Worksheet: Azar: Basic English Grammar, 3rd ed., Charts 7-2, 7-6, 7-7

Article Practice 1

Yesterday, we had ______snow at school. ______snow was beautiful. I

played in ______snow with ______my friends. We built ______snowman.

______snowman was very ______tall. ______people watched us build it. I

asked ______people if they wanted to help, but they decided they didn’t. It was

______really fun day.

Article Practice 2

I had ______interesting dream last night. It was also ______strange. In

______dream, ______man gave me _____ money. ______money was made of

gold. ______man said I could buy ______many things. First, I wanted to buy

______expensive car. But then ______car I wanted disappeared. Then, I wanted to

take ______trip. But I couldn’t go on ______trip because no airplanes could fly.

Finally, decided to buy ______expensive house. I went to pay for ______house,

And all ______money disappeared. I didn’t get anything!

Article Practice 3

How was ______your weekend? I had ______scary experience. I

Almost got in ______car accident. But I was ______lucky, because _____ second

Before ______accident, I turned ______car quickly and no one got hurt.

What happened is this. ______big truck in front of me stopped suddenly. Then

Everyone else had to stop. No one actually hit ______truck. It was really ______

Great that nobody got hurt.

Article Practice 4

I went to ______movie. It was ______great. One of the actors played

______very exciting character. In ______movie, he wanted to find some money. But

there are ______bad people who also want ______money. He has ______many

tricks. Finally, ______policeman helps him. Together they get ______money and

______movie has ______happy ending.

Article Practice 5

I had ______unpleasant experience with ______used car I bought. It wasn’t

______old, but it had a lot of miles on it. One day, I was going downtown. Suddenly

______car stopped. I needed ______help. ______people didn’t stop. Finally, ____

policeman came. ______policeman helped me. I started ______car. I drove

______mile. Then, it stopped again, and the engine caught on fire. ______car was

destroyed. What ______terrible day!

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