5.2 Articles

Read the GRAMMAR FOCUS. Complete the examples in the table using the phrases in blue in the text.


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Complete the questions with a, an or the.
1 Do you live in     countryside?
2 Have you ever been to     UK?
3 Did you have   snack this morning?
4 Would you like to be   farmer?
5 Are you     oldest student in     class?

Complete the sentences with a/an or the.
1 My mum’s   secondary school teacher. She works in   school just around     corner.
2 I was born in     last week of January. All     children in our family are born in winter.
3 Are you hungry? I can make you   chicken sandwich or   salad. We can also have soup from yesterday.
4 Canberra is     capital of Australia, but is it also Australia’s biggest city?
5 It’s     first time I’ve been to     USA. I’ve never crossed     Atlantic before.
6 Leonardo da Vinci, one of     most famous artists and inventors of all time, lived during     Renaissance.
7     Middle Ages was a period of history that lasted from     5th to 15th centuries AD.
8 Sam works as    environmental engineer with   group that protects the oceans.
9 Climate change is     worst thing for     future of our planet.
10 Shanghai, which has a population of over 24 million, is   city in     east of China.

Choose the correct option.
1 Jake is     [the, – , a ]captain of our junior football team.
2     [the, – , an ] information about global warming can be found online.
3 There’s     [the, – , an , a] article in the paper today about endangered species.
4 It’s terrible that     [the, – , an , a] Great Barrier Reef is under threat.
5 Are you excited about your trip to     [the, – , an , a ] South America?
6 This is     [the, – , an , a ] great beach – we should come here again.