Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. Don’t drive into that street. It is ____ one-way street.
| A. a | B. an | C. the | D. Ø |
2. Sir Humphrey has been ____ MP for five years.
| A. a | B. an | C. the | D. Ø |
3. Did you read ____ book I lent you ____ last week.
| A. a / the | B. the / the | C. the / X | D. X / X |
4. I went by ____ train to ____ West of England.
| A. X / a | B. X / the | C. X / X | D. the / the |
5. We visited Canada and ______ United States.
| A. an | B. a | C. X | D. the |
6. Peru is ______ country in South America. ______ capital is Lima.
| A. a / a | B. a / the | C. the / the | D. the / a |
7. I fell in ______ love with him because of his kind nature.
| A. a | B. the | C. X | D. an |
8. Do you know exactly ______ number of Siberian tigers in China?
| A. a | B. an | C. the | D. X |
9. It is estimated that only 1,000 pandas remain in ______ wild.
| A. a | B. an | C. the | D. X |
10. ______ friend in need is ______ friend indeed.
| A. The / the | B. A / a | C. X / X | D. X / the |
11. It is estimated that about 640 women remain illiterate in ______ world.
| A. a | B. an | C. the | D. X |
12. It was a beautiful day. ______ sun shone brightly in ______ sky.
| A. a / a | B. a / the | C. the / the | D. the / a |
13. It is said that Robinhood robbed ______ rich and gave the money to ______ poor.
| A. a / a | B. a / the | C. the / the | D. the / a |
14. This morning I bought a newspaper and a magazine. ______ newspaper is in my bag but I don’t know where ______ magazine is.
| A. a / a | B. a / the | C. the / the | D. the / a |
15. What is your ______ biggest dream in ______ life?
| A. X / X | B. the / a | C. the / the | D. a / the |
16. Did you have ______ good time at the party last night?
| A. a | B. an | C. the | D. X |
17. The local authorities are conducting ______ campaign to help ______ disabled.
| A. a / the | B. the / X | C. X / X | D. X / the |
18. ______ most important thing when you take part in any examination is to be calm.
| A. A | B. An | C. The | D. X |
19. Every year, thousands of tourists visit ______ Nile River.
| A. a | B. an | C. the | D. X |
20. My brother-in-law is ______ engineer in a car company.
| A. an | B. a | C. the | D. X |
21. My parents are always at ______ home on Sundays.
| A. the | B. a | C. an | D. X |
22. What’s ______ weather like in winter in your country?
| A. the | B. a | C. an | D. X |
23. Are you a vegetarian? Yes, I never eat ______.
| A. meat | B. the meat | C. some meat | D. a meat |
24. My mother goes to church in ______ morning.
| A. an | B. every | C. the | D. a |
25. We usually have ______ dinner before 7pm.
| A. a | B. an | C. X | D. the |
26. My daughter plays ______ piano very well.
| A. the | B. a | C. an | D. X |
27. The injured man was taken to ______ hospital.
| A. X | B. the | C. a | D. an |
28. Jill went to ______ hospital to see her friend.
| A. X | B. the | C. a | D. an |
29. We haven’t been to ______ cinema for years.
| A. X | B. the | C. any | D. a |
30. I often watch ______ television for two hours every night.
| A. some | B. the | C. any | D. X |
31. I never listen to ______ radio. In fact, I haven’t got ______ radio.
| A. a / a | B. a / the | C. the / the | D. the / a |
32. The Soviet Union was ______ first country to send a man into ______ space.
| A. the / the | B. X / X | C. X / the | D. the / X |
33. There isn’t ______ airport near where I live ______ nearest airport is 70 miles away.
| A. an – A | B. an – The | C. the – A | D. the – The |
34. Tom sat down on ______ chair nearest ______ door.
| A. a – a | B. a – the | C. the – a | D. the – the |
35. Would you rather live in ______ town or in ______ country?
| A. a – a | B. a – the | C. the – a | D. the – the |
36. I tried to park my car but ______ was too small.
| A. space | B. spaces | C. a space | D. the space |
37. “Did you have ______ nice holiday?” “Yes, it was ______ best holiday I’ve ever had.”
| A. a – a | B. a – the | C. the – a | D. the – the |
38. I lay down on ______ ground and looked up at ______ sky.
| A. a – a | B. a – the | C. the – a | D. the – the |
39. We must do more to protect ______.
| A. environment | B. an environment | C. the environment | D. environments |
40. I think everyone wants to make friends with John. He is ______ honest person.
| A. a | B. an | C. the | D. Ø |
