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Practice ...................................................................... e Complete the paragraph below with a, an, the

or no article.

e Complete the following sentences with a, an, the or no article.

J •••••••••.• audience clapped and cheered.

2 Peo ple say ........... British are not very friendly but 1 disagree.

3 lf we do not protect .. . ........ nature, our environment will get worse and worse.

4 1 pick up ........... kids from .. .. ....... school and take them ........... home when Mary is at ........... work.

5 Take these letters to ...... ..... post office, will you?

6 Are we going round to ........... Wilsons for supper on Saturday?

7 Where do you work during ...... ..... <lay?

8 What will you do if they cut .......... . electricity off?

9 She kissed him on ........... cheek.

lO The Government should tax ........... rich more and ........... poor less.

J l ........... power doesn't interest him but . . . . . . . . . . . money <loes.

12 We arrived at Heathrow and got ........... tm which took us to ........... Oxford Street

e Articles h ave been removed from the following passage. Write it again including 18 missing articles.

London Bridge is falling down Romans invaded Britain in AD43 and, chasing ancient Britons along Thames, they carne to first place where it was easy to cross. They built garrison there - and London was bom. They also erected bridge over river. Garrison became major trading post. Later, bridge suffered neglect and whole area was raided by Vikings. In AD886 Alfred Great drove out raiders, bridge was repaired and city prospered again. Hundred years later, Vilcings returned but King Ethelred sailed up Thames, attached ropes to London Bridge, headed downriver and putled it down.

A day in the lije of an ordinary 1nan

This morning l wokc up around ten. f

~ade ........... (1) cup of coffee. to~k it mto ........... (2) bcdroom and put 1t on

.. ......... (3) table ncxt to ........... ( 4) bed, on

........... (5) side my wife sleeps on. I go lhrough this ritual lwice ....... .... (6) week - I do it on ........... (7) Saturday and ........... (8) Sunday mornings. On ........... (9) other days of ........ ... (10) week. we go to ........... (11) work al diITerent times and I always get up first to get .......... (12) kids ready for ........... (13) school. I drop them off outside ........... (14) school which is an old Victorian building on lhe comer of ........... (15) Hill Road. and then go straight to ........... (1 6) work.

1 work in ........... (17) office in ........... (18) city centre and r always have ........... (19) problem finding ........... (20) parking spacc. My wifc says I'm always complaining aboul ........... (21) traffic and the pollution. which is true - you see, I grew up in ........... (22) counlry. close lo ........... (23) nalurc and r have never got uscd to living in ........... (24) cily. I think the ooly thing 1 would miss about living in ........... (2 5) big city like lhis is going to ........... (26) concerts of ali kinds. l love rock and classical muslc. too. and especially going lo ......... (27) cinema. which I am parlicularly keen on. I also like ........... (28) good food and occasionally we go out and have ........... (29) dinner in a nice restaurant. but most of the time we eat at ........... (30) home, whcrc the food is

delicious - except when 1 make il!

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Nicole

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