Articles Worksheet-1

Articles Worksheet-1

1. Fill in the blank with the correct indefinite article: ___ apple

A. An                   B. A                     C. The                 D. None of these

2. Fill in the blank with the correct article: ___ Sun

A. None of them                            B. The

C. A                                                  D. An

3. Fill in the blank with the correct indefinite article: ___ chair

A. A                     B. An                   C. The                 D. None of these

4. Fill in the blank with the correct indefinite article: ____ orange

A. A                     B. The                 C. An                   D. None of these

5. Fill in the blank with the correct indefinite articles: ____ question and ____ answer

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

6. Fill in the blank with the correct indefinite article: ___ bus

A. An                   B. The                 C. A                     D. None of these

7. Fill in the blank with the correct articles: I have ____ cat. ____ cat is white.

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

8. Fill in the blank with the correct indefinite article:  ____ umbrella

A. An                                               B. A

C. None of them                            D. The

9. Fill in the blank with the correct article: ____ Earth

A. A                     B. An                   C. The                 D. None of these

10. Fill in the blank with the correct article: ____ Sunil

A. A                     B. An                   C. The                 D. None of these

Answer Key:

1. A

Explanation: ‘Apple’ starts with the vowel ‘A’ and so ‘an’ is used.

2. B

Explanation: ‘Sun’ is a unique noun and so only ‘the’ can be used in front of it.

3. A

Explanation: ‘Chair’ starts with a consonant and only ‘A’ is used in front of words starting with consonants.

4. C

Explanation: ‘An’ is used before words starting with vowels and ‘O’ is a vowel.

5. D

Explanation: ‘Question’ starts with a consonant so ‘a’ and ‘answer’ starts with  vowel so ‘an.’

6. C

Explanation: The indefinite article that is used before a word starting with a consonant is ‘a’.

7. D

Explanation: First indefinite article ‘a’ will be used as cat starts with a consonant and then the definite article ‘the’ will be used.

8. A

Explanation: Umbrella starts with a vowel and so ‘an’ is used.

9. C

Explanation: Earth is a unique noun and so only ‘the’ can be used with it.

10. D

Explanation: Sunil is the name of a particular person and so no article is used with it.