Exercise 1.5. Fill in the gaps with the proper articles, A/AN, THE or X for zero article. Pay special attention to the use of the definite article.

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
1) tiger is 2) animal which struggles to survive in 3) modern world.

I can never understand 4) US elections, because I'm not sure I know 5) difference between 6) Democrats and 7) Republicans.

8) article is 9) structural part of speech used with 10) nouns.

11) Climate is one of 12) many factors involved in changing 13) farming methods.

She dreamt of 14) future where she could spend more time painting.

15) postman was late this morning.

She appears regularly on 16) radio and on 17) TV, but what she likes best is working in 18) theatre.

My wife likes 19) seaside, but I prefer 20) mountains.

As 21) teenager, Christopher Columbus went to 22) sea, travelled extensively and eventually made 23) Portugal his base.

They rejected 24) unusual, 25) impossible, 26) incredible.

Lying by 27) side of 28) road we saw 29) wheel of 30) car.