Articles Worksheet-5

Articles Worksheet-5

Fill in the correct article wherever necessary:

41. Everyone loves _____ songs sung by ____ Kishore Kumar.

A. A – x              B. An – the        C. The – x          D. X – x

42. _____ earthquakes caused in the sea are known as ____ tsunamis.

A. An – the        B. X – x              C. A – x              D. The – the

43. Hitesh and his family came for ____ visit to my house.

A. A                     B. The                 C. An                   D. X

44. ____ yogurt with sugar is quite tasty.

A. An                   B. The                 C. X                     D. A

45. All ____ boys contributed towards _____ charity.

A. X – the          B. The – the      C. A – a              D. An – the

46. Would you like to have _____ bowl of _____ fruit salad?

A. A – x              B. X – x              C. An – a            D. A – a

47. _____ vendor who sells ____ plastic things has not come today.

A. An – the        B. The – x          C. X – x              D. A – the

48. _____ actor should be able to emote well.

A. A                     B. The                 C. An                   D. X

49. ____ red book on that table is really interesting.

A. An                   B. X                     C. A                     D. The

50. His younger brother is _____ very good singer.

A. A                     B. An                   C. X                     D. The

51. Did you know that ____ tomato is _____ fruit?

A. The – a          B. A – the          C. An – a            D. X – x

52. ____ onion ____ day keeps everyone away!

A. A – an            B. An – a            C. The – a         D. An – the

Answer Key:

41. C

Explanation: ‘The’ is used because ‘songs’ is in the plural and no article is used before ‘Kishore’ since it is a proper noun.

42. B

Explanation: No articles are needed anywhere as ‘earthquakes’ and ‘tsunamis’ are plurals.

43. A

Explanation: ‘Visit’ starts with a consonant sound; hence ‘a’ is used. ‘A’ also signifies ‘one.’

44. C

Explanation: No article is used since ‘yogurt’ is an uncountable noun.

45. B

Explanation: ‘The’ is used in both instances because it particularizes ‘boys’ and ‘charity.’

46. A

Explanation: ‘Bowl’ starts with a consonant sound; hence ‘a’ is used.  ‘A’ also means ‘one.’ No article is used before ‘fruit salad’ since it is an uncountable noun.

47. B

Explanation: ‘The’ is used to show a specific vendor. No article is used before ‘plastic things’ since the term means a general collection.

48. C

Explanation: ‘Actor’ starts with a vowel sound; hence ‘an’ is used.

49. D

Explanation: ‘The’ is used to show that the book is specific.

50. A

Explanation: ‘Very’ starts with a consonant sound; hence ‘a’ is used.

51. A

Explanation: ‘The’ is used because ‘tomato’ represents the whole class and ‘fruit’ starts with a consonant sound; hence ‘a’ is used.

52. B

Explanation: ‘Onion’ starts with a vowel sound; hence ‘an’ is used and ‘day’ starts with a consonant sound; hence ‘a’ is used.