Time: 30 min. Max score: 64. Test Articles

Time: 30 min

Max score: 64

Test Articles

1. Put in a/an or the in these sentences where necessary. One sentence may require more than one article:

Sample: Would you like apple?

Answer: an apple

1. How often do you get to dentist?

2. Could you close door, please?

3. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to do that. It was mistake.

4. Excuse me, where is bus station, please?

5. I’ve got problem. Can you help me?

6. I’m just going to post office. I won’t be long.

7. There were no chairs, so we had to sit on floor.

8. Have you finished with book I lent you?

9. My sister has just got job in bank in Manchester.

10. We live in small flat near city centre.

11. There’s small supermarket at the end of street I live in.

2. Insert the correct article (if necessary):

1. __ Great Lakes

2. __ University of Maryland

3. __ Panama Canal

4. __ Netherlands

5. __ Empire Hotel

6. __ southern France

7. __ Thanksgiving

8. __ Baikalskaya Street

9. __ Caspian Sea

10. __ Atlantic Ocean

11. __ Commonwealth of Independent States

12. __ Korean War

13. __ Tokyo

14. __ Himalayas

15. __ St Peter’s Cathedral

3. Complete the sentences with a/an, the, or zero article:

1. ___ circles are ___ round geometric figures.

2. ___ circle with ___ slash drawn through it is an international symbol meaning “Do not do this!” For example, ___ circle in ___ illustration below means “No smoking”.

3. __ milk I put on my cereal this morning was sour because someone forgot to put it in ___ refrigerator after dinner last night.

4. ___ milk is an important source of ___ protein and ___ calcium.

5. Do you ever gaze into ___ space and wonder if ___ other life forms exist in ___ universe?

6. We need to get ___ new phone.

7. Alex, would you please answer ___ phone?

8. ___ wisdom comes more from ___ understanding than from ___ knowledge.

9. I always appreciate ___ wisdom of my mother’s advice.

10. In class yesterday, I sat next to two women. ___ woman to my right had ___ right answer to ___ teacher’s question about verb forms.

11. Maria is ___ independent young woman who knows her own mind.

12. We flew to Dallas and then rented ___ car. On ___ second day we had ____ car, it wouldn’t start, so the rental agency provided us with another one.

13. ___ people use ___ plants in ___ many different ways. Plants supply us with ___ oxygen. They are a source of ___ lifesaving medicines. We use plant products to build ___ houses and to make ___ paper and ___ textiles.

Thank you