Exercise 1: Chọn đáp án đúng để điền vào chỗ trống (chú ý: ký hiệu “x”
có nghĩa là không cần mạo từ)
1. We are looking for _______ place to spend ________ night.
            A. the/the                   B. a/the           C. a/a              D. the/a
2. Please turn off ________ lights when you leave ________ room.
            A. the/the                   B. a/a              C. the/a           D. a/the
3. We are looking for people with ________experience.
            A. the                          B. a                 C. an               D. x
4. Would you pass me ________ salt, please?
            A. a                             B. the              C. an               D. x
5. Can you show me ________way to ________station?
            A. the/the                   B. a/a              C. the/a           D. a/the
6. She has read ________interesting book.
            A. a                             B. an               C. the              D. x
7. You'll get ________shock if you touch ________ live wire with that
screwdriver.
            A. an/the                    B. x/the          C. a/a              D. an/the
8. Mr. Smith is ________ old customer and ________ honest man.
            A. An/the                   B. the/an        C. an/an          D. the/the
9. ________ youngest boy has just started going to ________ school.
            A. a/x                          B. x/the          C. an/x            D. the/x
10. Do you go to ________ prison to visit him?
            A. the                          B. a                 C. x                 D. an
11. ________eldest boy is at ________ college.
            A. a/the                      B. the/x          C. x/ a             D. an/x

12. Are you going away next week? No, ________ week after next.
            A. an                           B. a                 C. the              D. x
13. Would you like to hear ________ story about ________ English
scientist?
            A. an/the                    B. the/the       C. a/the           D. a/ an
14. There'll always be a conflict between ________ old and ________
young.
            A. the/the                   B. an/a            C. an/the        D. the/a
15. There was ________ collision at ________ corner.
            A. the/a                      B. an/the        C. a/the           D. the/the
16. My mother thinks that this is ________ expensive shop.
            A. the                          B. an               C. a                 D. x
17. Like many women, she loves ________ parties and ________gifts.
            A. the/ a                     B. a/the           C. a/a              D. x/x
18. She works seven days ________ week.
            A. a                             B. the              C. an               D. x
19. My mother goes to work in ________ morning.
            A. a                             B. x                 C. the              D. an
20. I am on night duty. When you go to ________ bed, I go to ________
work.
            A. a/x                          B. a/the           C. the/x          D. x/x
Exercise 2: Câu chuyện sau được chia thành các câu nhỏ, hãy đọc và
điền mạo từ thích hợp “a/an/ the hoặc x (không cần mạo từ)” vào chỗ
trống:
1. There was ________knock on ________door. I opened it and found
________small dark man in ________blue overcoat and _______woolen
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.
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 ________ gas pipe 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.
Exercise 3: Điền mạo từ thích hợp “a/an/the hoặc x (không cần mạo
từ)”” vào chỗ trống.
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 on ________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.       A: There's ________murder here. ~
B: Where's ________body?~
A: There isn't ________body. ~
B: 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.  
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.
ĐÁP ÁN

Exercise 1:
1. B     2. A     3. D     4. B     5. A     6. B     7. B     8. C     9. D     10. A  
11. B   12. C   13. D   14. A   15. C   16. B   17. D   18. A   19. C   20. D
Exercise 2:
1. a - the -  a - a - a              
2. an - the - the                     
 3. a - the - x - x                   
4. the - the - the
5. a - x - the -  a                    
6. a - a - an - the       
7. a - x - an - the - the - the - the
8. a - the - the                       
9. a - a                                   
10. the - the - the - the - an
11. x - x - the - a      
12. a – the - x                       
13. the - a - the - the - the
Exercise 3:
14. x - x - x - x                     
15. The - the - the - the - the                      
16. the - the - x - the -  x -  the – x - x
17. a                           
18. a - the - a -  a                              
19. a -  the -  a - x - the -  the
20. x - the -  the -  a - an     
21. The - a - a - x - x                       
22.  the - a - x - the - a - the - the - the - the

23.  a - a - a - the – x - the.
24.  the - the - a
 25.  a - the - the