This grammar exercise tests your understanding of articles.
Fill in the blanks.
1............... are useful devices.
Wrong!
Use "Computers" to talk about computers in general.
2I love ...............
Wrong!
Use "mushrooms" to talk about mushrooms in general.
3............... birds can fly.
Wrong!
Use "Most" when you mean the majority of a group in general.
4Mother is in ............... because she has kidney trouble.
Wrong!
Use "hospital" in this British English expression when someone is there as a patient.
5Both ............... are good at painting.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "children" and "the children" are correct after "Both" in this sentence.
6All ............... robbers have been arrested.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "five" and "the five" are correct after "All" in this sentence.
7The number of ............... has increased rapidly.
Wrong!
Use "the unemployed" to mean unemployed people as a group.
8Who is that on ...............?
Wrong!
Use "the piano" when talking about playing this musical instrument.
9It is not easy to produce programs for ...............
Wrong!
Use "the radio" when radio is meant as a broadcasting medium.
10What ............... idea!
Wrong!
Use "a brilliant" before the singular countable noun "idea" in this exclamation.
11Can you get that cat off ...............?
Wrong!
Use "the TV" when you mean the television set.
12I am getting ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "toothache" and "a toothache" are correct names for this pain.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Computers are useful devices.
- I love mushrooms
- Most birds can fly.
- Mother is in hospital because she has kidney trouble.
- Both children / the children are good at painting.
- All five / the five robbers have been arrested.
- The number of the unemployed has increased rapidly.
- Who is that on the piano?
- It is not easy to produce programs for the radio
- What a brilliant idea!
- Can you get that cat off the TV?
- I am getting toothache / a toothache
