A. Underline the correct option.

 I get a same bus / the same bus / same bus every morning.

 John is a nurse / the nurse / nurse at Hope Hospital.

 I’m busy. I’ll feed a cat /the cat / cat later.

 There are a lot of students in a Manchester / the Manchester / Manchester.

 What is a tomato / the tomato / tomato? Fruit or vegetable?

 Please give me a scissors / the scissors / scissors.

 My dog loves a chocolate / the chocolate / chocolate.

8   Frankenstein is a horror story / the horror story / horror story by Mary Shelley.

 Did you see a game / the game / game last night? It was great.

10   A sport / The sport / Sport is important.

11   I have an older brother / the older brother / older brother.

12   Where is a Post Office / the Post Office / Post Office? I can’t find it.

Answers

2 a nurse   3 the cat   4 Manchester

5 a tomato   6 the scissors   7 chocolate

8 a horror story   9 the game   10 Sport

11 an older brother   12 the Post Office

B. Complete the puzzle with a, an, the or – (= no article).

This puzzle is about 1……a…… town called 2………… Darkville. It is 3………… old town with 4………… university and 5………… history museum. 6………… tourists often visit it. Now 7………… dog is walking down 8………… main road of 9………… town. It is 10………… black dog. There is no moon and 11………… weather is bad. No lights are on in 12………… streets. All 13………… shops in 14………… town are closed. Now 15………… man is driving quickly from 16………… airport. 17………… headlights of his car are not on. He almost hits 18………… dog. There is nearly 19………… accident but he stops 20………… car. Luckily, 21………… dog survives. It doesn’t die. It is 22………… miracle – how did 23………… man see 24………… dog? You know, 25………… life is sometimes very strange …

(See 26………… bottom of the page for 27………… answer to 28………… puzzle.)

Answers

2 –   3 an   4 a   5 a   6 –   7 a   8 the

9 the   10 a   11 the   12 the   13 the

14 the   15 a   16 the   17 The   18 the

19 an   20 the   21 the   22 a   23 the

24 the   25 –   26 the   27 the   28 the

C. Make full sentences from the words, adding articles if necessary. Then mark them True or False.

 Shakespeare / was / actor

      Shakespeare was an actor. True.

 colours / of / English / flag / are / red / and / blue

      …………………………………………….

 cats / have / nine / lives

      …………………………………………….

 there / is / town / called / Moscow / in / America

      …………………………………………….

 ‘musicals’/ are / plays / or / films / with / singers / and / dancers

      …………………………………………….

 mile / is / longer / than / kilometre

      …………………………………………….

 Elvis / Presley / played / concert / in / London

      …………………………………………….

 original / name / of / New York / was / New Rome

      …………………………………………….

Answers

2   The colours of the English flag are red and blue. False. (They’re red and white.)

3   Cats have nine lives. False.

4   There is a town called Moscow in America. True.

5   ‘Musicals’ are plays or films with singers and dancers. True.

6   A mile is longer than a kilometre. True.

7   Elvis Presley played a concert in London. False. (Elvis never visited England.)

8   The original name of New York was New Rome. False. (It was New Amsterdam.)

D. In your notebook, write six sentences about what you can see around you now.

Example: I can see a cat. The cat is climbing a tree.

Answers

Possible answers

There are birds in the tree. The leaves on the tree are brown. I don’t like cats, but I like birds.

E. Circle the correct option.

A man and his son loved climbing 1………… mountains. One day, they were climbing 2………… mountain when 3………… son fell and cut his head. The boy looked terrible – he had 4………… blood on his face, his hair and his clothes – but he felt OK.

The man phoned for help, and after about 5………… hour, a helicopter came and took the boy to hospital. The man had to stay on the mountain. A t the hospital, a doctor started to clean 6………… blood from the boy’s face. Suddenly t h e doctor said,’ Oh no! This is my son!’

How is this possible?

1   a the     b an     c a     d

3   a the     b an     c a     d

5   a the     b an     c a     d

2   a the     b an     c a     d

4   a the     b an     c a     d

6   a the     b an     c a     d

Answers

1 b   2 c   3 a   4 b   5 b   6 a

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