A2
Articles – English Grammar Exercises for A2
7 exercícios
1. Complete the conversation at a tourist office with the correct articles: a, an, the or Ø.
- A Good morning. Please take (1) ) aseat. I’ll be with you in (2) ) momentNow, how can I help you?
- B Could you help us to find (3) ) hotel in (4) ) London, please?
- A Yes, of course. Would you like (5) ) hotel in the city centre?
- B Yes, if possible.
- A OK, how about (6) ) Hotel Stella? They’ve got some rooms free.
- B Is it near (7) ) underground station?
- A Yes, it is. It’s about five minutes’ walk from (8) ) Marble Arch station. And it’s very close to (9) ) Hyde Park. It’s one of (10) ) nicest hotels in London.
- B Great. Can you ask if they have (11) ) double room for three nights? And can you check (12) ) price?
- A Yes, sure. I’m afraid (13) ) hotels in London are really expensive. A lot of (14) ) people think that London’s (15) ) most expensive city for (16) ) tourists in (17) ) world.
- B Yes, (18) ) hotel that we stayed in last year cost over £200 a night!
- A Right, I’ve booked it for you. When you come out of (19) ) underground station, go along (20) ) Edgware Road for about 200 metres and it’s on (21) ) right, opposite (22) ) cinema.
- B Brilliant. Thanks very much.
2. Correct the sentences.
- 1)That film was most exciting thriller I’ve ever seen.
- That film was the most exciting thriller I’ve ever seen.
- 2)In the UK, the police officers don’t usually carry guns.
- 3)I love the Italian ice cream. It’s the best in the world!
- 4)They drove to Paris by car and then stayed in the lovely hotel near the Eiffel Tower.
- 5)France is the most popular country for the tourists in the world.
- 6)Doctors in USA are paid much more than nurses.
3. For each noun, decide which article (a, an, the or Ø) is NOT possible. Cross out one wrong article.
- 1)A / Ø / The books are expensive.
- 2)We went to a / Ø / the shop.
- 3)They come from Ø / the India.
- 4)A / Ø / The tourists often used to come here.
- 5)An / Ø / The ice is dangerous – you can fall over easily.
- 6)We found it by a / Ø chance.
- 7)They made a / Ø / the clothes in that factory.
- 8)I need to go to an / Ø / the airport.
- 9)She’s at Ø / the work at the moment.
- 10)An / Ø / The Indian food is delicious.
4. Decide if the underlined words are the same thing or two different things. Write S or D.
- 1)He didn’t find the book that he was looking for. But he found a really interesting book in the cupboard. D
- 2)He put some popcorn into a bowl, and it popped. Then he put some chocolate into a bowl and it melted.
- 3)Two climbers were going up a mountainFar ahead, they could see somebody on top of the mountain
- 4)He took a photograph of his son and entered it in a competition. He was very surprised to see the picture on TV.
- 5)I saw a girl at the station. She looked like the girl that lives next door, but she has black hair.
- 6)A I sent you a message about school. Did you get it?
- B No, I don’t think so. Maybe you sent the message to somebody else?
5. Complete the story with the correct articles: a, an, the or Ø.
- In 1738, some engineers near (1) ) Ø. Naples in (2) ) Italy wanted to build (3) ) palace for (4) ) King of Naples, so they started digging (5) ) hole.
- They found (6) ) wall under the ground. (7) ) wall had (8) ) beautiful paintings on it. After more digging, they found (9) ) whole city.
- (10) ) city was Pompeii, which was destroyed by (11) ) volcano nearly 2,000 years ago. The discovery showed (12) ) world exactly how (13) ) people lived 2,000 years ago.



6. Complete the text with the, a/an or no article.
- New species of lizard discovered on menu
- In 2010, Ngo Van Tri, of (1) ) Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, was at (2) ) small village restaurant. While he was eating, he saw (3) ) box of lizards on (4) ) cooking bench. He thought they looked unusual, so he sent some pictures to (5) ) biologist in America, L. Lee Grismer.
- When Grismer saw (6) ) pictures he was sure (7) ) lizards were special. He wanted to be (8) ) scientist to make (9) ) discovery, so he got on (10) ) plane to (11) ) Vietnam. Then he rode on (12) ) motorbike for eight hours to get from (13) ) airport to (14) ) restaurant. But, unfortunately, while he was travelling (15) ) restaurant owner cooked (16) ) lizards and served them to his customers. When Grismer arrived, they were all gone. Luckily, (17) ) nearby restaurant also had the same kind of lizards on their menu. The species of lizard was new to scientists – but not to the Vietnamese villagers!
7. Complete the conversation with a/an or the.
- A I saw (1) ) brilliant film last week.
- B Oh yeah, why was (2) ) film so good?
- A It was (3) ) great story. I think it’s probably (4) ) best crime film I’ve ever seen. It’s about (5) ) group of criminals in (6) ) USA. They want to steal (7) ) painting from (8) ) gallery.
- B It sounds good. I saw (9) ) good film last week, too. (10) ) story’s simple, but (11) ) actors are great. And it’s got (12) ) amazing ending.
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