1............... teacher needs patience.
Wrong!
Use "A" before a singular countable noun when you mean any member of a group.
2I lost ............... book that I borrowed from you.
Wrong!
Use "the" because the book is specific: it is the one borrowed from you.
3............... spider has eight legs.
Wrong!
Use "A" before the consonant sound in "spider" when speaking generally about one example of a class.
4............... is the longest river in the world.
Wrong!
Use "The Nile" because river names normally take "the".
5There is ............... library in the town.
Wrong!
Use "a" when you mention one non-specific library for the first time.
6It was ............... finest day of my life.
Wrong!
Use "the" before a superlative such as "finest".
7She can play ............... piano.
Wrong!
Use "the" with the names of musical instruments in this general sense.
8Should ............... be called immediately?
Wrong!
Use "the police" to refer to the police force as a group.
9............... baby cow can stand as soon as it is born.
Wrong!
Use "A" when you mean any baby cow, not one particular baby cow.
10I prefer living in ............... to living in town.
Wrong!
Use "the country" for the countryside as a general environment.
11English people always talk about ...............
Wrong!
Use "the weather" in the common expression for talking about weather conditions.
12I watched ............... yesterday, but I don't remember its title.
Wrong!
Use "a movie" because the movie is not identified or already known.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- A teacher needs patience.
- I lost the book that I borrowed from you.
- A spider has eight legs.
- The Nile is the longest river in the world.
- There is a library in the town.
- It was the finest day of my life.
- She can play the piano.
- Should the police be called immediately?
- A baby cow can stand as soon as it is born.
- I prefer living in the country to living in town.
- English people always talk about the weather.
- I watched a movie yesterday, but I don’t remember its title.