Gap Filling of Articles

Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific. Example : After the long day, the cup of tea tasted particularly good. By using the article the, we've shown that it was one specific day that was long and one specific cup of tea that tasted good.

Articles (a, an, the) A/An: - Use with : Singular Countable Nouns. Do not use with : Plural nouns, uncountable nouns and abstract nouns

Special Note : Use 'A' before nouns beginning with a consonant sound. Use 'An' before nouns beginning with a vowel sound.

1. Before a Singular Countable Noun when it is mentioned for the first time and represents no particular person or thing.

I saw a movie.

They found a book.

She ate an ice-cream.

2. Before Singular Countable Noun which is used as an example of a class of things.

A child needs love.

A vehicle must be insured.

3. In expressions of price, speed, ratio (in the sense of "per"). For example : Rs. a kilo; Rs. 100 a metre; ninety kilometres an hour; three times a day

She can run twelve kilometers an hour.

Rice sells seventy rupees a kilo.

Usage of The : -

1. Before unique objects/group of objects.

The sky is dark and the moon is shining.

The sea seems calm today.

2. Before a noun made definite as a result of being mentioned a second time.

I saw a boy and a girl in the garden.

The girl was crying and the boy looked confused.

3. Before a noun representing only one particular thing (by reason of locality)

Mother is in the kitchen. (the kitchen of this house)

Please, pass the salt. (the salt on the table)

4. Before superlatives and ordinals like first, second etc. used as adjectives.

The Elephant is the largest land animal.

5. Before names of seas, rivers, groups of islands, chains of mountains, plural names of countries. deserts, regions. For example : the Indian Ocean; the Himalayas; the Andaman and Nicobar; the U.S.A.; the Ganges

The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world.

Sample Questions

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Question : 1

Choose the best word from the options given to complete the following sentences . Children may quarrel all the time, drawing the elders into the fray. The neighbor's son may pick ___________ flower or a fruit from your garden and _____________ argument may erupt .
A. A , An	B. A , A	C. A , The	D. The , An
Right Option : A
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Question : 2

Choose the best word from the options given to complete the following sentences . My deadline for the day's incredible, awe-inspiring column for __________ Tribune was three hours away, and I was in ____________ jam. I had already tossed three ideas into ___________ recycle bin and was staring at _______ blank screen again.
A. The , A , The , A	B. A , An , The , A	C. A , An , The , the	D. The , An , An , An
Right Option : A
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Question : 3

Choose the best word from the options given to complete the following sentences . ___________ greatest advantage of riser has done _________ large amount of hard work before early rising is ____________ good start it gives us in our day's work. ___________ early morning the mind is fresh and there other men have got out of their bed.
A. An , The , The , An	B. The , A , The , The	C. An , An , The , The	D. The , An , An , A
Right Option : B
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