Articles in the English Language / Артикли в Английском языке

Choose 'THE' or ' -- ' for "no article" for each blank below, then click the green button to check your answers

 

• 1.    We donated to a charity which provides assistance to [the/--]  elderly and [the/--] poor.
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  • 2.    Mr. Parker is [ -- /the]  elderly and [ -- /the]  poor, so the government provides him with financial assistance.
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  • 3.    There is still some disagreement over the new free trade treaty. According to news reports, [the/--]  British and [the/--] Dutch supported the treaty, but other nations were undecided.
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  • 4.    Betty loves [ -- /the]  Dutch; it's one of her favorite languages.
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  • 5.    Have you ever met [ -- /the]  Mr. Nicholson? He runs a magazine which caters to [the/--] very wealthy.
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  • 6.    Have you ever met [the/--]  Wilsons? They are both [ -- /the]  very wealthy.
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  • 7.    The school teaches [ -- /the]  blind people to read.
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  • 8.    Louis Braille created a writing system to allow [the/--]  blind to read.
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  • 9.    Have you ever heard of [the/--] Maasai? They are a famous tribe in Kenya.
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  • 10.    Did you know that [ -- /the]  Austrians speak [ -- /the]  German?