Exercise 6.3. Fill in the gaps with the proper articles, A / AN, THE or X for zero article. Pay special attention to the use of articles with nouns denoting seasons, months, days, and parts of the day.

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
They arrived on 1) Saturday after my birthday party.

2) story begins on 3) quiet afternoon at 4) end of 5) July.

I'll see you on 6) Monday at 7) midday.

In 8) Scotland, they really know how to celebrate 9) New Year.

'When are you going to 10) university?' 'In 11) autumn.'

Snow fell all 12) night and through 13) morning.

Mary loved 14) theatre and was nearly always to be seen in her box at 15) first night.

16) cold of 17) winter gives way to 18) warmth of 19) spring and 20) heat of 21) summer. Then 22) autumn arrives with its chilly air and colourful, falling leaves.

He was going to spend 23) winter in 24) north.

I'll contact you in 25) New Year.