III/ Multiple choices

1. Do you go to ________ prison to visit him?

A. the                                     B. x                             C. a                              D. an

2. On ________ Sundays my father stays in bed, reading ________ Sunday papers.

A. the / the                              B. a / the                      C. x / the                     D. the / a

3. My mother goes to ________ church in ________morning.

A. the / x                                 B. the / the                  C. x / the                     D. a / a.

4. I have ________ little money left; let’s have dinner in ________ restaurant.

A. some/ the                            B. a / the                      C. the / a                      D. a / a

5. She was going to give you ________ information.

A. some of                              B. some                       C. any                          D. an

6. Peter thinks that this is quite ________ cheap restaurant.

A. a                                         B. the                          C. an                            D. any

7. There’ll always be a gap between ________ old and ________ young.

A. the / the                              B. an / the                    C. an /a                        D. the / a

8. Call an ambulance. There’s been ________.

A. accident                              B. an accident             C. some accident         D. any accident

9. I would rather __ home than __ out with him.

A. stay- go                  B. stayed-went                        C. to stay- to go          D. staying- going

10. She’d rather I __ the homework before going to bed.

A. do               B. done                       C. did              D. to do

11. It’s time for the man___ the bill.

A. to paying                B.  paid                       C. paying         D. to pay

12. It’s about time the monitor ___ the members of the class to obey the teacher’s requests.

A. to ask                      B. asking                     C. to ask                      D. asked

13. I’m very interested ___ films and music.

A. on               B. in                C. of                D. with

14. Do you prefer ____ice-cream to cake.

A. eat              B. to eat                      C. eating                      D. ate

15. They would rather  dogs___ cats.

A. than                        B. to                C. over            D. other than

VII/ Complete the sentences with an, a or the if necessary

 1. He is one of ___ smartest people I know.

2. I went to ___ sea during my summer vacation.

3. What is ___ name of the next station?

4. He has ___ my car today.

5. Is there ___ public telephone near here?

6. You should take ___ umbrella

7. He broke ___ glass on ___ shelf yesterday.

8. I went to the shop to get ___ bread.

9. The Nile is ___ river.

10. Christmas comes once ___ year.