ENGLISH EXERCISE ARTICLES (a / an or the)

Underline the article a, an or the where necessary. Choose x where no article is used. 1. I like (a / an / the / x ) blue T-shirt over there better than (a / an / the / x ). 2. The car does 150 miles (a / an / the / x ) hour. 3. Where is (a / an / the / x ) USB drive I lent you last week? 4. Do you still live in (a / an / the / x ) Shah Alam? 5. Is your mother working in (a / an / the / x ) old office building? 6. Carols father works as (a / an / the / x ) electrician. 7. What do you usually have for (a / an / the / x ) breakfast? 8. Ben has (a / an / the / x ) terrible headache. 9. After this tour you have (a / an / the / x ) whole afternoon free to explore the city. 10. There were many dogs in the park. One dog was (a / an / the / x ) Dalmatian. 11. Pandas and (a / an / the / x ) tigers are both endangered animals. 12. She is wearing (a / an / the / x ) blue dress with red earrings. 13. Hawaii is (a / an / the / x ) island in the Pacific Ocean. 14. Christmas comes once (a / an / the / x ) year. 15. (A / An / The / X ) ant is (a / an / the / x ) insect. 16. The Nile is (a / an / the / x ) river. 17. I went to the shop to get (a / an / the / x ) bread. 18. He broke (a / an / the / x ) glass when he was washing dishes. 19. You should take (a / an / the / x ) umbrella. 20. This is (a / an / the / x ) easy question. 21. Please speak (a / an / the / x ) little louder. 22. May I have your (a / an / the / x ) phone number? 23. I have never seen (a / an / the / x ) UFO. 24. May I ask you (a / an / the / x ) question? 25. David is (a / an / the / x ) best student in our class.

ENGLISH EXERCISE NOUNS (Singular/Plural)

Underline the correct answer for each question.

1. The cat is sitting on my (bed/beds) 2. There are five (pencil/pencils) on my desk. 3. I have two (sister/sisters). 4. They are riding their (bike/bikes). 5. We have a (dog/dogs). 6. How many (book/books) do you have in your bag? 7. My mother has a new (computer/computers). 8. There are three windows in the (room/rooms). 9. Susan has four poster/posters. 10. There is one (pen/pens) on the floor. 11. Ladies and gentlemen. Here (is/are) the news. 12. Where (is/are) my jeans? 13. Further information (is/are) available in the office. 14. The stairs (is/are) over there, Sir. 15. The furniture in our classroom (is/are) uncomfortable. 16. The USA (is/are) a very nice country. 17. Your sunglasses (is/are) on the table. 18. There (is/are) a lot of people. 19. The scissors on the table (is/are) mine. 20. My father and I (is/are) going to Kuala Lumpur. 21. That road is always full of ___________ . (lorry) 22. People ___________ strange, when you're a stranger. (be) 23. The police are looking for a ___________ with black hair and a red beard. (man) 24. ___________ have broken into a museum and stolen a Picasso. (thief) 25. The latest ___________ is that The Prince of Asturias is getting married. (new) 26. The trees leave ___________ all over the driveway. (leaf) 27. My old friend Jack Kane thinks that men and ___________ don't really like each
other very much. (woman)

28. Toby counted at least 2000 ___________ before he finally fell asleep. (sheep) 29. Did you remember to bring the box of ______ _____ ? (match)

30. The Spanish ___________ have plans to provide more computers for schools.
(government)

31. I saw three ___________ sitting on the temple walls. (monkey) 32. Big ___________ need to consider what effects their products have on the
environment. (company)

33. Valencia FC ___________ playing against Deportivo this Saturday. It will be a

difficult match. (be)

34. ___________ are small and smelly. (child) 35. How many roast ___________ do you want? (potato) 36. Blast! My favourite jeans ___________ still wet. (be) 37. A new species of owl ___________ been discovered in The Amazon. (have) 38. 3 million Euros ___________ stolen from a bank yesterday. (be)