Đề cương ôn tập môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 - Articles (Mạo Từ)

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I. Cách dùng mạo từ không xác định A/ An
1. Dùng với danh từ chỉ nghề nghiệp
Ex: I am a teacher
2. Dùng với danh từ đếm được số ít mà không được xác định bởi bất cứ một mệnh đề hay cụm từ nào
Ex: She is just a baby
II. Cách dùng mạo từ xác định THE
1. Dùng mạo từ xác định trước các danh từ được lặp lại lần thứ hai trở lên
Ex: There is a bedroom and a living room. The bedroom is big.
2. Trước các danh từ chỉ vật duy nhất
Ex: The moon is full tonight
3. Trước danh từ được xác định bởi các mệnh đề hay cụm từ theo sau
Ex: This is the man I told you
4. Trước các danh từ số ít chỉ chủng loại
Ex: The lion is fast disappearing
5. Trước tên các nhạc cụ
Ex: She can’t play the piano but she can play the guitar
6. Trước tên các đại dương, sông , dãy núi
Ex: The Thames flows into the North Sea
7. Trước tên một quốc gia có hai từ hay tận cùng bằng số nhiều
Ex: Have you ever lived in the United States?
8. Trước dạng so sánh nhất, số thứ tự
Ex: She is the tallest in my class.
III- Không dùng mạo từ xác định THE trong những trường hợp sau: 
1. Before lake , mountain in singular 
Ex: lake Geneva 
2. Before common nouns 
Ex : I love flower 
3. Before attractive nouns 
Ex: Freedom , happiness 
4. Before names of subjects 
Ex: mathematics 
5. Before names of nations with one word 
Ex: china , France 
6. Before names of sports 
Ex : baseball , basketball 
7. Before holiday , occasion
Ex : Christmas , Thanksgiving
8. Before names of stars 
Ex : Venus , Mars 
9. Before names of college or University, before nouns with ordinal number after 
Ex : Da Nang University, World war One
10. One names of continents 
Ex: Europe , Africa 
11. Before names of states 
Ex : Florida , Ohio , California 
12. Before names of meals : 
Ex: Dinner , lunch , breakfast 
13. Before names of towns , provinces ... street , square 
Ex: new York , Glasgow , Regent street ...
14. Before names hotel , restaurant , bank 
Ex: McDonalds restaurant , Barclays bank 
à Note :
- Prison , school , university , college , church , 
- We can the these words in the main purpose 
IV. Không dùng mạo từ trong những trường hợp sau
1. Trước các danh từ không đếm được và các danh từ số nhiều chỉ chủng loại
Ex: I hate ants
 2. Trước các danh từ chỉ tên riêng
Ex: We live in Kon Tum
3. Trước tên các bữa ăn
Ex: It's time for lunch
4. Trước các phương tiện vận chuyển nói chung chung
Ex: We went to Japan by plane
Exercise 1: Put a, an, the or f in each space to complete the following sentences.
1. We went by ...... train to the west of England.
2. ....... people who live in........ Scotland are called ......... Scots.
3. ........ Columbus was one of ......... first people to cross .......... Atlantic.
4. Davis learned to play ....... violin when he was at .......... university.
5. Did you read ............. book I lent you ...........last week.
6. Is that .......... present Bill gave you for ........ Christmas?
7. ........... computer has already changed .............. our lives dramatically.
8. There was ........ accident yesterday at ......... corner of ........... street.
9. I need........... time to think about ........... the offer you gave me.
10. ........... little knowledge is ............... dangerous things.
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
1. Did they climb.?
A. the Rocky mountains 	B. Rocky mountains 	
C. a Rocky mountains 	D. A &C are correct 
2.  is famous for small beautiful islands.
A. the Philippines 	B. Philippines 	C. the Philippine 	D. all are wrong 
3. Your first stop in .. United States is in .San Francisco
A. a / the 	B. the/ a 	C. the/ no article 	D. the/ the
4. Did they drive along.?
A. the Pacific Coast 	B. Pacific coast 	 
C. Coast of Pacific 	D. A &C are correct 
5. They went to last year.
A. the New Zealand 	B. the New Zealands 	
C. New Zealand 	 	D. all are wrong 
6. Are you interested in climbing..
A. Mount Phu Si 	B. the Phu Si 	 	
C. the Phu Si mount 	D. the Mount of Phu Si
7. My brother is studying at ..........Quy Nhon College.
A.a 	B. the 	C. an 	D. f
8. My sister often goes to  by bus.
A.a 	B. the 	C. an 	D. f
9. Have you ever visited ..?
A. the Da Nang University	B. Da Nang University	
C. University Da Nang 	D. University of Da Nang
10. She lives on 
	A. Tran Phu Street	B. the Tran Phu Street	
	C. Street Tran Phu	D. Street of Tran Phu 
11. They went to .. last year.
	A. Netherlands	B. Netherland	C. the Netherlands	D. a Netherland
12. They took a boat trip on 
	A. The Mekong	B. Mekong	C. Mekong River	D. River Mekong
13. We rowed our boat around ..
	A. West Lake	B. the West Lake	C. Lake West 	D. Lake of West
14. A man and a woman were standing outside my house. ..man looked English but I think..woman was Asia.
	A. the/a	B. a/the	C. a/a	D. the/the
15. For breakfast I had..sandwich and..apple. The sandwich wasn’t very nice.
	A. the/an	B. a/the	C. a/an	D. the/the
16. What is..longest river in..world?	
	A. the/a	B/ a/the	C. a/a	D. the/the
17. We often watch..television.	
	A. the	B. a	C. an	D. f
18. .rose is my favorite color.	
	A. a	B. an	C. the	D. f
19. Tom is very kind boy.	
	A. an	B. a	C. the	D. f
20. She is ..most intelligent student in my class.	
	A. an	B. a	C. the	D. f
21. What do you often have for ..dinner? 	
	A. an	B. a	C. the	D. f
 22. How often do you go to .school? 	
	A. an	B. a	C. the	D. f
23. Kon Tum is famous for honey in  Ngoc Linh Mount.
	 A. the/a	B. a/the	C. the/ the	D. f/ f
24. My father goes to work by bus. He often catches . last one to come home. 
	 A. the/a	B. a/the	C. no article/ the	D. f/ f
25. She isn’t ..first person I love but .last woman I choose to get married. 
	A. the/a	B. a/the	C. the/ the	D. f/ f
26. I don't like stay at .......... hotels, but last summer we spent a few days at .......... very nice hotel by ..... sea.
	A. the/a/ the	B. a/the/ the	C. f/ the/ the	D. f/ f/ the
27. ....tennis is my favourite sport. I play once or twice ......... week if I can, but I'm not ...... very good player.
	A. f/ the/ the	B. f /the/ the	C. a/ f / the	D. f/ a / a
28. I won't be home for ........ dinner this evening. I'm meeting some friends after ...... work and we're going to ........ cinema.
	A. the/a/ the	B. a/the/ the	C. f/ the/ the	D. f/ f/ the
29. .......... unemployment is increasing at the moment and it's getting difficult for ........ to find ....... work. 
	A. f/ f/ f	B. f /the/ the	C. a/ f / the	D. f/ a / a
30. There was..... accident as I was going ..... home last night. Two people were taken to....... hospital. I think ...... most accidents are caused by .........people driving too fast.
	A. the/a/ the/ f/ f/	B. f/ f/ an/the/ the	
	C. an /f/ the/f/ f/	D. an/f/ f/ f/ f
31. Carol is ..... economist. She used to work in .............. investment department of ....... Loyds Bank. Now she works for ...........American bank in .... United States.
	A. the/a/ the/ f/ f	B. f/ f/ an/the/ the	
	C. an /the /f/ an/ the	D. an/f/ f/ f/ f
32. A: What's ..... name of .... hotel where you're staying?
 B: .......... Imperial. It's in .......... Queen street in ........ city center. It's near ..........station
	A. the/a/ the/ f/ f	B. f/ f/ an/the/ the	
	C. an /the /f/ an/ the	D. an/f/ f/ f/ f/
33. I have two brothers: ........ older one is training to be ..... pilot with British Airway, ....... younger one is still at ...... school . 
	A. the/a/ the/ f	B. f/ f/ a/the	C. the /the /f/ a	D. a/f/ f/ f
34. ....... atmosphere at ........ party was likely and free.
	A. the/a	B. a/the	C. the/ the	D. f/ f
35. ........ Mississippi River flows into ....... Gulf of Mexico in ......... state of Louisiana.
	A. the/a/ the	B. the/the/ the	C. f/ the/ the	D. f/ f/ the
36. ........Gulf of Panama is on .........Pacific side of ..........Panama Canal.
	A. the/a/ the	B. a/the/ the	C. the / the/ the	D. f/ f/ the
37. After......... World War II, .........United Nations was formed.
	A. the/a	B. a/the	C. the/ the	D. f/ the
38. People eat chocolate all over ...... world. It is probably ......... most popular candy in ........ world.
	A. the/a/ the	B. the/the/ the	C. f/ the/ the	D. f/ f/ the
39. ...... lack of exercise is one of ........ major factors contributing to obesity.
	A. the/a	B. a/the	C. the/ the	D. f/ the
40. .........Singapore is located on ............... Malay Peninsula.
	A. the/a	B. a/the	C. the/ the	D. f/ the
41. ........Roman Empire ruled .......... Mediterranean world from about 500B.C. to about 500 A.D.
	A. the/a	B. a/the	C. the/ the	D. f/ the
42. Compared with ........New Orleans, ...........San Francisco has ........ very cold climate. 
	A. f/ f/ a	B. a/the/ the	C. the / the/ the	D. the/a/ the
43. After he left ........University of Massachusetts, he went to .......Ball State in Indiana.
	A. the/a	B. a/the	C. the / the	D. the/ f	
44. Probably, .........most vital application of ..........laser is in ..........field of ........medicine. 
	A. the/ f/ f/ a	B. the/ a/the/ the	C. the / f/ the/f	D. the/a/ the/ f
45. When we visited ..........South, we stopped at ......... Civil War Museum in ..........Atlanta.
	A. f/ f/ a	B. the/ the/ f	C. the / the/ the	D. the/a/ the
46. My house is opposite ......... Hoa Binh Theater on ........... Ba Thang Hai Street.
	A. the/a	B. a/the	C. the / the	D. f / f
47. Do you live in ..........big city or in ........... small town?
	A. the/a	B. a/a	C. the / the	D. f / f
48. A: Do you know Lan's sister? _ B: Yes. In fact, she is .............friend of mine.
	A. the	B. a	C. an	D. f 
49. Are you taking ..........French this semester?
	A. the	B. a	C. an	D. f
50. Have you ever been to ..............countryside?
	A. the	B. a	C. an	D. f
51. At first she was trained to be .. scriptwriter , but later she worked as . secretary. 
	A. the/a	B. a/a	C. the / the	D. f / f
52. Are you .. Catholic or Buddhist? I am . atheist.
	A. f/ f/ a	B. a/ a/ an	C. the / the/ the	D. the/a/ the
53. ..men are often paid more than women for ..same job.
	A. f/ f/ the	B. a/the/ the	C. the / the/ the	D. the/a/ the
54. .Germany is . Important economic power.
	A. the/a	B. a/a	C. the / the	D. f / an
55. ..breakfast is ..first meal of the day.
	A. the/a	B. a/a	C. f / the	D. the / f
56. ..milk is often added to .tea in UK
	A. f/ f/ the	B. a/the/ the	C. the / the/ the	D. the/a/ the
57. I have bought ..FM radio for my aunt, who lives in . countryside.
	A. the/a	B. a/the	C. the / the	D. f / an
58. There are many millions of stars in ........... space.
	A. the	B. a	C. an	D. f
59. We took ............taxi to ..........airport.
	A. the/a	B. a/the	C. f / the	D. the / f
60. Did Jane get ............job she applied for?
	A. the	B. a	C. an	D. f