5 Articles Text-Exercises

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S1 Grammar 5 Articles Exercises
Articles
(Practice exercises)
Text 1
Read about automatic teller machines. Pay special attention to nouns with and without
articles.
Automatic Teller Machines
An automatic teller is a machine that lets you make a deposit or take out cash from your bank
account. You use a plastic card that looks like a credit card. You can get an ATM card from
the bank where you have your account. When the bank gives you your card, it also gives you
a personal identification number (PIN). You should memorize the number. If you lose your
card, no one can use it without your special number.
The bank that gave you your card has a machine. However, you don’t have to use you
card at this bank only. You can use your ATM card in many other banks. There are also
machines in other locations: shopping malls, supermarkets, and office buildings, for example.
Can you use your card in every machine? No. On the back of your card, there are
symbols. You can use your card only at machines that have these symbols.
If you use a machine that doesn’t belong to your bank, you might have to pay a fee.
How do you know that the machine you are using belongs to your bank? The screen will tell
you if you have to pay a fee and how much it is. You can cancel the transaction if you do not
want to pay the fee. You can save money by using machines that are owned by the bank.
People use ATMs for convenience. You can get cash or make a deposit twenty-four
hours a day.
Articles: Exercises
Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks
1- There are ……………. Symbols on the back of the card.
2- Do you have ………………… account in the bank?
3- I have ……………… twenty-dollar bill in my pocket.
4- There’s………………….. ATM machine near my house.
5- I have ………………….. quarters in my pocket.
6- I have …………….. money with me.
7- Do you have……………………. Credit cards?
8- I don’t have…………….. change.
Exercise 2: Insert a / an, the, or in the blanks:
1. Lake District is……sight you should not miss if you visit…..United Kingdom.
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2. Hamid wants to become…..doctor while…..doctor Achab’s is fed up with his

profession.
3. …..few mountaineers managed to reach……summit of…….Everest. However, …..lot

of them would laugh at……idea of being put off by……height of……Mt blanc.
4. “……..experience is……best school,” my father keeps saying. You can never really
convince him that going to……school may also help one to get some experience. He
takes……pride in relating to you some of his strange experiences. He would go on
telling them for hours and hours. And would usually end by saying: “learn to be brave
in……..face of……danger.”
5. To grow…….corn, …….farmers sow…….seed in…….spring. That is…….season

when many are in……..flower.
6. …..wild animals never kill for……sport. …..man is ….only animal to whom

…..torture and ……death of his fellow creatures are amusing.
7. This is how…….critic analyses……poem by Roberts Lowell, American poet:

“……intellectual design of this exhilarating poem has little system about it. Yet texture.
phrasing and versification offer immediate pleasure to…….ear. It consists of three
sonnets with slightly irregular rhyme schemes,…….last of……three ending
in…….couplet that also serves as epigrammatic close to……whole work. This pattern
is enriched by…….fullness of alliteration, assonance and internal rhyme, so far from
obtruding upon the off-hand casualness of phrasing. Only seems to deliver ……ironical
counter-thrust to it.”
Exercise 3: Use the where necessary:
1. He goes to ….. school every day on ……bus leaves……bus station at seven

thirty in …. Morning.
2. ……ship you were talking about has come to……port. She has been at……sea
for ……last three days.
3. We had ……dinner at…..new restaurant……last night.
4. They travelled to Fes by ……bus and then visited ……medina on…...foot.
5. “please shut …..door. You never shut ……doors after you!”
6. I studied ……In…….same school as your brother.
7. Cairo is ……capital of……Egypt.
8. …….Yemen was split up into two countries.
9. Hannibal crossed ……Alps with elephants.
10. Headquarters of …….international court of justice are at ……Hague in
……Netherlands.
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Exercise 4: Use a/an or the where necessary:
1. There is ….. iron for the housewife, ……iron for the golfer, and there is
……iron to be made into steel.
2. …….business occupies the time and talents of men.
3. I know …....woman who inherited ……business from her late husband.
4. There are many kinds of …..soup. The menu features a clear soup.
5. …….wind can be destructive. The strong wind can knock down even trees.
6. …….snow one the mountains doesn’t the crops, but even ……tight snow late
in spring will freeze things.
Exercise 5: Put a/an or the where necessary:
1. What……nice weather we have been enjoying recently!

2. Let’s go and have …..drink in …..café in …..corner.
3. He has been in …..hospital for two weeks.
4. Peter plays…..piano whereas his brother plays ……tennis.
5. She goes to …..prison once….month to visit her husband who was sent to
……prison for fewer years.
6. He likes to spend his holidays in ……Bahamas.
7. He can drive 130 miles ……hour with ……car he has bought.
8. Hakim complained about ….cost of …...life in ……Ivory Cost.
Exercise 6: choose the correct answer.

1 - I like listening to _________. (radio /the radio)
2 - She's reading Italian at ________. (university/ the university)
3 - I'll take you to __________. (airport/ the airport)
4 - He was sent to ____ ____(prison /the prison) for theft.
5 - She lives in __________. (North/ the North)
6 - I like _________ (Indian/ the Indian) food.
7 - I spoke to ___________. (manager/ the manager)
8 - Do you like _________ (Stilton/ the Stilton cheese)?
9 - We went for a walk in _________. (park/ the park)
10 - She was born in _________. (France /the France)
11 - Do you often go to __________ (church /the church)?
12 - It's __________. (Amazon /the Amazon)
13 - I'm going to __________. (bed/ the bed)
14 - She's gone to _________. (office /the office)
15 - I don't go to __________ (theatre/ the theatre) very often.
16 - I'm seeing __________ (dentist/ the dentist) tomorrow.
17 - What did you have for _________ (dinner /the dinner)?
18 - I'm going to ___________ ( bank /the bank) to get some cash.
19 - He's in _________. (trouble/ the trouble)
20 - It's the first road on __________. (right/ the right)
Exercise 7 Tell who these people are (or were) by classifying them.
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1- Martin Luther King, Jr …………………………………………

2- Albert Einstein…………………………………………….
3- Michael Jordan……………………………………………
4- Muhammed Ali………………………………………..
5- George Washington and Abraham Lincoln………………………………….
6- Michael Jackson ……………………………………………………
7- Ibn Batouta………………………………………………………………
Exercise 8 Fill in the blanks with the definite article the, the indefinite article a
or an, or Ø.
Conversation 1: between two friends

A. Where are you going?
B. To__________ bank. I want to deposit ___________check.
A. ____________________ bank is probably closed now.
B. No problem. I have _____________________ ATM tard. There's __________ ATM
on corner of Wilson and Sheridan.
A. I'11 go with you. I want to get____cash.
Later, at the ATM…. .
B. Oh, no. ATM is out of order. (7)
A. Don’t worry There’s--------------ATM in ------------------ supermarket near my house.
Conversation 2: between two students at the same school
A. Is there cafeteria at this school?

B. Yes, there is. It's on_________ first floor of this building.
A. I want to buy___________________ cup of coffee.
B. You don’t have to go to __________ cafeteria. There's__________ coffee machine on
this floor.
A. I only have a one-dollar bill. Do you have_________change?
B. There's________ __________________ dollar-bill changer next to _____________coffee
machine.

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Automatic Teller Machines

Exercise 2: Insert a / an, the, or in the blanks:

2. Hamid wants to become…..doctor while…..doctor Achab’s is fed up with his

3. …..few mountaineers managed to reach……summit of…….Everest. However, …..lot

5. To grow…….corn, …….farmers sow…….seed in…….spring. That is…….season

6. …..wild animals never kill for……sport. …..man is ….only animal to whom

7. This is how…….critic analyses……poem by Roberts Lowell, American poet:

Exercise 3: Use the where necessary:

1. He goes to ….. school every day on ……bus leaves……bus station at seven

Exercise 4: Use a/an or the where necessary:

Exercise 5: Put a/an or the where necessary:

1. What……nice weather we have been enjoying recently!

Exercise 6: choose the correct answer.

1- Martin Luther King, Jr …………………………………………

Conversation 1: between two friends

A. Don’t worry There’s--------------ATM in ------------------ supermarket near my house.

Conversation 2: between two students at the same school

A. Is there cafeteria at this school?

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