Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

Department of English Language Teaching

Online Certificate Course in English for Pre-University Entrants
Ishari Maduwanthi

1. Write a or an in the space.

1. ________ old book.
2. ________ window
3. ________ horse
4. ________ airport
5. ________ newspaper
6. ________organization
7. ________ university
8. ________ hour
9. ________ economic problem

2. What are these things? Choose from the list and write in the space.

bird fruit mountain river musical instrument

flower game planet tool vegetable

1. A duck is a bird
2. A carrot is ______________.
3. Tennis is ______________.
4. A hammer is ______________.
5. The Everest is ______________.
6. Jupiter is ______________.
7. A pear is ______________.
8. The Mahaweli is ______________.
9. A rose is ______________.
10. A trumpet is ______________.
3. What are their jobs? Choose from the list and finish the sentences.

dentist electrician nurse photographer private

detective shop assistant taxi driver

1. She’s a dentist.
2. He’s ___________________.
3. She ___________________.
4. ______________________.
5. ______________________.
6. ______________________.
7. ______________________.
8. And you? I’m ___________________.

4. Make sentences. Choose from box A and B. Use a/an where necessary.

A B
I want to ask you Binari works in old house artist
Tom never wears Amanda wants to learn party question
I can’t ride John lives in bookshop foreign language
My brother is This evening I’m going to hat bicycle
1. I want to ask you a question.
2. ___________________________________________________________ .
3. ___________________________________________________________ .
4. ___________________________________________________________ .
5. ___________________________________________________________ .
6. ___________________________________________________________ .
7. ___________________________________________________________ .
8. ___________________________________________________________ .

5. Put in a/an or the

1. We enjoyed our holiday. The hotel was very nice.

2. ‘Can I ask a question?’ ‘Of course. What do you want to ask?’
3. You look very tired. You need ________ holiday.
4. ‘Where’s Dinuka?’ ‘He’s in ________ bathroom.’
5. Abhisari is ________ interesting woman. You must meet her.
6. A: Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to ________ city center?
B: Yes, go straight on and then take ________ next turn left.
 7. A: Shall we go out for ________ meal this evening?
B: Yes, that’s ________ good idea.
8. It’s ________ nice morning. Let’s go for ________ walk.
9. Amanda is ________ student. When she finishes her studies, she wants to be ________ Journalist.
She lives with two friends in ________ flat near ________ collage where she is studying. ________
flat is small but she likes it.
10. Peter and Mary have got two children, ________ boy and ________ girl. ________ boy is seven
years old and ________ Girl is three. Peter works in ________ factory. Mary hasn’t got ________
job at the moment.

6. Put in a/an or the where necessary.

1. Don’t forget to turn off light when you go out. Turn off the light
2. Enjoy your holiday and don’t forget to send me postcard. ______________________
3. What is name of this village? ______________________
4. Canada is very big country. ______________________
5. What is largest city in Canada? ______________________
6. I like this room but I don’t like colour of carpet. ______________________
7. ‘Are you OK?’ ‘No, I’ve got headache.’ ______________________
8. We live in old house near station. ______________________
9. What is name of director of film we saw last night? ______________________

7. Put in the where necessary. Write OK if the sentence is already correct.

1. What is name of this street? the name

2. What’s on television to night?
3. Our apartment is on second floor.
4. Would you like to go to moon?
5. Which is best hotel in this town?
6. What time is lunch?
7. How far is it to city centre?
8. We’re going away at end of May.
9. What are you doing next weekend?
10. I didn’t like her first time I met her.
11. I’m going out after dinner.
12. What’s biggest city in world?
13. My sister got married last month.
14. My dictionary is on top shelf on right.
15. We live in country about five miles from nearest village.
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8. Complete the sentences. Use: the same + age color problem street time
 1. I live in North Street and you live in North Street. We live in the same street.
2. I arrived at 8.30 and you arrived at 8.30. We arrived at __________________________.
3. Jim is 25 and Sue is 25. Jim and Sue are __________________________.
4. My shirt is dark blue and so is my jacket. My shirt and jacket are __________________________.
5. I’ve got no money and you’ve got no money. We’ve got __________________________.

9. Put in the where necessary. If the sentence is already correct, write OK.

1. Kevin lives in Newton Street. Ok

2. We went to see a play at National Theatre. at the National Theatre
3. Have you ever been to China? _____________________
4. Have you ever been to Philippines? _____________________
5. Have you ever been to south of France? _____________________
6. Can you tell me where Regal Cinema is? _____________________
7. Can you tell me where Merrion Street is? _____________________
8. Can you tell me where Museum of Modern Art is? _____________________
9. Europe is bigger than Australia. _____________________
10. Belgium is smaller than Netherlands. _____________________
11. Which river is longer – Mississippi or Nile? _____________________
12. Did you go to National Gallery when you were in London? _____________________
13. ‘Where did you stay?’ ‘At Park Hotel in Hudson Road.’ _____________________
14. How far is it from Trafalgar Square to Victoria Station (in London)? _____________________
15. Rocky Mountains are in North America. _____________________
16. Texas is famous for oil and cowboys. _____________________
17. Panama Canal joins Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean. _____________________
18. I hope to go to United States next year. _____________________
19. Mary comes from a small town in west of Ireland. _____________________
20. Alan studied physics at Manchester University. _____________________

10. Fill in the blanks with a, an or the.

1. We have ………….. beautiful garden. ………….. garden is full of roses. 

2. Is fencing …………..  popular sport in …………..  world? No, it isn’t. 

3. I'd like ………….. glass of orange juice please. 

4. Can you give me ………….. envelope, please?  Certainly. Oh! Where’s …………..  envelope? 

5. Is there ………….. post office near here? 

6. They’re at ………….. cinema. 

7. My brother is in ………….. classroom. 

8. Would you like ………….. hamburger? 

9. Selena has got …………..  cat.  Oh! Really, What is ………….. cat’s name? 

10. ………….. school is very cold. Hasn’t it got ………….. central heating system? 

  It has, but …………..  central heating is broken down.