EXERCISES #1
Write a or an in the following sentences:
1. I had ______ egg for breakfast.
2. I broke ______ cup.
3. My mother bought ______ umbrella last night.
4. Betti spells her name with ______ "i", not with ______ "y".
5. After ______ hour, we got tired and went home.
6. The new student borrowed ______ ESL book from the office.
7. My teacher has ______ M.A. degree from Columbia University.
8. I would like to have ______ hundred dollars.
9. It is ______ honor to meet the governor of New Jersey.
10. My cousin joined ______ union.
11. I have never seen ______ unicorn.
12. It is good to meet _____ honest person.
13. There is ______ A & P Supermarket on the corner.
14. The word "restroom" is ______ euphemism (polite word) for toilet.
15. Ben has ______ one-track mind.
16. He goes to ______ university in California.
17. I washed my hair with ______ herbal shampoo.
18. A clown with ______ unhappy face did tricks for the children.
19. Frank has ______ unique way of looking at the world.
20. The word an is ______ article.
There are two different ways to pronounce the in careful speech. Before consonant sounds, it is pronounced /th?/. Listen to a native speaker say these phrases:
the man the Chinese puzzle the green grass
the balloon the red house the long road
the bicycle the tall woman the difficult lesson
the union the whole pie the European man
Before vowel sounds, it is pronounced /thi/.
the answer the ugly mask the oldest fairy
the orange the ice cream cone the end of the story
the air the Indian the eighth floor
the angry girl the open umbrella the umpire
the "S" the hour before dawn the honest treth
Write a, or an or one. Do not write a or an before plural nouns. Write the symbol /?/ to show that there is no article needed. (? = zero, nothing)
1. I read ______ book about Mars last night. I like ______ books about outer space.
2. I usually read a lot, but last week, I read only ______ book.
3. My mother baked ______ cookie yesterday. Would you like ______ cookie?
4. I used to eat two eggs and three pieces of toast for breakfast. Now I'm on a diet. For breakfast I have ______ egg and ______ piece of toast.
5. I had ______ goldfish when I was six years old. Its name was "Jaws".
6. My sister has ______ goldfish. They are always hungry.
7. Lou has two dogs, six cats and ______ parrot.
8. Joe's uncle tells ______ good stories.
9. Marc has ______ aunt who lives in Mississippi.
10. ______ old lady found ______ hungry cat.
11. We bought ______ bananas at the supermarket yesterday.
12. ______ banana was rotten, but the others were okay.
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