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@ A, an and the are articles.
@ We use a and an to talk about a singular countable noun. The countable noun can be a person, an animal or a thing.
e.g. a veterinarian, a bird, a plate
an old man, an owl, an oar
@ We use the when:
we speak of the same thing again;
e.g. My mother baked a cheese cake. The cake was tasty.
we are clear about the person or thing that we are talking about;
e.g. We bought the storybook on the table last night.
there is only one such thing.
e.g. The sun sets in the west.
@ Articles are not used:
when we are talking about an uncountable noun in general;
e.g. Mrs Foong likes (-) coggee.
(b) before the name of a game;
e.g. The girls play (-) netball in the evening.
(C) before the name of a meal;
e.g. I had fried rice for (-) dinner.
(d) before proper nouns.
e.g. (-) Farouk won the first prize.
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks with ‘a’ or ‘an’.
1. ( ) table
2. ( ) island
3. ( ) astrologist
4. ( ) goose
5. ( ) elephant
6. ( ) coconut
7. ( ) European
8. ( ) hour
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9. ( ) uniform
10. ( ) igloo
11. ( ) shirt
12. ( ) basketball
13. ( ) donkey
14. ( ) daughter
15. ( ) onion
16. ( ) xylophone
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Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’.
1. He carried bundle of sticks on his shoulder.
2. My cousin is actor.
3. axe has handle.
4. The headmaster told us news just now.
5. Show me handbag which you bought yesterday.
6. There are twelve months in year.
Answer:
Exercise 1
1 a 2 an 3 an 4 a 5 an 6 a 7 a 8 an
9 a 10 an 11 a 12 a 13 a 14 a 15 an 16 a
Exercise 2
1 a 2 an 3 An; a 4 the 5 the 6 a
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