Fill in the blanks with an appropriate article.
1. There is …………………… fly in my soup.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use a when you are not talking about a particular person or thing.
2. Can you lend me …………………… pen?
Correct!
Wrong!
3. Smoking ………………….. cigarettes is injurious to health.
Correct!
Wrong!
We do not normally use articles with plural and uncountable nouns.
4. I don’t know ………………………. answer.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. I know …………………….. old woman who feeds stray animals.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either an/the is possible here. When we use the we are talking about a particular woman.
6. It took me ……………………. hour to finish the job.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use an before a vowel sound. Use a before a consonant sound.
7. I think we should call ………………………… police.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. Is there …………………. water on the moon?
Correct!
Wrong!
9. I want to talk to ……………………. manager.
Correct!
Wrong!
There is usually only one manager; hence, the is used here.
10. ……………………. Prime Minister is visiting Russia next month.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. She has got ……………………. son and …………………. daughter.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. She has ……………………. curly hair.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- There is a fly in my soup.
- Can you lend me a pen?
- Smoking cigarettes is injurious to health.
- I don’t know the answer.
- I know an / the old woman who feeds stray animals.
- It took me an hour to finish the job.
- I think we should call the police.
- Is there water on the moon?
- I want to talk to the manager.
- The Prime Minister is visiting Russia next month.
- She has got a son and a daughter.
- She has curly hair.
