1 Put a/an/the or nothing in the spaces.


1 ___ horror films are often quite boring. At least sci-fi movies have ___ few ideas in them.

2 ___ brown bear may even search for ___ food in ___ towns.

3  ___rice we bought in ___ Thai shop was much better than ___ supermarket one.

4  ___law obliges ___companies to pay ___decent wages to their employees.

5 What about ___ cake? Ok, but I will only have ___ small one because I need to lose ___weight.

6 You’ll see quite ___ few jobs for ___ history graduates in ___ teaching and research, and also in
___ media.

7 Approached by ___ tiger, we decided to stay inside ___ car.

8 ___former Facebook employees have launched ___ multi-million pound campaign to curb ___ worst
effects of social media.


2) Correct any mistakes.


1 She gave me a jumper and a scarf but the jumper is too big for me.

2 Each person who joins the gym gets free bag and they get a pass to bring friend for a free visit.

3 The cats are more solitary than dogs.

4 The shirt you bought is still in a washing machine.

5 What’s cheese like?

6 What lovely day!

7 All the children love stories.

8 We both enjoy living in country, but neither of us likes commuting every day.

9 Do you have to go to every of the meetings?

10 I don’t like either these paintings.

11 Has anyone seen my black shoes? They must be here anywhere!

12 Each of our rooms has flat screen TV and internet access, so guests can either work or relax.
Sheets and towels are changed every two days.


3) Reply with So or Neither accordingly.

I have never been to Spain. he – Neither has he.

1) Claire has failed the test. we -

2) I didn’t know what to say. I -

3) We’re not going to Paris this weekend. he -

4) We were late. they -

5) He wasn’t going to ask her about it. she -

6) They rarely refuse to help. we -

7) They won’t go there. she -

8) Yesterday we played chess. he -

9) He is getting annoyed. I -

10) He has cereal for breakfast every day. they -