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Exercise 1:Underline the most suitable phrase in each sentence:
1. Is this a person / the person you told me about.
2. This is the only cinema / an only cinema in the area.
3. Philip has just bought the Thames barge / a Thames barge.
4. I’m going to the British Museum / British Museum this afternoon.
5. Are you going to church / the church on Sunday?
6. Do you have a milk jug / milk jug?
7. The Prime Minister / Prime Minister will give a speech this afternoon.
8. The computer / Computer has already changed our lives dramatically.
9. I haven’t been to an open-air theatre / open-air theatre before.
10. Here is a thousand pounds / the a thousand pounds I owe you.
11. I was under an impression / under the impression that you had left.
12. I have to go I’m in a hurry/ in hurry.
13. I managed to sell the old painting at a profit / at profit.
14. I think I prefer the other restaurant on the whole / on whole.
15. How many hours do you work, on average / on the average, every week?
16. I was in pain / in a pain after I twist my ankle.
17. Jack recovered from his accident and is now out of danger / out of the danger.
18. Excuse me, but you’re in the way / in a way.
19. Sue felt seasick on the cross- channel ferry / a cross- channel ferry.
20. The burglar hit me on my back of the neck / the back of my neck.
Exercise 2: Put a/ an/ the in each space, or leave the space blank:
We went by _____ train to _____ west of England.
______ who live in ______ Netherlands are called ______ .
______ judge sent me to _____ prison for ______ ten years.
______ Columbus was one of _____ people to cross _____ Atlantic.
As ______ captain of ______ ship, I have _______ complete authority.
David learned to play _____ violin when he was at _______ university.
______ Trafalgar Square is near ______ Charing Cross Station.
Did you read _____ book I lent you _____ last week?

A. x B. the C. a D. an
15.Mrs Lan went to ______ school to meet her son’s daughter.
A. x B. the C. a D. an
16.Carol went to ______ prison to meet her brother.
A. the B. a C. an D. x
17.Sandra works at a big hospital. She’s _______.
A.nurse B. a nurse C. the nurseD. an nurse
18.She works six days _____ week.
A. in B. for C. a D. x
19.______ is a star.
A. Sun B. A sun C. The sun D. Suns
20.What did you have for ______ breakfast this morning.
A. x B. a C. an D. the
21.London is _____ capital of England.
A. an B. a C. x D. the
22.When ______ invented?
A. was telephone B. was the telephone
C. were telephones D. were a telephone
23.We visited _______ two years ago.
A. Canada and the United States
B. the Canada and the United States
C. the Canada and United States
D. Canada and United States
24.Are you going away next week? No, _______ week after next.
A. a B. the C. some D. x
25.We haven’t been to ______ for years.
A. cinema B. the cinema C. a cinema D. any cinema
26.It took us quite a long time to get here. It was ______ journey.
A. three hour B. a three- hours
C. a three- hour D. three- hours

A. the B. a C. an D. x
40.What is ______ longest river in ______ world?
A. the/ a B. a / the C. a / a D. the / the
41.This morning I bought a newspaper and a magazine. ______ newspaper is in my bag but I
don’t know where ______ magazine is.
A. a /a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a
42.We live in ______ big house in ______ middle of the village.
A. a / a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a
43.I’m looking for _____ job. Did Mary get _____ job she applied for?
A. a / the B. the / a C. a/ a D. the / the
44.Did _______ police find ______ person who stole your bicycle?
A. a /a B. the / the C. a / the D. the / a
45.We went out for ______ last night. _______ restaurant we went was excellent.
A. a /a B. the / the C. a / the D. the / a
46.As I was walking along the street, I saw _____ $10 note on ______ pavement.
A. a/ a B. the / the C. a / the D. the / a
47.The Soviet Uinon was ______ first country to send a man into _____ space.
A. the /the B. x / x C. x /the D. the / x
48.Did you watch “Titanic” on ______ television or at ______ cinema?
A. the/ the B. x / x C. x / the D. the / x
49.After _____ lunch, we went for a walk by ______ sea.
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

overcoat and . . . woollen cap.
2.He said he was . . . employee of . . . gas company and had come to read . . . meter.
3. But I had . . . suspicion that he wasn't speaking . . . truth because . . . meter readers
usually wear . . . peaked caps.
4. However, I took him to . . . meter, which is in . . . dark corner under . . . stairs
(. . . meters are usually in . . . dark corners under . . . stairs).
5. I asked if he had . . . torch; he said he disliked torches and always read . . . meters by . . .
light of . . . match.
6. I remarked that if there was . . . leak in . . . gaspipe there might be . . . explosion while he
was reading . . . meter.
7. He said, 'As . . . matter of . . . fact, there was . . . explosion in . . . last house I visited; and
Mr Smith, . . . owner of . . . house, was burnt in . . . face.'
8. 'Mr Smith was holding . . . lighted match at . . . time of . . . explosion.'
9. To prevent . . . possible repetition of this accident, I lent him . . . torch.
10. He switched on . . . torch, read . . . meter and wrote . . . reading down on . . . back of . . .
envelope.
11. I said in . . . surprise that . . . meter readers usually put . . . readings down in . . . book.
12. He said that he had had . . . book but that it had been burnt in . . . fire in . . . Mr Smith's
house.
13. By this time I had come to . . . conclusion that he wasn't . . . genuine meter reader; and .
. . moment he left . . . house I rang . . . police.
14. Are John and Mary . . . cousins? ~
No, they aren't . . . cousins; they are . . . brother and . . . sister.
15. . . . fog was so thick that we couldn't see . . . side of . . . road. We followed . . . car in
front of us and hoped that we were going . . . right way.
16. I can't remember . . . exact date of . . . storm, but I know it was . . . Sunday because
everybody was at . . . church. On . . . Monday . . . post didn't come because . . . roads
were blocked by . . . fallen trees.
17. Peter thinks that this is quite . . . cheap restaurant.
18. There's been . . . murder here. ~