3rd Class English Articles Practice Exercise-1

     Practice Exercise-1    

Fill in the blanks with Indefinite Articles  

  I have_______ hour to start play.

Answer: an hour, (here 'h' is silent)  

  That is ______ ox.

Answer: an ox, (o is a vowel)  

  Smith ate ________ mango.

Answer: a mango, (singular noun)      

  I want to buy ________ ball.

Answer: A ball (singular noun)

NOTE: Indefinite Articles are not used with uncountable noun.   

Fill in the blanks with Indefinite Article

 Mr. John is _______ European.

(A) A                                                                     

(B) An

(C) The                                                                

(D) None of these

(E) All of these  

Answer: (a)

Explanation:

Pronunciation of European is just like '(yoo', w). This type of pronunciation we can use 'a'.  

  She reads in university.

(A) A                                                                     

(B) The

(C) An                                                                  

(D) None of these

(E) All of these  

Answer: (A)

Explanation:

Here university sounds like consonant 'Y'.  

NOTE:

• Indefinite Articles are not used with uncountable noun.
• Article is not used before the name of games. Such as - He plays cricket. Article is not used before some diseases like Cholera, Malaria, fever and typhoid, etc.
• Article is not used before the name of festivals.
• Article is not used before plural countable nouns when they indicate a class.
• No article is used before the names of language.
• No article is used before proper noun, material noun and abstract nouns.