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
PART 1
- 1. I need [an/a/the/--] egg for this recipe, but we're out.
- 2. I need [--/a/an/the] milk for this recipe, but we're out.
- 3. I need [a/an/the/--] potato for this recipe, but we're out.
- 4. Is that [an/a/the/--] "8" or [a/an/the/--] "B"? I can't read it.
- 5. Is that [a/an/the/--] "U" or [an/a/the/--] "O"? I can't read it.
- 6. He is from [a/an/the/--] European country, but I don't know which one.
- 7. I enjoyed [the/a/an/--] DVD you gave me for my birthday.
- 8. If I were rich, I would buy [an/a/the/--] apartment in Manhattan and [a/an/the/--] house in Hawaii.
- 9. Do you know [the/a/an/--] name of her perfume?
- 10. This school has [--/a/an/--] great teachers.
PART 2
- 11. What's [the/a/an/--] longest river in [the/a/an/--] world? Is it [the/a/an/--] Amazon or [the/a/an/--] Nile? I'm terrible at [--/a/an/the] geography.
- 12. In 1824, Louis Braille developed [a/an/the/--] system of writing for [the/a/an/--] blind. Quickly, [the/a/an/--] system, known as "Braille" after the inventor, spread from [--/a/an/the] France to dozens of [--/a/an/the] countries.
- 13. "Travel Magazine" did [an/a/the/--] extremely interesting article on [the/a/an/--] world's most amazing buildings. If I remember correctly, [the/a/an/--] first building on [the/a/an/--] list was [--/a/an/the] Angkor Wat, a beautiful temple in [--/a/an/the] Cambodia. And [the/a/an/--] second was [the/a/an/--] Pyramid of Khufu in [--/a/an/the] Egypt.
- 14. Because she did not speak [--/a/an/the] English, Silke had [--/a/an/the] little chance of advancing her career, so she applied for [a/an/the/--] year-long English course at [--/a/an/the] Cambridge University.
- 15. Burt loves islands. He has been to [--/a/an/the] Cuba, [--/a/an/the] Bali, [the/a/an/--] Bahamas, and [the/a/an/--] Philippines. And [--/a/an/the] next year, he wants to go to [--/a/an/the] Madagascar.
- 16. Judy always says that [--/a/an/the] patience is [a/an/the/--] virtue, but she is [the/a/an/--] least patient person I've ever met. Don't you think that's [a/an/the/--] little ironic?
- 17. Kumiko discovered that there were quite [a/an/the/--] few cultural differences between [the/a/an/--] Danish and [--/a/an/the] Norwegians. She had always assumed [--/a/an/the] Scandinavians were the same.
- 18. Every year, [the/a/an/--] Smiths go camping in [--/a/an/the] Yellowstone National Park. But [--/a/an/the] next year, they are going to visit Mr. Smith's mother in [the/a/an/--] South instead.
- 19. We spent the whole day today at [--/a/an/the] Venice Beach, and then we had dinner at [a/an/the/--] little restaurant on [--/a/an/the] Hollywood Boulevard. We decided to go to [--/a/an/the] Disneyland tomorrow, and [the/a/an/--] day after tomorrow, we are going to [--/a/an/the] Las Vegas.
- 20. Wow, [--/a/an/the] cheese is getting so expensive! Look, that cheese costs more than $50 [a/an/the/--] pound.