II. Practice

Choose a, the, or no article in each sentence.

The wife of the President of the USA is known as _______ First Lady. (the)

I have never had_______ job working in a bar. (a)

_______largest ocean in the world is the Pacific Ocean. (the)

_______ Hong Kong used to be part of the British Empire. (no article)

Slovakia is part of _______ European Community. (the)

_______Amazon rain forest covers several countries in South America. (the)

_______ friend of mine, who lives in Crete, has never left the island. (a)

A recent report predicted that all ______ sea water will be polluted by 2040. (no article)

On _______ news today, there were reports of two plane crashes. (the)

The weather tomorrow will be ________ same as today. (the)

Look at each sentence and decide whether 'do', 'make' or 'take' is needed to complete the sentence. Click on the correct answer.

If you are not happy with the situation you should a complaint.

do

=make

take

I usually the washing up and leave the cooking to my wife, as she's a better cook than me.

=do

make

take

I your point; we should consider the offer more seriously.

do

make

=take

Some people so much money in the Internet boom that they became rich overnight.

did

=made

took

He a lot of his business by email these days so he doesn't have to visit his clients often.

=does

makes

takes

I really think I should a break once this project is finished.

do

make

=take

You have to a choice. Are you going to leave the job or stay?

do

=make

take

They had been in India for three weeks when he was suddenly ill.

done

made

=taken

Please ask your friends to be quiet. They are a lot of noise.

doing

=making

taking

He was in second place but on the last bend he suddenly passed his rival and the lead.

did

made

=took

Choose the word or phrase that produces a grammatically correct sentence.

What ______________ of Alison’s new apartment?

are you thinking

have you thought

do you think

=have you been thinking

Tim _________________ overtime lately.

works

=has been working

is working

worked

There is only ________________ time left before the plane takes off. Hurry up!

=a little

hardly any

few

a few

Sandra won’t go to school today because she has ___________ fever.

-

the

little

=a

My grandmother has been in the hospital for ten days, but I haven’t visited her _________.

=yet

already

since

before

This is the third time I ____________ to Italy this year.

have been traveling

travel

travelled

=have travelled

This kind of _____________ quite a lot.

furniture cost

=furniture costs

furnitures costs

furnitures cost

I enjoyed the trip to Edinburg ________.

a lot of

=a lot

plenty of

much

I am afraid the news ________; our team lost all three games in the playoffs.

=is disappointing

is disappointed

are disappointed

are disappointing

I ____________ in a lake since I was six years old.

don’t swim

didn’t swim

haven’t swum

haven’t been swimming