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Students revise articles, determiners and quantifiers, and practise them in exam-style Part 2 open cloze texts.
Use of english · Open cloze · Articles · Determiners
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Download all (ZIP, 2 PDFs)Choose the best option for each gap. Choose – when no article is needed.
My sister is ___ architect, and she designs schools.
We stayed in a small hotel near the harbour. ___ hotel had a lovely garden.
In my opinion, ___ honesty matters more than anything in a friendship.
It was ___ best meal I've had all year.
Lena is only fifteen, so she's still at ___ school.
I go swimming three times ___ week.
___ Pacific is the largest ocean in the world.
In general, ___ cats like to sleep somewhere warm and quiet.
What ___ amazing view!
Choose the word that fits each gap.
There are two lifts in the building, but ___ of them is working, so we'll have to take the stairs.
There's a free seat at ___ end of the table, so sit wherever you like.
___ of my parents speak French, so we often use it at home.
The test was so hard that very ___ students finished it in time.
Don't worry, there's still ___ time before the train leaves. Let's get a coffee.
Almost ___ house in our street has solar panels now.
___ of the three rooms has its own bathroom.
I've finished my coffee, but I'd love ___ one.
It was ___ boring film that I fell asleep halfway through.
How ___ money did the concert tickets cost?
Which word goes in each phrase? Put each phrase in the right group.
at ___ night
talk on ___ phone
twice ___ week
go to ___ bed
at ___ weekend
in ___ hurry
travel by ___ car
play ___ piano
in ___ hospital (as a patient)
have ___ look
in ___ morning
at ___ school (as a student)
Each sentence has one mistake with an article or a determiner. Write the correction.
She's a best player in the team.
My brother wants to be the engineer when he leaves school.
The life in a big city can be very stressful.
Every students in my class has a laptop.
I only have a few money left.
We had a such great time at the party.
I go to the bed at eleven.
Can I have other cup of tea, please?
Complete the text with words from the box. Use each word once. There is one extra word.
Ten years ago, Rosa Mendel opened 1 small bakery in our village. Today, 2 bakery is so popular that people queue outside before it opens.
Rosa still makes everything by hand. 3 loaf is shaped and checked before it goes into the oven, and her bestselling bread comes from 4 old recipe in her grandmother's notebook. It is 5 hard work that she gets up at three every morning.
Her two sons help in the shop, and 6 of them are now able to bake on their own. Last year the family opened a second shop, and they hope to open 7 one next year. Very 8 people in the village can remember life without Rosa's bread.
Read the text. Write one word in each gap.
Exam task: Reading and Use of English, Part 2
Tip: Before you write an article or a determiner, look at the noun after the gap. Is it singular, plural or uncountable? Has the text mentioned it before? The answer to these questions often leaves only one possible word.
Once 1 year, the centre of our town closes to traffic for a whole day, and it has become one of 2 most popular events in the town's calendar.
Last Sunday, there were so 3 people in the streets that it was hard to move. Cafés put tables in the road, and there was live music in almost 4 street. Without the traffic, there was very 5 noise apart from the bands, and most shop owners said it was 6 best day for business all year.
7 of the two bus companies was pleased, though, as both lost a day's fares. The day was such 8 success that the council plans to hold another one in June.
Read the text. Write one word in each gap.
Exam task: Reading and Use of English, Part 2
Tip: Some gaps need a word that goes with a number or a group: think about whether the text is talking about two people or things, or more than two.
When I went to university, I moved into 1 flat with three other students. We came from four different countries, and at first 2 of us knew anyone else in the city: we were all strangers. There were two bathrooms, but 3 of them had a bath, only a shower.
Our Brazilian flatmate, Tiago, was 4 excellent cook, and he taught me 5 few of his family's recipes.
Of course, life with three 6 people was not always easy. Tiago and I often cooked together: one of us chopped the vegetables while 7 other washed up.
Looking back, it was one of 8 happiest years of my life.
Write 80–110 words.
Write a short paragraph for a blog about a place you know well, or a time you shared a home, a trip or a team with other people. Use at least six of these words and phrases: each, every, both, neither, either, none, all, another, other, a few, few, a little, little, much, many, at night, by car, go to bed, in hospital, on the phone, at the weekend, twice a week, in a hurry, play the piano, at school.
Suggested minimum: 80 words
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