Articles (B2)

With countries in plural we use:

Before unique objects we use:

Before names of seas, oceans, rivers, deserts we use:

With countable singular nouns we use:

Before institutions (school, college, prison, hospital — when we talk about their purpose) we use:

Before proper names (country, city, continent, name, surname) we use:

When a countable noun is mentioned for the first time, we use:

Before names of mountains (peak / top) or lakes we use:

Before names of mountains, islands ranges we use:

With plural or uncountable nouns used in a general sense we use:

After possessive forms we use:

Before musical instruments we use:

Do you know ___ good restaurant in this town?

Do you know ___ restaurant that was opened a week ago in this town?

Not everyone agrees that ___ money is needed for happiness.

There are two kinds of elephant: African and Indian. ___ African one is the larger of the two.

I’ve just been to Lake Titicaca in Bolivia for ___ second time. What a magical place!

My parents have always wanted to visit ___ Czech Republic.

We made friends with a local lady on holiday. After we got home, ___ lady wrote us a lovely letter.

There were some great advances in medicine in ___ 19^th century.

We sometimes experience ___ large waves on this sea, but the boat is safe. Just stay calm.

The Amazon and the Nile can both claim to be the world’s longest river. The Nile is actually ___ longer of the two, by about 250 kilometres.

Brazil is ⁰ the largest South American country with ¹ ______________ population of more than 200 million, ² ______________ fifth most populated country. It also receives about 7,000,000 tourists ³ ______________ year. They come to visit places like ⁴ ______________ Amazon rainforest, Sugar Loaf mountain and Copacabana in ⁵ ______________ Rio de Janeiro. I lived there in Brazil in ⁶ ______________ 1990s, the decade when they won ⁷ ______________ World Cup, in 1994.

___ Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

He is still in ___ hospital after the accident.

___ milk is good for your health.

We visited ___ Tower of London during our trip.

Complete the text with a, an, the or no article (–).

Portugal is a small country located ⁰ the furthest West in ¹ ______________ Europe. It has ² ______ population of about 10 million, but often gets more visitors than that ³ ______________ year. I know it’s ⁴ ______________ interesting country because I lived there in ⁵ ______________ 1980s. I was a teacher in ⁶ ______________ capital, Lisbon. Portugal has ⁷ ______________ pleasant climate and I often visited the seaside there.