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Distribute the words according to The pronunciation of the definite article.

the rules of the indefinite article
hour, patient, copy, uncle, house, honesty, dream,
usage.
universe, nose, unicorn, Englishman, umbrella,
apple, fact, article, rainbow, unit, candy, garden
a an
Mark + if the definite article is pronounced
and – if it is pronounced .
___end___umbrella___universe___chair
___apricot___eagle___usage___hour___ora
nge___
window___castle___elephant___city___arti
cle___honour___idea___king___unit

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Choose the correct answer.

Example:
Q: What do you think of England?
A: I think it's _________________ very beautiful country.
o the
 a
o no article

What do you like to eat for ____ breakfast? – I like ___ toasts.
no article; no article
the; a
an; the8. We often go to ___country on ___Sunday in ___ winter. We play _____snowballs and have
_____very good time.
no article; the; no article; no article; the
the; no article; no article; no article; a
a; no article; no article; the; aI bought ____ book for him. ____ book is about space.
no article; the
the; a
a; the9. Sam is at__ hospital. He has __pneumonia.
no article; the
the; no article
no article; no articleWe played ___ volleyball at ___ lesson of ___physical training yesterday.
no article; the; no article
the; the; no article
a; the; the10. Jane speaks __German very well. She is___interpreter. She went to ____Germany by ___ train.
no article; no article; the; a
the; no article; no article; the
no article; an; no article; no article___ John played ___ piano in ___ evening.
the; no article; an
no article; the; the
no article; a; the11. Tim goes to __ school. His favourite subject is__Math.
no article; no article
the; no article
a; no article___ Sun is ___ daily national newspaper published in ___ United Kingdom.
the; no article; the
the; a; the
a; the; no article12. We like to go to ___ cinema and to___ theatre. We saw __ very interesting film yesterday.
no article; the; a
the; the a
no article; no article; a___ River Severn is ___ longest river in ___ Great Britain.
no article; the; no article
the; the; no article
no article; the; a13. I want to by ___ vase. I like ___ blue vase more than ____ yellow one.
the; the; the
no article; the; the
 no article; the; the; no article
the; the; no article; the
no article; no article; the; the14. Last ___ evening, when ___ family was at ___home, ____ burglar came into
_____ house and stole our money.
Answersno article; the; no article; a; the
the; no article; the; no article; a
1. no article; no article; the; no article; the 2.
a an

patient hour
copy uncle _+__end_+__umbrella_-__universe_-
house honesty __chair_+__apricot_+__eagle_-
dream umbrella __usage_+__hour_+__orange_-__ window_-
universe apple __castle_+__elephant_-
nose article
unicorn __city_+__article_+__honour_+__idea_-
Englishman
fact __king_-__unit
rainbow
unit
candy
garden

3.

1. no article; no article
2. a; the
3. no article; the; no article
4. no article; the; the
5. the; a; the
6. the; the; no article
7. no article; the; the; no article
8. the; no article; no article; no article; a
9. no article; no article
10.no article; an; no article; no article
11.no article; no article
12.no article; no article; a
13.a; the; the
14.no article; the; no article; a; the