Articles exercise: a / an / the

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Exercise 1

Choose between a, an, the or nothing (Ø):

1. I need aantheØ paper. (le matériaux)
2. I need aantheØ paper. (le magazine)
3. Sorry! I broke aantheØ glass. (un verre pour boire)
4. The windows are made of aantheØ glass (le matériaux)
5. This new car is made of aantheØ plastic .
6. The worker put aantheØ brick into the truck.
7. We don’t like aantheØ coffee sold at Starbucks.
8. I like aantheØ olive oil you have bought for me.
9. There was a lot of aantheØ rain last summer.
10. aantheØ coffee is served very hot in Italy.

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ANSWERS

1. I need Ø paper.
2. I need a paper.
3. Sorry ! I broke a glass.
4. The windows are made of Ø glass.
5. This new car is made of Ø plastic.
6. The worker put a brick into the truck.
7. We don’t like the coffee sold at Starbucks.
8. I like the olive oil you have bought for me.
9. There was a lot of Ø rain last summer.
10. Ø coffee is served very hot in Italy.

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Exercise 10

1. The time passed —slowslowly.
2. We were all —warmwarmly dressed.
3. When Matthew applied for a new job, he got an —immediateimmediately answer.
4. Our strategy is simple. And —amazingamazingly effective.
5. She is a —wonderfulwonderfully cook.
6. Alice was —seriousseriously hurt in a car accident.
7. That new TV must be —terribleterribly expensive.
8. We’re —enormousenormously grateful for all your help.
9. He asked a —directdirectly question.
10. They replied —politepolitely to all of my inquiries.

 

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ANSWERS

1. slowly
2. warmly
3. immediate
4. amazingly
5. wonderful
6. seriously
7. terribly
8. enormously
9. direct
10. politely

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Exercise 9

1. He sings —goodwell.
2. The cost of electricity is —increasinglyincreasing by around 10 % a year.
3. She thinks Japanese is an —easyeasily  language.
4. He should pass the test —easyeasily.
5. He’s an—excellentlyexcellent guitar player.
6. The tournament was —excellentlyexcellent organised.
7. The dog barks —angryangrily.
8. The dog is —angryangrily.
9. He is not rich, and spends money —carefulcarefully.
10. Linda is a —carefulcarefully girl.

 

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ANSWERS

1. well
2. increasing
3. easy
4. easily 
5. excellent
6. excellently 
7. angrily
8. angry
9. carefully
10. careful

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Exercise 6

Complete the following sentences with the appropriate adjective or adverb:

Example:  She works slow/slowly. → She works slowly.

1. I felt —greatgreatly relieved to receive this email.
2. She answered —clevercleverly to the teacher.
3. Could you please shut the door —quietlyquiet?
4. He accepted the invitation —thankfulthankfully.
5. Sam spoke —confidentlyconfident to the crowd.
6. Tina felt —miserablemiserably after she lied to her friend.
7. It started to rain —heavilyheavy.
8. Is she —seriousseriously ill?
9. The food here is —extremelyextreme —wellgood.
10. The old library was —totallytotal destroyed in the fire.

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ANSWERS

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Exercise 5

Complete the following sentences with the appropriate adjective or adverb:

Example:  She works slow/slowly. → She works slowly.

1. That’s the —logicallogically solution to this problem.
2. The attack —hardhardly affected tourism.
3. They spoke —optimisticoptimistically about the company’s future.
4. Where can I get a —typicaltypically Japanese meal?
5. Kevin jumped over the gate —easilyeasily.
6. He tried to stay —quietquietly.
7. It is —nearnearly six o’clock.
8. Her English isn’t perfect yet, but it’s —prettilypretty good.
9. I’m —gradualgradually answering all of my emails.
10. He could —hardhardly move.

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ANSWERS

1. logical
2. hardly
3. optimistically
4. typical
5. easily
6. quiet
7. nearly
8. pretty
9. gradually
10. hardly

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Exercise 7

1. The team played —beautifulbeautifully yesterday.
2. I know him —wellgood.
3. The manager was really —friendlyfriendlily.
4. Sam is a —quickquickly learner.
5. This changed the situation—dramaticallydramatic.
6. The party was —quitequiet a success.
7. She spoke —ruderudely to him.
8. Check your lesson —carefulcarefully.
9. His performance was —amazingamazingly.
10. They were —recentrecently married.

 

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ANSWERS

1. beautifully
2. well
3. really
4. quick
5. dramatically
6. quite
7. rudely
8. carefully
9. amazing
10. recently

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Exercise 8

1. This restaurant is —reasonablereasonably —cheaplycheap. 
2. Daniel likes wearing —colourfullycolourful clothes.
3. I waited —nervouslynervous in the car.
4. He gave us an —unfriendlyunfriendlyly look as we drove past.
5. I’ve been having a lot of headaches —latelately .
6. He can play the violin —extremelyextreme —wellgood.
7. Mr. Smith —generousgenerously donated $2,000 to the fundation.
8. If you speak —SlowlySlow, I can understand.
9. The sky became surprisingly —darklydark.
10. He is a —terribleterribly cook.

 

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ANSWERS

1. reasonably cheap
2. colourful
3. nervously
4. unfriendly
5. lately
6. extremely well
7. generously
8. slowly
9. dark
10. terrible

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Exercise 4

Complete the following sentences with the appropriate adjective or adverb:

Example:  She works slow/slowly. → She works slowly.

1. The children looked —carefulcarefully before crossing the street.
2. That was a —clevercleverly answer.
3. He —quickquickly ran out of money.
4. I’ve only time for a —quickquickly visit.
5. You look —tiredtiredly. Didn’t you sleep well?
6. Emily speaks —perfectperfectly French.
7. They lived —happyhappily ever after .
8. You sound pretty —happyhappily today.
9. I speak English —wellgood.
10. Her English is —wellgood.

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ANSWERS

1. carefully
2. clever
3. quickly
4. quick
5. tired
6. prefectly
7. happily
8. happy
9. well
10. good

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Exercise 3

Complete the following sentences with the appropriate adjective or adverb:

Example:  She works slow/slowly. → She works slowly.

1. She is a very —warmwarmly person.
2. Paul thanked Frank —warmwarmly for all his help.
3. Actually, the dish tasted —wonderfulwonderfully.
4. The hospital was —tragictragically burnt down last year.
5. She looked at me —sadsadly when I told her the news.
6. The house was in a —sadsadly state.
7. I don’t —fullfully agree with you.
8. It was a —completecompletely mess.
9. The cold weather is —awfulawfully.
10. It’s —awfulawfully cold today.

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ANSWERS

1. warm
2. warmly
3. wonderful
4. tragically
5. sadly
6. sad
7. fully
8. complete
9. awful
10. awfully

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Exercise 2