English Language II

Unit 16: Articles and Determiners

Diagnostic Test on Articles

Read these famous (and not that famous) quotations and complete the gap with a/n, the or

Diagnostic Test on Articles1. It is better to ask some of ______ questions than to know all ______ answers...

Diagnostic Test on Articles1. It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.

Diagnostic Test on Articles2. ______ C students run ______ world.

Diagnostic Test on Articles2. 'C' students run the world.

Diagnostic Test on Articles3. To succeed in _____ life, you need two things: _____ ignorance and _____ confidence.

Diagnostic Test on Articles3. To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

Diagnostic Test on Articles4. Go to _____ Heaven for _____ climate, _____ Hell for _____ company.

Diagnostic Test on Articles4. Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

Diagnostic Test on Articles5. Dont let _____ school interfere with your education.

Diagnostic Test on Articles5. Dont let school interfere with your education.

Diagnostic Test on Articles6. _____ golf is _____ good walk spoiled.

Diagnostic Test on Articles6. golf is a good walk spoiled.

Diagnostic Test on Articles7. _____ life is tough, but its tougher if youre stupid.

Diagnostic Test on Articles7. Life is tough, but its tougher if youre stupid.

Diagnostic Test on Articles8. It is _____ wasted day unless you have learned something new and made someone smile.

Diagnostic Test on Articles8. It is a wasted day unless you have learned something new and made someone smile.

Diagnostic Test on Articles9. It is better to have _____ permanent income than to be _____ fascinating.

Diagnostic Test on Articles9. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Diagnostic Test on Articles10. You cant be _____ real country unless you have _____ beer and _____ airline. It helps if you

Diagnostic Test on Articles10. You cant be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you

Diagnostic Test on Articleshave some kind of _____ football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at _____ very least you need _____ beer.

Diagnostic Test on Articleshave some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.

Diagnostic Test on Articles11. __ foundation stones for ____ balanced success are __ honesty, ___ character, ___ integrity, ____ faith, _____ love and _____ loyalty.

Diagnostic Test on Articles11. The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

Diagnostic Test on Articles12. Tomorrow is often _____ busiest time of _____ year.

Diagnostic Test on Articles12. Tomorrow is often the busiest time of the year.

Diagnostic Test on Articles13. _____ President has kept all of ____ promises he intended to keep.

Diagnostic Test on Articles13. The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep.

Diagnostic Test on Articles14. Never accept _____ failure no matter how often it visits you. Keep on going. Never give up. Never.

Diagnostic Test on Articles14. Never accept failure no matter how often it visits you. Keep on going. Never give up. Never.

Diagnostic Test on Articles15. There is no sincerer _____ love than _____ love of food.

Diagnostic Test on Articles15. There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

Diagnostic Test on Articles16. Show me _____ sane man and I will cure him for you.

Diagnostic Test on Articles16. Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

Diagnostic Test on Articles17. Few things are harder to put up with than _____ good example.

Diagnostic Test on Articles17. Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.

Diagnostic Test on Articles18. _____ happiness is _____ good health and _____ bad memory.

Diagnostic Test on Articles18. Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Diagnostic Test on Articles19. I think there is _____ world market for maybe five computers.

Diagnostic Test on Articles19. I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.

Diagnostic Test on Conditionals20. There are only two ways to live _____ life. One is as though nothing is _____ miracle. _____ other is as though everything is ____ miracle.

Diagnostic Test on Conditionals20. There are only two ways to live life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.