I.
In the following sentences supply the articles (a,
an
or the)
if they are necessary. If no article is necessary, write Ø.
1.
Jason’s father bought him __a__ bicycle that he had wanted for
his birthday.
2.
__The___
Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship from __ Ø __ France to ___the__
United States.
3.
Rita is studying __ Ø ___ English and __
Ø ___ math this semester.
4.
__The___
judged asked ___The___
witness to tell the truth.
5.
Please give me __a___ cup of __ Ø
___ coffee with __ Ø ___ cream and __
Ø ___ sugar.
6.
___The__
big books on __the___ table
are for my history class.
7.
When you go to ___the__ store, please buy __a___ bottle of __
Ø ___ chocolate milk and __a___
dozen oranges.
8.
There are only___a__ seats left for ___
Ø ___ tonight’s musical at ___the___
University.
9.
John and Mercy went to __ Ø __ school yesterday and then studied in __the___ library before returning
home.
10.
What did you eat for ___ Ø __ breakfast this morning?
11.
Rita plays ___a__ violin and her sister plays ___a__ guitar.
12.
While we were in __ Ø ___ Alaska, we saw __an___
Eskimo village.
13.
__The__
chair that you are sitting is broken.
14.
On our trip to __ Ø ___ Spain, we crossed __the___
Atlantic Ocean.
15.
Phil cannot go to __the__ movies tonight because he has to write ___an__ essay.
II.
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of other.
1.
This pen isn’t working. Please give me ____another___
2.
If you’re still thirsty, I’ll make ____the other____ pot of coffee.
3.
This dictionary has a page missing. Please give
me ____the other_____
4.
He doesn’t need those books. He needs _____the other______
5.
There are thirty people in the room. Twenty are
from Latin America and _____the
others______ are from _____other______
countries.
6.
Six people are in the store. Two were buying meat.
_____another______ was
looking at magazines. _____another______
was eating a candy bar. _____the
others_______ were walking around looking for more food.
7.
This glass of milk is sour. _____another_____ glass of milk is
sour too.
8.
The army was practicing its drills. One group
was doing artillery practice. ____another____
was marching; _____another_____
was at attention; and ____the other_____
was practicing combat tactics.
9.
There are seven students from Japan. ______the
others______ are from Iran, and ____the
others_____ are from ______other_____
places.
10.
We looked at cars today. The first two we far
too expensive, but ____the other_____
ones were reasonably priced.
