1. Read each sentence and find out if the definite article is correctly used.

Tick the
sentences that are right and correct those that are wrong.

a) The Italians like eating spaghetti. ______________________________________________

b) Doctor said that you must drink the milk every day. _______________________________
c) Tom plays the basketball in evening. ___________________________________________
d) I prefer classic music to pop music. ____________________________________________
e) Would you like to have the dinner with me next week? ____________________________
f) Tom is studying English literature and History at London University. __________________
g) Does she take the sugar in her coffee? __________________________________________
h) Yesterday we visited The Buckingham Palace and the British Museum. ________________
i) Where´s the book on American History? I can´t find it. ______________________________
j) Nile is considered the longest river in the world. ___________________________________
k) How was your trip to Canary Islands? It was wonderful. Sun shone all day and the water was hot.
________________________________
l) Everybody says that computers save people time. __________________________________

2. Read the following sentences and fill in the blanks with the or leave the space blank if
no article is needed.

a) The last time I was in London I went on a boat on _________ Thames.

b) My parents are now on holiday in _________ Ireland.
c) Doreen likes playing _________ volleyball at weekends.
d) Excuse me. Where is _________ swimming pool?
e) My daughter is learning to play _________ violin at her school.
f) We lived in _________ Morton Street when we first came to town.
g) On our trip to New York, we visited _________ Pierpont Morgan Library and _________ Museum
of Modern Art.
h) As my husband’s family is from Milan, I´d like to learn _________ Italian so that I can talk to them.
i) We all know that _________ top models don´t have a long career in fashion.
j) _________ Queen of _________ Netherlands is staying a couple of days in _________ Germany.
k) I don´t understand _________ words of this song.
l) Everyone in _________ class agreed that _________ Mathematics is our favourite subject.
m) Where´s _________ magazine I bought this morning?
 1. Read each sentence and find out if the definite article is correctly used. Tick the sentences
that are right and correct those that are wrong.

m) The Italians like eating spaghetti. ______________________________________________

n) Doctor said that you must drink the milk every day. _______________________________
o) Tom plays the basketball in evening. ___________________________________________
p) I prefer classic music to pop music. ____________________________________________
q) Would you like to have the dinner with me next week? ____________________________
r) Tom is studying English literature and History at London University. __________________
s) Does she take the sugar in her coffee? __________________________________________
t) Yesterday we visited The Buckingham Palace and the British Museum. ________________
u) Where´s the book on American History? I can´t find it. ______________________________
v) Nile is considered the longest river in the world. ___________________________________
w) How was your trip to Canary Islands? It was wonderful. Sun shone all day and the water was hot.
________________________________
x) Everybody says that computers save people time. __________________________________

2. Read the following sentences and fill in the blanks with the or leave the space blank if no
article is needed.

a) The last time I was in London I went on a boat on _________ Thames.

b) My parents are now on holiday in _________ Ireland.
c) Doreen likes playing _________ volleyball at weekends.
d) Excuse me. Where is _________ swimming pool?
e) My daughter is learning to play _________ violin at her school.
f) We lived in _________ Morton Street when we first came to town.
g) On our trip to New York, we visited _________ Pierpont Morgan Library and _________
Museum of Modern Art.
h) As my husband’s family is from Milan, I´d like to learn _________ Italian so that I can talk to
them.
i) We all know that _________ top models don´t have a long career in fashion.
j) _________ Queen of _________ Netherlands is staying a couple of days in _________ Germany.
k) I don´t understand _________ words of this song.
l) Everyone in _________ class agreed that _________ Mathematics is our favourite subject.
m) Where´s _________ magazine I bought this morning?
SOLUTIONS:

a) 
b) The doctor said that you must drink milk.
c) Tom plays basketball in the evening
d) 
e) Would you like to have dinner with me next week?
f) 
g) Does she take sugar in her coffee?
h) Yesterday we visited Buckingham Palace and the British Museum.
i) 
j) The Nile is considered the longest river in the world.
k) How was your trip to the Canary Islands? It was wonderful. The sun shone all day
and the water was hot.
l) 

2.

a) … on the Thames
b) …in Ireland
c) …playing volleyball
d) …is the swimming pool.
e) …to play the violin.
f) …in Morton Street
g) …visited the Pierpont Morgan Library and the Museum of Modern Art.
h) … to learn Italian
i) … that top models
j) The Queen of the Netherlands….in Germany
k) …understand the words
l) …in class / in the class that Mathematics.
m) Where´s the magazine..