Rajarata University of Sri Lanka Department of English Language Teaching Online Certificate Course in English for Pre-University Entrants Ishari Maduwanthi 01. Write a or an in the space. 1. ________ old book. 2. ________ window 3. ________ horse 4. ________ airport 5. ________ newspaper 6. ________organization 7. ________ university 8. ________ hour 9. ________ economic problem 02. What are these things? Choose from the list and write in the space. bird fruit flower mountain game 1. A duck is a bird 2. A carrot is ______________. 3. Tennis is ______________. 4. A hammer is ______________. 5. The Everest is ______________. 6. Jupiter is ______________. 7. A pear is ______________. 8. The Mahaweli is ______________. 9. A rose is ______________. 10. A trumpet is ______________. planet river musical instrument tool vegetable 03. What are their jobs? Choose from the list and finish the sentences. dentist electrician detective nurse shop assistant photographer private taxi driver 1. She’s a dentist. 2. He’s ___________________. 3. She ___________________. 4. ______________________. 5. ______________________. 6. ______________________. 7. ______________________. 8. And you? I’m ___________________. 04. Make sentences. Choose from box A and B. Use a/an where necessary. A I want to ask you Tom never wears I can’t ride My brother is Binari works in Amanda wants to learn John lives in This evening I’m going to B old house party bookshop hat 1. I want to ask you a question. 2. ___________________________________________________________ . 3. ___________________________________________________________ . 4. ___________________________________________________________ . 5. ___________________________________________________________ . 6. ___________________________________________________________ . 7. ___________________________________________________________ . 8. ___________________________________________________________ . 05. Put in a/an or the 1. We enjoyed our holiday. The hotel was very nice. 2. ‘Can I ask a question?’ ‘Of course. What do you want to ask?’ 3. You look very tired. You need ________ holiday. 4. ‘Where’s Dinuka?’ ‘He’s in ________ bathroom.’ 5. Abhisari is ________ interesting woman. You must meet her. 6. A: Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to ________ city center? B: Yes, go straight on and then take ________ next turn left. artist question foreign language bicycle 7. A: Shall we go out for ________ meal this evening? B: Yes, that’s ________ good idea. 8. It’s ________ nice morning. Let’s go for ________ walk. 9. Amanda is ________ student. When she finishes her studies, she wants to be ________ Journalist. She lives with two friends in ________ flat near ________ collage where she is studying. ________ flat is small but she likes it. 10. Peter and Mary have got two children, ________ boy and ________ girl. ________ boy is seven years old and ________ Girl is three. Peter works in ________ factory. Mary hasn’t got ________ job at the moment. 06. Put in a/an or the where necessary. 1. Don’t forget to turn off light when you go out. Turn off the light 2. Enjoy your holiday and don’t forget to send me postcard. ______________________ 3. What is name of this village? ______________________ 4. Canada is very big country. ______________________ 5. What is largest city in Canada? ______________________ 6. I like this room but I don’t like colour of carpet. ______________________ 7. ‘Are you OK?’ ‘No, I’ve got headache.’ ______________________ 8. We live in old house near station. ______________________ 9. What is name of director of film we saw last night? ______________________ 07. Put in the where necessary. Write OK if the sentence is already correct. 1. What is name of this street? the name 2. What’s on television to night? ok 3. _______________________________________ Our apartment is on second floor. 4. Would you like to go to moon? _______________________________________ 5. Which is best hotel in this town? _______________________________________ 6. What time is lunch? _______________________________________ 7. How far is it to city centre? _______________________________________ 8. We’re going away at end of May. _______________________________________ 9. What are you doing next weekend? _______________________________________ 10. I didn’t like her first time I met her. _______________________________________ 11. I’m going out after dinner. _______________________________________ 12. What’s biggest city in world? _______________________________________ 13. My sister got married last month. _______________________________________ 14. My dictionary is on top shelf on right. _______________________________________ 15. We live in country about five miles from nearest village. _______________________________________ 08. Complete the sentences. Use: the same + age color problem street time 1. I live in North Street and you live in North Street. We live in . 2. I arrived at 8.30 and you arrived at 8.30. We arrived at __________________________. 3. Jim is 25 and Sue is 25. Jim and Sue are __________________________. 4. My shirt is dark blue and so is my jacket. My shirt and jacket are __________________________. 5. I’ve got no money and you’ve got no money. We’ve got __________________________. 09. Put in where necessary. If the sentence is already correct, write OK. 1. Kevin lives in Newton Street. 2. We went to see a play at National Theatre. 3. Have you ever been to China? _____________________ 4. Have you ever been to Philippines? _____________________ 5. Have you ever been to south of France? _____________________ 6. Can you tell me where Regal Cinema is? _____________________ 7. Can you tell me where Merrion Street is? _____________________ 8. Can you tell me where Museum of Modern Art is? _____________________ 9. Europe is bigger than Australia. _____________________ 10. Belgium is smaller than Netherlands. _____________________ 11. Which river is longer – Mississippi or Nile? _____________________ 12. Did you go to National Gallery when you were in London? _____________________ 13. ‘Where did you stay?’ ‘At Park Hotel in Hudson Road.’ _____________________ 14. How far is it from Trafalgar Square to Victoria Station (in London)? _____________________ 15. Rocky Mountains are in North America. _____________________ 16. Texas is famous for oil and cowboys. _____________________ 17. Panama Canal joins Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean. _____________________ 18. I hope to go to United States next year. _____________________ 19. Mary comes from a small town in west of Ireland. _____________________ 20. Alan studied physics at Manchester University. _____________________ 10. Fill in the blanks with a, an or the. 1. We have ………….. beautiful garden. ………….. garden is full of roses. 2. Is fencing ………….. popular sport in ………….. world? No, it isn’t. 3. I'd like ………….. glass of orange juice please. 4. Can you give me ………….. envelope, please? Certainly. Oh! Where’s ………….. envelope? 5. Is there ………….. post office near here? 6. They’re at ………….. cinema. 7. My brother is in ………….. classroom. 8. Would you like ………….. hamburger? 9. Selena has got ………….. cat. Oh! Really, What is ………….. cat’s name? 10. ………….. school is very cold. Hasn’t it got ………….. central heating system? It has, but ………….. central heating is broken down.
