Mạo từ (phần 1)

 

Bài tập áp dụng: Điền “some, any” vào chỗ trống phù hợp.

1. I don’t have……………..money.
2. There aren’t………………snakes in Ireland.
3. After the storm, there were……………leaves in the street.
4. Put…………….butter in that pan, or the eggs will starts to stick.
5. We did the job without……………..difficulty.
6. …………….children were playing in the park.
7. Do you have……………money?
8. Did you give…………..food to that poor man?
9. Is there………………juice in the fridge?
10. Have you read……………..books by Ernest Hemingway?

 

Bài tập về nhà: Điền mạo từ “a/ an/ the” vào chỗ trống,  nếu không cần mạo từ thì điền “ϕ”

1. Please wait for ………………hour for the test results.
2. India is the second most populous country in ……………. world.
3. Amit is ……………….M.B.A. from Rajdhani University.
4. Do you have …………….. pen?
5. How often do you go to the cinema?

About once………………month.

6. When we were on holiday, we stayed at …………hotel. Sometimes we ate at ………….hotel and sometimes we went to…………….restaurant.
7. Mr. Reddy is wearing ………………..blue shirt.
8. This is ……………….unique coin.
9. I saw ……………… elephant on the road today.
10. Is there……….bank near here?
11. We have………….beautiful garden…………garden is full of roses.
12. Is fencing………….popular sport in……………world? No, it isn’t.
13. I’d like………….glass of orange juice please.
14. Can you give me………………..envelope, please?

- Certainly. Oh! Where’s…………………..envelope?

15. Is there……………..post office near here?
16. They’re at……………..cinema.
17. My brother is in………………….classroom.
18. Would you like……………..hamburger?
19. Selena has got ……………….cat.

What is………………cat’s name?

20. Let me know if you need more………information.

 

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Mạo từ (phần 2)

 

Bài tập áp dụng:

Bài 01: Điền “most, most of the” vào chỗ trống thích hợp

1. ……………cats won’t drink coconut milk.
2. ……………buildings near the center of the town were damaged.
3. ……………people at the party enjoyed themselves.
4. …………..people don’t like snakes.
5. Robert has read………….books on that shelf.

 

Bài 02: Điền “All, all of the” vào chỗ trống thích hợp

1. I don’t know…………people in my hometown.
2. Not………..fish lay eggs.
3. …………words on the chalkboard were misspelled.
4. Almost………….cars have seats belts today.
5. Almost……………people in North Dakota speak English.

 

Bài tập về nhà

Điền mạo từ a/ an/ the vào chỗ trống,  nếu không cần mạo từ thì điền “ø”

1. Can you turn off……………light, please?
2. Tim sat down on……… chair nearest ……………door
3. Did Paula get…………..job she applied for?
4. What was……..name of…………man who phoned you?
5. Is this ……………….pen given by Mr. Singh?
6. How do I go to ………………. Lajpat Nagar?
7. What is …………..cost of a new computer?
8. The headmaster was talking to ………………. parents.
9. ………..school is  very  cold.  Hasn’t  it  got………central  heating  system?

It has, but………..central heating is broken down.

10. Last year I visited…………… Mexico and………….. United States.

11………..most powerful person in ………. United States is……….president.

12. Frank is a student at ………Liverpool University.
13. This book is published by ………University of Cambridge.
14. When was…….telephone invented?
15. ……….dollar is ………….currency of ………. United States.
16. All……..cars have wheels.
17. All……..cars in this park belong to people who work here.
18. A: We spent all our money because we stayed at……most expensive hotel in town.

B: Why didn’t you stay at…….cheaper hotel?

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Mạo từ (phần 3)

 

Bài tập áp dụng: Điền mạo từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống

1. …..Hanging Gardens of Babylon were among the seven wonders of the ancient world.
2. …..Geology Museum is open from 10:00 to 5:00 on weekdays.
3. …..Westinghouse Company makes household appliances.
4. Louis Bamberer founded……Institute for advanced study in 1930.
5. …..San Diego Zoo is one of my favourite places to spend an afternoon.

 

Bài tập về nhà

Bài 1. Chữa lại câu nếu cần

1. Milan is in north of Italy.
2. Chicago is on Lake Michigan.
3. Africa’s highest mountain is Kilimanjario.
4. River Volga flows into Caspian Sea.
5. Everest was first climbed in 1953.

 

Bài 2. Hoàn thành câu sử dụng the + các từ cho trước sau: “young/ injured/ poor/ rich/ sick/ unemployed”

1. ..…………………have the future in their hands
2. Ambulances arrived at the scene of the acident and took………………..to hospital
3. Life is all right if you have a job, but things are not so easy for……………………..
4. Julia has been a nurse all her life. She has spent her life caring for…………………..
5. In England there is an ald story about a man called Robin Hood. It is siad that he robbed………………..and gave the money to………………….

Bài 3. Điền mạo từ a/ an/ the vào chỗ trống,  nếu không cần mạo từ thì điền “Φ”

1. Who is …………..Doctor Johnson.
2. Do you know………….Wilsons? They’re a very nice couple.
3. Do you know………………..Professor Brown’s phone number?
4. ……….Sun is……..star.
5. Our train leaves from………… Platform 5.
6. Your pullover is………..same colour as mine.
7. There are millions of stars in…………..space.
8. I tried to park my car, but………..space was to small.
9. Have you got these shoes in ………size 43?
10. I go to………….cinema a lot, but I haven’t been to ………….theatre for ages.

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Mạo từ (Phần 4- Chữa bài tập về mạo từ)

 

1. BÀI TẬP (CHỮA TRONG VIDEO)

Bài 01: Điền mạo từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống

1. There is……………interesting movie playing at the Valley Art Theater.
2. My parents live in a country where there are……………….long cold winters.
3. The Airbus is made by…………….…European company.
4. What…………..…honor it is to meet the Queen!
5. I saw………………horrible accident last week.
6. The police often call………….…unknown thief Mr. Joe.
7. ………….…whales breathe air.
8. Everything went wrong, we had……………terrible time.
9. ……………..time and space are related.
10. Wait a minute: I‟ve got…………….idea!

 

Bài 02: Điền mạo từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống

1. A snail moves only a few inches………..….hour.
2. A storm struck the coast of Vietnam……………..storm caused a lot of damage.
3. A thousand is ten times more than……………hundred.
4. ………………eulogy is usually a speech about someone who has died.
5. ……..…unknown person stole a TV from my mother‟s home.
6. I know the melody of that song, but I don‟t know………..…words.
7. I made some coffee…………….coffee was too strong.
8. ………… “E” looks like a “3” in a mirror.
9. My friend went fishing and fell into…………..water.
10. My last name begins with…………. “C”.

 

Bài 03: Điền mạo từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống

1. …………oxygen is needed for all people.
2. I read…………..book on geology last week.
3. ……………..members of that band are very talented.
4. A birthday cake usually has…………..candles on it.
5. Many of……………airliners in the world are made in Washington State.
6. Most……………dogs hate cats.
7. All of………….…fish in the river died.
8. I picked up the sugar bowl, and some of…………sugar fell on the floor.
9. Some…………movies are good, and others aren’t.
10. Is this…………road to Santa Fe?

 

Bài 04: Điền mạo từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống

1. In……………….town where I was born lived a man who sailed to sea.
2. …………………..blue whales are the largest animals that ever lived.
3. You don’t have……………..camera, do you?
4. I spend the day at the ocean sitting on………………shore.
5. Our store is on the northwest corner of…………….Main Street and Elm Road.
6. I saw…………….exciting soccer game last week.
7. She look down at……………………papers lying on her desk.
8. I prefer apples to…………..oranges.
9. They’s tearing up………………street in front of my house.
10. …………………unemployment is a growing problem.

 

Bài 05: Điền mạo từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống

1. Dr. Finley has a degree from…………University of the Americas in Mexico.
2. …………..College of Design is no longer located in Hascall Hall.
3. How long have you been in…………….U.S.
4. ……………University of Green Village has over 10.000 students.
5. Mr. Smith liked Johnny‟s essay even though…………..boy‟s spelling was poor.
6. Greenville is very old and many of…………..town‟s buildings need repair.
7. That‟s……………worst movie I‟ve ever seen!
8. …………..Bay City University is well- known for its Drama Department.
9. Muhammad Ali was one of……….….greatest boxers of all time.
10. ……………Cochies College is also known as CC.

 

Bài 06: Điền mạo từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống

1. Borneo is……….….third largest island in the world.
2. Don‟t drop that class, talk to the professor…………..first.
3. I introduced Mary to Charles, and they got married……………next summer.
4. It rained on July 1^st, and…………next day it snowed.
5. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome…………next singer Ranger Joe!
6. Sharon wasn‟t at home when I went over last Sunday, so I went back……….next day.
7. ………….easier a test is, the happier I am.
8. …………first class I have in the morning is algebra.
9. ………….more I eat Thai food, the more I like it.
10. I watched………….exciting TV program last night.

 

Bài 07: Điền mạo từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống

1. At Port Pierre, South Dakota………..Missouri River is dam
2. Buddy Holly formed a musical group called………….crickets.
3. …………….Urals are a major range of mountains in Europe.
4. For centuries people have used……………..horse as a beast of burden.
5. ……………..cotton gin, a device for removing seeds from cotton, was an important invention.
6. In the Navy, Gregg was stationed in………….Aleutians, a chain of Alaskan islands.
7. ……………wheel is circular in shape.
8. Mary‟s favorite baseball team is…………Orioles.
9. My uncle used to be…………New York taxi cab driver.
10. One of the most famous deserts is……………….Sahara.

 

Bài 08: Điền mạo từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống

1. I’m working nights to make………..little extra money.
2. Because he did poorly on the first exam Vince began to study more. However, he did…………..little better on the second exam.
3. Canadians, like Americans, speak…………..English.
4. Manila is a city in………………Philippines.
5. ………….camera was invented in the 1800s.
6. …………..Lebanese speak Arabic.
7. I spilled…………….tomato juice on my new shirt.
8. ……………Lake Mono has very salty water.
9. …………….Mount Fuji, an extinct vocano, is the highest mountain in Japan.
10. For centuries,……………chicken has been raised for its meat and eggs.

 

Bài 09: Điền mạo từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống

1. Where do you go to………….school?
2. Sam threw an apple. The apple hit Bill in…………..nose.
3. ……………..measles can be a very serious disease.
4. ………….….typhus has sometimes killed more soldiers in wars than those who died in battle.
5. ………….…Chapter Five is longer than the rest.
6. ………………late 1800‟s were the years of the Wild West.
7. He received an honorable discharge from…………..army.
8. Meat loaf again? We had……………same thing for dinner last night!
9. I have four dictionaries. Two are Japanese and…………..others are English.

 

Bài 10: Điền mạo từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống

1. Between Italy and Greece lies…………..Adriatic Seas.
2. Caroline Newman is majoring in…………….Business at the university.
3. …………….Art Museum is located in the James Fisher Building.
4. Coffee in this restaurant is only 25 cents………….cup.
5. …………..Tokyo is one of the most populous cities in the world.
6. Everyone in the class missed…………….question number 23 on the test.
7. ……………..University of Greenville is a good place to study.
8. For dessert, I‟d like…………….slice of that apple pie, please.
9. …………Chinese have a long history.
10. George Rawson owns a nightclub on…………..Santo Monica Boulevard.

 

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Mạo từ (Phần 5-Luyện tập nâng cao về mạo từ)

 

PHẦN 1: Insert a or an if necessary. (chữa trong video)

1. My neighbour is . . . photographer; let’s ask him for . . . advice about colour films.
2. A: We had . . . fish and . . . chips for . . . lunch.

B: That doesn’t sound . . . very interesting lunch.

3. I had . . . very bad night; I didn’t sleep . . . wink.
4. He is . .. . vegetarian; you won’t get . . . meat at his house. He’ll give you . . . nut cutlet. Last time I had . . . nut cutlet. I had . . . indigestion.

5 . . . travel agent would give you . . . information about . . . hotels.

6. We’d better go by . . . taxi – if we can get . . . taxi at such . . . hour as 2 a.m.

7 . . . person who suffers from . . . claustrophobia has . . . dread of being confined in . . . small space, and would always prefer . . . stairs to . . . lift.

8. A: Do you take . . . sugar in . . . coffee?

B: I used to, but now I’m on . . . diet. I’m trying to lose . . . weight.

9. . . . man suffering from . . . shock should not be given anything to drink.
10. You’ll get . . . shock if you touch . . . live wire with that screwdriver.

Why don’t you get . . . screwdriver with . . . insulated handle?

11. It costs fifty-five and . . . half pence and I’ve only got . . . fifty pence piece. You can pay by . . . cheque here. But can I write . . . cheque for . . . fifty-five and . . . half pence?
12. A: . . . Mr Smith is . . . old customer and . . . honest man.

B: Why do you say that? Has he been accused of . . . dishonesty?

13. A: I’m not . . . wage-earner; I’m . . . self-employed man. I have . . . business of my own.

B: Then you’re not . . . …worker; you’re . . . capitalist!

14. When he was charged with . . . murder he said he had . . . alibi.
15. A:. . . friend of mine is expecting . . . baby. If it’s . . . girl she’s going to be called Etheldreda.

B: What . . . name to give . . . girl!

16. I have . . . hour and . . . half for lunch.

I only have . . . half . . . hour – barely . . . time for . . . smoke and … cup of coffee.

17. I hope you have . . . lovely time and . . . good weather.

But I’m not going for . . . holiday; I’m going on . . . business.

18. He looked at me with . . . horror when I explained that I was . . . double agent.
19. I wouldn’t climb . . . mountain for £1,000! I have . . . horror of . . . heights.
20. I have . . . headache and . . . sore throat. I think I’ve got . . . cold. I think you’re getting . . .flu.

21 . . . Mr Jones called while you were out (neither of us knows this man). He wants to make.. . complaint about . . . . . article in the paper. He was in . . . very bad temper.

22. If you go by . . . train you can have quite . . . comfortable journey, but make sure you get . . . express, not . . . train that stops at all the stations.
23. . . . few people know (hardly anyone knows) that there is . . . secret passage from this house to . . . old smugglers’ cave in the cliffs.
24. A: I’m having . . . few friends in to . . . coffee tomorrow evening. Would you like to come?

B: I’d love to, but I’m afraid I’m going to . . . concert.

25. It’s time you had . . . holiday. You haven’t had . . . day off for . . . month.
26. He broke …leg in… skiing accident. It’s still in . . . plaster.
27. I want . . . assistant with . . . knowledge of French and . . . experience of . . . office routine.
28. I see that your house is built of . . . wood. Are you insured against … fire?
29. The escaping prisoner camped in . . . wood but he didn’t light . . . fire because . . . smoke rising from the wood might attract . . . attention.
30. A: I had . . . amazing experience last night. I saw . . . dinosaur eating . . . meat pie in . . .London park.

B: You mean you had . . . nightmare. Anyway, dinosaurs didn’t eat . . . meat.

31. I’ll pay you . . .hundred . . . week. It’s not. . .enormous salary but after all you are. . .completely unskilled man.
32. If you kept . . . graph you could see at . . . glance whether you were making . . . profit or . .…… loss.

33 . . . little (hardly anything) is known about the effect of this drug; yet . . . chemist will sell it to you without . . . prescription.

34. I have . . . little money left; let’s have dinner in . . . restaurant.
35. Would it be . . . trouble to you to buy me . . . newspaper on your way home?
36. . . . man is . . . reasoning animal.

 

BÀI TẬP VỀ NHÀ

PHẦN 2: Insert the if necessary

1. . . . youngest boy has just started going to . . . school; . . . eldest boy is at . . . college.
2. She lives on . . . top floor of an old house. When . . . wind blows, all . . . windows rattle.
3. . . . darkness doesn’t worry . . . cats; . . . cats can see in . . . dark.
4. My little boys say that they want to be . . . spacemen, but most of them will probably end up in . . . less dramatic jobs.
5. Do you know . . . time? ~Yes, . . . clock in . . . hall has just struck nine. ~ Then it isn’t . . .time to go yet.
6. - He was sent to . . . prison for . . . six months for . . . shop-lifting.

- When . . . six months are over he’ll be released; . . . difficulty then will be to find . . . work.

- Do you go to . . . prison to visit him?

7. I went to . . . school to talk to . . . headmistress. I persuaded her to let Ann give up . . . gymnastics and take . . . ballet lessons instead.
8. . . . ballet isn’t much use for . . . girls; it is much better to be able to play . . . piano.
9. I am on… night duty. When you go to . . . bed, I go to . . . work.
10. Peter’s at . . . office but you could get him on . . . phone. There’s a telephone box just round . . . corner
11. He got… bronchitis and was taken to . . . hospital. I expect they’ll send him home at . . . end of . . . week.

- Have you rung . . . hospital to ask how he is?

12. Ann’s habit of riding a motorcycle up and down . . . road early in . . . morning annoyed . . .neighbours and in . . . end they took her to . . . court.
13. He first went to . . . sea in a Swedish ship, so as well as learning . . . navigation he had to learn . . . Swedish.
14. . . . family hotels are . . . hotels which welcome . . . parents and . . . children.
15. On . . . Sundays my father stays in . . . bed till ten o’clock, reading . . . Sunday papers.
16. Then he gets up, puts on . . . old clothes, has . . . breakfast and starts . . . work in . . . garden.
17. My mother goes to . . . church in . . . morning, and in . . . afternoon goes to visit . . . friends.
18. Like many women, she loves . . . tea parties and . . . gossip.
19. My parents have … cold meat and . . . salad for . . . supper, . . . winter and . . . summer.
20. During . . . meal he talks about . . . garden and she tells him . . . village gossip.
21. We have a very good train service from here to . . . city centre and most people go to . . .work by train. You can go by . . . bus too, of course, but you can’t get a season ticket on . . . bus.
22. . . . dead no longer need . . . help. We must concern ourselves with . . . living. We must build . . . houses and . . . schools and . . . playgrounds.
23. I’d like to see . . . Mr Smith please. ~ Do you mean . . . Mr Smith who works in . . . box office or . . . other Mr Smith?
24. Did you come by . . . air? -No, I came by . . . sea. I had a lovely voyage on . . . Queen Elizabeth II.
25. . . . most of . . . stories that . . . people tell about . . . Irish aren’t true.
26. . . . married couples with . . . children often rent . . . cottages by . . . seaside for . . . summer holidays.

. . . men hire boats and go for . . . trips along . . . coast; . . . children spend . . . day on . . . beach and . . . poor mothers spend . . . most of . . . time doing . . . cooking and cleaning.

27. It’s usually safe to walk on . . . sand, but here, when . . . tide is coming in, . . . sand becomes dangerously soft. . . . people have been swallowed up by it.
28. When . . . Titanic was crossing . . . Atlantic she struck an iceberg which tore a huge hole in her bow. . . . captain ordered . . . crew to help . . . passengers into . . . boats.
29. Everywhere . . . man has cut down . . . forests in order to cultivate . . . ground, or to use . . . wood as . . . fuel or as . . . building material.
30. But . . . interference with . . . nature often brings . . . disaster. . . ., tree-felling sometimes turns . . . fertile land into a dust bowl.
31. . . . people think that . . . lead is . . . heaviest metal, but . . . gold is heavier.
32. Our air hostess said, ‘. . . rack is only for . . . light articles. . . . heavy things such as . . .bottles must be put on . . . . . floor .’
33. . . . windows are supposed to let in . . . light; but . . . windows of this house are so small that we have to have . . . electric light on all . . . time.
34. There’11 always be a conflict between . . . old and . . . young. . . . young people want . . .change but . . . old people want . . . things to stay . . . same.
35. . . . power tends to corrupt and . . . absolute power corrupts absolutely.
36. You can fool some of . . . people all . . . time, and all . . . people some of . . . time; but you cannot fool all . . . people all . . . time.

 

PHẦN 3:Insert a, an or the if necessary.

EXERCISE 1

1. There was . . . knock on . . . door. I opened it and found . . . small dark man in . . . blue overcoat and . . . woollen cap.
2. He said he was . . . employee of . . . gas company and had come to read . . . meter.
3. But I had . . . suspicion that he wasn’t speaking . . . truth because . . . meter readers usually wear . . . peaked caps.
4. However, I took him to . . . meter, which is in . . . dark corner under . . . stairs (. . . meters are usually in . . . dark corners under . . . stairs).
5. I asked if he had . . . torch; he said he disliked torches and always read . . . meters by . . .light of . . . match.
6. I remarked that if there was . . . leak in . . . gaspipe there might be . . . explosion while he was reading . . . meter.
7. He said, ‘As . . . matter of . . . fact, there was . . . explosion in . . . last house I visited; and Mr Smith, . . . owner of . . . house, was burnt in . . . face.’
8. ‘Mr Smith was holding . . . lighted match at . . . time of . . . explosion.’
9. To prevent . . . possible repetition of this accident, I lent him . . . torch.
10. He switched on . . . torch, read . . . meter and wrote . . . reading down on . . . back of . . . envelope.
11. I said in . . . surprise that . . . meter readers usually put . . . readings down in . . . book.
12. He said that he had had . . . book but that it had been burnt in . . . fire in . . . Mr Smith’s house.
13. By this time I had come to . . . conclusion that he wasn’t . . . genuine meter reader; and . . .moment he left . . . house I rang . . . police.
14. Are John and Mary . . . cousins? ~ No, they aren’t . . . cousins; they are . . . brother and . . . sister.
15. . . . fog was so thick that we couldn’t see . . . side of . . . road. We followed . . . car in front of us and hoped that we were going . . . right way.
16. I can’t remember . . . exact date of . . . storm, but I know it was . . . Sunday because everybody was at . . . church. On . . . Monday . . . post didn’t come because . . . roads were blocked by . . . fallen trees.
17. Peter thinks that this is quite . . . cheap restaurant.
18. There’s been . . . murder here. ~ Where’s . . . body? ~ There isn’t . . . body. ~Then how do you know there’s been . . . murder?
19. Number . . . hundred and two, . . . house next door to us, is for sale.

It’s quite . . . nice house with . . . big rooms. . . . back windows look out on . . . park.

20. I don’t know what . . . price . . . owners are asking. But Dry and Rot are . . . agents. You could give them . . . ring and make them . . . offer.
21. . . . postman’s little boy says that he’d rather be . . . dentist than . . . doctor, because . . .dentists don’t get called out at . . . night.
22. Just as . . . air hostess (there was only one on the plane) was handing me . . . cup of . . . coffee . . . plane gave . . . lurch and . . . coffee went all over . . . person on . . . other side of . . . gangway.
23. There was . . . collision between . . . car and . . . cyclist at . . . crossroads near . . . my house early in . . . morning. . . . cyclist was taken to . . . hospital with . . . concussion. . . . driver of . . . car was treated for . . . shock. . . . witnesses say that . . . car was going at . . . seventy miles . . . hour.
24. Professor Jones, . . . man who discovered . . . new drug that everyone is talking about, refused to give . . . press conference.
25. Peter Piper, . . . student in . . . professor’s college, asked him why he refused to talk to . . . press.
26. We’re going to . . . tea with . . . Smiths today, aren’t we? Shall we take . . . car? ~ We can go by . . . car if you wash . . . car first. We can’t go to . . . Mrs Smith’s in . . . car all covered with . . . mud.
27. He got . . . job in . . . south and spent . . . next two years doing . . . work he really enjoyed.
28. It is . . . pleasure to do . . . business with such . . . efficient organization.
29. . . . day after . . . day passed without . . . news, and we began to lose … hope.
30. Would you like to hear . . . story about . . . Englishman, . . . Irishman and . . . Scotsman? ~ No. I’ve heard . . . stories about . . . Englishmen, . . . Irishmen and . . . Scotsmen before and they are all . . . same.
31. But mine is not . . . typical story. In my story . . . Scotsman is generous, . . . Irishman is logical and . . . Englishman is romantic. ~ Oh, if it’s . . . fantastic story I’ll listen with . . .pleasure.
32. My aunt lived on . . . ground floor of . . . old house on . . . River Thames. She was very much afraid of . . . burglars and always locked up . . . house very carefully before she went to . . . bed. She also took . . . precaution of looking under . . . bed to see if . . .burglar was hiding there.
33. ‘. . . modern burglars don’t hide under . . . beds,’ said her daughter.

I’ll go on looking just . . . same,’ said my aunt.

34. One morning she rang her daughter in . . . triumph. 1 found . . . burglar under . . . bed . . . last night,’ she said, ‘and he was quite . . . young man.’
35. . . . apples are sold by . . . pound. These are forty pence . . . pound.
36. It was . . . windy morning but they hired . . . boat and went for . . . sail along . . . coast. In . . … afternoon . . . wind increased and they soon found themselves in . . . difficulties.

 

EXERCISE 2. Complete the story about the theft of a river barge. Put in a, an, one or

the.

This is a true story about (1) ………………. man who chose (2) …………………worst possible time for his crime. It happened in London in (3) ……………. summer of 1972. (4) ………….. man stole a barge on (5)…… River Thames (in case you don’t know, (6)…………….. barge is a river boat used for carrying goods). (7)………………..owner of (8)….. …….. barge soon discovered that it was missing and immediately informed (9) ……………….. police so that they could look for it. Normally (10)…………… river is quite (11)……………….. busy place, and it would be difficult to find what you were looking for. On this day, however, there was(12)………………… dock strike, and so there was only (13)……………. barge on (14) ………………. river. (15) ………………… thief was quickly found and arrested.

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Mạo từ (Phần 6-Ôn tập về mạo từ)

 

BÀI TẬP VỀ NHÀ

PHẦN 1: ARTICLES: A, AN, THE OR Ø (nothing)

EXẺCISE 1. Put “an”, “a”, “the” or Ø (nothing):

1. My birthday is _____ Sunday afternoon.
2. It doesn’t often snow here at _____ Christmas. We haven’t had _____ White Christmas for many years.
3. _____ Thanksgiving is in _____ November. The Church of England dates from _____ year 1534.
4. A: I like driving at ____ night. The roads are quite.

B: Oh, I don’t like driving in ____ dark. I’d rather travel during___ day.

5. A: Are you doing anything at _____ weekend?

B: I don’t think so. Well, come over on _____ Sunday.

6. __ meals we had weren’t very good. We had___ breakfast in the hotel and that wasn’t too bad. We usually went out for _____ lunch because _____ lunch they served in the hotel was always the same _____ dinner we had in our first evening, so we tried a few restaurants. On our last evening we had _____ marvelous dinner in a Chinese restaurant, but that was an exception.
7. Rita plays _____ violin and her sister plays _____ guitar.
8. On our trip to _____ Spain, we crossed _____ Atlantic Ocean.
9. David attended _____ Princeton University.
10. _____ Florida State University is smaller than _____ University of Florida
11. _____ chair that you are sitting in is broken.
12. _____ Civil War was fought in _____ United States between 1861 and 1865.
13. _____ big books on _____ table are for my history class.

 

EXERCISE 2. Write a or an in the space:

1. _____ unreasonable decision 6. _____ X- ray                                   11. _____ elephant
2. _____ universal problem 7. _____ UFO.                                    12. _____ hospital
3. _____ unit of work. 8. _____ T shirt                                   13. _____ BBC programme
4. _____ eucalyptus tree 9. _____ happy girl                             14. _____ UNESCO worker
5. _____ honorable man. 10. _____ H-bomb

 

EXERCISE 3. Put in a, an or some or leave a space:

1. Have you got _____ camera?
2. Would you like to be _____ actor.
3. Bill’s got _____ big feet.
4. Do you collect _____ stamps?
5. Tom always gives Ann _____ flowers on her birthday.
6. Those are _____ really nice trousers. Where did you get them?
7. What _____ beautiful garden! 8. What _____ lovely children!
8. _____ birds, for example the penguin, cannot fly.
9. Jack has got _____ very long legs, so he’s _____ fast runner.
10. You need _____ visa to visit _____ foreign countries, but not all of them .
11. I’m going shopping. I’m going to get _____ new clothes.
12. Jane is _____ teacher. Her parents were _____ teachers too.
13. When we  reached  the  city  centre,  _____ shops  were  still  open  but most of them were already closed.
14. Do you enjoy going to _____ concerts?
15. When I was _____ child, I used to be very shy.

 

EXERCISE 4. Put suitable articles into blanks:

1. John is _____ teacher. He’s teaching in _____ school in London. Every morning, he gets up at 7 o’clock, has _____ breakfast and _____ cup of _____ coffee. Then he goes to work by bus. He has _____ lunch at _____ restaurant (near _____ school). In the afternoon he works until 5 or 5.30 and then goes _____ home. He doesn’t work on _____ Saturday or Sunday. He goes to _____ cinema or theatre. John has _____ sister in Oxford and _____ brother in _____ London.
2. There are millions of stars in _____ space.
3. I’m going away at _____ end of this month.
4. The sun is _____ star.
5. What did you have for _____ breakfast?
6. Have you got _____ car?
7. How much are those potatoes? 1.20 _____ kilo.
8. Can you think _____ rich should pay more taxes to help _____ poor?

 

EXERCISE 5. Put suitable articles into blanks:

1. He is _____ honest person.
2. My father went out to _____ sea when he was 14.
3. When do you hope to go to _____ university?
4. There’s a strike at _____ hospital.
5. He is_____ one-eyed man.
6. There’s _____ onion left in the fridge.
7. This is_____ useful method of learning English.
8. I’ve got _____ uncle.
9. Your shoes are under_____ bed.
10. There’s a splendid view of_____ Lake Geneva from his hotel.

 

EXERCISE 6. Choose the correct answer:

1. The British Prime Minister live in Downing Street / the Downing Street.
2. One of the nicest parks in London is St. James’s Park/the St. James’s Park, which is very near Buckingham Palace / the Buckingham Palace.
3. Frank is a student at Liverpool University / the Liverpool University.
4. Mr. Jenkins reads Daily Telegraph / the Daily Telegraph but his wife reads Times / the Times.
5. We flew from London to Orly Airport / the Orly Airport in Paris.
6. Mary and Peter got married in St. Matthew’s Church / the Matthew’s Church.
7. Some children hate school / the school.
8. After leaving school / the school, Nora worked as a cleaner in hospital / at the hospital
9. All over the world, people are in prison / the prison because of their political beliefs.
10. The other day the fire-brigade had to go to prison / the prison to put out a fire.
11. On the way to London we passed through a small village with an old church. We stopped to visit church / the church. It was a beautiful building.
12. John’s mother is a regular churchgoer. She goes to church/the church every Sunday. John himself doesn’t go to church / the church.
13. Apples / The apples are good for you.
14. Women / The women are often better teachers then men/the men.
15. In Britain coffee / the coffee is more expensive than tea/the tea.
16. Most people / The most people still believe that marriage/the marriage and family life / the family life are the basic of our society.
17. Life / The life would be very difficult without electricity / the electricity.
18. Skiing / The skiing is my favourite sport but I also like swimming / the swimming.
19. Second World War / The Second World Ward ended in 1945.
20. Don’t stay in that hotel. Beds / The beds are very uncomfortable.

 

EXERCISE 7. Put suitable articles into blanks if necessary:

1. After _____ lunch, we went for _____ wall by _____ sea.
2. Don’t sit on _______ ground. It’s wet.
3. On _______ Sunday my father stay in _______ bed till ten o’clock reading _______ Sunday paper.
4. He’s got _____ job in ______ South and spent ______ next two years doing ______ work he really enjoyed.
5. My mother goes to _____ church in _____ morning and in ______ afternoon goes to visit _______ friends.
6. ____ postman’s little boy says that he’d rather be _____ dentist than _____ doctor because _____ dentists don’t get called out at ______ night.
7. This morning I bought _____ newspaper and _____ magazine _____ newspaper is in my bag, but I don’t know where ______ magazine is.
8. My parents have ____ cat and____ dog.____ dog never bites ____ cat, but____ cat often scratched____dog.
9. We live in ___ old house in ___ middle of town. There is ___ garden behind ___ house.___ roof of ___ house is in bad condition.

 

PHẦN 2: MANY/ MUCH/ A FEW/ FEW/ LITTLE/ A LITTLE

EXERCISE 1.  Put into the blanks with many or much

1. How _______ people are there in this room?
2. There is _______ sugar in the box.
3. How _______ meat does your mother need?
4. How _______ glasses of orange juice do you want?
5. There are _______ school boys in our class.
6. How _______ bacon does Susan have?

 

EXERCISE 2.  Complete  these  sentences  with  little/  a  little/few/a  few.

1. We didn’t have any money but Tom had ______.
2. He doesn’t speak much  English.  Only  ______  words.
3. Nora’ s father died ______ years ago.
4. “Would you like some more cakes?” – “Yes, please, but only ______.
5. This town isn’t very well-known and there isn’t much to see, so ______ tourist come here.
6. I don’ t think Jill would be a good teacher . She’s got ______ patience with children.
7. This is not the first time the car has broken down. It has happened ______ times before.
8. The cinema was almost empty . There were very ______ people there.
9. There is a shortage of water because there has been very ______ rain recently .

 

EXERCISE 3. Chose a word or words form the box to complete the sentences. Some are used more than one.

T oo much       a few               any                  How many      too many         Enough

How much      some                too many         as many as       a  little             as  much  as

1. “_______ cigarettes do you smoke a day ?”

“Forty “.

“That’s _________.You  shouldn’t  smoke  ________  at  all.

2. “ _________ alcohol do  you drink?”

“About  a bottle of wine a day”.

“That’ s ________.  You  shouldn’t  drink  _________  that”.

3. “_________ do you weigh?”.

“Sixteen and a half stone”.

“That’ s ________. You should try  to  lose _________ weight”.

4. “_________ do  you earn?”.

“Not  ________  money  to  pay  all  my  bills!”.

5. “__________ people are there in your class?”.

“Forty “.

“I think that’s _________.”

6. “_________aspirins  do  you  take  when  you  have  a  headache?”.

“About ten  or twelve”.

“That’s ________.  You  mustn’t  take  __________  that”.

7. “How old are you?”.

“Seventeen.  I’m old  _______  to  get  married,  but  I’m not  old  ______  to  vote!”.

8. “When did you  last  go to the cinema?”.

“Quite  recent ly.  Just  _______ days  ago.”

9. “Do you take sugar in  your coffee?”.

“Just  ________”.

 

EXERCISE 4.  Fill into gaps a indefinite quantifier:  much, many, little, most, a little, a few, few.

1. It seems  to  me  that  we’ ve  had  _______  assignments  in  English
2. How _______ material  can  we  be  expected  to  read  in  one week?
3. _______ books are not in the library .
4. I’ve had _______ headaches already because of stress.
5. _________ depression can be attributed to being overworked.
6. Our yard looks awful this summer. There are too _______ weeds.
7. I didn’ t use  __________  fertilizer  last  spring,  and  that  has  made  a  difference.
8. Also, I’ ve paid _______ attention to how ________ rain we’ve had.
9. I’m afraid  it’s  rained  ________  times  this  summer ,  and  the  grass  is  turning  brown  and dying.
10. _______ experts  say  you  should  fertilize  your  lawn  in  the  fall.
11. It didn’t seem  to  do my lawn _______ good.
12. _______ advice you get from experts doesn’ t  seem  to help
13. _______ of  my  neighbors  ignore  their  grass,  and  they  have  better  lawns  this  year.
14. They say _______ knowledge is a bad thing.
15. I know _______ instances where that proves true.
16. _______ people know as much about computers as Thomas does.
17. But it does him _______ good when the whole system goes down.

 

EXERCISE  5.  Choose  the  best  answer to  complete  these  sentences.

1.How _______ people are coming?

(a) lots                         (b) much                      (c) a lot                        (d)  many

2.There have  been _______ crimes since the police  new task force was created

(a) any                         (b) every                      (c) much                      (d)  fewer

3. I have _______ questions for you. Do you have  a  minute to discuss them  with me?

(a) several                    (b) every                      (c) each                        (d) none

4. I go to the gym _________ day. I like my weekly routine and exercise makes me happy .

(a) many                      (b) some                      (c) every                      (d) lots of

5. ______ of the dogs are nice. We’re training the ones that are not friendly .

(a)  A lot                      (b) Much                     (c) Every                     (d)  Numerous

6._______ of the kids at  school  are  mean to me. What  should I do?

(a) Much                      (b) Every                     (c) Some                      (d)  Any

7.I water the plants ________ other day . I think I’m watering them  too much.

(a) much                      (b) all                           (c) every                      (d) lots of

8.I bought  a  toy for _______  of you.

(a) each                        (b) ever y                     (c) much                      (d)  any

9.I like ______ of the cars. I don’t  know which one to choose.

(a) every                      (b) much                      (c) numerous               (d) both

10. _______ complaints  have  been  made  about  the  noise  level  at  this  house.  Please  turn  the music down. I’m going to  give  you a warning  for now.

(a) Every                     (b) Each                       (c) Much                      (d) Numerous

 

EXERCISE 6. Choose the best answer to complete these sentences.

1. “______ of  you  will  graduate  in  June, but others will not. This is a competitive  course,  so good luck,” the engineering professor said.

(a) Much                      (b) Every                     (c) Some                      (d) Any

2. There is too ______ traffic in this city . I want  to move to the country .

(a) many                      (b) few                        (c) much                      (d) a lot

3. There is _______ of noise coming  from  the  house  next  door. Can  you  go  over  there  and ask them to  keep it  down? It’s almost midnight.

(a) much                      (b) many                      (c) fewer                      (d) a lot

4. You have to get a second job because we need ______ money to make ends meet.

(a) many                      (b) much                      (c) more                       (d)  a lot

5. I only have a _______ orchids. However, I want to buy more in the future.

(a) some                       (b) few                        (c) fewer                      (d)  lesser

6. Do y ou have _______ money  to  pay for  your car  insurance?

(a) a lot                        (b) fewer                     (c) enough                   (d) little

7. I need to get ______ gas. My tank is almost empty. I’m going to fill up at the gas station on the corner.

(a) some                       (b) any                         (c) much                      (d) many

8. W e need  _______  computers  for  the  students  in  this  classroom. There  are  20  students  in this class, but  we only have 15 computers.

(a) a li ttle                    (b) much                      (c) a l ot                       (d) more

9. We should ride our  bicycles  to  work  more  so  that  we  can  cut  down  on  air  pollution.  There is too _______ pollution in this city .

(a) many                      (b) few                        (c) much                      (d)  some

10. You have _______ of candles in your house. Why do you so many of them?

(a) some                       (b) much                      (c) a lot                        (d) many

 

EXERCISE 7. Choose the best answer to complete these sentences.

1. I get _______ cavities these days because I started flossing my teeth at night.

(a)much                       (b) fewer                     (c) any                         (d) a lot

2. Do you have _______ ideas  you want  to share  with us about the new playground?

(a)any                          (b) each                       (c) all                           (d) none

3. There were 12 cookies here, but now , there aren’t ______ left. Who took all of the cookies?

(a)any                          (b) none                       (c) every                      (d) numerous

4. I called you twice and, ________ time, I got the answering machine.

(a) any                         (b) each                       (c) both                        (d) all

5. _________of you will be punished unless the culprit speaks up right now. Who put this graffiti on this wall?

(a)  All                         (b) Every                     (c) Numerous              (d)  Any

6. I asked you the same question _______ times, but you didn’t answer. Were you day dreaming or something?

(a) several                    (b) each                       (c) all                           (d) any

7. I don’t  have  _______  sympathy  for  you  because  you  knew  that  he  was  bad  news.  Why  did you start dating  him in the first  place?

(a) none                       (b) all                           (c) any                         (d) many

8. _______ of the  leaves  on  our  trees  in  the  backyard  are  turning  brown.  We  have  to  water them  soon.

(a)  All                         (b) Every                     (c)  Any                       (d)  Numerous

9._________ people think that  gardening  is boring.  I don’t  agree at all.

(a)  Any                       (b) Much                     (c) None                      (d) Some

10.You roll your eyes _______ time I ask  you a question. What’s wrong with you?

(a) all                           (b) ever y                     (c) some                       (d)  l ots  of

11. I don’t have _______  energy  today . I’m so tired.  I think  I’m going to take a nap.

(a) any                         (b) none                       (c) some                       (d) all