PREPOSITIONS & ARTICLES

I. Preposition
Exercise 1: Filling in the blanks with the correct prepositions.
1. Nam Anh is interested …….... Video game.
2. My is fed up …….... noodle.
3. Yen found a purse full …….. money.
4. Mai was busy ……… her homework.
5. Tu will be amazed …….. the sights there.
6. Ngoc was surprised ………... the news.
7. There is something wrong ………….. the machine.
8. What is Minh responsible ………. ?
9. Ha Long Bay is famous ……….. innumerable islets at sea.
10. Khanh is good ………. Math.
11. Mrs Hong was shocked ………… the news.
12. Yen is tired …………. watching horror films.
13. Rubber trees are useful ……….. industry.
14. This beach is similar ………. the one in Mui Ne.
15. The police were suspicious ………. a truck in the parking lot.
16. The children are terrified ……….. the film.
17. Ngoc was absent ………… the class.
18. Women are often afraid …………. mice.
19. We are ashamed …………. the beggars who ask foreigners for money.
20. Smoking is harmful ……….. our health.
Exercise 2. Choose the correct prepositions.
1. We all know how wonderful you are. There’s no need to show ………….
A. up B. off C. down D. forward
2. I arranged to meet Jim after work last night but he didn’t turn ………….
A. off B. up C. on D. down
3. Be careful on that horse. Don’t fall ………….
A. into B. against C. behind D. off
4. A stone fell on my head and knocked me …………. I was unconscious for half an hour.
A. with B. up C. off D. out
5. There was a $20 note lying on the pavement, so I picked it ………….
A. in B. at C. up D. below
6. I saw a jacket which I liked in the shop, so I went in and tried it …………. to see if it fitted
me.
A. on B. through C. away D. back
7. Sorry I’m late. The car broke …………. on the way here.
A. over B. about C. down D. round
8. “What shall I do with these old newspapers?” - “Throw them ………….”
A. away B. along C. off D. down
9. Everybody has been warned …………. the dangers of smoking.
A. into B. against C. to D. from
 10. He was found guilty and sentenced …………. six months’imprisonment.
A. about B. of C. to D. back
11. I’ve always regarded you ………….one of my best friends.
A. as B. like C. up D. with
12. He put suntan oil on his body to protect his skin ………….the sun.
A. through B. from C. with D. off
13. I prefer tea ………….coffee.
A. about B. from C. to D. in
14. This house reminds me ………….the one I lived in when I was a child.
A. about B. to C. against D. of
15. Three students were accused ………….cheating in the examination.
A. on B. off C. with D. of
16. I wrote to the company to ask them ………….more information about the job.
A. for B. in C. along D. forward
17. Three men have been arrested and charged ………….robbery.
A. into B. with C. about D. up
18. When I heard he had passed his examination, I phoned him to congratulate him
………….his success.
A. back B. over C. on D. with
19. Cut the meat ………….small pieces before frying it.
A. into B. off C. about D. along
20. I haven’t seen her since she left home ………….work this morning.
A. from B. since C. during D. for
II. A/AN/THE

Exercise 1: Chọn đáp án đúng để điền vào chỗ trống (chú ý: ký hiệu “x” có nghĩa là không
cần mạo từ)
1. We are looking for _______ place to spend ________ night.
A. the/the B. a/the C. a/a D. the/a
2. Please turn off ________ lights when you leave ________ room.
A. the/the B. a/a C. the/a D. a/the
3. We are looking for people with ________experience.
A. the B. a C. an D. x
4. Would you pass me ________ salt, please?
A. a B. the C. an D. x
5. Can you show me ________way to ________station?
 A. the/the B. a/a C. the/a D. a/the
6. She has read ________interesting book.
A. a B. an C. the D. x
7. You’ll get ________shock if you touch ________ live wire with that screwdriver.
A. an/the B. x/the C. a/a D. an/the
8. Mr. Smith is ________ old customer and ________ honest man.
A. An/the B. the/an C. an/an D. the/the
9. ________ youngest boy has just started going to ________ school.
A. a/x B. x/the C. an/x D. the/x
10. Do you go to ________ prison to visit him?
A. the B. a C. x D. an
11. ________eldest boy is at ________ college.
A. a/the B. the/x C. x/ a D. an/x
12. Are you going away next week? No, ________ week after next.
A. an B. a C. the D. x
13. Would you like to hear ________ story about ________ English scientist?
A. an/the B. the/the C. a/the D. a/ an
14. There’ll always be a conflict between ________ old and ________ young.
A. the/the B. an/a C. an/the D. the/a
15. There was ________ collision at ________ corner.
A. the/a B. an/the C. a/the D. the/the
16. My mother thinks that this is ________ expensive shop.
A. the B. an C. a D. x
17. Like many women, she loves ________ parties and ________gifts.
A. the/ a B. a/the C. a/a D. x/x
18. She works seven days ________ week.
A. a B. the C. an D. x
19. My mother goes to work in ________ morning.
A. a B. x C. the D. an
20. I am on night duty. When you go to ________ bed, I go to ________ work.
A. a/x B. a/the C. the/x D. x/x
Exercise 2: Câu chuyện sau được chia thành các câu nhỏ, hãy đọc và điền mạo từ thích hợp
“a/an/ the hoặc x (không cần mạo từ)” vào chỗ trống:

1. There was ________knock on ________door. I opened it and found ________small dark man
in ________blue overcoat and _______woolen cap.
2. He said he was ________employee of ________gas company and had come to read
________meter.

3. But I had ________suspicion that he wasn't speaking ________truth because ________meter

4. However, I took him to ________ meter, which is in ________dark corner under ________
stairs.

5. I asked if he had ________ torch; he said he disliked torches and always read ________
meters by ________light of ________match.

6. I remarked that if there was ________leak in ________ gas pipe there might be ________
explosion while he was reading ________meter.

7. He said, “As ________matter of ________fact, there was ________explosion in

8. “Mr. Smith was holding ________lighted match at ________time of ________explosion.”

9. To prevent ________possible repetition of this accident, I lent him ________torch.

10. He switched on ________torch, read ________meter and wrote ________ reading down on
________back of ________envelope.

11. I said in ________surprise that ________meter readers usually put ________readings down
in ________book.

12. He said that he had had ________book but that it had been burnt in ________fire
in________ Mr. Smith's house.

13. By this time I had come to ________conclusion that he wasn't ________genuine meter
reader; and ________moment he left ________house I rang ________police.

Exercise 3: Điền mạo từ thích hợp “a/an/the hoặc x (không cần mạo từ)”” vào chỗ trống.

14. Are John and Mary ________cousins? ~

No, they aren't ________cousins; they are ________brother and ________sister.

15. ________fog was so thick that we couldn't see ________ side of ________road. We
followed ________car in front of us and hoped that we were going ________right way.

16. I can't remember ________exact date of ________storm, but I know it was on

trees.

17. Peter thinks that this is quite ________ cheap restaurant.

B: Where's ________body?~

A: There isn't ________body. ~

B: Then how do you know there's been ________murder?

19. Number ________hundred and two, - ________house next door to us, is for sale.

It's quite ________nice house with ________big rooms ________back windows look out on
________park.

20. I don't know what ________price ________owners are asking. But Dry and Rot are
________agents. You could give them ________ring and make them ________offer.

21. ________postman's little boy says that he'd rather be ________dentist than ________doctor,
because ________dentists don't get called out at ________night.

22. Just as ________air hostess (there was only one on the plane) was handing me ________cup
of ________coffee ________plane gave ________lurch and ________ coffee went all over
________person on ________other side of ________gangway.

23. There was ________collision between ________car and ________cyclist at ________

24. Professor Jones, ________man who discovered ________new drug that everyone is talking
about, refused to give ________press conference.

25. Peter Piper, ________student in ________ professor's college, asked him why he refused to
talk to ________press.