ARTICLES (maùo tửứ)
I/ Form: A /AN ( moọt), THE
II/ Usage:
1. A / AN : for a singular countable noun in a common meaningful statement or the noun which
hasnt been not mentioned before.
Ex: A baseball is round. ( any baseballs)
I saw a boy in the street. ( the readers/ listeners havent known who the boy is)
2. A : for the words beginning with a vowel. Ex: a book, a pen,
AN : for the words beginning with a consonant. Ex: an apple, an ink-pot
Some letters like o, e, y, u pronounced as a consonant , we use the article A for them.
Ex: a european, a uniform, a young man, a one-dollar book.
The letter h pronounced as a vowel we use the article AN for it.
Ex: a house , but an hour
3. THE :
4.
Nouns with THE Nouns without THE
The nouns having a prepositional phrase/ a relative
clause following. Ex:
The boy in the corner is my friend.
The man who is standing over there is Mr.Pike.
Something which is common. Ex :
-Sugar is sweet.
-I like oranges. But The sugar on the table is from Cuba.
But: We went to the school where my sister was
studying.
The words like breakfast,lunch, school, church, home,
college, work -> not using the. Ex:
-We ate breakfast at eight oclock this morning
-We went to school yesterday.
-Before oceans, rivers, seas, gulfs,plural lakes. Ex :
* the Red Sea, the Atlantic, the great Lakes

happiness, Tet, Christmas, Eastern.
EXERCISE
Choose the best answer
1. My mother goes to church in ______ morning.
A. x B. every C. the D. a
2. I eat ______ everyday.
A. a banana B. banana C. the bananas D. any banana
3. Harry is a sailor. He spends most of his life at ____ sea.
A. a B. an C. the D. x
4. There are billions of stars in _____ space.
A. a B. an C. x D. the
5. He tried to park his car but __ space wasnt big enough.
A. the B. a C. an D. x
6. Can you turn off _____ television, please?
A. the B. a C. an D. x
7. We had _____ dinner in a restaurant.
A. a B. an C. x D. the
8. We had _____ meal in a restaurant.
A. a B. an C. the D. x
9. Thank you. That was ______ very nice lunch.
A. a B. an C. the D.x
10. ______rose is my favourite color.
A. a B. an C. the D. x
11. When was _____ computer invented?
A. a B. an C. the D. x
12. My daughter plays _____ piano very well.
A. the B. a C. an D. x
13. Mary loves _____ flowers.
A. a B. an C. the D. x
14. Jill went to ______ hospital to see her friend.

A. 3 hour B. a 3-hours C. a 3-hour D. 3-hours
27. If you live in _______ foreign country, you should try
and learn the language.
A. the B. x C. an D. a
28. Did your train leave from ______ ?
A. the 8 Platform B. an Platform 8
C. some Platform 8 D. Platform 8
29. I can’t work here. There’s so much ______.
A. noise B. noises C. the noise D. a noise
30. Do you need ____?
A. an umbrella B. a umbrella
C. umbrella D. an umbrellas
31. I’ve seen ______ good films recently.
A. a B. the C. some D. an
32. I often watch ___ television for two hours every night.
A. some B. the C. any D. x
33. The injured man was taken to _____.
A. hospital B. any hospital
C. the hospital D. hospitals
34. She went out without _____ money.
A. any B. an C. a D. x
35. Toshi speaks ______ at home.
A. the Japanese B. Japan
C. the Japan D. Japanese
36. A man and a woman were standing outside my house.
___man looked English but I think __woman was foreign.
A. the / a B. a / the C. a/ a D. the / the
37. John sat on _____ chair nearest the door.
A. the / a B. a / the C. a /a D. the / the
38. For breakfast I had _____ sandwich and _____ apple.

A. the / the B. x/ x C. x/ the D. the / x
50. Peru is ______ country in South America. _______
capital is Lima.
A. a / a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a
51. I never listen to __ radio. In fact I haven’t got ___
radio.
A. a /a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a
52. It was a beautiful day. ___ sun shone brightly in __
sky.
A. a / a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a
53. It is said that Robinhood robbed _____ rich and gave
the money to _____ poor.
A. a /a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a
54. Life is not so easy for _______ unemployed.
A. the B. a C. an D. x
55. Many people were killed in the accident. The bodies of
_____ dead were taken away.
A.the B. a C. an D. x
56. The butler was _____ I suspected.
A. last person B. a last person
C. the last person D. some last person
57. Where ______ you borrowed last week?
A. is scissors B. are the scissors
C. is some scissors D. are scissors
58. Why don’t we go to the park _____?
A. in the car B. with a car C. with car D. by the car
59. Too much rubbish is being dumped in ______.
A. sea B. the sea C. a sea D. some sea
60. This is exactly _____ I was looking for.
A. job B. a job C. some job D. the job