English Grammar Exercises: Articles
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Complete the following sentences with a, an, the or no article. 1. I like reading __________ science fiction books. 2. Andrew bought __________ new pair of sneakers. 3. I don't like to play __________ basketball. 4. Pete can play __________ guitar very well. 5. "Can you speak __________ Chinese?" "No, I can't." 6. My aunt has __________ cat. The cat is big and black. 7. The Browns live in a big house in __________ countryside. 8. Can you see a man in that car? __________ man is my uncle. 9. I work in __________ office. The office is not far from my house. 10. Ann doesn't eat __________ eggs. 11. There is a boy and a girl in the classroom. __________ girl is standing at the board and pointing at something. 12. "Where are my glasses?" "They are on __________ table." 13. Let's go to __________ Paris next summer. The city is amazing. 14. I want to watch __________ interesting movie. What would you recommend? 15. This boy is my friend. His name is __________ Andy.
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Hi Ahmet, let's solve this together by choosing the correct article for each sentence.
Articles Practice
We must choose between $a$, $an$, $the$, or no article.
For sentence one, we usually say science fiction books without an article when talking about books in general.
In sentence two, new pair of sneakers is singular and mentioned for the first time, so we use a.
Sentence three talks about the sport basketball in general, so no article is needed. Sentence four uses the pattern play the guitar, so we use the.
Now let's continue with the next group of sentences.
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Languages like Chinese do not take an article, so sentence five has no article. In sentence six, cat is singular and introduced for the first time, so we use a.
Sentence seven uses the expression in the countryside, which always takes the. Sentence eight refers back to a specific man already mentioned, so we also use the.
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