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Articles - SS
Articles - SS
Articles - SS
Names of mountains may vary. A long Some nouns can be countable and
tradition was to use zero article with the uncountable. In this case the usage of article
names of mountains. Dmitry climbed Everest
may define the meaning and as well change it.
and Mont Blanc when he was 23. However
a/an a coffee a cup of coffee
there are plenty of those that go with the the the coffee grains or beans
definite article. The Zugspitze is the highest zero coffee In general
mountain in Germany. The Matterhorn is Would you like me to prepare you a coffee?
the mountain in Swiss Alps. Jason, please, put the coffee into the sideboard
Do you prefer to drink tea or coffee in the morning?
Practice of usage Articles Input the necessary article
Input the most appropriate article into the gaps Put down articles only
1. ___ aloe is ___ useful plant. 1. ___The/an_______
2. This is ___ school for ___ deaf. 2. __a________
3. ___ Neva is one of ___ most famous rivers in Russia. 3. ______the____
4. ___ epidemic of ___ cholera broke out here ___ few months ago. 4. ___the_/a______
5. I met my cousin at ___ library half ___ hour ago. 5. _____the_/an____
6. – How often do you go to ___ church? – Twice ___ month. 6. ____the/a______
7. Is ___ new boy in our school from ___ Philippines? 7. _____a_____
8. ___ mammoth was ___ kind of animals that lived long ago. 8. ____the/ a______
9. ___ Bahamas are located in ___ Caribbean Sea. 9. ____the/the______
10. ___ Mount Everest is ___ world's highest mountain. 10. ____the/the______
11. It is impossible to count all ___ stars in ___ sky. 11. __the/the________
12. ___ bones of dinosaurs have been found in ___ Gobi Desert. 12. _the_________
13. I had ___ pizza and ___ orange for lunch. ___ pizza wasn't very 13. _a/an/the/the_________
good but ___ orange was sweet.
14. She left ___ house without ___ umbrella. 14. ______an____
15. There isn't ___ drop of ___ water on ___ moon. 15. ______a/the____
16. They had a picnic on ___ Paradise Island and then caught ___ 16. ___the_______
ferry to ___ Misty Island.
17. My nephew works for BBC so he took us to visit ___ radio 17. __________
station in ___ London at ___ weekend.
18. The ferry across ___ River Jordan is not far from ___ Quiet Hill. 18. __________
19. ___ Philippine Islands are in ___ Pacific Ocean about 1450 miles 19. __________
away from ___ Singapore.
20. ___ holidays will start on ___ sixth of ___ October. I shall leave 20. __________
for ___ Bangkok on ___ first day of ___ holidays. I have ___
uncle there who works in ___ flour mill. He is ___ manager of __________
___ mill.
21. My brother caught ___ cold when he played ___ volleyball in 21. __________
___ rain. He did not dry himself properly after ___ game.
22. We shall have ___ dinner in ___ moment even if ___ girls are 22. __________
not ___ home by then. ___ food is nearly ready.
23. My brother said that ___ results of ___ examination will appear 23. __________
in ___ newspaper in ___ few days' time.