Insert articles where necessary.

Articles

The indefinite article a

A (an) is used with countable nouns to indicate one;

A (an) is not used before a plural noun;

A (an) is not used before uncountable nouns.

The indefinite article a and the definite article the

The definite article the is used:

a) when a word is used a second time;

b) when only one object exists.

1. Write a, an, or nothing to complete these sentences:

1. This is … book. It is my … book. 2. I have … sister. My sister is … engineer. 3. I have no … handbag. 4. Is this … watch? - No, it isn’t … watch, it’s … pen. 5. He can see …pencil on your … table, but he can see no … paper. 6. Give me … chair, please. 7. We wrote …dictation yesterday. … 8. They have … dog and two … cats. 9. I have … spoon in my …plate, but I have no soup in it. 10. My sister’s … husband is … doctor.

2. Write a, the, or no article to complete these sentences:

1. This is … tree. … tree is green. 2. I can see three … boys. … boys are playing. 3. I have … bicycle. … bicycle is black. My … friend has no … bicycle. 4. Our … room is large. 5. We wrote … dictation yesterday. … dictation was long. 6. She has two … daughters and one … son. Her … son is …pupil. 7. My … brother’s …friend has no …dog. 8. This …pencil is broken. 9. She has …ball. …ball is … big. 10. I got … letter from my friend yesterday. … letter was interesting.

3. Put in the if the speaker and hearer, probably know exactly which (one/ones). Put in a/an, or - (no article) if not.

1. … sun is yellow. 2. What’s … weather like? - … weather is fine. 3. … sky is grey today. 4. … earth is … planet. 5. We had … English lesson yesterday. … teacher asked me many … questions. 6. Nick went into …bathroom, turned on …water and washed his … hands. 7. He is doing his …room. … homework is difficult. 8. It is very dark in … room. Turn on … light, please.

Insert articles where necessary.

1. Where is …cat? - … cat is on … sofa. 2. Where is … book? - … book is on … shelf. 3. Where are … flowers? - … flowers are in … beautiful vase. 4. Where is … vase? - … vase is on … little table near …window. 5. Open …window, please. … weather is fine today. I can see … sun in … sky. I can see … nice little bird. … bird is sitting in … big tree. … tree is green. 6. We have … large room. There is …big sofa in … room and … little lamp on … wall over … sofa. I like to sit on …sofa and read …good book. 7. There is … little white cloud in … sky. 8. Where is … soup? - …soup is in …big saucepan on … gas-cooker. 9. There is no … bread on bread on … table. Where is … bread? 10. Where is …table in your room?

5. Put in the or a/an or zero articlewhere necessary

Here is … large window. Through … window we can see …room. Opposite …window there is …door. On …door there is …curtain. In … corner of …room there is …round table. On it we can see …books and …telephone. There is …bookshelf over …table. On …bookshelf we can see …newspapers and …book by … Jack London. There are …two bookcases in … room. One …picture is small, … other pictures in … room. There are … two books. There is … large sofa in … room. …bookcases are full of … books. There is … large sofa in …room. On … sofa we can see …bag. Whose …bag is that? There is no … bed in … room. On … small table near … window there are … flowers and …glass of …water. In …front of …window we can see …armchair.

6. Put in the or a/an

1. Do you play … piano? 2. There is …big black piano in our living-room. It is at … wall to … left of …door opposite … sideboard. My mother likes to play … piano. She often plays …piano in … evening. 3. … boys like to play … football. 4. What do you do in … evening? – I often play … chess with my grandfather. 5. Where are …children? – Oh, they are out of …doors. …weather is fine today. They are playing …badminton in …yard. 6. What … games does your sister like to play? She likes to play …tennis. 7. Do you like to play …guitar? 8. What …colour is your guitar? 9. When we want to write … letter, we take …piece of …paper and …pen.10. When my grandfather was…young man, he studied … physics.

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