1. Read each sentence and find out if the definite article is correctly used.

Tick the sentences that are right and correct those that are wrong.

a) The Italians like eating spaghetti. ______________________________________________ b) Doctor said that you must drink the milk every day. doctor says that you should drink milk every day. c) Tom plays the basketball in evening. Tom plays basketball in evening d) I prefer classic music to pop music. _ I prefer classic music than pop music. e) Would you like to have the dinner with me next week? Would you like to have a dinner with me the next week? f) Tom is studying English literature and History at London University. _ Tom is studying English literature and History at London University. g) Does she take the sugar in her coffee? How much sugar does she take in her cup of coffe?____ h) Yesterday we visited The Buckingham Palace and the British Museum. Yesterday we visited than Buckingham Palace and the British Museum i) Wheres the book on American History? I cant find it. __ Wheres a book American History? I cant find it. j) Nile is considered the longest river in the world. _ Nile is considered the longest river in the world k) How was your trip to Canary Islands? It was wonderful. Sun shone all day and the water was hot. ________________________________ l) Everybody says that computers save people time. __________________________________ 2. Read the following sentences and fill in the blanks with the or leave the space blank if no article is needed. a) The last time I was in London I went on a boat on __the_______ Thames. b) My parents are now on holiday in ____leave_____ Ireland. c) Doreen likes playing _the________ volleyball at weekends. d) Excuse me. Where is ___leave______ swimming pool? e) My daughter is learning to play _________ violin at her school. f) We lived in __the_______ Morton Street when we first came to town. g) On our trip to New York, we visited __leave_______ Pierpont Morgan Library and ___leave______ Museum of Modern Art. h) As my husbands family is from Milan, Id like to learn ___the______ Italian so that I can talk to them. i) j) We all know that _the________ top models dont have a long career in fashion. _the________ Queen of ___leave______ Netherlands is staying a couple of days in ___the______ Germany. k) I dont understand ___the______ words of this song. l) Everyone in _the________ class agreed that ____leave_____ Mathematics is our favourite subject. m) Wheres _________ magazine I bought this morning?