ARTICLES (mao t)

I/ Form: A /AN ( mot), THE

II/ Usage:
1. A / AN : for a singular countable noun in a common meaningful statement or the noun
which hasnt been not mentioned before.
Ex:
A baseball is round. ( any baseballs)
I saw a boy in the street. ( the readers/ listeners havent known who the boy is)
2. A : for the words beginning with a vowel. Ex: a book, a pen,
AN : for the words beginning with a consonant. Ex: an apple, an ink-pot
Some letters like o, e, y, u pronounced as a consonant , we use the article A for them.
Ex: a european, a uniform, a young man, a one-dollar book.
The letter h pronounced as a vowel we use the article AN for it.
Ex: a house , but an hour
3. THE :
4.
Nouns with THE
The nouns having a prepositional phrase/ a relative
clause following. Ex:
The boy in the corner is my friend.
The man who is standing over there is Mr.Pike.
But: We went to the school where my sister was
studying.
-Before oceans, rivers, seas, gulfs,plural lakes. Ex :
* the Red Sea, the Atlantic, the great Lakes
-Countries with more than one word:. Ex :
* the United States, the United Kingdom
- Ethnic groups. Ex: the English, the Vietnamese
-Before Mountains:
* the Rocky Mountains, the Andes
- The unique things:
* the earth, the moon
- the + school/college + of + name
* the University of Florida
* the college of Art and Science
- the + ordinal number+ noun / the+ ethnic + war
the first World War, the third chapter, the Korean
war, the Vietnamese war.

Nouns without THE

Something which is common. Ex :
-Sugar is sweet.
-I like oranges. But The sugar on the table is from Cuba.
The words like breakfast,lunch, school, church, home,
college, work -> not using the. Ex:
-We ate breakfast at eight oclock this morning
-We went to school yesterday.
-Singular lakes, continents, states, countries (one word) .
Ex :
* Lake Erie, Lake Geneva, Europe, Asia, Florida, Alaska,
England, Vietnam
-Mounts:
* Mount Whitney, Mount McKinley
-the planets:
* Venus, Mars,
- name + school/ college
* Hong Bang college ( Proper name + college/ university)
* Hung Vuong University
* noun + cardinal numbers
World War one, chapter three
- New + countries / Adjs as a direction + countries. Ex :
* New Zealand, South Africa, North America
- sports, subjects, abstract nouns, celebrations. Ex :
* badminton, football, history, physics, freedom,
happiness, Tet, Christmas, Eastern.

EXERCISE
Choose the best answer
1. My mother goes to church in ______ morning.
A. x
B. every
C. the
D. a
2. I eat ______ everyday.
A. a banana B. banana C. the bananas D. any banana

3. Harry is a sailor. He spends most of his life at ____ sea.

A. a
B. an
C. the
D. x
4. There are billions of stars in _____ space.
A. a
B. an
C. x
D. the
5. He tried to park his car but __ space wasnt big enough.

A. the
B. a
C. an
D. x
6. Can you turn off _____ television, please?
A. the
B. a
C. an
D. x
7. We had _____ dinner in a restaurant.
A. a
B. an
C. x
D. the
8. We had _____ meal in a restaurant.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. x
9. Thank you. That was ______ very nice lunch.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D.x
10. ______rose is my favourite color.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. x
11. When was _____ computer invented?
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. x
12. My daughter plays _____ piano very well.
A. the
B. a
C. an
D. x
13. Mary loves _____ flowers.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. x
14. Jill went to ______ hospital to see her friend.
A. x
B. the
C. a
D. an
15. Mrs Lan went to ___school to meet her sons daughter.
A. x
B. the
C. a
D. an
16. Carol went to ______ prison to meet her brother.
A. the
B. a
C. an
D. x
17. Sandra works at a big hospital. Shes _______.
A.nurse
B. a nurse
C. the nurse D. an nurse
18. She works six days _____ week.
A. in
B. for
C. a
D. x
19. ______ is a star.
A. Sun
B. A sun C. The sun
D. Suns
20. What did you have for ______ breakfast this morning.
A. x
B. a
C. an
D. the
21. London is _____ capital of England.
A. an
B. a
C. x
D. the
22. When ______ invented?
A. was telephone
B. was the telephone
C. were telephones
D. were a telephone
23. We visited _______ two years ago.
A. Canada and the United States
B. the Canada and the United States
C. the Canada and United States
D. Canada and United States
24. Are you going away next week? No,__week after next.
A. a
B. the
C. some
D. x
25. We havent been to ______ for years.
A. cinema B. the cinema C. a cinema D. any
cinema
26. It took us quite a long time to get here. It was ______
journey.
A. 3 hour B. a 3-hours
C. a 3-hour D. 3-hours
27. If you live in _______ foreign country, you should try
and learn the language.
A. the
B. x
C. an
D. a
28. Did your train leave from ______ ?
A. the 8 Platform
B. an Platform 8
C. some Platform 8
D. Platform 8
29. I cant work here. Theres so much ______.
A. noise B. noises
C. the noise D. a noise
30. Do you need ____?
A. an umbrella
B. a umbrella

C. umbrella
D. an umbrellas
31. Ive seen ______ good films recently.
A. a
B. the
C. some
D. an
32. I often watch ___ television for two hours every night.
A. some B. the
C. any
D. x
33. The injured man was taken to _____.
A. hospital
B. any hospital
C. the hospital
D. hospitals
34. She went out without _____ money.
A. any
B. an
C. a
D. x
35. Toshi speaks ______ at home.
A. the Japanese
B. Japan
C. the Japan
D. Japanese
36. A man and a woman were standing outside my house.
___man looked English but I think __woman was foreign.
A. the / a B. a / the
C. a/ a
D. the / the
37. John sat on _____ chair nearest the door.
A. the / a B. a / the
C. a /a
D. the / the
38. For breakfast I had _____ sandwich and _____ apple.
The sandwich wasnt very nice.
A. the / an
B. a / the
C. a / an D. the / the
39. I would love to live by _____ sea.
A. the
B. a
C. an
D. x
40. What is ______ longest river in ______ world?
A. the/ a
B. a / the
C. a / a D. the / the
41. This morning I bought a newspaper and a magazine.
___ newspaper is in my bag but I dont know where ___
magazine is.
A. a /a
B. a / the C. the / the
D. the / a
42. We live in ___ big house in ___ middle of the village.
A. a / a
B. a / the C. the / the
D. the / a
43. Im looking for ___ job. Did Mary get ___ job she
applied for?
A. a / the
B. the / a
C. a/ a
D. the / the
44. Did ____ police find ___ person who stole your bike?
A. a /a
B. the / the C. a / the
D. the / a
45. We went out for ______ last night. _______ restaurant
we went was excellent.
A. a /a
B. the / the C. a / the
D. the / a
46. As I was walking along the street, I saw _____ $10
note on ______ pavement.
A. a/ a
B. the / the C. a / the
D. the / a
47. The Soviet Uinon was ______ first country to send a
man into _____ space.
A. the /the
B. x / x
C. x /the
D. the / x
48. Did you watch Titanic on ______ television or at
______ cinema?
A. the/ the
B. x / x
C. x / the
D. the / x
49. After _____ lunch, we went for a walk by ______ sea.
A. the / the
B. x/ x
C. x/ the
D. the / x
50. Peru is ______ country in South America. _______
capital is Lima.
A. a / a
B. a / the
C. the / the D. the / a
51. I never listen to __ radio. In fact I havent got ___
radio.
A. a /a
B. a / the
C. the / the
D. the / a
52. It was a beautiful day. ___ sun shone brightly in __
sky.
A. a / a
B. a / the
C. the / the D. the / a

53. 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
54. Life is not so easy for _______ unemployed.
A. the
B. a
C. an
D. x
55. Many people were killed in the accident. The bodies of
_____ dead were taken away.
A.the
B. a
C. an
D. x
56. The butler was _____ I suspected.
A. last person
B. a last person
C. the last person
D. some last person
57. Where ______ you borrowed last week?
A. is scissors
B. are the scissors
C. is some scissors
D. are scissors

58. Why dont we go to the park _____?

A. in the car B. with a car C. with car D. by the car
59. Too much rubbish is being dumped in ______.
A. sea
B. the sea
C. a sea
D. some sea
60. This is exactly _____ I was looking for.
A. job
B. a job
C. some job D. the job
61. Of all the cars, I think I prefer ______.
A. a Japanese
B. some Japanese
C. the Japanese one
D. a Japanese one
62. I try to go jogging at least four times _______.
A. the week B. of the week C. a week D. of a week
63. Sally spent six month out of _____.
A. work
B. a work
C. the work D. some work