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Exercise 1
Choose the correct article to complete each sentence.
Choose from a, an, the, and Ø (no article).

1. It is not difficult to play guitar.

2. wolves are very dangerous animals.

3. Who invented light bulb?

4. Have you ever eaten Indian food?

5. computers are really useful tools.

6. police responded quickly to the call.

7. cheetahs are the fastest animal in the world.

8. Nile River is the longest river in Africa.

9. There is mug on the counter over there.

10. movie that I saw last night was very good.

11. I really hate scary movies.

12. annual conference will be held at Aria in Las Vegas.

13. Louvre is the most famous museum in France.

14. The Taj Mahal is located in India.

15. Mississippi River is very long.

16. lakes are usually cleaner than rivers.

17. northern part of China is very cold.

18. She gave me advice.

19. I ate apple for lunch.

20. He was born in taxicab.

21. I ate breakfast at 7:00.

22. Chile is located in South America.

23. My sister had X-ray of her arm taken.

24. There is a painting on wall in the living room.

25. I have never eaten bread from Afghanistan.

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Exercise 4
PLUR AL NOUNS AT THE BEGINNING OF SENTENCES

Complete the sentences by placing the or Ø (no article) before the nouns.

1. elephants that we saw on the safari were drinking water from the lake.

2. lions, which are called the kings of the jungle, are very aggressive.

3. compact cars, which consume less gas than SUVs, also cost less.

4. dogs, which are called people’s best friends, are excellent companions.

5. cats that live in Ms. Adams’ house are of all colours and types.

6. wines that come from Chile are fresh, light, and inexpensive.

7. cups that we bought at the garage sale were made in England.

8. cell phones, which are also used for text messaging, are the cause of many traffic accidents.

9. people who live next door to us come from Albania.

10. children, who like nothing better than playtime, are often noisy.

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Exercise 6
USING ARTICLES WITH TIME EXPRESSIONS

Choose the correct article to complete each sentence.

Choose from a, an, the, and Ø (no article).

1. In summer, we always go to the beach.

2. I will meet you at 8:00 in front of the library.

3. George loves to go skiing in winter.

4. The engineer scheduled the meeting for Monday, June 6.

5. I can’t believe that you came home at 7:00 in morning. What a wild night!

6. The American Revolution took place during 18th century.

7. last time I saw Raymond, he was working in a coffee shop.

8. Kristin does not work on weekends. She works on Mondays.

9. Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci painted during Renaissance.

10. Our project is on the architecture of Middle Ages.

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Exercise 7
Choose the correct articles to complete the story.
Choose from a, an, the, and Ø (no article).

SNOW DAY

Last Tuesday was first day of school for spring semester.

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However, when I woke up and looked out window, I noticed that there was
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lot of snow outside. snow was so high that I couldn’t see my car. It
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was covered with snow. I got dressed, but I couldn’t find my boots. boots
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were under bed. I went outside and found shovel next to door.
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There was strange sight in front of house. deer was standing on

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lawn, looking at me. deer did not move, and I did not move either. We
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looked at each other for few minutes. Then deer ran down street.
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I was ready to shovel and I saw two squirrels next to tree. There were
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animals everywhere. squirrels love to run around, even in snow.

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I shoveled driveway and found car. In winter, I usually park

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in garage, but last night I forgot. It took me long time to clean the snow
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off car. It was unusual morning. After one hour of work, I was ready
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to go to school. I got into car and drove 20 miles hour down

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street. It took me 50 minutes to get to school building. I had cup

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of coffee. They did not have sugar or milk because delivery truck
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got stuck on Kennedy Boulevard, so I drank black coffee. When I came

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into room, there was notice on board. professor was not

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coming to school. He had accident. What bad luck! Then I had

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to fight snow and drive home again.

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