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question 1

Choose the right alternative: Insert the article THE when it is necessary .

A. milk in the fridge is fresh.

B.
milk is good for you.

C.
dress you're wearing is so nice!

D. I am scared of
dogs.

E. Your book is on
bookshelf.

F.
coffee is too hot. I'll wait till it gets colder.

G. Which car did you scratch?
red one.

H.
Protestantism is a Christian religion

I. Where did you park
car?

J.
chocolates in that box are Swiss.

K.
chocolate is fattening.

L.
computers are expensive but necessary.

M.
man is an intelligent creature.

N.
engineering is a useful career.

O. Thank you for
flowers, they're gorgeous!

P.
flowers are beautiful.

Q.
money is on the shelf near the entrance door.

R. Do you like
Chinese food?

S.
answers were correct, well done!

T.
coffee is a plant.

U.
coffee is in the coffee-pot, Paul!

V.
man you're looking at is my brother.

W.
fridge is empty. I think we should go the to supermarket.

X. At that restaurant
food is delicious.

Y. Have you tried
cheese in the new delicatessen?

Z.
kitchen in my house is very big and pleasant.

AA. Mary is in
garden now.

BB.
leaves are yellow in autumn

CC. Yes,
car is in the garage.

DD.
man comes from apes, according to Darwin's theory..

EE.
dogs are faithful animals

FF. I like
music so much

GG. Here's
department store.

HH.
money does not necessarily make a man happy.

question 2

A/ AN / THE or NO ARTICLE

A. man and B. woman were walking in C. Oxford Street.

D.
woman saw E. dress that she liked in F. shop.

She asked G.
man if he could buy H. dress for her.

He said: "Do you think I.
shop will accept J. cheque? I don't have K. credit card."

question 3

A/ AN / THE or NO ARTICLE

DINOSAURS
A.
comet or B. asteroid strike, about 65 million years ago, is C. favoured explanation for why D. dinosaurs vanished from E. earth so abruptly after having dominated F. planet for G. preceding 70 million years.

H.
tremendous plume of smoke and dust thrown into the atmosphere by I. impact would have blocked out the sunlight for months.

J.
globe would have gone into K. dark, deep freeze, killing first L. plants then M. giant lizards that fed on them paving the way for N. mammals and eventually O. humans to take over.