Grammar Test Noun and Article

REFRESHER COURSE

Grammar Test Noun and Article 2

1. One of the goals of UN is to help victims of natural disasters by delivering ____ and ____.

a)good/cloths b) goods/clothes

c) goods/cloth d)good/clothes

2. The NATO main office in Brussels decided that all ____ in all member states should be informed about the decision taken.

a) staff b)staves

c)stafs d) staffs

3. The joint U.N. and IFRC efforts were directed to save the ____ of many poor people.

a)live b)life

c)lifes d)lives

4. The UN General Assembly took ____ interest in the situation of the refugees.

a) an b)the

c)a d) Ǿ

5. UNICEF is a UN division concerned with the rights of the____.

a)child b)childs

c)childrens d)children

6. The headline announces: Iraqi ambassador makes speech at ____UN.

a)the b) Ǿ

c)a d)an

7. NATO special trained forces will initiate a campaign against the ____ that try to divide the country into two____.

a)commandoes/halves b)commandos/halfs

c)commandos/halfes d)commandoes/halfs

8. ____ House of Commons voted for the resolution.

a)Ǿ b)the

c)a d)an

9. After a ____ conference, the Defence Planning Committee agreed on the ____ issued from the two international ____.

a)ten minutes/datum/symposiums b)ten-minute/data/symposia

c)ten-minutes/data/symposium d) ten minute/ datum/symposiums

10. In situation of conflict all attacked country needs a(n)_____ and many ____ concerning the management of the crisis.

a)advise/information b) piece of advise/informations

c)piece of advice/information d)advice/informations

11. The last ____ coming from the conflict area states that soldiers inspect minutely the ____ of all cities.

a)item of news/where about b)pieces of news/whereabout

c) news/whereabouts d) new/ whereabouts

12. ____ UNICEF protects the rights of children.

a) a b)the

c)Ǿ d)an

13. The blockade in the ____ came to an end when the navy ____ under NATO command decided to intervene.

a)strait/force b)strait/forces

c)straits/forces d)straits/force

14.____ little is known about such IFRC operations in the African regions.

a)Ǿ b)the

c)a d)an

15. Radical ____ ____ offensive to NATO decisions.

a) politics/was b)politic/were

c) politic/was d)politics/were

16. ____NATO member countries are meeting at the NATO summit in Prague.

a)Ǿ b)the

c)a d)an

17. The UN official felt he was in ____ position to coordinate all operations.

a) b)the

c)a d)an

18.____ few insurgents threatened to attack the Red Cross trucks.

a)Ǿ b)the

c)a d)an

19. The IFCR representative was desperately trying to make ____ point but no one understood him.

a)Ǿ b)the

c)a d)an

20. ____ peace is a word issued the most from the part of ____ Vatican.

a)the/the b)Ǿ/ Ǿ

c) Ǿ/the d)the/ Ǿ

21. When the NATO officials appeared, the____ presented the ____.

a)troop/arm b)troops/arm

c)troop/arms d)troops/arms

22. ____ were first of all delivered and only afterwards water ____.

a)potatos/supply b)potatoes/suplies

c)potatoes/supplies d)potatos/supply

23. The insurgents attempted to attack the peacekeeping corps with ____and ____.

a)knives/stiks b)knifes/sticks

c)knifes/stics d)knives/sticks

24. ``___ special troops are trained for Iraqi crisis``, was an article in the newspaper.

a) Ǿ b)the c)a d)an

25. ____ and ____, armed with weapons were defending the village.

a)man/woman b)men/womans

c)men/womens d)men/women