ARTICLES

NAME : _____________________________

CLASS : ____________

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ARTICLES
DONE MARKS

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

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a an the
® A, an, the are articles.
® They are used before a noun (people, things, places, animals).

a an the
Ö shows one thing Ö shows one thing Ö shows more than
(singular Ö used before a one
countable noun) word that starts Ö used for
Ö used before a with a vowel uncountable noun
word that starts sound (a, e, i, o, u) Ö refers to a
with a consonant specific
sound person/things
(b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n Ö used to talk about
,p,q,r,s,t,v,w,x,y,z). something that
had been
an umbrella mentioned before.
Ö to refer to one of
a kind

a rainbow

a boy
an elephant an apple
the sun

the Earth
a cake
a cat
an orange
the stars

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 EXERCISE 1

Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’. Then write the full
sentences.

Example: a monkey.

11. _______ tree

1. _______ cat
12. _______ school
2. _______ eagle
13. _______ bird
3. _______ umbrella
14. _______ stars
4. _______ sun
15. _______ river
5. _______ snow
16. _______ boy
6. _______ bus
17. _______ girl
7. _______ hour
18. _______ ogre
8. _______ unicorn
19. _______ frog
9. _______ university
20. _______ child
10. _______ uniform

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 EXERCISE 2

Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’.

1. There is ______ ant on the table.

2. My sister likes to wear _____ dress when she goes

out.

3. I brought _____ apple, _____ orange and _____ slice

of cake for my breakfast today.

4. This is my favourite skirt. ______ skirt is blue.

5. _____ rain is so heavy. I cannot go out.

6. Last Sunday, my family and I went for a picnic at

_______ beach.

7. It is so cold, but _______ children are playing with

_____ snow happily.

8. She buys _____ ice-cream and ______ unicorn toy for

her sister.

9. “That is _____ very sad story,” says Farid.

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 EXERCISE 3

Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’.

My mother is (1) ______ English teacher. I am

(2) _____ Year Six pupil. When I get home from school, I

watch (3) ______ programmes on TV. That’s (4) ______

best part of my day. After that, I help my mother to

prepare lunch in (5) ______ kitchen.

In (6) ______ evening, I water the plants. There is

(7) _____ big tree next to my house. (8) ______ tree is

full of leaves.

Once (9) ____ week, I rake (10) _______ leaves so my

house compound is always clean.

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