Exercise 1. Put "an", "a", "the" or Ø (nothing): 1.    My birthday is            Sunday afternoon. 2.    It doesn't often snow here at           Christmas. We haven't had            White Christmas for many years. 3.    We came here in          _ summer of            1969. 4.               Thanks giving is in             November. The Church of England dates from            year 1534. I like driving at          night. The roads are quite. Oh, I don't like driving in          park. I'd rather travel during       day. 5.      Are you doing anything at            weekend? + I don't think so.  Well, come over on            Sunday. 6.         meals we had weren't very good. We had _ breakfast in the hotel and that wasn't too bad. We usually went out for            lunch because             lunch they served in the hotel was always the same            dinner we had in our first evening was pretty a few, so we tried a few restaurants. On our last evening we had           marvelous dinner in a Chinese restaurant, but that was an exception. 7.    Rita plays            violin and her sister plays             guitar. 8.    On our trip to            Spain, we crossed            Atlantic Ocean. 9.    David attended           Princeton University. 10.                Florida State University is smaller than             University of Florida 11.                chair that you are sitting in is broken. 12.                Civil War was fought in            United States between 1861 and 1865.             big books on _             table are for my history class

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1. My birthday is on Sunday afternoon.
2. It doesn't often snow here at Christmas. We haven't had a white Christmas for many years.
3. We came here in the summer of 1969.
4. Thanksgiving is in November. The Church of England dates from the year 1534. I like driving at night. The roads are quiet. Oh, I don't like driving in the park. I'd rather travel during the day.
5. Are you doing anything at the weekend? - I don't think so. Well, come over on Sunday.
6. The meals we had weren't very good. We had a breakfast in the hotel and that wasn't too bad. We usually went out for lunch because the lunch they served in the hotel was always the same. The dinner we had on our first evening was pretty bad, so we tried a few restaurants. On our last evening we had a marvelous dinner in a Chinese restaurant, but that was an exception.
7. Rita plays the violin and her sister plays the guitar.
8. On our trip to Spain, we crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
9. David attended Princeton University.
10. Florida State University is smaller than the University of Florida.
11. The chair that you are sitting in is broken.
12. The Civil War was fought in the United States between 1861 and 1865. The big books on the table are for my history class.

5. Are you doing anything at the weekend? + I don't think so. Well, come over on Sunday.

4. Thanksgiving is in November. The Church of England dates from the year 1534. I like driving at night. Oh, I don't like driving in the park. I'd rather travel during the day.

3. We came here in the summer of 1969.

2. It doesn't often snow here at Christmas. We haven't had a White Christmas for many years.