Secondary 2 - Grammar - Unit 5

Secondary 2 - Grammar - Unit 5

Definite and Indefinite Articles


Name ______________________________________ Date _____________


1. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d.

1. People in _____ speak many languages.
a. an Europe b. Europe c. the Europe d. a Europe

2. The longest river in Egypt is _____ .
a. a River Nile b. some River Nile c. the River Nile d. River Nile

3. My brother wants to be _____.
a. an engineer b. engineer c. the engineer d. a engineer

4. _____ should listen to their parents.
a. Childrens b. A children c. The children d. Children

5. I really like _____ at my school.
a. an teacher b. teacher c. the teachers d. teachers

6. _____ is a huge star which gives the earth light and heat.
a. Sun b. The sun c. A sun d. An sun

7. When I was walking to school, I saw _____ who was asking people for money.
a. men b. a man c. the man d. man

8. I want to buy _____ that we saw in the shop yesterday.
a. the book b. book c. a book d. some book


2. Rewrite using the words in brackets to give the same meaning.

1. We need good leaders who have intelligence. (intelligent)
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2. Ramy thinks that his football team is better than all the other teams. (best)
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3. To be good at playing chess you need to show a lot of patience. (patient)
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4. People all over the world respect Professor Magdy for his extraordinary research. (respected)
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5. The thief ran very fast away from the policemen and they could not catch him. (escaped)
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3. Find the mistakes and correct them.

Robinson Crusoe was travelling on a ship across the seas when a big storm caused his ship to sink to the bottom of the ocean. Holding onto a piece from a ship, Robinson Crusoe swam to the small island several miles away. Robinson Crusoe thought that he was alone on an island, but after some years he met the man. He gave the man a name: ‘Friday’. Robinson Crusoe and Friday were only people on the island. Together they built an shelter, and hunted for food, and every day they made a fire so that any passing ships would find them. One day, many months later, another ship was passing by an island. People on the ship saw a fire that Robinson Crusoe and Friday had made, and they rescued both of the men.


4. Match the phrases, then rewrite each sentence below.


A B
1. William Shakespeare was a a. very popular footballers.
2. Crete is an b. president.
3. I would like to stay on a c. island.
4. Abu Treka and El-Hadary are d. very famous writer.
5. I have never met the e. desert island.
f. the popstars.




1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________


5. Read the paragraph. Underline the correct word in parentheses.

Rules are important in many situations. For example, rules are important in families. (The children – Children – A children) should obey their parents and go to bed on time. Rules are also important when driving (the car – car – a car). Drivers should stop at (traffic lights – the traffic lights – a traffic light) and stop if they see (old person - a old person – an old person) trying to cross the road. If a person breaks (the rules – rules – a rules), then there can be all kinds of trouble. If rules are broken in the family, this can result in (an unhappy – a unhappy – the unhappy) family, and if rules are broken on the road, this can result in death.

Secondary 2 - Grammar - Unit 5

Definite and Indefinite Articles
ANSWERS


1.
1 - b 2 - c 3 - a 4 - d
5 - c 6 - b 7 - b 8 - a

2.
1. We need good leaders who are intelligent.
2. Ramy thinks that his football team is the best.
3. To be good at playing chess you need to be (very) patient.
4. Professor Magdy is respected (by people) all over the world for his extraordinary research.
5. The thief ran very fast away from the policemen and escaped.

3.
Robinson Crusoe was travelling on a ship across the seas when a big storm caused his ship to sink to the bottom of the ocean. Holding onto a piece from the ship, Robinson Crusoe swam to a small island several miles away. Robinson Crusoe thought that he was alone on the island, but after some years he met a man. He gave the man a name: ‘Friday’. Robinson Crusoe and Friday were the only people on the island. Together they built a shelter and hunted for food, and every day they made a fire so that any passing ships would find them. One day, many months later, another ship was passing by the island. People on the ship saw the fire that Robinson Crusoe and Friday had made, and they rescued both of the men.


4.
1 - d William Shakespeare was avery famous writer.
2 - c Crete is an island.
3 - e I would like to stay on a desert island.
4 - a
5 - b I have never met the president.



5.
Rules are important in many situations. For example, rules are important in families. Children should obey their parents and go to bed on time. Rules are also important when driving a car. Drivers should stop at traffic lights and stop if they see an old person trying to cross the road. If a person breaks the rules, then there can be all kinds of trouble. If rules are broken in the family, this can result in an unhappy family, and if rules are broken on the road, this can result in death.