Articles II excs

USE ARTICLES WHERE NECESSARY:

1. _The___ Government should spend more on _/___ education and less on __/__ defence.
2. Has __/___ Emilia visited __the_ Netherlands and ___/__ Germany.
3. In January 2013 only 39% of people in __the___ USA owned _/____ passports.
4. __The___ population of __/___ Estonia is about 1.3 million.
5. I got _a__ lovely necklace for __the__ twentieth birthday.
6. People who live in ___the__ north have to cope with severe weather conditions.
7. _The___ pollution is _a___ problem in _/___ big cities.
8. They got married and rented _an___ apartment on __the__ second floor.
9. _The___ biggest city in __/___ China is _/____ Shanghai.
10. _/___ water and __/__ food are our basic needs.
11. I adore ___/__ birds, I would never keep _a___ bird in _a___ cage.
12. __The__ Bank of England is situated in __/__ London which is __the___ capital of __the__ UK.
13. __The__ river Tara flows at __the__ foothill of _/___ Tara mountain.
14. For Pierre, ____ Paris is _a__ very beautiful city. It is __the__ city where he was born.
15. __The__ hill that overlooks Barcelona is __the__ best place to view _the___ city.
16. __/__ pencils will not be allowed at _the___ exams.
17. I’d like to be _a__ journalist and report on _the___ world’s problems.
18. _/___ Poland is a relatively small country, but not __the__ smallest in __/__ Europe.
19. _The___ factory chimneys destroy __the___ air.
20. __The__ sun is _a__ star in _ the___ universe.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD:

1. Protesters say that building a new _dam__ will destroy natural beauty.
Sea/peninsula/dam
2. We aren’t staying up on the mountain, we are in a hostel in the bottom of the valley
Bank/valley/bay
3. Kim loves living on the _coast___ because she likes the beach
Coast/foothill/glacier
4. We are very lucky because our flat _overlooks___ the local park.
Floods/destroys/overlooks
5. After heavy rain, the water in the river __flows__ very quickly.
Flows/strikes/erupts
6. The _destruction__ of rainforests leads to the loss of many animals and plants.
Location/destruction/ evacuation
7. Scientists are working on a new way to _predict___ when typhoons could strike.
Produce/reduce/predict
8. Think carefully about _location__ before you choose a student house. It’s best to be close to the
university. Reduction/prediction/ location