A, an or the – Exercise 1

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Choose a, an or the to complete the sentences. Practise when to use the indefinite article to refer to something non-specific and the definite article to refer to something specific or identified.

Need help? See the indefinite article (a/an) guide and the definite article (the) guide.

  1. Could I speak to manager, please?
  2. My car is making a strange noise, so I need mechanic to look at it.
  3. We don’t have electrician on staff, so we’ll have to call someone.
  4. restaurant where we had dinner last night has closed.
  5. Do you have notebook I could borrow for a few minutes?
  6. mechanic who repaired my car called this morning.
  7. I couldn’t open attachment called “Invoice.pdf”.
  8. Is there pharmacy near here?
  9. They want to open restaurant near the river.
  10. backdoor key isn’t on the hook.