Ex. 4. complete the sentences using a, an or the: 1. i bought ……… sandwich and ……… piece of cake. ……… sandwich was all right but cake was horrible. 2. ……… woman and two men were here a few minutes ago. i think ……… woman wanted to see you. 3. they’ve got ……… dog and ……… cat, ……… rabbit and some goldfish but the children like ……… dog best. 4. he sent me two letters and ……… postcard two days ago. ……… postcard didn’t say much but ……… letters were very interesting. 5. you can have ……… apple or ……… orange. ……… apples are nice and sweet. 6. there’s ……… plum tree and ……… peach tree in our garden. ……… peach tree doesn’t’ produce many peaches but ……… plum tree produces lots of plums every year. 7. there’s ……… theatre and two cinemas in town but one of ……… cinemas is closing down. 8. there’s ……… train at 2.00 and one at 3.30. ……… 2.00 train takes two hours and ……… 3.30 train takes ……… hour and ……… half. ex. 5. complete the sentences using a, an, some or any: 1. have you got ……… juice in the fridge? 2. there are ……… letters on the floor. 3. i had ……… cup of tea but i didn’t have ……… toast. 4. you need ……… flour and ……… egg. 5. i’d like ……… rice but i don’t want ……… potatoes. 6. would you like ……… bowl of soup? 7. he gave me ……… tea but he didn’t put ……… sugar in it. 8. there are ……… nice trees in the garden but there aren’t ……… flowers. 9. can i have ……… glass of orange juice? 10. there are knives and forks on the table but there isn’t ………salt or pepper