Article Exercise & Practice with Explanation

1. ‘The French’ refers to_______.

The French language	The French people
the French manner	the French society
Correct Answer: The French people
Explanation: Generally no article is used before the name of language; to mean nationality, the is used.

2. I saw _______ one-eyed man when I was walking on the road.

a	an
the	no article is needed
Correct Answer: a
Explanation: Generally, article an is used before vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u). But if the vowel ‘o’ is pronounced like ‘owa’, then a will be used.

3. Which one is correct?

Omar Khayyam is rarely born.	A Omar Khayyam is rarely born.
A Omar Khayyam is rarely born.	The Omar Khayyam is rarely born
Correct Answer: The Omar Khayyam is rarely born
Explanation: Generally, no article is used before proper noun. Article the is used before proper noun to give a definite meaning of the noun.

4. _______ big book on _______ table is for my history class.

A, a	The, a
The, the	A, the
Correct Answer: The, the
Explanation: Book and Table of the sentence is definite.

5. I see you are _______ Wordsworth.

a	an
the	none
Correct Answer: a
Explanation: It is an example of proper noun’s common noun. In such kind of sentence, article a/an is used before the proper noun.

6. _______ Nelson is a British warship.

A	The
no article	An
Correct Answer: The
Explanation: Before the name of Ship, article the is used.

7. At last _______ beast in him got _______ upper hand.

a, an	the, an
a, the	the, the
Correct Answer: the, the
Explanation: Here beast in him refers to the attribute of the beast namely bestiality.

8. _______ mother rose in her.

The	A
No article	An
Correct Answer: The
Explanation: Here article the is used to convert the common noun into abstract noun. The mother refers to motherly affection.

9. Article is used based on_______.

spelling	pronunciation
stress	sound
Correct Answer: pronunciation
Explanation: The use of article relies on Pronunciation; if a Consonant pronounces like Vowel, then article an will be used instead of a.

10. Fitzgerald went _______hospital as patient.

the	a
no article	an
Correct Answer: no article
Explanation: If there was to after the word went, then article the would have been used.

11. _______physicist, Gabriel Fahrenheit, invented the mercury thermometer in 1714.

A	It is the
The	There is
Correct Answer: The
Explanation: Before singular designation, article the is used.

12. China’s continued economic progress depends on mastering art of mound breaking innovation.

a	the
for	no word is missing
Correct Answer: the
Explanation: ….mastering the art of….

13. Over last fifty years, there has been a growing interest in trade in my country.

towards	a
the	an
Correct Answer: the
Explanation: Article the is used when Common Noun (singular and plural) is definite. Here common noun last fifty years is definite.

14. I like _______blue T-shirt over there better than the red one.

a, the	the, the
the, a	the, no article
Correct Answer: the, the
Explanation: Definite article the is used when two products are mentioned specifically.

15. David is learning to play_______ piano.

a	the
an	none
Correct Answer: the
Explanation: To mean to play a musical instrument, the is used before play.

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