Bi tp mo t

Mo t ( Articles) cch s dng + Bai tap1 nh ngha: Mo t l t dng trc danh t v cho bit danh t y cp n mt i tng xc nh hay khng xc nh.Mo t xc nh (Denfinite article): the

Ma t bt nh (Indefinite article): a, an

2. Mo t bt nh (Indefinite articles) - a, an - Dng trc danh t m c (s t) - khi danh t cha c xc nh (bt nh). "an" dung cho danh t bt u bng nguyn m (nhng ph thuc vo cch pht m).

V d: a book, a table an apple, an orange

- c bit mt s t "h" c c nh nguyn m.V d: an hour, an honest man

3. Mo t xc nh (Definite article)3.1 Cch c: "the" c c l [di] khi ng trc danh t bt u bng nguyn m (a, e, i, o, u) v c l (d) khi ng trc danh t bt u bng ph m (tr cc nguyn m):

The egg

the chair The umbrellae

the book

The c c l [d] khi ng trc danh t c cch vit bt u bng nguyn m nhng c cch c bng mt ph m + nguyn m: /ju:/ v /w^n/ nh:

The United Stated /The Europeans /The one-eyed man is the King of the blind./The university

The c c l [di] khi ng trc danh t c h khng c:

The [di] hour (gi)

The [di] honestman 3.2 Mt s nguyn tc chung:a/ The c dng trc danh t ch ngi , vt c xc nh :

Mo t xc nh "the" c dng trc danh t din t mt ( hoc nhiu) ngi , vt, s vt no c xc nh ri, ngha l c ngi ni v ngi nghe u bit i tng c cp ti. Khi ni ' Mother is in the garden' (M ang trong vn), c ngi ni ln ngi nghe u bit khu vn ang c cp ti l vn no, u. Chng ta xem nhng v d khc:

The Vietnamese often drink tea.( Ngi Vit Nam thng ung tr ni chung)

3.3 Nhng trng hp c bit: a/ Cc t ng thng dng sau y khng dng the :

Go to church: i l Nh th / go to the church: n nh th (v d: gp Linh mc)

Go to market: i ch / go to the market: i n ch (v d: kho st gi c th trng)

Go to school : i hc/ go to the school : n trng (v d: gp Ngi hiu trng)

Go to bed : i ng //go the bed : bc n ging (v d: ly quyn sch)

Go to prison : t // go to the prison : n nh t (v d: thm ti phm)

Trong khi, cc t di y lun i vi "the" :

cathedral (Nh th ln)/office (vn phng)/cinema (rp chiu bng)/theatre ( rp ht)

Ch : Tn ca lc a, quc gia, tiu bang, tnh , thnh ph, ng ph, mi t, hn o, bn o , qun o , vnh , h, ngn ni khng dng mo t "the": b/ Cc trng hp dgn mo t the 1/ use of the definite article: The + noun( noun is defined) / V d:

I want a boy and a cook the boy must be able to speak

A dog and a cat were traveling together, the cat looked black while the dog

2/ A unique thing exists (Mt ngi, vt duy nht tn ti)/V d:

The earth goes around the sun.;The sun rises in the East.

3/ Khi mt vt dng tng trng cho c loi / V d: The horse is a noble animal/ The dog is a faithful animal

4/ So snh cc cp:/V d:

She is the most beautiful girl in this class //Paris is the biggest city in France

5/ Trc 1 tnh t c dung lm danh t ch 1 lp ngi v thng c ngha s nhiu /V d:

The one-eyed man is the King of the blind.//The poor depend upon the rich.

6/ Dng trong thnh ng: BY THE (theo tng) :V d:

Beer is sold by the bottle.//Eggs are sold by the dozen.

7/ Trc danh t ring (proper noun) s nhiu ch v chng hay c h ( c gia nh)/V d:

The Smiths always go fishing in the country on Sundays. /Do you know the Browns?

8/ Trc tn: rng n, song, qun o, vnh, bin, i dng , tn sch v bo ch, v tn cc chic tu./V d:

The Thai Binh river; the Philippines, the Times ...

9/ Trc danh t v dn tc tn phi ch ton th /V d:

The Chinese, the Americans and the French were at war with the Germans/

The Catholics and the protestants believe in Christ/The Swiss; Dutch; the Abrabs

10/ Both, all, both, half, double + The + NounNotes:

All men must die (everyone)//All the men in this town are very lazy

11/ Use "the" for Musical Instruments

The guitar (I could play the guitar when I was 6.),// The piano, The violin

12/ Khi sau danh t c of The history of England is interesting. //trong khi cc mn hc khng c "the"//

I learn English; He learns history at school.

Bi tp mo t

Fill in the blank with the appropriate article, a, an, or the, or if no article is needed.

1. I want ............................ apple from that basket. .................... apple a day keeps the doctor away.

2. ............................ church on the corner is progressive.

3. Miss Linh speaks ............................ Chinese. She likes to play ............................ volleyball.

4. I borrowed ............................ pencil from your pile of pencils and pens.

5. One of . students said, " ............................ professor is late today."

6. I bought ............................ umbrella to go out in the rain.

7. My daughter is learning to play ............................ violin at her school.

8. Please give me ............................ cake that is on . counter.

9. I lived on ............................ Main Street when I first came to town.

10. Albany is the capital of ............................ New York State.

11. My husband's family speaks ............................ Polish.

12. ........................... boy in the corner is my friend.

13. Our neighbors have ............................ cat and ............................ dog.

14. What ............................ nice armchair!

15. Where is ............................ nearest police station?16. What is ............................ cost of ............................ goods you buy?17. There is ............................ bakery next to ............................ post office.18. Can you tell me ............................ way to ............................ hotel please?19. Is he ............................ new student here? Yes, he is ............................ best student in my class.20. What is ............................ name of the station?

21. I like ............................ kilo of meat.22. Mexico is ............................ large country.23. My friends have ............................ my car today.24. I will go to ............................ party to night. May I have your ............................ phone number?25. ............................ Milk is good for you. Money cant buy ............................ happiness.26. Lions and ............................ tigers are endangered animals.27. This is ............................ easy question. I dont need ............................ English dictionary.28. Tom takes ............................ umbrellas with him.29. I will learn at ...................... Hong Bang College or at ...................... University of Medicines in HCM.

30. He plays ............................ guitar very well, but he plays ............................ volley ball badly.31. I have ............................ dinner after going to ............................ church.32. Tan often looks at ............................ stars in ............................ sky at ............................ nights.33. ............................ first World War started in 1914.

34. Kangaroos live in ............................ Australia.

35. My friend lives in ............................ United States, But I live in ............................ France.36. ............................ three first Vietnamese have reached ............................ Mount Everest this year.

37. Do you know where is ............................ rocky mountains?

38. ............................ Athletes must follow ............................ well- balanced diet.

39. After having ............................ breakfast, he went to ............................ work, had ............................ accident and then was sent to ............................ hospital.40. One of the large bodies of water ............................ Atlantic Ocean.41. My favorite subject is ............................ Math.42. Every summer the children go to .................. skiing, So my wife and I go to Paris on .......................... holiday. We stay in ....................... hotel near River Seine. We have .......................... breakfast in ....................... hotel, but we have lunch in restaurant. ............................ French food is delicious! We talk ........................... lot, but sometimes we go by ............................ taxi. After four days, we dont want to go home and go back to ............................ work.

3. Articles: a/an, the

Insert a, an or the if necessary.

1. There was . . . knock on . . . door. I opened it and found . . . small dark man in . . . blue

overcoat and . . . woollen cap.

2. He said he was . . . employee of . . . gas company and had come to read . . . meter.

3. But I had . . . suspicion that he wasn't speaking . . . truth because . . . meter readers usually wear . . . peaked caps.

4 .However, I took him to . . . meter, which is in . . . dark corner under . . . stairs

(. . . meters are usually in . . . dark corners under . . . stairs).

5. I asked if he had . . . torch; he said he disliked torches and always read . . . meters by . . .

light of . . . match.

6. I remarked that if there was . . . leak in . . . gaspipe there might be . . . explosion while

he was reading . . . meter.

7. He said, 'As . . . matter of . . . fact, there was . . . explosion in . . . last house I visited;and Mr Smith, . . . owner of . . . house, was burnt in . . . face.'

8. 'Mr Smith was holding . . . lighted match at . . . time of . . . explosion.'

9. To prevent . . . possible repetition of this accident, I lent him . . . torch.

10. He switched on . . . torch, read . . . meter and wrote . . . reading down on . . . back of . .. envelope.

11. I said in . . . surprise that . . . meter readers usually put . . . readings down in . . . book.

12. He said that he had had . . . book but that it had been burnt in . . . fire in . . . Mr Smith's house.

13. By this time I had come to . . . conclusion that he wasn't . . . genuine meter reader; and. . . moment he left . . . house I rang . . . police.

14. Are John and Mary . . . cousins? ~No, they aren't . . . cousins; they are . . . brother and . . . sister.

15. . . . fog was so thick that we couldn't see . . . side of . . . road. We followed . . . car in

front of us and hoped that we were going . . . right way.

16. I can't remember . . . exact date of . . . storm, but I know it was . . . Sunday because

everybody was at . . . church. On . . . Monday . . . post didn't come because . . . roads were blocked by . . . fallen trees.

17. Peter thinks that this is quite . . . cheap restaurant.

18. There's been . . . murder here. ~Where's . . . body?~There isn't . . . body. ~Then how do you know there's been . . . murder?

19. Number . . . hundred and two, - . . house next door to us, is for sale.

It's quite . - . nice house with . . . big rooms. . . . back windows look out on . . . park.

20. I don't know what . . . price . . . owners are asking. But Dry and Rot are . . . agents.

You could give them . . . ring and make them . . . offer.

21 . . . postman's little boy says that he'd rather be . . . dentist than . . . doctor, because . . .

dentists don't get called out at . . . night.

22. Just as . . . air hostess (there was only one on the plane) was handing me . . . cup of . . .coffee . . . plane gave . . . lurch and . . . coffee went all over . . . person on . . . other side of . . . gangway.

23. There was . . . collision between . . . car and . . . cyclist at . . . crossroads near . . . my house early in . . . morning. . . . cyclist was taken to . . . hospital with . . . concussion. .. . driver of . . . car was treated for . . . shock. . . . witnesses say that . . . car was going at . . . seventy miles . . . hour.

24. Professor Jones, . . . man who discovered . . . new drug that everyone is talking about, refused to give . . . press conference.

25. Peter Piper, . . . student in . . . professor's college, asked him why he refused to talk to . . . press.

26. We're going to . . . tea with . . . Smiths today, aren't we? Shall we take . . . car? ~We can go by . . . car if you wash . . . car first. We can't go to . . . Mrs Smith's in . . .car all covered with . . . mud.

27. He got . . . job in . . . south and spent . . . next two years doing . . . work he really enjoyed.

28. It is . . . pleasure to do . . . business with such . . . efficient organization.

29 . . . day after . . . day passed without . . . news, and we began to lose ... hope.

30. Would you like to hear . . . story about . . . Englishman, . . . Irishman and . . .Scotsman? ~

No. I've heard . . . stories about . . . Englishmen, . . . Irishmen and . . . Scotsmen before and they are all . . . same.

31. But mine is not . . . typical story. In my story . . . Scotsman is generous, . . . Irishman is logical and . . . Englishman is romantic. ~Oh, if it's . . . fantastic story I'll listen with . . . pleasure.

32. My aunt lived on . . . ground floor of . . . old house on . . . River Thames. She was very much afraid of . . . burglars and always locked up . . . house very carefully before she went to . . . bed. She also took . . . precaution of looking under . . . bed to see if . . .burglar was hiding there.

33. '. . . modern burglars don't hide under . . . beds,' said her daughter.I'll go on looking just . . . same,' said my aunt.

34. One morning she rang her daughter in . . . triumph. 1 found . . . burglar under . . . bed .. . last night,' she said, 'and he was quite . . . young man.'

35 . . . apples are sold by . . . pound. These are forty pence . . . pound.

36. It was . . . windy morning but they hired . . . boat and went for . . . sail along . . .coast. In . . - afternoon . . . wind increased and they soon found themselves in . . .difficulties.