1. Fill in the where necessary.

E.g. I arrived in _____ USA yesterday. I arrived in the USA yesterday.

1) I like ____ flowers very much.

2) She loves ____ flowers in her garden.

3) See you on ____ Wednesday.

4) We always listen to ____ radio in the morning.

5) George goes to work by ____ taxi.

6) Don't be late for ____ school.

7) Listen! John is playing ____ guitar.

8) We often see our relatives over ____ Easter.

9) I have never been to ____ Alps before.

10) What about going to England in ____ August?

2. Underline the correct word(s).

E.g. There are many poems about World War II / the World War II.

1. I didn’t study the literature / literature.

2. We saw Lake Chad / the Lake Chad.

3) They went surf diving in the Adriatic Sea / Adriatic Sea.

5. We first met when we were at Wilmington University / the Wilmington University.

6) I would like to go to the Rhodes Island / Rhodes Island.

6. They got a visa to the USA / USA.

7. They travelled down the Nile / Nile.

8) We went down the High Street / High Street.

9. The Taj Mahal / Taj Mahal is in India.

10) They climbed Grassy Hill / the Grassy Hill.

3. Fill in a / an / the where necessary.

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Waiter: Welcome to Antico's. Here are your menus. Today's special is grilled salmon. I'll be back to take your order in 1) _____ minute.

Waiter: Are you ready to order?

Customer 1: I'd like 2) _____ seafood spaghetti.

Waiter: And you?

Customer 2: I'll have 3) _____ hamburger and fries.

Waiter: Would you like anything to drink?

Customer 1: I'll have 4) _____ coke, please.

Waiter: And for you?

Customer 2: Just water, please.

Waiter: OK. So that's one seafood spaghetti, one hamburger and 5) _____ fries, one coke, and one water. I'll take 6) _____ your menus.

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Waiter: Here is 7) _____ your food. Enjoy 8) ____ your meal.

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Waiter: How was everything?

Customers 2: Delicious, thanks.

Waiter: Would you like anything for 9) _____ dessert?

Customer 1: No, just 10) _____ bill please.

4. Fill in a / an / the where necessary. The hungry mouse

1) ____ mouse was having 2) ____ very bad time. She could find no 3) ____ food at all. She looked here and there, but there was no 4) ____ food, and she grew very thin. At last 5) _____ mouse found 6) ____ basket, full of 7) ____ corn. There was 8) _____ small hole in 9) ____ basket, and she crept in. She could just get through 10) ____ hole. Then she began to eat 11) ____ corn. Being very hungry, she ate 12) ____ great deal, and went on eating and eating. She had grown very fat before she felt that she had had enough. When 13) ____ mouse tried to climb out of 14) ____ basket, she could not. She was too fat to pass through 15) ____ hole. “How shall I climb out?” said 16) ____ mouse. “oh, how shall I climb out?” Just then 17) ____ rat came along, and he heard 18) ____ mouse. “Mouse,” said 19) ____ rat, “if you want to climb out of 20) ____ basket, you must wait till you have grown as thin as you were when you went in.”

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