Here are the rules for when to use "A, An or The"

Here are the rules for when to use "A, An or The": • a = indefinite article (not a specific object, one of a number of the same objects) with consonants She has a dog. I work in a factory. • an = indefinite article (not a specific object, one of a number of the same objects) with vowels (a,e,i,o,u) Can I have an apple? She is an English teacher. • the = definite article (a specific object that both the person speaking and the listener know) The car over there is fast. The teacher is very good, isn't he? • The first time you speak of something use "a or an", the next time you repeat that object use "the". I live in a house. The house is quite old and has four bedrooms. I ate in a Chinese restaurant. The restaurant was very good. • DO NOT use an article with countries, states, counties or provinces, lakes and mountains except when the country is a collection of states such as "The United States". He lives in Washington near Mount Rainier. They live in northern British Columbia. • Use an article with bodies of water, oceans and seas - My country borders on the Pacific Ocean • DO NOT use an article when you are speaking about things in general I like Russian tea. She likes reading books. • DO NOT use an article when you are speaking about meals, places, and transport He has breakfast at home. I go to university. He comes to work by taxi.

Exercise 4, 10, 11

Exercise 4 : Articles In the following sentences supply the articles (a, an, or the) if they are necessary. If no articles is necessary, leave the space blank. 1. Jason’s father bought him a bicycle that he had wanted for his birthday. 2. A Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship from a France to a United States. 3. Rita is studying a English and a math this semester. 4. The judge asked a witness to tell the truth. 5. Please give me a cup of a coffee with a cream and a sugar. 6. The big books on the table are for my history class. 7. No one in the Spanish class knew the correct answer to a Mrs. Perez;s question. 8. My a car is four years old and it still runs well. 9. When you go to the store, please buy a botle of a chocolate milk and a dozen oranges. 10. There are only a few seats left for a tonight’s musical at the university. 11. Jhon and Marcy went to the school yesterday and then studied in the library before returing home. 12. A Lake Erie is one of the five Great Lakes in the North America. 13. On our trip to the Spain, we crossed the Atlantic Ocean. 14. The Mount Rushmore is the site of a magnificent tribute to the four great American presidens. 15. What did you eat for a breakfest this morning? 16. Louie played a basketball and a baseball at the Boy’s Club this year. 17. Rita plays a violin and her sister plays a guitar. 18. While we were in the Alaska, we saw the Eskimo village. 19. Phil can’t go to the movies tonight because he has to write an essay. 20. David attended a Princeton University. 21. Harry has been admited to the School of Medicine at the midwestern university. 22. Mel’s grandmother is in a hospital, so we went to visit her a last tonight. 23. The political science class is taking a trip to the Soviet Union in the spring. 24. A Queen Elizabeth II is a monarch of the Great Britain. 25. The Declaration of Independence was drawn up in 1776. 26. Scientists hope to send an expedition to the Mars during the 1980s. 27. Last night there was a bird singing outside my house. 28. The chair that you are sitting in is broken. 29. The Civil War was fought in a United States between 1861 and 1865. 30. The Florida State University is smaller than a University of Florida. Exercise 10 : Subject-Verb Agreement Choose the from of the verb in pareatheses in the following sentences. 1. Jhon, along with twenty friends, (are) planning aparty. 2. The picture of the soldiers (bring) back many memories. 3. The quality of these recordings (are) not very good. 4. If the duties of these officers (aren’t) reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the project. 5. The effects of cigarette smoking (have) been proven to be extremely harmful. 6. The use of credit cards in place of cash (have) increased rapidly in recent years. 7. Advertasements on television (are) becoming more competitive than ever before. 8. Living expenses in this country, as well as in many others, (is) at an all-time high. 9. Mr. Jones, accompained by several members of the committee (has) proposed some changes of the rules. 10. The levels of intoxication (vary) from subject to subject. Exercies 11 : Subject-Verb Agreement Choose the correct from of the verb in the following sentences. 1. Neither Bill nor Mary (are) going to play tonight. 2. Anything (are) better than going to another movie tonight. 3. Skating (is) becoming more popular every day. 4. A number of reporters (were) at the conference yesterday. 5. Everybody who (has) a fever must go home immediately. 6. Your glasses (were) on the bureau last night. 7. There (were) some people at the meeting last night. 8. The commitee (has) already reached a decision. 9. A pair of jeans (were) in the washing machine this morning. 10. Each student (have) answered the first three questions. 11. Either John or his wife (makes) breakfest each morning. 12. After she had perused the material, the secretary decided that everything (were) in order. 13. The crwod at the basketball game (was) wild eith excitement. 14. A pack of wild dogs (has) frightened all the ducks away. 15. The jury (is) trying to reach a decision. 16. The army (has) eliminated this section of the training test. 17. The number of students who have withdrawn from class this quarter (are) appalling. 18. There (have) been to many interruptions in this class. 19. Every elemntary school teacher (has) to take this examination. 20. Neither Jill nor her parents (have) seen this movie before.