Today you are going to practise the use of articles (a, an, the). This is an advertisement in a music shop.

Cross out one or two of the words A, AN or THE. 0. Its a time to change your life. 1. Would you like to learn to play the a piano? 2. All you need is half a an hour a day and a the simple book! 3. Whats the name of the a book? Bob Bryants Big Piano Book 4. The friends are great, but the music will be your partner forever! Dont just stand there! Buy this book today! 5. Youll also get the a free CD of piano music from around a the world. Read this text about the British National Museum. Put A, AN or THE or nothing in the gaps. Cathy: Have you been to 0. _________ British Museum yet? Alice: I dont even know where it is, Im afraid. Cathy: Its in 1._________ street near Tottenham Court Road. Alice: Whats the name of 2._______ street? Cathy: Russell Street. The mummies from Ancient Egypt are on 3._________ ground floor. Alice: Id love to see 4.________ Egyptian mummy. People say that when kings died, the ancient Egyptians gave them 5.________ food and 6. _______ water to take to the next world. Cathy: Thats right. And have you heard about the Elgin Marbles? Alice: Yes. They were part of 7._______ Parthenon in Athens, and Lord Elgin brought them back to London two hundred years ago. Now they are in the British Museum, but 8.________ Greek Government wants them back in Athens. What do you think about that? Cathy: Im not sure. If we send 9.________ Marbles back to 10._________ Greece, well have to send everything back in the end, wont we? Alice: Why not? Cathy: So all 11._________ paintings by Picasso in museums around the world would go back to Spain? Alice: Yes, I think its 12._______ good idea. Everyone would have to travel to 13.________ countries that made these famous things. Complete the sentences by putting in A, AN or THE if necessary. 0. She read ________ letters that had arrived that morning. 1. It was a nice day, so we had _______ lunch in ________ garden of my house. 2. Im just going to ________ shops. Ill be back in a few minutes. 3. We phoned for _____ taxi to take us to ______ airport. 4. I like listening to _________ music when I come home. 5. Without _______ fuel, ________ cars dont work. 6. John was at home. He was reading ________ magazine in _______ living room. 7. His parents believe that ______ education is a very important thing. 8. Jane doesnt like _______ fish, she never eats it. 9. After ______ dinner, I washed ______ plates and glasses. 10. Did you like ______ food at _____ party yesterday? 11. Wheres _______ coffee? Its in _________ cupboard next to ______ sink. 12. Doctors say that _______ exercise is good for everybody.

. Today you are going to practise the use of articles (a, an, the). Complete the conversations. Put in A, AN or THE. 0. David: How was your trip to ______ coast? Trevor: Wonderful. _______ sun shone all day. We had ____ great time. 1. Henry: Would you like _______ cigarette? Nick: No, thanks. Ive given up smoking. Its ___ bad habit. 2. Sarah: Whats your brother doing now? Has he got ____ good job? Laura: Yes, hes _____ soldier. Hes in ______ army. He loves it. Its ____ great life, he says. 3. Rita: I went to see Doctor Pescoe yesterday. Shes _______ best doctor Ive ever had. Harriet: Shes very nice, isnt she? You couldnt meet ____ nicer person. 4. Rachel: You were ____ long time at ______ supermarket. Vicky: Yes, I know. There was ____ enormous queue. I was thinking of complaining to _____ manager. 5. Mark: Why were you late for your meeting? Sarah: Well, first I had to go to _____ hotel Id booked into. I took ___ taxi from _____ airport, and ____ driver got completely lost. It was ___ terrible nuisance. _____ man was _____ complete idiot. 6. Matthew: Is this _____ book you were telling me about? Emma: Yes, its ____ really interesting story. Matthew: What did you say its about? Emma: I knew you werent listening to me. Its ____ science fiction story. Its about ______ beginning of _____ universe. Complete this paragraph from a magazine article about Melissa Livingstone. Put in the words with or without THE. Today Melissa Livingstone is a popular actress and star of the TV soap opera Round the Corner. But as a child she was very unhappy. She didnt do well at 0. _______ (school), and she never went to 1. ____ (college). Her greatest pleasure was going to 2.______ (cinema). Her family lived in an unattractive town and their home was next to 3.________ (station). Melissas father, Tom, was a sailor, and he spent months at 4. ______ (sea). He was hardly ever at 5. ______ (home) and when he was, he didnt do very much. Sometimes he spent all day in 6. _______ (bed). Melissas mother, Susan had to get up at five oclock every day to go to 7. _______ (work). When Tom lost his job he stole a gold cup from 8.______ (church) Susan used to go. He had to go to 9.______ (prison) for a year. Melissas mother was horrified at the shame he had brought on the family. Complete these sentences from a guide to London. Put in the words and decide if you need THE. 0. The train to Paris leaves from ________ (Waterloo Station). 0. ____________ (National Theatre) is south of the river. 1. You can take a trip by boat along ________ (Thames). 2. The Serpentine is a lake in _________ (Hyde Park). 3. You can get to ___________ (Heathrow Airport) by underground.

4. Nelsons Column is in ______________ (Trafalgar Square). 5. Walk a little way along ____________ (Westminster Bridge). 6. From there you can get a view of ____________ (Houses of Parliament). 7. The Queen lives at __________ (Buckingham Palace). 8. Earls Court is in __________ (West London). 9. _______________ (M1 Motorway) goes north from London. 10. ____________ (Ritz) is a very elegant hotel. . Today you are going to practise the use of articles (a, an, the). Correct the mistakes in the use of articles in this text. I remember really embarrassing moment when I was starting to learn the English. My teachers name was Trevor Jones. He was from Cardiff in the Wales. He was always making the jokes. One day he wrote words English Gramer on blackboard. He asked us if that was correct. Immediately I offered to answer question. I told him the E should be changed to the A. Trevor said that was good answer and he changed letter. Then he asked me if I was happy with new spelling. With the absolute confidence, I said that it was now correct. Suddenly, the other students started laughing. I looked around in the confusion. My friend whispered that it needed second M. Oh, it should have the M, too! I shouted out and Trevor nodded with the smile. It was correct. But I still remember terrible feeling of the embarrassment from that moment. Complete the text with A, AN, ONE or no article. 0. ______ time I went out on 0. _____ blind date with 1. ______ man who had just started working in Cathys office. That was 2.______ big mistake! We went to 3.______ cocktail bar. There was only 4._____ free table, in the darkest corner of the bar. He asked if Id like 5._____ screwdriver. Well, I know theres 6.______ tool called 7. ________ screwdriver, but Id never heard of 8._____ drink called that. He explained that it was made with 9.______ vodka and 10. ________ orange juice. I said Id rather have 11.______ glass of 12.____ white wine. He said he had 13.______ very special white wine from France in his flat and I would really like it. He gulped back his drink and asked if I was ready for another drink before we left. I said I could only stay for 14._______ drink. When he went to the bathroom, I quickly grabbed my coat and left. Maybe it was called 15. ____ blind date, but I could see very clearly where it was going. I had to make 16. ______ quick exit. Complete this article with A, AN, THE, ONE or no article. John Millar, who lives near 1._________ Sterling in 2. _______ central Scotland, thought he had found 3._______ bargain when he bought 4.______ Volkswagen for just 5._______ thousand, 6.____ hundred and sixty-five pounds at 7._______ auction in 8.________ April this year. Everything was fine for about 9.______ month, then 10.______ day, 11.______ car just stopped. John took it to 12.____ local garage where 13._______ mechanic thought there was 14._____ problem with 15.________ petrol supply. He was really surprised when he discovered 16.____ source of 17.______ problem. He had to remove 18._______ large, tightly-sealed plastic bag

from 19. _______ petrol tank. Inside 20. _____ bag was 21.______ wad of 22._____ hundred pound notes. It amounted to fifteen thousand pounds. Suddenly, 23. ______ Volkswagen was 24.____ even bigger bargain that John had imagined. But John is 25._______ honest Scot and he reported his discovery to 26._______ police. They are now trying to find 27.____ cars previous owner because they want to know where 28. _______ money came from and why it was hidden. John is waiting patiently and hoping that it will eventually be his. When that happens, he wont have to worry about 29.______ money for 30.______ petrol for quite some time.