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Articles Exercises with Answers: A, An and The

Multiple-choice practice on English articles: a and an with singular countable nouns, the sound rule behind an hour and a university, the for something already known or unique, and the everyday cases that take no article at all. Every question is followed by the answer and an explanation.

12 questions

Sample questions with answers

  1. She is ____ in her second year.

    • A. a university student(correct answer)
    • B. an university student
    • C. the university student
    • D. university student

    Why: University begins with the consonant sound y, so it takes a, not an. The noun also cannot appear bare — a singular countable noun always needs an article — and the would suggest there is only one such student in the conversation.

  2. She is ____ at the hospital near my house.

    • A. nurse
    • B. a nurse(correct answer)
    • C. the nurse
    • D. an nurse

    Why: A job title is a singular countable noun, so it takes a. The nurse would mean one particular nurse both speakers already know about, and an only goes before a vowel sound.

  3. ____ is very bright tonight.

    • A. The moon(correct answer)
    • B. A moon
    • C. Moon
    • D. An moon

    Why: There is only one moon in the sky above us, and the is the article for something both speakers can identify without any introduction — like the sun, the sky and the weather.

Lessons on this topic

  • Articles: A, An and The

    A and an with singular countable nouns, why the choice follows sound not spelling, the for something already known, and the cases that take no article.

  • Adjectives

    Where an English adjective stands — before the noun and after be — why it never takes -s in the plural, and how very works.

  • Countable and Uncountable Nouns, Some and Any

    Which nouns take a plural and a/an, how to count them with a piece of, and when to use some and any — including the offers that break the usual rule.

  • Demonstratives: This, That, These, Those

    How the four demonstratives divide up near and far, singular and plural, how they work both before a noun and alone, and the questions they appear in.

  • Prepositions of Place and Time

    in, on and at for places and for times, the words under, behind, in front of, next to, between and near, and the time words that take no preposition at all.

  • Singular and Plural Nouns

    English plurals: -s, -es after -s, -x, -ch and -sh, consonant + y to -ies, the common irregulars, and the verb that has to agree with them.

  • Superlative Adjectives

    How English picks number one in a group: the + -est for short adjectives, the most for long ones, the best and the worst, in and of.

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