Topic:

Articles
Subject: English Grammar

Articles Exercise (A)

Exercise-1: Complete the following sentences using appropriate articles. In some cases, no articles
are needed.
1. ………………….. man is mortal.
(a) A
(b) The
(c) No article
2. I am …………………. university student.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
3. She goes to the temple in ……………….. morning.
(a) a
(b) the
(c) No article
4. Kiran is …………………. best student in the class.
(a) a
(b) the
(c) No article
5. ………………….. camel is the ship of the desert.
(a) A
(b) The
(c) No article
6. This book has won ………………….. Booker prize.
(a) a
(b) the
(c) No article
7. Harishchandra was …………………. honest king.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
8. I am fond of ………………. classical music.
(a) a
(b) the
(c) No article
9. I met ..................... boy in the store.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
10. Gold is ....................... precious metal.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
11. She returned after ………………….. hour.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
12. There is ..................... . institution for ....................... blind in this city.
(a) an, a
(b) an, the
(c) the, the
Topic: Articles
Subject: English Grammar

Exercise-2: Choose ‘the’ or ‘no article’.
1. I went sailing around _____ Lake Geneva
2. I’ve been living in _____ London for six years
3. _____ Danube runs through many European cities
4. Wild horses live in _____ Gobi Desert
5. _____ Pacific Ocean has many different types of fish
6. I love swimming in _____ Mediterranean
7. We spent our holiday on the shore of _____ Lake Windermere
8. _____ Nile is a very beautiful river
9. She stayed in _____ Belgrade for several weeks
10. Her husband comes from _____ California
11. They studied the geology of _____ Sahara Desert
12. They crossed _____ Black Sea by boat
13. He has always wanted to visit _____ Rome
14. She lived in _____ Asia for several years
15. _____ Tuscany has many beautiful cities
16. I spent a year travelling around _____ Europe
17. Her village is near _____ Lake Titicaca
18. Would you like to visit _____ South America?
19. They live near _____ Thames
20. I think _____ Cornwall is a very beautiful part of England.

Exercise-3: Fill in the blanks with A or An.

1. Ronaldo is ________ famous football player.
2. Jessica is ________ hardworking student.
3. Is Dr. Phil ________ smart man?
4. A tiger is ________ animal.
5. Is that ________ old book?
6. Is tea ________ beneficial drink?
7. Mustang is ________ American brand.
8. This is ________ eraser.
9. New York Times is ________ popular news company.
10. Derek is ________ fisherman.
11. It's ________ honor to meet you.
12. Angelina Jolie is ________ actress.
13. GrammarBank is ________ educational website.
14. Bart Simpson is ________ child.
15. Superman is ________ hero.

Exercise-4: Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles. If there is no need, put a cross mark (✗)
1. _____ apple is ______ fruit.
2. _____ umbrella is ______ useful thing.
3. My sister got ______ best student award.
4. ____ elephant never forgets.
5. You are ______ hour late.
6. ______ Mumbai Queen is an express train which runs from Pune to Mumbai.
7. William Wordsworth was ______ great poet.
8. London is on ____ Thames.
9. This is _______ first time I have visited _______ village.
10. Do you speak ____ German?
11. I ate _______ apple, ______ egg and _______ loaf of bread.
12. ____ earth moves round ____ sun.
13. ________ Ganges is ________ mighty river. It falls into _______ Bay of Bengal.
14. _____ Sharmas used to live in this house.
15. Ankush is _________ tallest boy in ______ class.
16. Morning walk is _______ tonic for _______ weak.
Topic: Articles
Subject: English Grammar

17. _____ books are made of paper.
18. Honesty is _______ best policy.
19. He owns ___ horse. He has __ black and ___ white horse.
20. Divij keeps two dogs at his house. He has __ black and ___ white dog.
21. Neha lost ________ book that I had lent her.
22. Last night, we saw ______ European eating ______ egg.
23. Each of _______ mountain climbers carried ________ oxygen cylinder with him.
24. _________ Mahabharata is ______ epic.
25. ________ apple _______ day , keeps ________ doctor away.
26. We are going to Kolkata by ____ train.
27. ___ French live in France.
28. ____ silver and ___ gold are found in Africa.
29. ____ rich should help ____ poor.
30. ____ wealth has wings.

Exercise-5: Fill in the blanks with a, an, the articles. Put x where no article is necessary.
1-2. ________ Tower of London is ________ popular tourist attraction.
3-5. Newcastle is ________ town in ________ north of ________ England.
6-8. ________ Princess lives in ________ palace in ________ London.
9-10. ________ Buckingham Palace is where ________ Queen of England officially lives.
11-12. She bought ________ expensive necklace at ________ Tanishq Jwellers.
13-14. They went for stroll around St James' Park.
15-16. The supermarket is in ________ Rajouri Street opposite ________ HDFC Bank.
17-18. ______ hotel where they held their wedding reception was called _____ Grand Hotel.
19-20. Anna was born in ________ Italy but she lives in ________ U.S.A. now.
21-22. The convict is in ________ prison on ________ outskirts of town.
23. His favorite newspaper is ________ Guardian.
24-25. ________ Gatwick Airport is in ________ southern England.
26-28. ________ Prince Charles opened ________ new hospital in ________ center of London.
29-30. He went on ________ expensive holiday to ________ Bahamas.
31-32. ________ Statue of Liberty is in ________ New York.
33-35. ________ National Park was opened ________ last week by ________ mayor.
36-37. ________ expedition to ________ South Pole needs a lot of careful planning.
38-40. ________ Odeon cinema is in ________ Appleton Street just past library.
41-44. Last month I saw ________ movie and then went to ________ concert. ________ movie was
brilliant but ________ concert was boring.
45-48. There are three cars parked outside: ________ Mercedes, ________ Jaguar and ________ Fiat.
Mine is ________ Fiat.
49-50. ________ Reliance digital is a huge department store near ________ Rajiv Chowk.

Exercise-6: Choose the correct definite or indefinite article: "the", "a", "an" or "x" (zero article).
1. I bought ________ pair of shoes.
2. I saw ________ movie last night.
3. They are staying at ________ hotel.
4. Look at ________ woman over there! She is a famous actress.
5. I do not like ________ basketball.
6. That is ________ girl I told you about.
7. ________ night is quiet. Let's take a walk!
8. ________ price of gas keeps rising.
9. John traveled to ________ Mexico.
10. Juan is ________ Spanish.
11. I read ________ amazing story yesterday.
12. My brother doesn't eat ________ chicken.
13. ________ love is such beautiful thing.
14. I live in ________ apartment. ________ apartment is new.
15. I would like ________ piece of cake.
Topic: Articles
Subject: English Grammar

16. I was in ________ Japanese restaurant. ________ restaurant served good food.
17. Sara can play ________ guitar.
18. Are you coming to ________ party next Saturday?
19. I bought ________ new TV set yesterday.
20. I think ________ man over there is very ill. He can't stand on his feet.
21. I watched ________ video you had sent me.
22. She was wearing ________ ugly dress when she met him.
23. I am crazy about reading ________ history books.
24. She is ________ nice girl.
25. Do you want to go to ________ restaurant where we first met?
26. He is ________ engineer.
27. He thinks that ________ love is what will save us all.