Bài 12: Mạo từ

Exercise 1: Choose a/an/the to complete the sentences

1. I like....(a/an/the)....blue T-shirt over there better than....(a/an/the)....red one.

2. Their car does 150 miles....(a/an/the)....hour.
3. Where's....(a/an/the)....USB drive I lent you last week?
4. Do you still live in....(a/an/the)....Bristol?
5. Is your mother working in....(a/an/the)....old office building?
6. Carol's father works as....(a/an/the)....electrician.
7. The tomatoes are 99 pence....(a/an/the)....kilo.
8. What do you usually have for....(a/an/the)....breakfast?
9. Ben has....(a/an/the)....terrible headache.
10. After this tour you have....(a/an/the)....whole afternoon free to explore the city.

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences

● My grandmother likes ....(flowers/the flowers)..... very much.

● I love ....(flowers/the flowers)..... in your garden.
● See you on ....(Wednesday/he Wednesday).....
● I always listen to ....(radio/the radio)..... in the morning.
● Alex goes to work by ....(bus/the bus).....
● Don't be late for ....(school/the school).....
● Listen! Dennis is playing ....(trumpet/the trumpet))
● She has never been to ....(Alps/the Alps)..... before.
● What about going to Australia in ....(February/the February<)?

Exercise 3: Fil the or nothing in the spaces to complete:

Hi John,

I arrived in ........................ USA last Monday. We left ............ Rome, flew over ............ Alps
and made a quick stop in ............ London. There we went shopping at ............ Harrods,
visited ............ Tower and enjoyed a sunny afternoon in ............ Hyde Park. On the following
day we left for ............ New York. ............ time on board wasn't boring as there were two films
to watch on ............ monitor. ............ people on ............ plane were all ............ Italian. Before
we landed at ............ JFK airport, we saw ............ Statue of Liberty, ............ Ellis Island
and ............ Empire State Building. ............ hotel I stayed in was on ............ corner of ............
42nd Street and............ 5th Avenue. I don't like ............ hotels very much, but I didn't
have ............ time to rent an apartment.

ANSWERS:

1:

1. I like the blue T-shirt over there better than the red one.
2. Their car does 150 miles an hour.
3. Where's the USB drive I lent you last week?
4. Do you still live in (Bỏ trống) Bristol?
5. Is your mother working in an old office building?
6. Carol's father works as an electrician.
7. The tomatoes are 99 pence a kilo.
8. What do you usually have for (Bỏ trống) breakfast?
9. Ben has a terrible headache.
10. After this tour you have the whole afternoon free to explore the city.

2:

1. My grandmother likes flowers very much.

2. I love the flowers in your garden.
3. See you on Wednesday.
4. I always listen to the radio in the morning.
5. Alex goes to work by bus.
6. Don't be late for school.
7. Listen! Dennis is playing the trumpet.
8. We often see our cousins over Easter.
9. She has never been to the Alps before.
10. What about going to Australia in February?

3:

I arrived in the USA last Monday. We left x Rome, flew over the Alps and made a quick stop
in x London. There we went shopping at x Harrods, visited the Tower and enjoyed a sunny
afternoon in x Hyde Park. On the following day we left for x New York. The time on board
wasn't boring as there were two films to watch on the monitor. Thepeople on the plane were
all x Italian. Before we landed at x JFK airport, we saw the Statue of Liberty, x Ellis Island and
the Empire State Building. The hotel I stayed in was on the corner of x 42nd Street and x 5th
Avenue. I don't likex hotels very much, but I didn't have x time to rent an apartment.