Articles

A. Put ‘a’ or ‘an’ in each blank
1. __________ uncle
2. __________ hat
3. ___________ basket
4. __________ honour
5. _________ lamp
6. _________ earthworm
7. ________ shop
8. __________ flower
9. __________ eagle
10. __________ dustbin
11. __________ girl
12. ___________ onion
13. ________ door
14. _________ egg
15. ________ unit
16. _________ mouse
17. __________ aunt
18. __________ man

B. Underline the correct answers
1. There is ( a, an ) boy standing under the coconut tree.
2. My sister would like to have ( a, an ) egg for breakfast.
3. I have ( a, an ) sharpener in my bag.
4. Hashim’s father is ( a, an ) manager at the bank.
5. I’ve been waiting here for ( a, an ) hour.
6. Pak Rama works in ( a, an ) rubber estate.
7. Would you like to have ( a, an ) cup of coffee?
8. The hunter shot ( a, an ) tiger last night.
9. ( A, An ) lion lives in the jungle.
10. There is ( a, an ) rainbow in the sky.
11. There is ( a, an ) alligator in the river.
12. Sam gives the puppy ( a, an ) piece of bone.

C. Fill in the blanks with ‘a’ , ‘an’ or ‘the’
1. My neighbour bought a new car. _____ new car is expensive.
2. When I was at __________ school canteen, I ate ________ ice-cream and _______ hamburger.
3. Azman is _________ fattest boy in our class.
4. I ate ______ orange just now. _________ orange was sour.
5. We can see _____ moon and ________ stars at night.
6. Mrs Lim went to ________ market to buy _______ pineapple, _________fish and _______ kilogramme of beef.
7. May I borrow ___________ dictionary from you?
8. We waited for _______ hour before the bus came.
9. I have _______uncle and ________aunt who live in Kuantan.
10. There is __________ ink bottle on the table. _______ink bottle is empty.
11. ___________ students were late because they missed ________bus.
12. My father is ___________ police and my mother is __________nurse.

Articles

Articles
‘A’ or ‘An’ are called indefinite articles. They are used before singular countable nouns.

1. ‘A’ is used for singular countable nouns that begin with a consonant. [ b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,t,v,w,x,y,z]

Example : a ball a cat a pencil

‘A’ is also used before singular countable nouns that begin with the ‘you’ sound.

2. ‘An’ is used before singular countable nouns that begins with a vomel.
[ a,e,i,o,u]
Example : an ant an orange an umbrella

‘An’ is also used for singular countable nouns that begin with the silent ‘h’
Examples: an hour an honest man

3. ‘The’ is called definite article
i. ‘The’ is used when we want to talk about things that are only one of its kind.
Examples : the sun the moon the sky

ii. ‘The’ is used when we want to speak of the same thing again.
Example : I bought a new shirt. The new shirt is blue.

iii. ‘The’ is used when we want speak of a person, place or thing that we already know.
Example : This is the boy who stole your money.

iv. ‘The’ is used before superlatives.
Examples : the tallest tree the biggest balloon