Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

1. We went out for _____ meal last night.  _____ restaurant we went to was excellent.

A. a/ The                    B. the/ A                                C. a/ ∅                                   D. the/ ∅

2. As I was walking along the street, I saw _____ $10 note on _____ pavement.

A. a/ a                         B. the/ the                              C. a/ the                                 D. the/ a

3. _____ actress’s life is in many ways unlike that of other women.

A. An                          B. A                                        C. As                                      D. That the

4. Kate plays _____ violin in an orchestra.

A. the                         B. a                                         C. an                                       D. ∅

5. _____ computer has changed _____ way we live.

A. A/ the                    B. The/ the                             C. A/ a                                    D. The/ a

6. Excuse me, where is _____ bus station, please?

A. a                             B. the                                      C. ∅                                        D. an

7. What did you have for _____ breakfast this morning?

A. a                             B. an                                       C. the                                      D. ∅

8. Peter used to work in _____ Middle East.

A. ∅                           B. the                                      C. an                                       D. a

9. My plane was delayed. I had to wait at _____ airport for three hours.

A. the                         B. a                                         C. an                                       D. ∅

10. I have _____ problem. Can you help me?

A. ∅                           B. a                                         C. an                                       D. the

11. Barack Obama is _____ President of _____ United States.

A. the/ the                  B. a/ ∅                                   C. the/ ∅                                D. the/ an

12. He never listens to _____ radio. He prefers watching _____ television.

A. a/ a                         B. a/ the                                 C. the/ ∅                                D. ∅/ the

13. _____ university will be built in _____ center of the town.

A. A/ the                    B. An/ the                              C. The/ a                                D. An/ a        

14. _____ River Nile is _____ longest river of all.

A. ∅/ Æ                     B. A/ the                                C. The/ the                             D. ∅/ a

15. _____ Women’s Day is on _____ eighth of March.

A. The/ ∅                  B. ∅/ the                                C. The/ an                              D. ∅/ an

16. By _____ time we had just left the office, _____ alarm went off.

A. ∅/ the                   B. a/ an                                   C. a/ the                                 D. the/ an

17. He grew up in _____ orphanage in _____ United Kingdom.

A. the/ ∅                    B. an/ an                                C. the/ an                               D. an/ the

18. Laura is friendly. She can make _____ friends easily.

A. a                             B. an                                       C. the                                      D. ∅

19. That car can run at _____ speed of 180 miles _____ hour.

A. the/ an                   B. a/ the                                 C. a/ a                                     D. the/ a

20. _____ experience is _____ best teacher.

A. An/ the                  B.∅ / the                                C. the/ the                              D. an/ an

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

_________ our children may be, we can not go picnic in this weather

A. Though excited

B. Excited as

C. Because of excitement

D. Exciting

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

_________ our children may be, we can not go picnic in this weather

A. had

B. have

C. has

D. to have

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.                           

When the weather was very hot in summer, sales of bottles of water went _________the roof.

A. through

B. to

C. above

D. over

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

The minister ________ to say whether all the coal mines would be closed.

A. refused

B. avoided

C. denied

D. bothered

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Last Sunday was __________that we took a drive in the country.

A. so beautiful day

B. such a beautiful day

C. so a beautiful day

D. such beautiful day

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Last Sunday was _________ that we took a drive in the country

A. so beautiful day

B. such a beautiful day

C. so a beautiful day

D. such beautiful day

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

If the weather _______ so bad, we would have gone out.

A. had been 

B. weren’t 

C. isn’t 

D. hadn’t been