Articles

“A”, “An” or “No Article”?

Instructions: Choose A, AN or No Article (-) for each blank below.

Exercise 1
1. ___ bed 11. ___ very sad story

2. ___ chair 12. ___ web site

3. ___ egg 13. ___ internet conference

4. ___ fish 14. ___ extremely large dog

5. ___ answer 15. ___ light meal

6. ___ song 16. ___ fantastic answer

7. ___ vacation 17. ___ unusually small head

8. ___ investigation 18. ___ funny joke

9. ___ computers 19. ___ expensive purse

10. ___ old letter 20. ___ hard lessons

Exercise 2
1. I have ___ two sisters and ___ brother. My brother has ___ son. That makes me ___ uncle.

2. Would you like ___ orange? Or would you prefer ___ banana? We also have ___ strawberries.

3. Does anyone have ___ cell phone? I need to make ___ emergency phone call.

4. Larry doesn't own ___ car. He rides ___ motorcycle to work.

5. Today, you ate ___ ice cream cone, ___ piece of pizza, ___ burrito and ___ doughnuts. That's not
exactly ___ healthy diet.

6. Let's go see ___ movie. There's ___ adventure film that I have already been waiting to see.

7. Is there ___ Internet cafe around here? I need to send ___ important email.

8. Instead of making ___ traditional turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, she baked ___ enormous
chicken.

9. It looks like it is going to be ___ rainy day. You should take ___ umbrella.

10. Phil and Debbie took ___ amazing vacation to Switzerland last year. They even climbed ___
mountain near Lucerne.
 Exercise 3
1. ___ heavy suitcase 11. ___ unhappy person

2. ___ hamburger 12. ___ university student

3. ___ honest mistake 13. ___ union

4. ___ hungry man 14. ___ underground garage

5. ___ hourly wage 15. ___ European hotel

6. ___ H 16. ___ experienced teacher

7. ___ S 17. ___ educated man

8. ___ B 18. ___ eight

9. ___ R 19. ___ four

10. ___ Z 20. ___ 84

Exercise 4
1. Because there was ___ huge rainstorm, the flight was delayed for more than ___ hour. The airport
was full of ___ angry passengers.

2. You say that he was ___ well known player on ___ European football team, his name started with
___ "E", and his jersey had ___ "18" on it. I don’t know who you are talking about.

3. That company makes ___ app to let you instantly translate ___ things with ___ iPhone. That's ___
useful tool for ___ frequent traveller.

4. Is this ___ phone number? It's really hard to read. Is that ___ "1" or ___ "7"?

5, With gas prices at ___ all-time high, I wish I didn't drive ___ SUV. I think ___ small compact car
would be ___ much more cost-e ective way to get around.

6. "Photo" doesn't start with ___ "F", it starts with ___ "P". And "write" starts with ___ "W", not ___ "R".

7. He's quite ___ unique salesman. He has ___ unusual gift for keeping ___ customers happy, and he
has ___ honest face which convinces ___ people to buy things.

8. I buy my music from ___ online movie store. They charge Americans ___ dollar for ___ song and
Europeans ___ euro. You can choose to download the song as ___ MP3 or in several other formats. If
you purchase ten songs, they will even send you ___ CD.

9. No, no, Margaret isn't ___ secretary; her husband is. In fact, he is quite ___ e icient secretary. He
works for ___ well-known law firm downtown.

10. Dr. Perez is ___ professor at Stanford University. She has ___ Ph.D. in biology from Yale and ___
MBA from Harvard. She is quite ___ educated lady.
 Exercise 5
1. ___ elephant 11. ___ police

2. ___ milk 12. ___ pencil

3. ___ trouble 13. ___ vitamin

4. ___ magazine 14. ___ advice

5. ___ information 15. ___ violence

6. ___ biology 16. ___ table

7. ___ passport 17. ___ furniture

8. ___ flower 18. ___ computer

9. ___ flour 19. ___ weather

10. ___ sleep 20. ___ idea

Exercise 6
1. This is ___ amazing dance club, but you don't look like you are enjoying yourself. Aren't you having
___ fun? Is there ___ problem?

2. Vegetarians don't eat ___ meat, they eat ___ vegetables and ___ fruit. Don't make him ___ greasy
hamburger, make him ___ healthy salad instead.

3. We finally found ___ apartment, but we don't have ___ furniture yet. There is ___ furniture store
just around the corner and they have ___ pretty good selection of beds. I think we'll start there.

4. Samir works for ___ Egyptian company which specializes in ___ information technology. He is
going to ___ European conference next month to discuss ___ research on online sales in North
Africa.

5. I love ___ chocolate, but my husband doesn't. I want to get ___ cat, but he hates ___ cats. We
don't agree on anything, but I still think we make ___ great couple.

6. While I was in Japan, I stayed in ___ hotel with walls made of ___ paper. We ate ___ rice with every
meal. It was quite ___ unique experience.

7. I wanted to buy a new smartphone, but the salesman didn't have ___ information on the model I
wanted. I need ___ help making ___ decision before I buy anything.

8. How much does ___ ticket cost? Unfortunately, I don't have ___ money with me right now. Can I
pay with ___ ATM card? What about ___ credit card?

9. He won ___ award for his new science fiction novel called "Launch". Evidently, it's about ___
astronaut who gets trapped in ___ space for more than ___ year. It sounds like ___ incredible book.

10. He loves ___ classical music, so he went to ___ university where he could study the violin. That's
___ unusual major, but he is so good I'm sure he'll find ___ work as ___ concert violinist.