Điền mạo từ "a,anthe" Exercise 1: Choose the best answer (chú ý: ký hiệu “x” có nghĩa là không cần mạo từ)
1. We are looking for _______ place to spend ________ night.
A. the/ the B. a/ the C. a/ a D. the/ a
2. Please turn off ________ lights when you leave ________ room.
A. the/ the B. a/ a C. the/ a D. a/ the
3. We are looking for people with ________experience.
A. the B. a C. an D. x
4. Would you pass me ________ salt, please?
A. a B. the C. an D. x
5. Can you show me ________way to ________station?
A. the/ the B. a/ a C. the/ a D. a/ the
6. She has read ________interesting book.
A. a B. an C. the D.x 7. You’ll get ________shock if you touch ________ live wire with that screwdriver.
A. an/ the B. x/ the C. a/ a D. an/ the
8. Mr. Smith is ________ old customer and ________ honest man.
A. An/ the B. the/ an C. an/ an D. the/ the
9. ________ youngest boy has just started going to ________ school.
A. a/ x B. x/ the C. an/ x D. the/ x
10. Do you go to ________ prison to visit him?
A. the B. a C. x D. an
11. ________eldest boy is at ________ college.
A. a/ the B. the/ x C. x/ a D. an/ x
12. Are you going away next week? No, ________ week after next.
A. an B. a C. the D. x
13. Would you like to hear ________ story about ________ English scientist?
A. an/ the B. the/ the C. a/ the D. a/ an
14. There’ll always be a conflict between ________ old and ________ young.
A. the/ the B. an/ a C. an/ the D. the/ a
15. There was ________ collision at ________ corner.
A. the/ a B. an/ the C. a/ the D. the/ the
16. My mother thinks that this is ________ expensive shop.
A. the B. an C. a D. x
17. Like many women, she loves ________ parties and ________gifts.
A. the/ a B. a/ the C. a/ a D. x/ x
18. She works seven days ________ week.
A. a B. the C. an D. x
19. My mother goes to work in ________ morning.
A. a B. x C. the D. an
20. I am on night duty. When you go to ________ bed, I go to ________ work.
A. a/ x B. a/ the C. the/ x D. x/ x
Exercise 2: Complete with a, an, the or x
1. There was ________knock on ________door. I opened it and found ________small dark man in ________blue overcoat and _______woolen cap.
2. He said he was ________employee of ________gas company and had come to read ________meter.
3. But I had ________suspicion that he wasn't speaking ________truth because ________meter readers usually wear ________peaked caps.
4. However, I took him to _______ meter, which is in _______dark corner under _______ stairs.
5. I asked if he had ________ torch; he said he disliked torches and always read ________ meters by ________light of ________match.
6. To prevent ________possible repetition of this accident, I lent him ________torch.
7. He said that he had had ________book but that it had been burnt in ________fire in________ Mr. Smith's house.
8. By this time I had come to ________conclusion that he wasn't ________genuine meter reader; and ________moment he left ________house I rang ________police. 9. I can't remember ________exact date of ________storm, but I know it was on ________Sunday because everybody was at ________church. On ________Monday ________post didn't come because ________roads were blocked by ________fallen trees.
10. Professor Jones, ________man who discovered ________new drug that everyone is talking about, refused to give ________press conference.