Definite / Indefinite / Zero Article
1- Fill in the gaps with a, an, the or zero article ().
a) I usually have ________ breakfast at half past ten.
b) I loved ________ breakfast that I had at your house yesterday.
c) ________ clothes in this shop are really fashionable.
d) He isn’t at all interested in ________
clothes.
e) They went to ________ Bahamas on holiday, and then they went to ________
Mexico.
f) ________ Lawrence plays ________ guitar very well.
g) ________ moon looks really nice today.
h) Where’s ________ dog? Has he run away again?
i) ________ new hospital is very modern.
j) We went to visit ________ Eiffel Tower in ________ Paris.
k) ________ Republic of Ireland won the competition; ________ France lost.
l) How often does he play ________
football?
m) I don’t like ________ fish, but I love ________ meat.
n)
________ Nile river is really long.o) I’m going to buy ________ sweater I told you about.
p) We must save ________ Amazon jungle from total destruction.
q) We never go to ________ church.
r) ________ old church in the village is really beautiful.
s) Is there ________ university in this town?
t) He has ________ FTP server.
u) I’d love to see ________ unicorn.
v) Would you like ________ egg sandwich.
w) Her mother is ________ engineer.
____ / 23 2 – Underline the correct article.
a) What time do you have the / a / lunch.
b) I watched an / a / BBC documentary this morning.
c) I’m going to have the / a / shower.
d) It was an / a / the unilateral decision.
e) Do you want to watch an / a / the movie?
I have got lots of new DVDs.
f) I love the / a / horror movies!
g) He is training to be the / a / an dentist.
h) In my opinion, the / a / dog is friendlier than the / a / cat.
i) The / A / dogs are friendlier than the / a / cats.
j) They shot down / a / an US fighter plane.
k) I’d like / a / an apple, please.
l) Sandra has lost / a an earring.
m) I’m taking my books back to a / the / library.
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Answer key
1
a)
b) the c) The d)
e)
the/f)
/ the g) The h) the i) Thej)
the / k)
The / l) m)
/n) The o) the p) the q) r) The s) a t) an u) a v) an w) an
2
a)
b) a c) a d) a e) a f)
g) a h) a/a
i)
/j) a k) an l) an m) the
