Articles Quiz

FILL IN THE BLANK WITH THE APPROPRIATE ARTICLE

1. Gold is _______________ precious metal.

a) A
b) An
c) The

2. Brutus is ____________ honorable man.

a) A
b) An
c) The

3. ________________ reindeer is a native of Norway.

a) A
b) An
c) The

4. Honest men always speak _____________ truth.

a) A
b) An
c) The

5. John is _____________ young boy.

a) A
b) An
c) The

6. Banaras is _____________ holy city of the Hindus.

a) A
b) An
c) The

7. He returned home after _____________ hour.

a) A
b) An
c) The

8. _____________ school will shortly close for the Christmas holidays.

a) A
b) The
c) An
9. _____________ sun sheds his beams on the rich and the poor alike.
a) A
b) An
c) The

10. He died _____________ year ago.

a) A
b) An
c) The

11. _____________ lion is the king of beasts.

a) A
b) An
c) The

12. Who is _____________ girl standing at the gate.

a) A
b) An
c) The

13. Which is _____________ longest river in the Americas?

a) A
b) An
c) The

14. London is _____________ very costly place to live in.

a) A
b) An
c) The

15. The children found _____________ egg in the nest.

a) A
b) An
c) The

16. She is _____________ intelligent girl.

a) A
b) An
c) The
17. English is _____________ language of the people of England.
a) A
b) An
c) The

18. We discussed _____________ matter seriously.

a) A
b) An
c) The

19. Man, thou art1 _____________ wonderful animal.

a) A
b) An
c) The

20. India is one of _____________ most populous countries in the world.

a) A
b) An
c) The

1 THOU ART / ðaʊ ɑːt/is an archaic form of ‘you are’

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 Mary is ……….. excellent piano teacher.

 I saw …………… really beautiful eagle at the zoo.
 I only have …………. hour for lunch.
 Does his name begin with ………….. "F"?
 Mark is ……. clarinet teacher.
 I saw …….. bear at the zoo.
 Sean isn’t ……… actor.
 Trisha didn't get ……….. invitation.
 I saw …….. eagle at the zoo.
 I have ………. two sisters and ………. brother. My brother has ………… son.
That makes me ………uncle.
 Would you like …….. orange? Or would you prefer …… banana? We also
have strawberries.
 Does anyone have ……………. mobile? I need to make ……. emergency
phone call.
 Larry doesn't own ……... car. He rides ……….. motorcycle to work.
 Today, you ate ………. ice cream cone, …………. piece of pizza, …………..
burrito and doughnuts. That's not exactly ……. healthy diet.
 That number is …………. "1".
 Let's go see …… movie. There's ………….. adventure film that I have really
been wanting to see.
 Is there ………… Internet cafe around here? I need to send …………..
important email.
 Instead of making ………… traditional turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, she
baked ……… enormous chicken.
 It looks like it is going to be ………. rainy day. You should take …………..
umbrella.
 Phil and Debbie took …………. amazing vacation to Switzerland last year.
They even climbed ………. mountain near Lucerne.
 She has …… euro.
 Because there was ….. huge rainstorm, the flight was delayed for more
than …… hour. The airport was full of angry passengers.
 You said that he was …….. well known player on ……….. European football
team, his name started with …. "E", and his jersey had ……… "18" on it. I
don't know who you are talking about.
 That company makes ……….. app to let you instantly translate things with
…. iPhone. That's ……. useful tool for …….. frequent traveler.
 Is this ……. phone number? It's really hard to read. Is that …….. "1" or ……..
"7"?
 "Photo" doesn't start with ……. "F"; it starts with ……… "P". And "write"
starts with ……… "W", not …….."R".
 He's quite …………. unique salesman. He has ……………. unusual gift for
keeping customers happy, and he has ………… honest face which convinces
people to buy things.
 I buy my music from ……….. online music store. They charge Americans
…………. dollar for ………… song and Europeans …………… euro. You can
choose to download the song as ………….. MP3 or in several other formats.
If you purchase ten songs, they will even send you ………. CD.
 No, no, Margaret isn't ………….. secretary; her husband is. In fact, he is
quite …………… efficient secretary. He works for …………. well known law
firm downtown.
 Dr. Perez is ……… professor at Stanford University. She has ………… Ph.D. in
biology from Yale and ……………. MBA from Harvard. She is quite ………….
educated lady.