1.

Hoàn thành các câu sau với 3 mạo từ a/an/the hoặc bỏ trống
1. I like....(a/an/the)....blue T-shirt over there better than....(a/an/the)....red one.
2. Their car does 150 miles....(a/an/the)....hour.
3. Where's....(a/an/the)....USB drive I lent you last week?
4. Do you still live in....(a/an/the)....Bristol?
5. Is your mother working in....(a/an/the)....old office building?
6. Carol's father works as....(a/an/the)....electrician.
7. The tomatoes are 99 pence....(a/an/the)....kilo.
8. What do you usually have for....(a/an/the)....breakfast?
9. Ben has....(a/an/the)....terrible headache.
10. After this tour you have....(a/an/the)....whole afternoon free to explore the city.
2. Bài tập về mạo từ the chọn từ đúng để hoàn thành các câu sau
1. My grandmother likes ....(flowers/the flowers)..... very much.
2. I love ....(flowers/the flowers)..... in your garden.
3. See you on ....(Wednesday/he Wednesday).....
4. I always listen to ....(radio/the radio)..... in the morning.
5. Alex goes to work by ....(bus/the bus).....
6. Don't be late for ....(school/the school).....
7. Listen! Dennis is playing ....(trumpet/the trumpet))
8. She has never been to ....(Alps/the Alps)..... before.
9. What about going to Australia in ....(February/the February)?
3.Điền đúng cách danh từ riêng trong ngoặc đơn có the hoặc không có the
1. ...(Danube)..... is Austria's longest river.
2. Our uncle lives on ...(Philippines).
3. ...(Jamaica)..... belongs to the Carribean islands.
4. ...(Statue of Liberty)..... was dedicated in 1886.
5. ...(Taj Mahal)..... is one of India's most popular attractions.
6. ...(Dead Sea)..... lies below sea level.
7. ...(Everglades National Park)..... is in Florida.
8. Aconcagua is ...(highest mountain)..... outside Asia.
9. ...(Mount Fuji)..... is one of Japan's Three Holy Mountains.
10. ...(Lake Superior)..... is ...(largest)..... of ...(Great Lakes).....
4.Hoàn thành đoạn văn với các chỗ trống bằng the hoặc không có the
Hi John,
I arrived in ........................ USA last Monday. We left ............ Rome, flew over ............ Alps and made a
quick stop in ............ London. There we went shopping at ............ Harrods, visited ............ Tower and
enjoyed a sunny afternoon in ............ Hyde Park. On the following day we left for ............ New York.
............ time on board wasn't boring as there were two films to watch on ............ monitor. ............ people on
............ plane were all ............ Italian. Before we landed at ............ JFK airport, we saw ............ Statue of
Liberty, ............ Ellis Island and ............ Empire State Building. ............ hotel I stayed in was on ............
corner of ............ 42nd Street and............ 5th Avenue. I don't like ............ hotels very much, but I didn't
have ............ time to rent an apartment.
5. Bài tập về a/an: Hoàn thành các câu sau với a hoặc an
1. There is ............. green English book on the desk.
2. She's reading ............. old comic.
3. They've got ............. idea.
4. He is drinking ............. cup of coffee.
5. The girl is ............. pilot.
6. Leipzig has ............. airport.
7. This is ............. expensive bike.
8. Look! There's ............. bird flying.
9. My father is ............. honest person.
10. My friend likes to be ............. astronaut.
Bài 6:
1. I don't like stay at .......... hotels, but last summer we spent a few days at .......... very nice hotel by ..... sea.
A. the/a/ the B. a/the/ the C. the/ the D.  the
2. ....tennis is my favourite sport. I play once or twice ......... week if I can, but I'm not ...... very good player.
A. the/ the B.  /the/ an C. a/  / the D.  a a
3. I won't be home for ........ dinner this evening. I'm meeting some friends after ...... work and we're going to
........ cinema.
 A. the/a/ the B. a/the/ the C. the/ the D.  the
4. .......... unemployment is increasing at the moment and it's getting difficult for ........ young people to find
....... work.
A. /  B.  /the/ the C. a/  / the D.  a a
5. There was..... accident as I was going ..... home last night. Two people were taken to....... hospital. I think
...... most accidents are caused by .........people driving too fast.
A. the/a/ the/  B.  an/the/ the
C. an the/ D. an/ 
6. Carol is ..... economist. She used to work in .............. investment department of ....... Loyds Bank. Now she works
for ...........American bank in .... United States.
A. the/a/ the/  B.  an/the/ the
C. an the an/the D. an/ 
7. A: What's ..... name of .... hotel where you're staying?
B: .......... Imperial. It's in .......... Queen street in ........ city center. It's near ..........station
A. the/a/ the/  B.  an/the/ the
C. a the an/the D. an/ 
8. I have two brothers: ........ older one is training to be ..... pilot with British Airway, ....... younger one is still at ......
school .
A. the/a/ the/  B.  a/the C. the the a D. a/ 
9. ....... atmosphere at ........ party was likely and free.
A. the/a B. a/the C. the/ the D. 
10. ........ Mississippi River flows into ....... Gulf of Mexico in ......... state of Louisiana.
A. the/a/ the B. the/the/ the C. the/ the D.  the
11. ........Gulf of Panama is on .........Pacific side of ..........Panama Canal.
A. the/a/ the B. a/the/ the C. the the/ the D.  the
12. After......... World War II, .........United Nations was formed.
A. the/a B. a/the C. the/ the D. the
13. People eat chocolate all over ...... world. It is probably ......... most popular candy in ........ world.
A. the/a/ the B. the/the/ the C. the/ the D.  the
14. ...... lack of exercise is one of ........ major factors contributing to obesity.
A. the/a B. a/the C. the/ the D. the
15. .........Singapore is located on ............... Malay Peninsula.
A. the/a B. a/the C. the/ the D. the
16. ........Roman Empire ruled .......... Mediterranean world from about 500B.C. to about 500 A.D.
A. the/a B. a/the C. the/ the D. the
17. Compared with ........New Orleans, ...........San Francisco has ........ very cold climate.
A.  a B. a/the/ the C. the the/ the D. the/a/ the
18. After he left ........University of Massachusetts, he went to .......Ball State in Indiana.
A. the/a B. a/the C. the the D.  the/ 
19. Probably, .........most vital application of ..........laser is in ..........field of ........medicine.
A. the/  a B. the/ a/the/ the C. the / the/ D. the/a/ the/ 
20. When we visited ..........South, we stopped at ......... Civil War Museum in ..........Atlanta.
A.  a B. the/ the/  C. the the/ the D. the/a/ the
21. My house is opposite ......... Hoa Binh Theater on ........... Ba Thang Hai Street.
A. the/a B. a/the C. the the D.  / 
22. Do you live in ..........big city or in ........... small town?
A. the/a B. a/a C. the the D.  / 
23. A: Do you know Lan's sister? _ B: Yes. In fact, she is .............friend of mine.
A. the B. a C. an D. 
24. Are you taking ..........French this semester?
A. the B. a C. an D. 
25. Have you ever been to ..............countryside?
A. the B. a C. an D. 
26. At first she was trained to be ….. scriptwriter , but later she worked as …. secretary.
A. the/a B. a/a C. the the D.  / 
27. Are you ….. Catholic or ……Buddhist? I am ……. atheist.
A.  a B. a/ a/ an C. the the/ the D. the/a/ the
28. …..men are often paid more than… women for …..same job.
A.  the B. a/the/ the C. the the/ the D. the/a/ the
29. ….Germany is ……. Important economic power.
A. the/a B. a/a C. the the D.  / an
30. …..breakfast is …..first meal of the day.
A. the/a B. a/a C.  / the D. the 
31. …..milk is often added to ….tea in ……UK
A.  the B. a/the/ the C. the the/ the D. the/a/ the
32. I have bought ……..FM radio for my aunt, who lives in ……. countryside.
A. the/a B. a/the C. the the D.  / an
33. There are many millions of stars in ........... space.
A. the B. a C. an D. 
34. We took ............taxi to ..........airport.
A. the/a B. a/the C.  / the D. the 
35. Did Jane get ............job she applied for?
A. the B. a C. an D. 
Bai 7:
1. I want ........................... apple from that basket.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
2. Miss Lin speaks ............................ Chinese.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
3. One of the students said, “....................... professor is late today”
A. a B. an C. the D. X
4. Eli likes to play .......................... volleyball.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
5. I bought ......................... umbrella to go out in the rain.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
6. My daughter is learning to play ............................. guitar at her school.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
7. Please give me ......................pen that is on the counter.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
8. Albany is the capital of ........................ New York state.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
9. Our neighbor has ..................... cat and .......................... dog.
A. a/ a B. an/ a C. the/ the D. X/ X
10. .......................ink in my pen is red.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
11. It is .......................... funniest book that I have ever read.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
12. Can anyone give me .......................... hand, please because I have just fallen over?
A. a B. an C. the D. X
13. She always said that when she grew up she wanted to be .............................
A. doctor B. a doctor C. the doctor D. a doctors
14. I have left my book in .......................... kitchen and I would like you to get it for me.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
15. Please meet me at the train station in ............................ hour from now.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
16. I like to watch tennis on the television. It is ........................... very good game.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
17. ..................... president of the United States will be visiting Australia next week.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
18. July goes to ......................... work on the bus.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
19. .....................golf is my favorite sport. I play once or twice .................... week if I can, but I’m not
.................... very good player.
A. X/ a/ a B. The/ a/ a C. The/ the/ the D. X/ a/ the
20. I don’t know what to do. It’s ................................ problem.
A. quite difficult B. a quite difficult C. quite a difficult D. the quite difficult
21. ......................... starts at seven o’clock.
A. School B. A school C. The school D. The schools
22. We can finish the rest of the bread for .............................breakfast.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
23. Nigel opened a drawer and took out ...............................
A. photos B. a photos C. some photos D. some photo
24. We need to protect ........................... environment from pollution.
A. some B. a C. an D. the
25. We often go to school by ........................... bicycle.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
26. There was ..................... accident yesterday at ................... corner of .................... street .
Exercise 1
1. I would live to live by _____ sea
a. the b. a b. an d. 
2. Harry is a sailor. He spends most of his life at______ sea.
a. a b. an c. the d. 
3. There are billions of stars in ______ space.
a. a b. an c.  d. the
4. He tried to park his car but______ space wasn't big enough.
a. the b. a c. an d. 
5. We often watch______ television
a. the b. a c. an d. 
6. Can you turn off______ television, please?
a. the b. a c. an d. 
7. We had______ dinner in a restaurant.
a. b. an c.  d. the
8. We had______ meal in a restaurant.
a. a b. an c. the d. 
9. Thank you. That was______ very nice lunch.
a. a b. an c. the d. 
10. Where can______ people buy everything they need?
a. the b. a c. an d. no article is needed
11. Her parents are now working in ______ Europe.
a. the b. a c. an d. no article is needed
12. He majors______ in English.
a. a b. an c. the d. no article is needed
13. Mark Twain, ______ American writer, wrote "Life on the Mississippi River".
a. an b. a c. the d. no article
14. Paris is splendid by ______ night.
a. a b. an c. the d. no article
15. We might be able to catch______ last train if we hurried.
a. a b. an c. the d. no article
16. ______ used razor blade is______ useless thing.
a. The/ the b. A/ a c. An/ an d. no article
17. We live at______ third house from the church.
a. the b. a c. an d. no article
18. My aunt has______ interesting novel.
 a. the b. an c. a d. no article
19. It was______ best film I had ever read.
a. the b. an c. a d. no article
20. A video lab is______ useful means for language learning.
a. the b. an c. a d. no article

Exercise 2
1. Mrs. Lan went to ______ school to meet her son's teacher.
a.  b. a c. an d. the
2. The workmen went to ______ church to repair the roof.
a.  b. the c. a d. an
3. Carol went to ______ prison to meet her brother.
a. the b. a c. an d. 
4. This morning I bought a newspaper and a magazine______ newspaper is in my bag but I don't know
where______ magazine.
a. a/ a b. a/ the c. the/ the d. the/ a
5. My parents have ______ cat and ______ dog. The dog never bites the cat.
a. a/ a b. a/ the c. the/ the d. the/ a
6. We live in______ big house in ______ middle of the village.
a. a/ a b. a/ the c. the/ the d. the/ a
7. I'm looking for ____ job. Did Mary get_____ job she applied for?
a. a/ the b. the/ a c. a/ a d. the/ the
8. Did______ police find ______ person who stole your bicycle?
a. a/ a b. the/ the c. a/ the d. the/ a
9. We went out for ______ meal last night ______ restaurant we went was excellent.
a. a/ a b. the/ the c. a/ the d. the/ a
10. 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
11. The Soviet Union was______ first country to sent a man into ______ space.
a. the/ the b. /  c. / the d. the/ 
12. Did you watch "Titanic" on ______ television or at______ cinema?
a. the/ the b. /  c. / the d. the/ 
13. After______ lunch, we went for a walk by ______ sea.
a. the/ the b. /  c. / the d. the/ 
14. Peru is______ country in south America______ capital is Lima
a. a/ a b. a/ the c. the/ the d. the/ a
15. I never listen to ______ radio. In fact I haven't got______ radio.
a. a/ a b. a/ the c. the/ the d. the/ a
16. It was a beautiful day______ sun shone brightly in ______ sky.
a. a/ a b. a/ the c. the/ the d. the/ a
17. It is said the Robinhood robbed______ rich and gave the money to ______ poor.
a. a/ a b. a/ the c. the/ the d. the/ a
18. Life is not so easy for______ unemployed.
a. the b. a c. an d. 
19. Many people were killed in the accident. The bodies of ______ dead were taken away.
a. the b. a c. an d. 
20. Lan has been a nurse all her life. She has spent her life caring for ______ sick.
a. the b. a c. an d. 
II. Điền a/an hoặc the:
1. This morning I bought….newspaper and …….magazine. …….newspaper is in my bag but I
don’t know where I put…..magazine.
2. I saw ……accident this morning. ……car crashed into …..tree. ………driver of ……car wasn’t
hurt but …..car was badly damaged.
3. There are two cars parked outside:……..blue one and …….grey one. ……..blue one belongs
to my neighbors. I don’t know who ….. owner of…..grey one is.
4. My friends live in…….old house in……small village. There is …….beautiful garden behind
……..house. I would like to have……garden like this.
5. This house is very nice. Has it got …….garden?
6. It’s a beautiful day. Let’s sit in……..garden.
7. Can you recommend ……..good restaurant?
8. We had dinner in…….most expensive restaurant in town.
9. There isn’t ……….airport near where I live. …….nearest airport is 70 miles away.
10. “Are you going away next week?”
- “No, …..week after next”
III. Chọn đáp án đúng:
1. I’m afraid of dogs/the dogs.
2. Can you pass the salt/salt, please?
3. Apples/the apples are good for you.
4. Look at apples/the apples on that tree! They are very big.
5. Women/the women live longer than men/the men.
6. I don’t drink tea/the tea. I don’t like it.
7. We had a very nice meal. Vegetables/ the vegetables were especially good.
8. Life/the life is strange sometimes. Some very strange things happen.
9. I like skiing/the skiing. But I’m not good at it.
10. Who are people/the people in this photograph?
11. What makes people/the people violent? What causes aggression/the aggression?
12. All books/all the books on the top shelf belong to me.
13. First world war/ the first world war lasted from 1914 until 1918.
14. One of our biggest problems is unemployment/the unemployment.
Hoàn thành các câu sau với 3 mạo từ a/an/the hoặc bỏ trống
1. I like the blue T-shirt over there better than the red one.
2. Their car does 150 miles an hour.
3. Where's the USB drive I lent you last week?
4. Do you still live in (Bỏ trống) Bristol?
5. Is your mother working in an old office building?
6. Carol's father works as an electrician.
7. The tomatoes are 99 pence a kilo.
8. What do you usually have for (Bỏ trống) breakfast?
9. Ben has a terrible headache.
10. After this tour you have the whole afternoon free to explore the city.

Bài tập về mạo từ the chọn từ đúng để hoàn thành các câu sau
1. My grandmother likes flowers very much.
2. I love the flowers in your garden.
3. See you on Wednesday.
4. I always listen to the radio in the morning.
5. Alex goes to work by bus.
6. Don't be late for school.
7. Listen! Dennis is playing the trumpet.
8. She has never been to the Alps before.
9. What about going to Australia in February?
Điền đúng cách danh từ riêng trong ngoặc đơn có the hoặc không có the
1. The Danube is Austria's longest river.
2. Our uncle lives on the Philippines.
3. Jamaica belongs to the Carribean islands.
4. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in 1886.
5. The Taj Mahal is one of India's most popular attractions.
6. The Dead Sea lies below sea level.
7. Everglades National Park is in Florida.
8. Aconcagua is the highest mountain outside Asia.
9. Mount Fuji is one of Japan's Three Holy Mountains.
10. Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes.

Hoàn thành đoạn văn với các chỗ trống bằng the hoặc không có the

I arrived in the USA last Monday. We left x Rome, flew over the Alps and made a quick stop in x London.
There we went shopping at x Harrods, visited the Tower and enjoyed a sunny afternoon in x Hyde Park.
On the following day we left for x New York. The time on board wasn't boring as there were two films to
watch on the monitor. The people on the plane were all x Italian. Before we landed at x JFK airport, we
saw the Statue of Liberty, x Ellis Island and the Empire State Building. The hotel I stayed in was on the
corner of x 42nd Street and x 5th Avenue. I don't like x hotels very much, but I didn't have x time to rent
an apartment.
Bài tập về a/an: Hoàn thành các câu sau với a hoặc an
1. a
2. an
3. an
4. a
5. a
6. an
7. an
8. a
9. an
10. an
11. Exercise 1
1a 2d 3c 4a 5d 6a 7c 8a 9a 10d
11d 12d 13a 14d 15c 16b 17a 18c 19a 20c
12.
13. Exercise 2
1d 2b 3a 4c 5a 6b 7a 8b 9c 10c
11d 12c 13c 14b 15d 16c 17c 18a 19a 20a
14. II. Điền a/an hoặc the:
15. 1. This morning I bought…a….newspaper and ..a...magazine. ..The…newspaper is in my
bag but I don’t know where I put…the ..magazine.
16. 2. I saw …an…accident this morning. …a…car crashed into …a..tree. …The……driver
of …a…car wasn’t hurt but …the..car was badly damaged.
17. 3. there are two cars parked outside:…a…..blue one and …a….grey one. …the…..blue one
belongs to my neighbors. I don’t know who …the.. owner of…the..grey one is.
18. 4. My friends live in…an….old house in…a…small village. There is …a….beautiful
garden behind …the…..house. I would like to have…a…garden like this.
19. 5. This house is very nice. Has it got …a….garden?
20. 6. It’s a beautiful day. Let’s sit in…the…..garden.
21. 7. Can you recommend …a…..good restaurant?
22. 8. We had dinner in…the….most expensive restaurant in town.
23. 9. There isn’t …an…….airport near where I live. …the….nearest airport is 70 miles away.
24. 10. “Are you going away next week?” - “No, .. the…..week after next”
25. III. Chọn đáp án đúng:
26. 1. dogs
27. 2. the salt
28. 3. apples
29. 4. the apples
30. 5. women, men
31. 6. tea
32. 7. the vegetables
33. 8. life
34. 9. skiing
35. 10. the people
36. 11. people, aggression
37. 12. All the books
38. 13. The first world war
39. 14. unemployment.
40.