Articles - institutions vs physical places

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She's gone into ____________ to have a baby.
1. hospital
2. the hospital
She does volutary work at ___________ .
1. hospital
2. the hospital
I'll meet you outside ____________ .
1. church
2. the church.
She's very religious. She goes to _________ every Sunday.
1. church
2. the church
Turn left at _____________ and go straight on for about a kilometre.
1. the church
2. church
When I was a child, we had to go to __________ once a week.
1. church
2. the church
You don't usually have to go into __________________ to have your ears cleaned. The doctor can do it at the surgery.
1. the hospital
2. hospital
They're demolishing ________________ so they can build a bigger one.
1. old hospital
2. the old hospital
He was sent to _____________ for three years for robbery.
1. the prison
2. prison
He works as a cleaner up at ___________ .
1. the prison
2. prison
I didn't go to _________________ when I left school as I wanted to get a job.
1. the university
2. university
Many more young people go to ____________ now than they did 50 years ago.
1. university
2. the university
What did you study at ________________ ?
1. the university
2. university
He's got a job as a lecturer at ____________________ .
1. the university
2. university
In Enland children start _______________ at five.
1. school
2. the school
We're going to _______________ this evening for a parent's meeting.
1. school
2. the school
There's a bus which stops right outside __________________ .
1. the school
2. school
___________________ is being enlarged to accommodate another 300 pupils from next term.
1. The school
2. School
When I was a teenager, I couldn't wait to leave ___________ .
1. the school
2. school
_________________ is open to the public during university holidays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
1. College
2. The college

Resources page for articles

Gap fill exercises

Articles : complete the text
Complete the two-hundred-word text about Hong Kong by adding the correct articles. Includes definite, indefinite and zero articles, and articles for place names and geographical features. (British English)

Quizzes - multiple choice / short answer

Use of articles quiz 1
Ten-question multiple-choice quiz on the use of articles. Elementary-Intermediate levels.

Use of articles quiz 2
Sixteen-question multiple-choice quiz on the use of articles in English. Includes feedback. Upper intermediate - advanced (B2-C1)