Exercises

A. For each of the following sentences, fill in the blank with either “a”,
“an”, “the”, or “no article”.
1. ________ Chinese is a difficult language to learn.
2. ________ general's army attacked the city at night.
3. I like to play ________ basketball.
4. My parents gave me ________ basketball for my birthday.
5. She is ________ prettiest girl in the school.
6. I have ________ idea! Let's go bowling.
7. I have borrowed ________ money from her before.
8. My first apartment was on ________ Orange Street.
9. ________ dress she is wearing is blue.
10. He is ________ real gentleman.

B. For each blank space, choose the proper article (a, an, the, or no article):
1. I moved to __________ USA when I was 15 years old.
a) a b) the c) no article

2. I can spell as well as __________ most students.

a) a b) the c) no article

3. He is __________ most famous actor I know.

a) a b) the c) no article

4. Hurry up. We don’t have __________ lot of time.

a) a b) the c) no article

5. I live around here = I live in __________ neighborhood.

a) a b) the c) no article

6. I don’t know at all = I don’t have __________ clue.

a) a b) the c) no article

7. I have __________ idea!

a) an b) the c) no article

8. ___________ tea in my cup is too hot to drink.

a) A b) The c) no article

9. The US President lives in __________ White House.

a) a b) the c) no article

10. My parents live in __________ white house.

a) a b) the c) no article
ANSWERS A: 1) no article 2) the 3) no article 4) a 5) the 6) an 7) no article 8) no article 9)
the 10) a

ANSWERS B:
1)b 2)c 3)b 4)a 5)b 6)a 7)a 8)b 9)b 10)a