VOCABULARY: What is this?

• a pedestrian zone

• a cycle lane

• recycling bins

• a carbon-neutral village

What is this?

• a pedestrian zone

• a cycle lane

• recycling bins

• a carbon-neutral village

What is this?

• a pedestrian zone

• a one-way street

• recycling bins

• a carbon-neutral city

What is this?

• a one-way street

• a cycle lane

• recycling bins

• a carbon-neutral city

What is this?

• a one-way street

• a cycle lane

• recycling bins

• a carbon-neutral city

Choose the correct article: Jan’s husband gave her _____ gold watch for her birthday.

• a

• the

• an

• No article

China is _____ really interesting country. Have you been there?

• a

• the

• an

• No article

Julietta and Sam have two children, ____ girl and _____ boy. ______ boy is seven and ______ girl is three.

• a - a - The - the

• a - The - a - the

• A - the - the - a

• No article - no article - the - a

On Saturdays I work in _____ little shop in my village. ______ shop sells souvenirs, sweets and newspapers.

• a - The

• a - the

• the - A

• No article - no article

Copy and paste the following paragraph into your text box. Complete the spaces with THE or X (for no article). Write your answers in capital letters:

Japan is not one island, but a group of over a thousand islands in (ex: ) ____THE____ Pacific Ocean, in the east of ____________ Asia. The four largest islands are ____________ Hokkaido, ____________ Honshu, ____________ Kyushu and ____________ Shikoku. Japan’s nearest neighbours are ____________ North and South Korea across ____________ Sea of Japan, ____________ China and ____________ Russian Federation. There are a number of volcanic mountains, including ____________ Mount Fuji and ____________ Mount Aso. Other important mountain ranges are ____________ Chukogu Mountains and ____________ Japanese Alps, not far from ____________ Nagoya, the third most important city in ____________ Japan.

Answer explanation

Japan is not one island, but a group of over a thousand islands in (ex: ) _THE_ Pacific Ocean, in the east of _X_ Asia. The four largest islands are _X_ Hokkaido, _X_ Honshu, _X_ Kyushu and _X_ Shikoku. Japan’s nearest neighbours are _X_ North and South Korea across _THE_ Sea of Japan, _X_ China and _THE_ Russian Federation. There are a number of volcanic mountains, including _X_ Mount Fuji and _X_ Mount Aso. Other important mountain ranges are _THE_ Chukogu Mountains and _THE_ Japanese Alps, not far from _X_ Nagoya, the third most important city in _X_ Japan.