A/AN/THE - LY THUYET VA BAI TAP

ARTICLES (maùo tửứ) I/ Form: A /AN ( moọt), THE II/ Usage: 1. A / AN : for a singular countable noun in a common meaningful statement or the noun which hasnt been not mentioned before. Ex: A baseball is round. ( any baseballs) I saw a boy in the street. ( the readers/ listeners havent known who the boy is) 2. A : for the words beginning with a vowel. Ex: a book, a pen, AN : for the words beginning with a consonant. Ex: an apple, an ink-pot Some letters like o, e, y, u pronounced as a consonant , we use the article A for them. Ex: a european, a uniform, a young man, a one-dollar book. The letter h pronounced as a vowel we use the article AN for it. Ex: a house , but an hour 3. THE : 4. Nouns with THE Nouns without THE The nouns having a prepositional phrase/ a relative clause following. Ex: The boy in the corner is my friend. The man who is standing over there is Mr.Pike. Something which is common. Ex : -Sugar is sweet. -I like oranges. But The sugar on the table is from Cuba. But: We went to the school where my sister was studying. The words like breakfast,lunch, school, church, home, college, work -> not using the. Ex: -We ate breakfast at eight oclock this morning -We went to school yesterday. -Before oceans, rivers, seas, gulfs,plural lakes. Ex : * the Red Sea, the Atlantic, the great Lakes -Countries with more than one word:. Ex : * the United States, the United Kingdom - Ethnic groups. Ex: the English, the Vietnamese -Singular lakes, continents, states, countries (one word) . Ex : * Lake Erie, Lake Geneva, Europe, Asia, Florida, Alaska, England, Vietnam -Before Mountains: * the Rocky Mountains, the Andes -Mounts: * Mount Whitney, Mount McKinley - The unique things: * the earth, the moon -the planets: * Venus, Mars, - the + school/college + of + name * the University of Florida * the college of Art and Science - name + school/ college * Hong Bang college ( Proper name + college/ university) * Hung Vuong University - the + ordinal number+ noun / the+ ethnic + war the first World War, the third chapter, the Korean war, the Vietnamese war. * noun + cardinal numbers World War one, chapter three - New + countries / Adjs as a direction + countries. Ex : * New Zealand, South Africa, North America - sports, subjects, abstract nouns, celebrations. Ex : * badminton, football, history, physics, freedom, happiness, Tet, Christmas, Eastern. EXERCISE Choose the best answer 1. My mother goes to church in ______ morning. A. x B. every C. the D. a 2. I eat ______ everyday. A. a banana B. banana C. the bananas D. any banana 3. Harry is a sailor. He spends most of his life at ____ sea. A. a B. an C. the D. x 4. There are billions of stars in _____ space. A. a B. an C. x D. the 5. He tried to park his car but __ space wasnt big enough. A. the B. a C. an D. x 6. Can you turn off _____ television, please? A. the B. a C. an D. x 7. We had _____ dinner in a restaurant. A. a B. an C. x D. the 8. We had _____ meal in a restaurant. A. a B. an C. the D. x 9. Thank you. That was ______ very nice lunch. A. a B. an C. the D.x 10. ______rose is my favourite color. A. a B. an C. the D. x 11. When was _____ computer invented? A. a B. an C. the D. x 12. My daughter plays _____ piano very well. A. the B. a C. an D. x 13. Mary loves _____ flowers. A. a B. an C. the D. x 14. Jill went to ______ hospital to see her friend. A. x B. the C. a D. an 15. Mrs Lan went to ___school to meet her son’s daughter. A. x B. the C. a D. an 16. Carol went to ______ prison to meet her brother. A. the B. a C. an D. x 17. Sandra works at a big hospital. She’s _______. A.nurse B. a nurse C. the nurseD. an nurse 18. She works six days _____ week. A. in B. for C. a D. x 19. ______ is a star. A. Sun B. A sun C. The sun D. Suns 20. What did you have for ______ breakfast this morning. A. x B. a C. an D. the 21. London is _____ capital of England. A. an B. a C. x D. the 22. When ______ invented? A. was telephone B. was the telephone C. were telephones D. were a telephone 23. We visited _______ two years ago. A. Canada and the United States B. the Canada and the United States C. the Canada and United States D. Canada and United States 24. Are you going away next week? No,__week after next. A. a B. the C. some D. x 25. We haven’t been to ______ for years. A. cinema B. the cinema C. a cinema D. any cinema 26. It took us quite a long time to get here. It was ______ journey. A. 3 hour B. a 3-hours C. a 3-hour D. 3-hours 27. If you live in _______ foreign country, you should try and learn the language. A. the B. x C. an D. a 28. Did your train leave from ______ ? A. the 8 Platform B. an Platform 8 C. some Platform 8 D. Platform 8 29. I can’t work here. There’s so much ______. A. noise B. noises C. the noise D. a noise 30. Do you need ____? A. an umbrella B. a umbrella C. umbrella D. an umbrellas 31. I’ve seen ______ good films recently. A. a B. the C. some D. an 32. I often watch ___ television for two hours every night. A. some B. the C. any D. x 33. The injured man was taken to _____. A. hospital B. any hospital C. the hospital D. hospitals 34. She went out without _____ money. A. any B. an C. a D. x 35. Toshi speaks ______ at home. A. the Japanese B. Japan C. the Japan D. Japanese 36. A man and a woman were standing outside my house. ___man looked English but I think __woman was foreign. A. the / a B. a / the C. a/ a D. the / the 37. John sat on _____ chair nearest the door. A. the / a B. a / the C. a /a D. the / the 38. For breakfast I had _____ sandwich and _____ apple. The sandwich wasn’t very nice. A. the / an B. a / the C. a / an D. the / the 39. I would love to live by _____ sea. A. the B. a C. an D. x 40. What is ______ longest river in ______ world? A. the/ a B. a / the C. a / a D. the / the 41. This morning I bought a newspaper and a magazine. ___ newspaper is in my bag but I don’t know where ___ magazine is. A. a /a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a 42. We live in ___ big house in ___ middle of the village. A. a / a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a 43. I’m looking for ___ job. Did Mary get ___ job she applied for? A. a / the B. the / a C. a/ a D. the / the 44. Did ____ police find ___ person who stole your bike? A. a /a B. the / the C. a / the D. the / a 45. We went out for ______ last night. _______ restaurant we went was excellent. A. a /a B. the / the C. a / the D. the / a 46. As I was walking along the street, I saw _____ $10 note on ______ pavement. A. a/ a B. the / the C. a / the D. the / a 47. The Soviet Uinon was ______ first country to send a man into _____ space. A. the /the B. x / x C. x /the D. the / x 48. Did you watch “Titanic” on ______ television or at ______ cinema? A. the/ the B. x / x C. x / the D. the / x 49. After _____ lunch, we went for a walk by ______ sea. A. the / the B. x/ x C. x/ the D. the / x 50. Peru is ______ country in South America. _______ capital is Lima. A. a / a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a 51. I never listen to __ radio. In fact I haven’t got ___ radio. A. a /a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a 52. It was a beautiful day. ___ sun shone brightly in __ sky. A. a / a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a 53. It is said that Robinhood robbed _____ rich and gave the money to _____ poor. A. a /a B. a / the C. the / the D. the / a 54. Life is not so easy for _______ unemployed. A. the B. a C. an D. x 55. Many people were killed in the accident. The bodies of _____ dead were taken away. A.the B. a C. an D. x 56. The butler was _____ I suspected. A. last person B. a last person C. the last person D. some last person 57. Where ______ you borrowed last week? A. is scissors B. are the scissors C. is some scissors D. are scissors 58. Why don’t we go to the park _____? A. in the car B. with a car C. with car D. by the car 59. Too much rubbish is being dumped in ______. A. sea B. the sea C. a sea D. some sea 60. This is exactly _____ I was looking for. A. job B. a job C. some job D. the job 61. Of all the cars, I think I prefer ______. A. a Japanese B. some Japanese C. the Japanese one D. a Japanese one 62. I try to go jogging at least four times _______. A. the week B. of the week C. a week D. of a week 63. Sally spent six month out of _____. A. work B. a work C. the work D. some work . church, home, college, work -& gt; not using the. Ex: -We ate breakfast at eight oclock this morning -We went to school yesterday. -Before oceans, rivers, seas,. Geneva, Europe, Asia, Florida, Alaska, England, Vietnam -Before Mountains: * the Rocky Mountains, the Andes -Mounts: * Mount Whitney, Mount McKinley - The