Fill in the blanks with an appropriate article.
1Do you watch ............... often?
Wrong!
Use "TV" with no article when you mean television programmes in general.
2I should get to ............... before it closes.
Wrong!
Use "the bank" when the listener understands which bank or kind of place you mean.
3China is ............... in the world.
Wrong!
Use "the largest producer of rice" because superlative phrases normally take "the".
4............... are gaining popularity.
Wrong!
Use "Crime novels" with no article when speaking generally about plural countable nouns.
5Somebody has left ............... open.
Wrong!
Use "the door" when the specific door is clear from the situation.
6New Delhi is ............... of India.
Wrong!
Use "the capital" because a country has one specific capital city.
7Do you support ...............?
Wrong!
Use "capital punishment" with no article when referring to the general concept.
8Would you mind turning off ...............?
Wrong!
Use "the music" when referring to the specific music that is playing.
9She lives in ...............
Wrong!
Use "a spacious home" when mentioning one non-specific home for the first time.
10Do you prefer ...............?
Wrong!
Use "the city to the countryside" for these general contrasting environments.
11They live across ...............
Wrong!
Use "the street" in the fixed expression "across the street".
12............... is the only sport I enjoy watching.
Wrong!
Use "Tennis" with no article when naming a sport in general.
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- Do you watch TV often?
- I should get to the bank before it closes.
- China is the largest producer of rice in the world.
- Crime novels are gaining popularity.
- Somebody has left the door open.
- New Delhi is the capital of India.
- Do you support capital punishment?
- Would you mind turning off the music?
- She lives in a spacious home.
- Do you prefer the city to the countryside?
- They live across the street.
- Tennis is the only sport I enjoy watching.