A. Complete the sentences with a, an or the.
1 Do you play ……the…… guitar?
2 It's …………. second house on the left.
3 Esperanto is …………. language.
4 …………. longest river is in Brazil.
5 When I was young I had …………. dog.
6 Wear …………. dress you bought last week.
7 I love …………. sea.
8 That is …………. interesting idea.
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2 the 3 a 4 The 5 a 6 the 7 the 8 an
B. Match the pairs.
1 I can see
2 Everyone needs
a money.
b the money.
3 Turn on
4 Plants die without
a the light.
b light.
5 The bread
6 Bread
a is easy to make.
b is in the kitchen
7 I want to study
8 Listen to
a music.
b the music.
9 Football
10 The football
a is in the car.
b is a sport.
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1 b 2 a 3 a 4 b 5 b 6 a 7 a 8 b 9 b 10 a
C. Make sentences by putting the words in the correct order. Add a, an or the if necessary.
1 in / I / mountains / live
I live in the mountains.
2 where / tomorrow / is / party / ?
………………………………………
3 night / was / it / exciting
………………………………………
4 most / is / beautiful / who / ?
………………………………………
5 animal / is / horse
………………………………………
6 hot / nice / is / milk / on / cold / day
………………………………………
7 car / full / is / park / again.
………………………………………
8 music / need / people.
………………………………………
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2 Where is the party tomorrow?
3 It was an exciting night.
4 Who is the most beautiful?
5 A horse is an animal.
6 Hot milk is nice on a cold day. / Cold milk is nice on a hot day.
7 The car park is full again.
8 People need music.
D. Cross out the pictures in this story and write the correct words with a, an, the or – (= no article).
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2 – music 3 the forest 4 a tree
5 the birds 6 The sun 7 – wood
8 a guitar 9 the road 10 a knife
11 the tree
E. In your notebook, answer these questions with a, an, the or – (= no article) and the noun.
1 What is a carrot? ……A vegetable. ……
2 What musical instrument would you like to play?
3 Where can you swim in salt water?
4 What do you put in coffee?
5 What was the Titanic?
6 What object can you see in the sky at night?
7 What plastic thing can you use in a shop?
8 Money cannot buy ...?
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Some of the answers are possible ones.
2 The viola / The piano 3 The sea.
4 – Milk / – Sugar 5 A ship. 6 The moon.
7 A credit card. 8 – Happiness. / – Love.
F. Circle the correct option.
1 I'm sorry. I've broken your Stratocaster. I was playing music on the beach and it fell in ……… sea.
a a b the c –
2 ……… most expensive Stratocaster costs about $12,000.
a A b An c The
3 I usually play ………, but sometimes I play it for money.
a guitar for the fun
b the guitar for a fun
c the guitar for fun
4 My friend has just bought ……… old guitar. It's 40 years old and it sounds fantastic.
a an b the c –
5 Who invented ……… electric guitar?
a an b the c –
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1 b 2 c 3 c 4 a 5 b