Употребление артикля. Тесты.
методическая разработка по английскому языку на тему

                                    Test 1

1.There is ___ sand in my shoes.

a) -             b) a            c) the             d) an

2. The news was ____ very depressing.

a) a            b) the          c)-                 d) an

3. ___ man and ___ woman were sitting opposite me.

a) a, the     b) the, a      c) a, a            d) -, -

4. Paris is ___ capital of France.

a) the         b) a             c) an              d) –

5. Chinese eat ___ rice every day.

a) the         b) -              c) a               d) an

6. There were ___ very few people in the shops today.

a) an          b) a             c) -                d) the

7. What is ___ longest river in ____ world?

a) a, a        b) the, the   c) the, a         d) a, the

8. Did you hear ___ noise just now?

a) the         b) -             c) a                d) an

9. What did you have for ___ breakfast?

a) -            b) the          c) a                d) an

10. Have you got these shoes in ____ size 43?

a) the        b) a             c) an              d) –

11. Ken`s brother is in ___ prison now for robbery.

a) the        b) -              c) a               d) an

12. Bob is ___ seaman. He spends most of his time at ___ sea.

a) a, -        b) the, -       c) an, the      d) a, the

13. ___ children learn a lot from playing.

a) the         b) a              c) -               d) an

14. ___ giraffe is ___ tallest of all animals.

a) the, the  b) a, a          c) an, the      d) -, -

15. We had ___ very nice lunch.

a) -             b) a             c) the            d) an

16. We visited ___Canada and ___ United States.

a) a, a         b) -, -          c) the, the     d) -, the

17. Jill has gone to ___ hospital to visit Jack.

a) the         b) a              c) -               d) an

18. We took ___ children to the Zoo.

a) -             b) a             c) an             d) the

19. It can be dangerous to swim in ___ sea.

a) -             b) the          c) a               d) an

20. Have you ever been to ____ British Museum?

a) a             b) -             c) the            d) an

                              Test 2

1. Over 75 countries in ___ world use ____ English as ___ official language.

a) the, -, the         b) a, -, the                c) the, the, a              d) the, -, -

2. ___ Indian meal consists of ___ meat dish, ___ bread and ___ rice.

a) -, the, -, -         b) an, -, -, -               c) an, -, the, the        d) an, a, -, -

3. ___ fruit rather than ___desserts is served at ___ end of ___ meal.

a) -, -, the, a         b) the, -, the, a          c) -, -, an, a              d) -, -, the, -

4. With ___ right hand ___ Indians break ___ pieces of ___ bread.

a) a, -, -, -             b) the, the, -, -          c) the, -, -, -             d) the, -, the, -

5. ___ Japan is ___ country of ___ eastern Asia in ___ north Pacific Ocean.

a) the, a, -, the      b) -, the, -, the          c) -, a, the, the         d) -, a, -, the

6. ___ country is crossed from ___ north to  ___ south-west by ___ mountain range.

a) the, the, the, a   b) the, -, -, a             c) the, the, -, a         d) the, the, the, the

7. Japan is ___ long country from ___ north to ___ south, so ___ weather varies widely.

a) the, -, -, the       b) a, -, -, the             c) a, the, the, the     d) -, the, the, -

8. In ___ south of ___ Sweden ___ Swedes grow ___ sugar beet and ___ potatoes.

a) the, the, the, -, - b) -, -, -, the, the      c) the, -, the, -, -     d) -, -, -, -, -

9. I eat ___ fruit every day for ___ lunch: ___ orange and ___ banana.

a) a, -, an, a            b) -, the, an, a          c) -, -, the, the        d) -, -, an, a

10. ___ worst thing is that  I drink ___ awful lot of ___ coffee.

a) the, an, -            b) a, an, -                 c) the, a, -               d) the, an, the

11. I usually wake up looking forward to ___ day, but at ___ moment I don`t like ___ girl I work with.

a) a, the, the           b) the, the, the         c) the, a, the           d) the, the, a

12. Even though he is ___ Brazilian he doesn`t drink ___ coffee, just ___ cup of ___ tea

a) a, -, the, -           b) -, the, -, -             c) -, -, a, -               d) -, -, the, -

13. At ___ weekends I sometimes turn ___ television on in ___ morning.

a) the, the, the        b) -, the, the             c) the, -, the            d) the, the, -

14.___ children can visit ___ museum if they are accompanied by  ___ adult.

a) the, -, an             b) -, -, a                   c) -, -, the                d) -, -, an

15. My friend and I went out for ___ meal yesterday and ___ food was excellent especially ___ chicken.

a) the, the, the        b) a, -, the                c) a, the, a               d) a, the, the

16. We have bought ___ nice cottage in ___ country with ___ views of ___ mountains.

a) a, the, -, -           b) the, the,-, -           c) a, a, -, the            d) a, the, the,-

17.”Would you like ___ glass of___ milk?” “No, thanks. I don`t like ___ milk.”

a) the, -, -               b) a, the, -                c) a, -, -                    d) a, -, the

18. I don`t like ___ poetry, but there is ___ poem I`ve really enjoyed.

a) the, a                  b) -, a                       c) -, the                    d) a, a

Test 3

1. There was ___ crisis in ___ American agriculture in ___ 1980s.

a) the, -, the               b) a, -, the                 c) a, the, the          d) -, -, the

2. According to ___ New York Times ___ third of ___ nation`s family farmers are in ___ debt.

a) the, a, the, -           b) -, the, -, -               c) the, a, -, -          d) the, a, the, the

3. In ___ New York City area ___ East River is ___ good example of ___ water pollution.

a) -, the, a, -,              b) the, the, the, -        c) the, the, a, -      d) the, the, a, the

4. Mrs. Brown, ___ young woman with ___ fall of ___ dark hair is ___ teacher.

a) the, a, -, a               b) a, a, -, a                 c) a, a, the, a         d) a, a, -, the

5. People always have ___ hopes for ___ better life in ___ future.

a) -, a, the                   b) the, -, the               c) the, the, the      d) -, -, the

6. Americans find it hard to accept ___ idea of ___ poor people who have no ___ hope.

a) a, -, a                      b) the, -, -                   c) an, -, -              d) the, -, -

7. ___ Northeast is ___ historic heartland of ___ U.S. and ___ centre of ___ industry.

a) -, the, the, the, -      b) the, a, the, the, -    c) the, the, -, the, - d) the, the, the, the, -

8. ___ Rockies is ___ great mass of ___ mountains running down ___ western side of the U.S.

a) -, the, -, the             b) the, the, the, the    c) the, the, -, the     d) the, a, -, -

9. ___ Salt Lake City was founded by ___ religious group known as ___ Mormons.

a) -, a, the                   b) the, -, the               c) -, a, -                   d) -, the, -

10. Now ___ Salt Lake City is one of ___ cleanest cities in ___ country.

a) the, the, the             b) -, the, the              c) -, a, the                d) -, the, a

11. ___ West Coast of the U.S. is proving already that ___ Pacific is ___ ocean of ___ future.

a) the, the, the, the       b) -, the, the, the      c) the, the, a, the      d) the, the, the, -

12. In ___ big cities ___ number of people from ___ Vietnam and ___ Philippines is growing.

a) the, the, -, the          b) -, a, -, the             c) -, the, the, -          d) -, the, -, the

13. ___ advertisers understand ____ power of ___ television.

a) the, the, -                 b) -, the, -                 c) -, -, -                    d) -, a, -

14. Every house has ____ garage, ___ separate bedroom for each child in ___ family and ___ bathrooms.

a) the, a, the, -             b) a, the, the, -          c) a, a, the, -            d) a, the, -, -

15. For ___ Americans who own their own homes, ___ never-ending rise in ___ house prices is ___ good thing.

a) the, a, -, a                b) -, -, -, a                 c) the, -, the, a          d) the, the, -, a

16. ___ Wall Street is ___ place where ___ sun never shines.

a) the, a, the                 b) -, -, the                 c) -, a, -                    d) -, a, the

17. ___ people who work in ___ Wall Street area are too busy to worry about ___ weather.

a) -, the, the                 b) the, the, the          c) the, -, the              d) the, a, the

Test 4

1. ___ North is ___ cooler than ___ South.

a) -, the, -                    b) the, the, the                   c) the, -, -                d) the, -, the

2. ___ southeast Britain has always been ___ most populated part of ___ island.

a) the, the, a                b) -, the, an                        c) -, the, the             d) -, -, the

3. Britain is ___ island and ___ Britain`s history has been closely connected with ___ sea.

a) an, -, -                      b) an, -, the                       c) the, -, the             d) an, the, the

4. ___ Latin was important because it was ___ educated language of ___ almost all Europe.

a) -, the, -                     b) the, the, -                      c) -, an, -                 d) -, the, -

5. ___ most English people  could not speak ___ Latin, ___ language of ___ Church and of ___ education.

a) -, -, the, the, -           b) the, -, the, the, -            c) -, -, a, -, the         d) -, the, -, the, -

6. ___ fourteenth century was disastrous for Britain as well as for ___ most of Europe because of ___ effect of ___ wars.

a) the, -, the, -               b) the, the, the,-                c) the, -, an, -          d) the, -, the, the

7. By the end of ___ Middle Ages ___ serf from ___ countryside could work in ___ town to become ___ freeman.

a) -, a, the, a, a              b) the, the, the, a, a           c) the, a, the, a, a    d) the, a, a, a, a

8. ___ poor wore ___ simple clothes of ___ leather or ___ wool.

a) the, -, -, -                   b) -, -, -, -                         c) the, the, -, -         d) the, -, the, the

9. ___ poor children started ___ work at ___ age of six.

a) the, -, the                   b) -, the, an                      c) -, -, the                d) -, the, the

10. ___ first signs of ___ trouble between ___ Crown and ___ Parliament came in 1601.

a) the, -, -, -                   b) -, -, the, the                  c) the, the, -, -         d) the,-, -, the

11. In 1666 ___ Cambridge Professor of___ Math, Newton, began to study ___ gravity.

a) -, -, -                          b) the, -, -                         c) the, -, the            d) the, the, the

12. ___ invention of ___ machinery created  ___ factories.

a) -, -, -                          b) -, the, -                         c) the, -, the            d) the, -, -

13. Growing ___ animal food was ___ important new development.

a) -, an                           b) -, the                            c) the, a                   d) the, the

14. In the U.S. there is still ___ aluminum, ___ copper, ___ oilfields in ___ north.

a) -, -, the, the                b) the, the, the, the           c) -, -, the, -            d) -, -, -, the

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Test 5

1. Let me give you ___ good advice.

a) some                        b) a                               c) one                            d) any

2. Do you know the ___  who lives next door?

a) men                          b) man                         c) mans                          d) mens

3. Old Mr. O`Hara told a story of the ___ movement in Ireland.

a) woman`s                  b) women`s                  c) women                      d) woman

4. He was 19 and too young  to know much about ___ life.

a) the                            b) -                               c) a                                d) that

5. What ___ magnificent view!

a) the                            b) -                               c) a                                d) an

6. How can we make sense of ___ story as this?

a) such                         b) such a                       c) a such                       d) such the

7. My mother told me to buy two ___ eggs in the market.

a) dozen                       b) dozens of                  c) dozen of                   d) dozens

8. There ___ always a lot of traffic in the rush-hour.

a) are                            b) is                               c) it is                           d) was

9. “Have you met Peter`s sisters?” “I have met one. I didn`t know he had ___ sister.”

a) other                        b) another                      c) the other                   d) the another

10. What ___ urgent information!

a) -                               b) an                              c) the                            d) a

11. It is difficult to say how Tom will react to ___ news as this.

a) such a                      b) such                           c) a such                       d) the such

12. There are ___ cars in the city centre in the rush-hour.

a) quite a few              b) many                          c) much                        d) few

13. The ___ room looks very cosy.

a) children                  b) children`s                    c) childrens                  d) childrens`s

14. Soon, they lost ___ patience and sent me to my parents in Dublin.

a) the                          b) a                                  c) -                                d) an

15. As usual, he had ___ big breakfast and went to work.

a) -                              b) the                              c) a                                d) that

16. He is very successful businessman even though he has ___ education.

a) very little                b) a very little                 c) quite a little              d) the little

17. Unfortunately, I`m ___ child in the family.

a) the only                  b) an only                        c) only a                       d) the only a