5th Class English Articles Exercise Test

         Practice Exercise

Fill in the blanks with Definite Articles.  

  ________ Ganga is a holy river.

Answer: "The" Definite Article (the) is used with the name of river.'  

  ________ Quran is a holy book of Islam.

Answer: "The" Definite Article (the) is used with the name of a religious book.    

  Give me _____ pen which I bought yesterday.

Answer: The Definite Article (the) points to a particular 'pen'.  

  _______ Sun shines brightly.

Answer: The Definite Article (the) is used before havenly bodies.    

Fill in the blanks with suitable article A, An and The  

  _______ Geeta is a holy book for the Hindus.

(A) A                                                                     

(B) The

(C) An                                                                  

(D) None of these

(E) All of these

Answer: (B)

Explanation:

The is used before holy book like The Ramayan, The Geeta, The bible mahabharat, Quran, etc.  

  _______moon shines at night.

(A) The                                                                

(B) A

(C) An                                                                  

(D) None of these

Answer: (A)

Explanation:

The is used before the names of heavenly bodies.  

         Practice Exercise

Fill in the blanks with A, An or The wherever necessary.

1.   _______ Sun rises in ________ sky.
2.   I have __________ one rupee note.
3.   _________Principle rewarded Saha Nawaz.
4.   I eat __________apple ________.apple is sweet.
5.   He is____________ M.L.A.  

Answer:

        1.   (The, The)      2.   (A)           3.   (The)             4.   (An, The)        5.   (An)  

•   A is used before a noun beginning with a consonant sound.
•   An is used before a noun beginning with a vowel sound.
•   The is used before a noun to particularize it.
•   Indefinite Articles are not used with uncountable noun.
•   Article is not used before the name of games. Such as - She plays chess.
•   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 noun.