7.
Did ………. police find ………. person who stole your bicycle?
8.
We went out for ………… meal last night. ………… restaurant we went to was excellent.
9.
This morning I had ……….. boiled egg and toast for breakfast.
10.
Tom always gives Ann …………. flowers on her birthday.
11.
I went into the shop and asked to speak to ……….. manager.
12.
There’s no need to buy any milk. …………. milkman brings it every morning.
13.
It was warm and sunny, so we decided to sit in ………… garden.
14.
Jane is ……….. teacher. Her parents were ……….. teachers too.
15.
Bill’s got ……….. big feet.
16.
Would you like to be ……….. actor?
C) Put a suitable article into the blanks:
1.
My neighbour is ……….. photographer; let’s ask him for ……….. advice about colour
films.
2.
I had ……… very bad night; I didn’t sleep ………. wink.
3.
He is ………… vegeterian; you won’t get ………. meat at his house.
4.
………… youngest boy has just started going to ……….. school; ………. eldest boy is at
………… college.
5.
I went to ………… school to talk to ………… headmistress. I persuaded her to let Ann
give up …………. gymnastics and take ………. ballet lessons instead.
6.
There was ………. knock on ………. door. I opened it and found ………… small dark
man in ………. check overcoat and ……… soft hat.
7.
- Are John and Mary ……….. cousins?
- No, they aren’t ………. cousins; they are ……….. brother and ……… sister.
8.
……….. postman’s little boy says that he’d rather be ………… dentist than ………..
doctor, because …………. dentists don’t get called out at ……….. night.
9.
- Would you like to hear ………… story about ……….. Englishman, …………. Irishman
and ………. Scotsman?
- No. I’ve heard ……….. stories about ……….. Englishmen, ………… Irishmen and
………… Scotsmen before and they are all ……….. same.
10.
“………. modern burglars don’t hide under ………. beds.” said her daughter.
11.
……….. most of ………… stories that ………… people tell about ……….. Irish aren’t
true.
12.
Like many women, she loves ……….. tea parties and ………… gossip.
13.
On ……….. Sundays my father stays in …………. bed till ten o’clock, reading ……….
Sunday papers.
14.
I have ……….. little money left; let’s have dinner in ……….. restaurant.
15.
- I hope you have ………… lovely time and ………… good weather.
- But I’m not going for ………… holiday; I’m going on …………. business.
16.
During ………. meal he gives her ………. instructions about ………. garden and she tells
him ………. village gossip.
17.
My mother goes to …………church in …………. morning, and in ………… afternoon
goes to visit ………… friends.
D) Some of the blank spaces below need ARTICLES, others do not. Fill in the articles
where needed.
1.
Tobacco is one of ………… most important products of ……….. South.
2.
…………. fresh air is needed by all people.
3.
…………. cotton which comes from ………… Alabama is better than ………. cotton
which comes from ………… Oklahoma.
4.
………… air in this room is fresh.