missing for over month now, and I want him back so badly,” said Mrs. Brown, 56-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in trailer park near Clovis. She said that Clyde, her 7-year-old cat, didn’t come home for dinner more than month ago. next morning he didn’t appear for breakfast either. After Clyde missed extra-special lunch, she called police. When policeman who dopped by asked her to describe Clyde, she told him that Clyde had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth but was missing half of his left ear, and was seven years old and completely white. She then told officer that Clyde was about foot high. A bell went off. “Is Clyde your child or your pet?” officer suspiciously asked. “Well, he’s my cat, of course,” Mrs. Brown replied. “Lady, you’re supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS,” said irritated policeman. “Well, who can I report this to?” she asked. “You can’t. You have to ask around your neighborhood or put up flyers,” replied officer. Mrs. Brown figured that billboard would work a lot better than 8”x11” piece of paper on telephone pole. There was empty billboard at end of her street just off interstate highway. billboard had phone number on it. She called that number, and they told her they could blow up picture of Clyde (from Mrs. Brown’s family album) and put it on billboard for all to see.
