articles - institutions vs physical places

Click the '?' on the answer you think is correct.
You will get a short explanation of why your answer is right or wrong.

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 mile
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 in his 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-teachers association 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

More about grammar > articles

Online activities: gap fill

articles : complete the text
Complete the text about Hong Kong by deciding whether the nouns require articles and if so, which ones.

eltbase English language quizzes

Online activities: quiz

articles quiz with places (geography) Sixteen-question, 2-option MC quiz	usingenglish.com grammar quizzes
articles quiz with places 29-question, 2-choice mulitple-choice quiz. Title (Articles with geogrhapical names) misleading - it's for all kinds of places including hotels, streets (and ships). Doesn't point out difference between places as physical places and places as insitutions	usingenglish.com grammar quizzes
articles multiple-choice quiz Focuses on the difference between physical places (e.g. the school) and institutions (e.g. school)	eltbase English language quizzes
articles quiz - long Sixty-question multiple-choice quiz covering most of the basic rules including some for places and times	usingenglish.com grammar quizzes

about help contact
						Teachers' site: ELT base