Exercise 2: Choose the best answer to complete the sentences:

1. There are billions of stars in ______ space.
A. a
B. an
C. X
D. the

2. He tried to park his car but ______ space wasn't big enough.
A. the
B. a
C. X
D. the

3. Can you turn off ______ television, please?
A. X
B. a
C. an
D. X

4. We had ______ meal in a restaurant.
A. a
B. X
C. an
D. the

5. Thank you. That was ______ very nice lunch.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. an

6. My daughter plays ______ piano very well.
A. the
B. a
C. the
D. X

7. Jill went to ______ hospital to see her friend.
A. x
B. the
C. X
D. an

8. Mrs. Lan went to ______ school to meet her son's daughter.
A. x
B. the
C. a
D. an

9. We visited ______ two years ago.
A. Canada and the United States
B. the Canada and the United
C. the Canada and United States
D. Canada and United States

10. Are you going away next week? No, ______ week after next.
A. a
B. the
C. some
D. X

11. We haven't been to ______ for years.
A. cinema
B. the cinema
C. a cinema
D. any

12. It took us quite a long time to get here. It was ______ journey.
A. three hour
B. a three-hours
C. a three-hour
D. three-hours

13. I can't work here. There's so much ______.
A. noise
B. noises
C. the noise
D. a noise

14. I've seen ______ good films recently.
A. a
B. the
C. some
D. an

15. I often watch ______ television for two hours every night.
A. some
B. the
C. any
D. X

16. The injured man was taken to ______.
A. hospital
B. any hospital
C. the hospital
D. hospitals

17. She went out without ______ money.
A. any
B. an
C. a
D. X

18. Did ______ police find ______ person who stole your bicycle?
A. a/a
B. the/the
C. a/the
D. the/a

19. Can anyone give me ______ hand, please, because I have just fallen over?
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. X

20. I don't know what to do. It's ______ problem.
A. quite difficult
B. a quite difficult
C. quite a difficult
D. the quite difficult