Articles in the English Language / Артикли в Английском языке

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PART 1

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  • 1. I need [an/a/the/--]  egg for this recipe, but we're out.
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  • 2. I need [--/a/an/the]  milk for this recipe, but we're out.
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  • 3. I need [a/an/the/--]  potato for this recipe, but we're out.
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  • 4. Is that [an/a/the/--]  "8" or [a/an/the/--]  "B"? I can't read it.
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  • 5. Is that [a/an/the/--]  "U" or [an/a/the/--]  "O"? I can't read it.
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  • 6. He is from [a/an/the/--]  European country, but I don't know which one.
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  • 7. I enjoyed [the/a/an/--]  DVD you gave me for my birthday.
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  • 8. If I were rich, I would buy [an/a/the/--]  apartment in Manhattan and [a/an/the/--]  house in Hawaii.
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  • 9. Do you know [the/a/an/--]  name of her perfume?
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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?
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 20. Wow, [--/a/an/the]  cheese is getting so expensive! Look, that cheese costs more than $50 [a/an/the/--]  pound.