Fill in the blanks with an appropriate article.
1That seems to be ............... wonderful idea.
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Use "a" before the consonant sound in "wonderful."
2He is ............... successful entrepreneur.
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Use "a" before the consonant sound in "successful."
3I am reading ............... interesting novel.
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Use "an" before the vowel sound in "interesting."
4Have you started working on ............... project?
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Use "the" when the project is specific or already known.
5She wants to be ............... lawyer.
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Use "a" before a singular job name beginning with a consonant sound.
6I met ............... European on the bus.
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Use "a" before "European" because it begins with a /j/ consonant sound.
7It looks like ............... fox.
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Use "a" when you mean one non-specific fox.
8I was listening to ............... old song on the radio.
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Use "an" before the vowel sound in "old."
9He lives in ............... old house in a quiet village.
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Use "an" before the vowel sound in "old."
10There were no chairs, so we sat on ............... floor.
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Use "the" because a room normally has one floor being referred to.
11He lives in ............... small apartment in the city.
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Use "a" before the consonant sound in "small" when introducing one non-specific apartment.
12We had dinner in ............... best restaurant in town.
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Use "the" with superlatives such as "best."
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- That seems to be a wonderful idea.
- He is a successful entrepreneur.
- I am reading an interesting novel.
- Have you started working on the project?
- She wants to be a lawyer.
- I met a European on the bus.
- It looks like a fox.
- I was listening to an old song on the radio.
- He lives in an old house in a quiet village.
- There were no chairs, so we sat on the floor.
- He lives in a small apartment in the city.
- We had dinner in the best restaurant in town.