Exercise 2 Fill in the correct article (a, an, some, the) in the blank space in the following sentences. If the sentence makes a generalization, put Ø in the blank space to show that no article is used. Could you answer ___the___ phone? 1. There’s ________ program on TV tonight that I would like to watch. 2. Did we ever get ________ answer from the Smiths? 3. ________ train from Chicago is just pulling into ________ station. 4. Can you get ________ bread and milk when you go shopping? 5. ________ reception on my cell phone is not very good. 6. ________ weather forecast is for ________ big storm over ________ weekend. 7. ________ storm that hit us caused ________ huge power failure all along ________ East Coast. 8. I always enjoy reading ________ comics in ________ Sunday paper. 9. In Italy, ________ wine is taxed as ________ food. 10. Robert is ________ last person to know what’s going on. 11. We are planning to go on ________ hike this weekend. 12. She raised ________ really good issues in class today. 13. I have ________ problem that I need to discuss with you. 14. ________ restrooms at ________ train station are always dirty. 15. Whenever we go to ________ movies, we always get ________ big bag of popcorn. 16. Everyone has to have ________ insurance. 17. I’ve just had ________ idea. 18. There was ________ fire at ________ old Brown place last night. 19. Can I get ________ information from you? 20. Bad news travels around ________ world before good news gets its shoes on. 21. Susan lost ________ baby tooth today. 22. I have ________ information that ________ group will be interested in. 23. ________ newspapers all across _________ country are losing ________ readers. 24. I never get ________ clear answer from ________ personnel department. 25. We got ________ real shock when ________ contractor gave us ________ final bill