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Question 1

1)

John:

I had a sandwich and an apple for lunch.
The sandwich wasn’t very good but the apple was nice.

Answer 1

John says ‘a sandwich’, ‘an apple’ because this is the first time he talks about them.

John says ‘the sandwich’, ‘the apple’ because his friend knows exactly which sandwich and which apple he talks about - the sandwich and the apple he had for lunch.

Question 2

For example:

Answer 2

A man and a woman were sitting opposite me. The man was American but I think the woman was British.

When we were on holiday, we stayed at a hotel. Sometimes we had our evening meal at the hotel and sometimes we went to a restaurant.

Question 3

1. We use ‘a’ or ‘an’ (before a,o,u,e,i) with singular countable nouns about which we speak for the first time. With uncountable nouns we usually use no article (zero article) or we can also use ‘some’.
2. We use the article ‘a’ with jobs.

Answer 3

For example:

1. “What is it?”

“It’s a cup. It’s bread.”

2. He’s a taxi driver.

Question 4

“What is it?”

“It’s ___ cup.”

Answer 4

It’s a cup.

Question 5

“What is it?”

“It’s _____ bread.”

Answer 5

It’s bread.

Question 6

“What is it?”

“It’s ___ book.”

Answer 6

It’s a book.

Question 7

“What is it?”

“It’s ___ sugar.”

Answer 7

It’s sugar.

Question 8

“What is it?”

“It’s ___ butter.”

Answer 8

It’s butter.

Question 9

“What is it?”

“It’s ___ apple.”

Answer 9

It’s an apple.

Question 10

“What is it?”

“It’s ___ ink.”

Answer 10

It’s ink.”

Question 11

“What is it?”

“It’s ___ umbrella.”

Answer 11

It’s an umbrella.

Question 12

“What is it?”

“It’s ____ ticket.”

Answer 12

It’s a ticket.

Question 13

What’s in the fridge?

There’s ___ milk.

Answer 13

There’s milk.

Question 14

What’s in the fridge?

There’s ___ bottle of ___ wine.

Answer 14

There’s a bottle of wine.

Question 15

What’s in the fridge?

There’s ___ orange and ___ peach.

Answer 15

There’s an orange and a peach.

Question 16

What’s in the fridge?

There’s ___ jam.

Answer 16

There’s jam.

Question 17

What’s in the fridge?

There’s ___ bag of carrots.

Answer 17

There’s a bag of carrots.

Question 18

What’s in the fridge?

There’s ____ cheese.

Answer 18

There’s cheese.

Question 19

What’s in the fridge?

There’s ___ box of eggs.

Answer 19

There’s a box of eggs.

Question 20

What’s in the fridge?

There’s ___ lot of ___ food.

Answer 20

There’s a lot of food.

Question 21

What’s he wearing?

He’s wearing ___ trousers.

Answer 21

He’s wearing trousers.

Question 22

What’s he wearing?

He’s wearing ___ sweater.

Answer 22

He’s wearing a sweater.

Question 23

What’s he wearing?

He’s wearing ____ jacket.

Answer 23

He’s wearing a jacket.

Question 24

What’s he wearing?

He’s wearing ____ glasses.

Answer 24

He’s wearing glasses.

Question 25

What’s he wearing?

He’s wearing ____ shoes.

Answer 25

He’s wearing shoes.

Question 26

What’s he wearing?

He’s wearing ____ green shirt.

Answer 26

He’s wearing a green shirt.

Question 27

What’s he wearing?

He’s wearing ____ purple tie.

Answer 27

He’s wearing a purple tie.

Question 28

What’s he wearing?

He’s wearing ____ red socks.

Answer 28

he’s wearing red socks.

Question 29

What’s he wearing?

He’s wearing ____ orange scarf.

Answer 29

He’s wearing an orange scarf.

Question 30

What’s he wearing?

He’s wearing ____ brown gloves.

Answer 30

He’s wearing brown gloves.

Question 31

What does she do?

She’s ___ librarian.

Answer 31

She’s a librarian.

Question 32

What does he do?

He’s ___ architect.

Answer 32

He’s an architect.

Question 33

What does she do?

She’s ___ shop assistant.

Answer 33

She’s a shop assistant.

Question 34

What do you do?

Are you ___ secretary?

Answer 34

Are you a secretary?

Question 35

What does he do?

He’s ____ economist.

Answer 35

He’s an economist.

Question 36

What does she do?

She’s ____ lawyer.

Answer 36

She’s a lawyer.

Question 37

What does he do?

He’s ____ bus driver.

Answer 37

He’s a bus driver.

Question 38

What does she do?

Is she ___ artist?

Answer 38

Is she an artist?

Question 39

What does she do?

She’s ____ university student.

Answer 39

She’s a university student.

Question 40

What do you do?

I’m ____ student too.

Answer 40

I’m a student too.

Question 41

No. it’s not!

It’s not ____ meat. It’s ____ soya.

Answer 41

It’s not meat. It’s soya.

Question 42

No. it’s not!

It’s not ____ cup. It’s ____ glass.

Answer 42

It’s not a cup. It’s a glass.

Question 43

No. it’s not!

He’s not ____ Englishman. He’s ____ Welshman.

Answer 43

He’s not an Englishman. He’s a Welshman.

Question 44

No. it’s not!

She’s not ___ English. She’s ___ Welsh.

Answer 44

She’s not English.

She’s Welsh.

Question 45

No. it’s not!

It’s not ____ English. It’s ____ French.

Answer 45

It’s not English. It’s French.

Question 46

No. it’s not!

It’s not ____ butter. It’s ____ margarine.

Answer 46

It’s not butter. It’s margarine.

Question 47

No. it’s not!

It’s not ____ photo. It’s ____ painting.

Answer 47

It’s not a photo. It’s a painting.

Question 48

No. it’s not!

It’s not ____ salt. It’s ____ pepper.

Answer 48

It’s not salt. It’s pepper.

Question 49

No. it’s not!

It’s not ____ blue shirt. It’s ____ grey shirt.

Answer 49

It’s not a blue shirt. It’s a grey shirt.

Question 50

Do you like ___ Chocolate?

Answer 50

Do you like chocolate?

Question 51

This is ___ hill. ___ green hill. On ___ hill there’s ___ house.

Answer 51

This is a hill. A green hill. On the hill there’s a house.

Question 52

This house is ___ old house. In ___ house there are eight rooms.

Answer 52

This house is an old house. In the house there are eight rooms.

Question 53

Here’s ___ room. In ___ room there’s ___ wardrobe. ___ wardrobe is very tall.

Answer 53

Here’s a room. In the room there’s a wardrobe. The wardrobe is very tall.

Question 54

Loot at ___ wardrobe. It ___ wardrobe there’s ___- suitcase. It’s ____ large suitcase.

Answer 54

Loot at the wardrobe. In the wardrobe there’s a suitcase. It’s a large suitcase.

Question 55

In ____ suitcase there’s ___ box, ___ white box.

Answer 55

In the suitcase there’s a box, a white box.

Question 56

Look in ___ box. In ___ box there’s ___ book. It’s ___ book with pictures.

Answer 56

Look in the box. In the box there’s a book. It’s a book with pictures.

Question 57

In ___ book there are ___ lot of pictures.

Answer 57

In the book there are a lot of pictures.

Question 58

Here’s one picture. Look at ___ picture. In ___ picture there’s ___ hill.

Answer 58

Here’s one picture. Look at the picture. In the picture there’s a hill.

Question 59

Look at ___ hill. What’s on ___ hill? There’s ___ house on ___ hill.

Answer 59

Look at the hill. What’s on the hill? There’s a house on the hill.

Question 60

And what’s in ___ house?

Answer 60

And what’s in the house?

Question 61

This is ___ excellent meat.

Answer 61

This is excellent meat.

Question 62

This is ____ difficult test.

Answer 62

This is a difficult test.

Question 63

This is ___ very important information.

Answer 63

This is very important information.

Question 64

This is ___ serious mistake.

Answer 64

This is a serious mistake.

Question 65

It was ____ interesting lecture.

Answer 65

It was an interesting lecture.

Question 66

It was ___ good advice.

Answer 66

It was good advice.

‘advice’ is an uncountable noun in English.

Question 67

It was ___ good idea.

Answer 67

It was a good idea.

Question 68

It wasn’t ___ problem.

Answer 68

It wasn’t a problem.

Question 69

Have you ___ brother or ___ sister?

Answer 69

Have you a brother or a sister?

Question 70

We waited for three quarters of ___ hour.

Answer 70

We waited for three quarters of an hour.

Question 71

We must go. The train leaves in ___ quarter of ___ hour.

Answer 71

We must go. The train leaves in a quarter of an hour.

Question 72

It costs ninety crowns ___ kilo.

Answer 72

It costs ninety crowns a kilo.

Question 73

This sofa’s very old now. We really need ___ new sofa.

Answer 73

This sofa’s very old now. We really need a new sofa.