Exercises: English Articles a, an, the

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Von Autor/in Heidrun Legner-Hackney, Sarah Klein-Adolph

Exercise A

Insert the correct article “a“ or “an“.

Exercise B

Complete the sentences with “a“ or “an“ and a suitable phrase from the box.

American mountain – European country – American president – English airport –
Chinese city – English university – German car – European capital

Example: Franklin D. Roosevelt was an American president.

Exercise C

Complete the conversation with “a“, “an“ or “the“. If there is no need of an article, leave it out.

Exercise D

Complete the sentences with “a“, “an“, “the“ or “Ø“.

Exercise E

Complete the conversations. Put in the nouns in brackets and decide if you need “the“ or not.

Exercise F

Look at the sentences. Are they correct or not? If not, find the mistakes and correct them.

Exercise G

Complete this article from a magazine about the singer Maggie Carington. Put in the words in brackets with or without articles.

Today Maggie Carington is (1) ______ (well-known singer) and host of the TV show “Britain’s got Talent“. But she had a very unhappy childhood. She never did well at (2) ______ (school) and never made it to (3) ______ (college). Her greatest pleasure was going to (4) ______ (cinema) and to (5) ______ (town’s only club). Her family lived in (6) ______ (unattractive neighbourhood) and her home was next to (7) ______ (station). Maggie’s father, Tom, was (8) ______ (oil-rigg worker) and he spent months at (9) ______ (sea). He was hardly ever at (10) ______ (home). Maggie’s mother, Susan, had to bring up her children on her own. She had to get up at five every morning to got to (11) ______ (work). When Tom lost his job, he stole money from (12) ______ (church), the whole family used to go to and he had to go to (13) ______ (prison) for a year. Maggie and her mother were horrified at (14) ______ (shame) he had brought on the family.

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Autor/in
Heidrun Legner-Hackney
Sarah Klein-Adolph