Articles Test 1

‘Few’ and ‘a few’ are both used for indicating countable nouns. However, the former indicates a noun in a negative manner, while the latter, i.e. the one with the indefinite article 'a', indicates a noun in a positive manner.

For example:

A few people came to the party.

Few people came to the party.

In the first sentence, ‘a few’ emphasises that enough people did come to the party.

In the second sentence, ‘few’ emphasises that almost no one came to the party.

Hence, the given sentence is completed as follows:

Can you give me a few bananas?

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

The determiner ‘a little’ is used before uncountable nouns. 

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

The indefinite article ‘a/an’ is used before singular countable nouns. Hospital, refugee, bus stop and refrigerator are singular countable nouns. Hence, they can be preceded by the indefinite article.

However, Ramayana, petrol, rice, furniture and news are uncountable nouns. Hence, they cannot be preceded by the indefinite article.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Both the blanks will take the definite article. The first blank will take 'the' as a particular person is being talked about, while the second blank will take the definite article as it comes before a plural noun.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Plural countable nouns need not always be preceded by the definite article ‘the’. Consider the following sentence:

We sell chairs and tables over here.

In this sentence, the plural countable nouns ‘chairs’ and ‘tables’ are not preceded by the definite article.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

In the given sentence, there are five adjectives, 'two', 'first one', 'historic', 'second' and 'comedy'.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

During a comparison, when two nouns refer to the same person, the article is used before the first noun only. As it stands, sentence I means that Neeraj is a better physicist than a mathematician would make. This clearly means that two different persons are being referred to.

Hence, statement II is true.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

A determiner is always followed by the noun it modifies. Articles, possessive nouns, possessive adjectives, adjectives of quantity, adjectives of number and demonstrative adjectives are some types of determiners.

The details of the determiner's used in each sentence are as follows:

I. My house is located near the bridge.

The possessive adjective ‘my’ modifies the noun ‘house’, while the definite article ‘the’ modifies the noun ‘bridge’.

II. Preeti’s father bought the chocolates she had wanted.

The article ‘the’ modifies the noun ‘chocolates’.

III. Each boy had to submit the new project on Monday.

The demonstrative adjective ‘each’ modifies the noun ‘boy’, while 'the new’ modifies the noun ‘project’.

IV. The girls had brought the machine in the morning.

The definite articles ‘the’ modify the nouns 'girls', ‘machine’ and 'morning'.

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Out of the given words, 'an' cannot be used before 'unique'. This is because though it starts with a vowel, it does not start with a vowel sound.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

The indefinite article ‘a’ is used when the word that follows it begins with a consonant sound.

The indefinite article ‘an’ is used when the word that follows it begins with a vowel sound.

‘I will reach in a hour’s time’ is incorrect as the word following ‘a’ begins with a vowel sound. The correct sentence should be:

I will reach in an hour’s time.

Hence, the correct answer is option D.