На цій сторінці Вам пропонуються різноманітні вправи на вживання артиклів a (an), the. В процесі виконання вправ консультуйтеся із правилами вживання артиклів в англійській мові або тут.

  1. Use articles  a, an, the or __ (nothing).

1. __ beef is a kind of __ meat.

2. __ beef we had for dinner last night was excellent.

3. Jane is wearing __ straw hat today.

4. Jane likes to wear __ hats.

5. __ hat is an article of clothing.

6. __ brown hat on that hook over there belongs to Mark.

7. Everyone has __ problems in __ life.

8. My grandfather had __ long life.

9. That book is about __ life of Helen Keller.

10. __ jewelry Diana is wearing today is beautiful.

11. __ people wear __ jewelry to make themselves more attractive.

12. Tim wants to be __ engineer when he grows up.

13. This bridge was designed by __ engineer.

14. One of the first things you need to do when you move to __ new city is to

find __ place to live.

15. They are renting __ furnished apartment in __ city centre.




2. Complete the sentences with the given nouns, using the when
necessary.

1. flowers 
a. __ flowers in that vase are beautiful.
b. __ flowers are beautiful.

2. water
 a. __ consists of hydrogen and oxygen.
b. Don’t go swimming today. __ is too cold.

3. information
 a. __ in that book is inaccurate.
b. An encyclopedia is a source of __ .

4. health
 a. __ is more important than money.
b. Doctors are concerned with __ of their patients.

5. problems
 a. Everyone has __ .
b. Mary told me about __ she had with her car
yesterday.

6. men
 a. __ generally have stronger muscles than __ .
women 
b. At the party last night __ sat on one side of the room
and __ sat on the other.

7. happiness
 a. I can’t express __ I felt when I heard the good news.
b. Everyone seeks __ .

8. vegetables 
a. __ are good for you.
b. __ we had for dinner last night were overcooked.

9. weather
 a. Do you like __ in this city?
b. __ is a safe topic for conversation.

10. gold
 a. __ is a precious metal.
b. __ in Mary’s ring is 24 karats.




3. Fill in the blanks with articles before geographical names if
necessary.

1. I hear he’s off to __ Central Africa.

 2. __ Yorkshire is famous for some delicious foods, including Yorkshire pudding and roast beef. 

3. In __ Netherlands and__ Belgium St. Nickolas’ Day, December 6, is the children’s festival on the eve of
which the saint is supposed to come riding from __ Spain with presents for all good children.

 4. Michael looked quizzically at his parent. Did he quite understand __ England of today? 

5. New York, the largest city in __ USA, is situated at the mouth of __ Hudson River, sometimes called __ North River.

 6. Production centres of __ Saudi Arabia are along __ Persian Gulf.

 7. The main part of __ USA presents four physical divisions: two elevated and two lowland regions. The elevated are __ Appalachian Mountains in the east and __ Rocky Mountains or __ Cordilleran system in the west. 

8. Do you know what it’s like when there’s sixty degrees of frost in __ Arctic and it still doesn’t freeze?

 9. He had agencies in many of the islands of __ Pacific. 

10. __ White Nile River originates in __ Lake Victoria.



4. Fill in the gaps with the proper article.

1. He didn’t even know __ Browns had __ daughter.

2. Is he __ Jones who is __ writer?

3. He never doubted that Fleur was __ Forsyte.

4. She felt like __ Alice in __ Wonderland.

5. He wanted to know how much __ Rolls-Royce cost.

6. Lanny has sold them __ fine Goya.

7. __ man doesn’t know __ Rubens from __ Rembrandt.

8. Everybody isn’t __ Marilyn Monroe.

9. John was inside __ very different John from __ lad he had known before.

10. __ story is written by __ great Russian writer Chekhov.

11. It was __ embarrassed Jane that started to speak at once.

12. __ Stevenson’s book "Dr. Jekyll and __ Mr. Hyde” is about __ man who
lived __ double life. I fact, he lived two different lives. In __ daytime it was __ life of
__ honest doctor, while in __ night he was __ killer.

13. At that moment they were interrupted by __ gentle Mrs. Strow.

14. "My husband is __ Othello”, she said.

15. She is no longer __ Jane you once knew.

16. __ Gloria at 25 was still __ Gloria of 20.

17. When we approached __ gate, __ little Polly ran to meet us.

18. There’s __ young American girl staying at __ hotel. She is __ Miss R.

19. But I am going to have __ supper with __ Robertsons.

20. On their way to __ Savoy Hotel he refused to tell __ poor Tom what would
happen there.