1) Put a/an, or the in each space

a) What is ..the.. matter? Are you all right?

b) Jane has bought ........ new car.
c) Some people think that ................ moon is made of cheese.
d) I am collecting money for ................. poor.
e) Brian has not found ............ job yet.
f) I have never seen ............... elephant.
g) Can you play ............. guitar.
h) Helen is .......... silly boy.
i) ............ longest bridge in Europe is in Portugal.
j) Do not forget to turn off ............. T.V.
k) William wrote ......... letter to his bank yesterday but he forgot to post it.
This morning, he saw ......... letter on the kitchen table.
l) .............. first bus in the morning leaves at 5.30 a.m.
m) When Eva White was younger she wanted to be .......... musician.
n) My office is on ........... third floor of ............ building.
o) Excuse me, where’s ...... nearest library?

2) Rewrite each sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence.
Use the word in bold.

a) Jane teaches English.

teacher
...Jane is an English teacher....................................................
b) There are not any buses after this one.
last
.......................................................
c) English people like tea.
the
.......................................................
d)Telescopes help you to see things that are far away.
a
.......................................................
e) Ann is a team-member.
of
........................................................
f) The road finishes here.
end of
.......................................................
g)Tim studies at university.
student
.....................................................
h) We should help poor people.
the
.....................................................
i) How idiotic you are?
idiot
....................................................
3) Read the following story. There is a word missing in some lines. Put in a(n) or the where
necessary. Some of the lines are right.
Last night, moon was shining brightly. Clare’s train (1) .........
arrived at the station and she got off. She went up (2) .........
to station manager and asked ‘Do you know if there (3) .........
is Italian restaurant near here?’ ‘yes, it’s very (4) .........
near, just about 200 metres on left, opposite (5) .........
Information Centre.’ ‘Thank you,’ said Clare and (6) .........
she started walking. She found restaurant and went (7) .........
inside. There was woman playing the piano, and (8) ..........
there, in the corner of the room next to kitchen, was (9) ..........
Ron Allen –just man she wanted to see. He was (10) ..........
eating dinner, but when he saw Clare he stopped. (11) ..........
He thought she looked exactley – beautiful and (12) ..........
calm. ‘Have you got papers?’ he asked. ‘No, I haven’t. (13) . .........
I!ve given them to police,’ she replied. ‘I hope they (14) ...........
will arrest you and send you to prison.’ (15) ..........