Articles Worksheet-8
Supply the correct article or put a (X) if no article is needed:
A. An B. The C. A D. X
A. X B. An C. The D. A
A. A B. X C. The D. An
A. An B. A C. The D. X
A. X B. An C. A D. The
A. An B. X C. The D. A
A. The B. X C. An D. A
A. X B. The C. A D. An
A. The B. A C. An D. X
A. A B. The C. X D. An
A. X B. A C. An D. The
A. An – the B. X – the C. A – the D. The – the
A. X B. A C. The D. An
A. The – the B. X – the C. A – the D. An – the
A. An B. A C. The D. X
A. A B. The C. X D. An
Answer Key:
Explanation: The owner is a particular person; hence definite article ‘the’ is used.
Explanation: The words ‘am reading’ particularize the book; hence definite article ‘the’ is used.
Explanation: The word ‘holiday’ starts with a consonant sound; hence indefinite article ‘a’ is used.
Explanation: The word ‘fourth’ particularizes the word 'chapter'; hence definite article 'the' is used. Also ‘the’ is used before ordinal numbers.
Explanation: The word ‘cats’ is used in the general sense; hence no article is used.
Explanation: The word ‘red’ particularize the word 'book'; hence definite article 'the' is used.
Explanation: The word ‘both’ particularize the word 'girls'; hence definite article 'the' is used.
Explanation: The word ‘attractive’ starts with a vowel sound; hence indefinite article ‘an’ is used.
Explanation: The ‘truth’ is always particular; hence definite article 'the' is used.
Explanation: The word ‘interesting’ starts with a vowel sound; hence indefinite article ‘an’ is used.
Explanation: The letter ‘L’ starts with a vowel sound; hence indefinite article ‘an’ is used.
Explanation: The words ‘Sun and East’ are unique nouns; hence definite article ‘the’ is used in both places.
Explanation: The word ‘wrong’ starts with a consonant sound and it means ‘wrong thing’; hence indefinite article ‘a’ is used.
Explanation: The words ‘rich and poor’ are adjectives used for whole communities and; hence definite article ‘the’ is used in both places.
Explanation: The word ‘very’ starts with a consonant sound; hence indefinite article ‘a’ is used.
Explanation: The word 100 is obviously plural and; hence no article is used.