Проверочная работа "The Articles"

Variant 1

Choose the appropriate articles (a/an, the, zero)

1. Do you know … time? ~ Yes, … clock in … hall has just struck nine. 

2.  I went to … school to talk to … headmistress. 

3. She is studying …history of…China.

4. My brother is still at…school.

5. There was … knock on … door. I opened it and found … small dark man in … blue overcoat.

6. …sky was clear and bright.

7. …Ritz hotel is not far from…place where I live.

8. … fog was so thick that we couldn’t see … side of … road. 

9. He is ………smartest boy in my class.

10. …..children start going to…school at…….age of seven.

Make up the sentences

1. In, Oxford, to live, Tom, believed, is, to study, and.

2. Are, playing, far, hoped, the children, to be, from, not, here.

3. To prepare, Mary, the presentation, herself, expected, is.

4. At, agreed, eleven, to begin, the conference, is.

Variant 2

Choose the appropriate articles (a/an, the, zero)

1. There is … oval carpet on … floor.

2. I had … lunch in … café. … café was quite nice.

3. I’d like … cup of … coffee with … sugar and … milk.

4. … David can play … guitar but he can’t play … golf.

5. … weather is nasty today and … sky is gloomy.

6. I have . . . hour and . . . half for…… lunch.

7. He looked at me with . . . horror when I explained that I was . . . English agent.

8. If you go by . . . train you can have quite . . . comfortable journey.

9. … youngest boy has just started going to … school; … eldest boy is at … college.

10. She lives on … top floor of an old house. When … wind blows, all … windows rattle.

Make up the sentences

1. Is, now, the plan, discussing, expected, to be.

2. Tom, believed, the piano, well, is, to play.

3. Supposed, writing, the letter, at, is, to be, the moment.

4. Are, hoped, the articles, tomorrow, to translate.