Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with "a", "an", or "the".
1. I saw ____ elephant at the zoo.
2. She is ____ artist.
3. We need ____ apple from the tree.
4. He wants to buy ____ new car.
5. I have ____ idea! Let’s go to the beach.
6. I met ____ interesting person yesterday.
7. ____ moon looks beautiful tonight.
8. Could you pass me ____ pen on the desk, please?
9. He went to ____ university in London.
10. ____ Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world.
Exercise 2: Choose the correct article (a, an, the, or leave it blank if no article is
needed).
1. I have ____ cat and ____ dog.
o (a / the)
2. ____ Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean on Earth.
o (a / the)
3. She gave me ____ advice, and it really helped.
o (a / an / the)
4. ____ Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
o (a / the)
5. There is ____ book on the table that I need to read.
o (a / the)
6. I like to visit ____ museums when I travel.
o (a / an / the)
7. My grandmother lives in ____ old house by the river.
o (a / the)
8. ____ children in the class are very smart.
o (a / the / no article)
9. Can you pass me ____ salt, please?
o (a / an / the)
10. I met ____ woman at the party last night.
(a / an / the)
Exercise 3: Correct the mistakes in the following sentences.
1. She is a best student in our class.
2. I saw an dog in the park yesterday.
3. We need the pencil to finish the drawing.
4. He is reading an interesting book about the history of China.
5. I have the idea about how to solve the problem.
6. He is the engineer who designed this machine.
7. We are going to a Eiffel Tower next week.
8. They live in the big house on the hill.
9. I saw a unusual bird flying near the lake.
10. She wants to become a teacher in future.
Exercise 4: Write sentences using the articles correctly.
1. (a, teacher, in my school)
o
2. (an, interesting, story, to tell)
o
3. (the, blue, car, on the street)
o
4. (a, cup, of coffee, in the morning)
o
5. (an, old, tree, in the park)
o
Answers for Exercises
Exercise 1:
1. an
2. an
3. an
4. a
5. an
6. an
7. The
8. the
9. a
10. The
Exercise 2:
1. a, a
2. The
3. some (no article)
4. Mount Everest
5. a
6. the
7. the
8. The
9. the
10. a
Exercise 3:
1. She is the best student in our class.
2. I saw a dog in the park yesterday.
3. We need a pencil to finish the drawing.
4. He is reading an interesting book about the history of China.
5. I have an idea about how to solve the problem.
6. He is the engineer who designed this machine.
7. We are going to the Eiffel Tower next week.
8. They live in a big house on the hill.
9. I saw an unusual bird flying near the lake.
10. She wants to become a teacher in the future.
Exercise 4:
1. I am a teacher in my school.
2. She has an interesting story to tell.
3. The blue car is on the street.
4. I have a cup of coffee in the morning.
5. There is an old tree in the park.
