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Articles Exercise

May 24, 2019 - pdf

Fill in the blanks.

1. What kind of …………………… is it?

Correct! Wrong!

When a common noun is used in its widest sense, it is used without an article.

2. …………………….. is mortal.

Correct! Wrong!

When a common noun is used in its widest sense, it is used without an article.

3. ………………………. grows in many parts of India.

Correct! Wrong!

Articles are omitted before material nouns.

4. ……………………… is a useful metal.

Correct! Wrong!

Articles are omitted before material nouns.

5. He was ………………………….. of his age.

Correct! Wrong!

Sometimes an article is used with proper nouns when they are used as common nouns.

6. Mumbai is ……………………….. of India.

Correct! Wrong!

Sometimes an article is used with proper nouns when they are used as common nouns.

7. ……………………… is its own reward.

Correct! Wrong!

Articles are usually omitted before abstract nouns.

8. He is fluent in ……………………..

Correct! Wrong!

Articles are omitted before the names of languages.

9. My friend is still in ……………………….

Correct! Wrong!

Articles are omitted before nouns like hospital and school when the reference is to the primary purpose of these places.

10. I went to ……………………….. to see my friend.

Correct! Wrong!

Articles are used before the nouns hospital and school when we are talking about these places as a building or structure.

11. …………………….. has returned.

Correct! Wrong!

Articles are omitted before names of relations.

12. I met him at ……………………….

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

Here the club is merely a meeting place and hence an article is used with that.

Answers

1. What kind of bird is it?

2. Man is mortal.

3. Cotton grows in many parts of India.

4. Iron is a useful metal.

5. He was the Napoleon of his age.

6. Mumbai is the Manchester of India.

7. Virtue is its own reward.

8. He is fluent in French.

9. My friend is still in hospital.

10. I went to the hospital to see my friend.

11. Mother has returned.

12. I met him at the club.

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