Articles Test 43

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Question 1
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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
To climb ______ tree is not to climb ______ mountain.

A
a/a

B
a/the

C
the/the

D
no article/no article

E
the/no article

Solution

OPTION "A" is the correct answer.
EXPLANATION:
There are two types of articles:
DEFINITE ARTICLE (THE) : Article 'the' is used to refer to a DEFINITE thing or person.
INDEFINITE ARTICLE(A/AN): Article 'a/an' is used to refer to a thing or person in general. For instance: man, door etc.
Article 'a' is used with consonant sounds whereas article 'an' is used with vowel sounds.
In the FIRST Blank, article "a" will be used as the sentence is referring to something general.
Similarly, article "a" will be used in the SECOND Blank because mountain is a common noun and article 'a' is used before common noun.
Question 2
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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
Are you afraid of ______ him?
Not ______ bit.

A
the/a

B
no article/a

C
no article/no article

D
the/no article

E
an/a

Solution

Option "B" is the correct answer.
EXPLANATION:
There are two types of articles:
DEFINITE ARTICLE (THE) : Article 'the' is used to refer to a DEFINITE thing or person.
INDEFINITE ARTICLE(A/AN): Article 'a/an' is used to refer to a thing or person in general. For instance: man, door etc.
Article 'a' is used with consonant sounds whereas article 'an' is used with vowel sounds.
In the first blank, "no article" will be used as 'him' is a possessive adjective and no article is used before possessive adjectives.
In the second blank, article "a" will be used because the speaker is making a general statement about something and bit(b) has a consonant sound.
Question 3
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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
Many years ago, ______ Tower Bridge of London was _______ fortress.

A
no article/an

B
the/the

C
a/no article

D
the/no article

E
the/a

Solution

Option (E) is the correct answer.
EXPLANATION:- There are two types of article.
DEFINITE ARTICLE(THE) :- Article "the" is used to refer to a DEFINITE person or thing.
INDEFINITE ARTICLE(A/AN) :- Article "a/an" is used to refer to a thing in general.
Article "a" is used with consonant sounds whereas article "an" is used with vowel sounds.
In the first blank. 'Tower Bridge of London' is a proper noun. Therefore, article "the" will be used.
In the second blank. 'fortress' is a common noun. Therefore, article "a" will be used.
Question 4
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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
Kate ate ______ meat with _______ vegetables for ______ second course. [Basic]

A
no article/no article/the

B
a/the/no article

C
the/a/the

D
no article/an/no article

E
an/no article/a

Solution

* Option A is the correct answer.
EXPLANATION:
There are two types of articles:
DEFINITE ARTICLE (THE) : Article 'the' is used to refer to a DEFINITE thing or person.
INDEFINITE ARTICLE(A/AN): Article 'a/an' is used to refer to a thing or person in general. For instance: man, door etc.
Article 'a' is used with consonant sounds whereas article 'an' is used with vowel sounds.
In the first blank, "no article" or "zero article" will be used because zero article is used 'Before the name of meals'
For instance: Dinner, lunch' and here meat is a meal. Therefore, no article will be used.
Similarly,In the second blank,'no article' will be used because no article is used before the names of vegetables, plants etc.
In the third blank, article "the" will be used because article "the" is used to refer to a DEFINITE person or a thing. It is also used before ordinals such as "first", "second" etc. Here, 'second course' is definite and specifically mentioned.
Hence, option (A) is correct.
Question 5
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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
______ few days later I entered ______ reading room of _______ public library.

A
A/the/the

B
The/the/the

C
no article/the/no article

D
A/a/no article

E
no article/a/no article

Solution

Option "A" is the correct answer.
EXPLANATION:
There are two types of articles:
DEFINITE ARTICLE (THE) : Article 'the' is used to refer to a DEFINITE thing or person.
INDEFINITE ARTICLE(A/AN): Article 'a/an' is used to refer to a thing or person in general. For instance: man, door etc.
Article 'a' is used with consonant sounds whereas article 'an' is used with vowel sounds.
In the first blank, article "a" will be used because article "a" is used when the speaker is mentioning something for the first time or the speaker is making a general statement about any such thing.
In the second blank, article "the" will be used because article "the" is used to refer to something specific. Here, it is written that the room is specifically the 'reading room'.
Similarly, in the third blank, it is specifically mentioned that the library is 'public'. Therefore, article "the" will be used.
Question 6
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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
On _______ Sundays, my father stays in _______ bed till ten o'clock reading ______ Sunday papers.

A
the/the/no article

B
no article/no article/the

C
an/no article/a

D
the/the/the

E
no article/no article/no article

Solution

OPTION "A" is the correct answer.
EXPLANATION:
There are two types of articles:
DEFINITE ARTICLE (THE) : Article 'the' is used to refer to a DEFINITE thing or person.
INDEFINITE ARTICLE(A/AN): Article 'a/an' is used to refer to a thing or person in general. For instance: man, door etc.
Article 'a' is used with consonant sounds whereas article 'an' is used with vowel sounds.
In the first blank, "zero article" or "no article" will be used because 'no article' is used before the name of week days. For instance - Monday, Tuesday etc.
In the second blank, "no article" or "zero article" will be used because 'no article' is used to refer to a particular/usual routine.
In the third blank, it is specifically mentioned that speaker is talking about " Sunday papers", hence, article "the" will be used.
Question 7
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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
On the New Year Eve, some of ________ pupils stayed at _________ school later than usual.

A
the/no article

B
the/the

C
no article/the

D
a/a

E
the/a

Solution

OPTION "A" is the correct answer.
EXPLANATION:
There are two types of articles:
DEFINITE ARTICLE (THE) : Article 'the' is used to refer to a DEFINITE thing or person.
INDEFINITE ARTICLE(A/AN): Article 'a/an' is used to refer to a thing or person in general. For instance: man, door etc.
Article 'a' is used with consonant sounds whereas article 'an' is used with vowel sounds.
In the first blank, article "the" will be used because article 'the' is used to refer to something DEFINITE. In this sentence, speaker is referring to some specified number of pupils.
In the second blank, "no article or zero article" will be used because 'no article' is used with 'school, colleges' ( if name of the school is not mentioned or there is no use of 'of').
Question 8
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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
After ______ fourth lesson, English students have ______ break of ______ hour and _______ half for dinner.

A
a/a/a/a

B
the/a/no article/a

C
a/the/an/a

D
the/a/an/a

E
no article/no article/an/a

Solution

OPTION "D" is the correct answer.
EXPLANATION:
There are two types of articles:
DEFINITE ARTICLE (THE) : Article 'the' is used to refer to a DEFINITE thing or person.
INDEFINITE ARTICLE(A/AN): Article 'a/an' is used to refer to a thing or person in general. For instance: man, door etc.
Article 'a' is used with consonant sounds whereas article 'an' is used with vowel sounds.
In the first blank, it is specifically mentioned that it is the "fourth lesson", hence, article "the" will be used.
In the second blank, article "a" will be used because the speaker is mentioning about something 'general'.
Similarly, In the third and fourth blank, article "an" and "a" will be used respectively because 'hour' has a vowel sound and 'half' has a consonant sound.
Question 9
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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
______ best runner in the race was _______ young girl.

A
a/an

B
the/an

C
no article/the

D
the/a

E
the/no article

Solution

OPTION "A" is the correct answer.
EXPLANATION:
There are two types of articles:
DEFINITE ARTICLE (THE) : Article 'the' is used to refer to a DEFINITE thing or person.
INDEFINITE ARTICLE(A/AN): Article 'a/an' is used to refer to a thing or person in general. For instance: man, door etc.
Article 'a' is used with consonant sounds whereas article 'an' is used with vowel sounds.
In the first blank, article "the" will be used because article 'the' is used with superlatives (BEST).
In the second blank, article "a" will be used because article 'a' is used when speaker is making a general statement and mentioning something for the first time.
Question 10
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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
_______ shortest man in _______ world and _______ tallest man in _______ world live in ________ Africa. [Intermediate]

A
The/the/the/the/no article

B
The/the/no article/an/an

C
no article/the/no article/an/an

D
The/a/no article/no article/an

E
The/no article/no article/no article/no article

Solution

OPTION "A" is the correct answer.
EXPLANATION:
There are two types of articles:
DEFINITE ARTICLE (THE) : Article 'the' is used to refer to a DEFINITE thing or person.
INDEFINITE ARTICLE(A/AN): Article 'a/an' is used to refer to a thing or person in general. For instance: man, door etc.
Article 'a' is used with consonant sounds whereas article 'an' is used with vowel sounds.
In the first blank, article "the" will be used because article 'the' is used with superlatives (shortest) .
In the second blank, article "the" will be used because 'world' is a proper noun. There is only one 'world.'
In the third blank, article "the" will be used because "tallest" is superlative and article 'the' is used with superlatives.
In the fourth blank, no article or 'zero article' will be used because 'Africa' is a country and no article is used before a country name.

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