Топик: Грамматика

games .......................... squash, football, chess

academic subjects ....... medicine, literature, physics

abstract nouns ............. freedom, understanding

meals ........................... dinner, tea, breakfast

Compare these sentences:

Do you prefer hockey or football?

The football they play in America is different from the kind they play in England.

Dinner is usually at eight o’clock.

The dinner they served yesterday was the best I remember.

Practice

1 Fill each gap (if necessary) with a suitable article.

1 - What’s her job?

- She’s ___ teacher.

2 Britain is ___ island.

3 Excuse me, can I ask ___ question?

4 What do you usually have for ___ lunch?

5 Is there ___ life on Mars?

6 Can you tell me ___ time, please?

7 ___ air is so fresh today.

8 She has ___ long brown hair.

9 Is she ___ English?

10 Where’s ___ bag? It’s gone!

11 Would you like ___ coffee?

12 She works six days ___ week.

2 In this exercise you have to put in a / an or the.

Example: There was __a__ man and __a__ woman in the room. _The_ man was English but _the_ woman looked foreign. She was wearing __a__ fur coat.

1 This morning I bought _____ newspaper and _____ magazine. _____ newspaper is in my bag but I don’t know where _____ magazine is.

2 My parents have _____ cat and _____ dog. _____ dog never bites _____ cat but _____ cat often scratches _____ dog.

3 I saw _____ accident this morning. _____ car crashed into _____ wall. _____ driver of _____ car was not hurt but _____ car was quite badly damaged.