4th Class English Articles Exercise-3

    Practice Exercise    

Fill in the blanks with Definite Article  

  ______ Ganga is a holy river.

Answer: "The" Definite Article (the) points out a particular river.  

  ______ Bible is a holy book.

Answer: "The" Definite Article (the) points out a particular book.  

  Give me ______ umbrella which I bought yesterday.

Answer: The Here particular umbrella has been pointed out.  

  _____ horse runs fast.

Answer: The 'The' is used before a class of noun.  

    NOTE:

•   Indefinite Article is not used with uncountable noun.
•   Article is not used before the name of games. Such as - She pays ludo.
•   Article is not used before some diseases like Cholera, Malaria, fever and typhoid etc.
•   Article is not used before the name of festivals.
•   Article is not used before plural countable nouns when they indicate a class.
•   No article is used before the names of language.
•   No article is used before proper noun, material noun and abstract nouns.  

Fill in the blanks with suitable article A, An and The  

  ________ Quran is a holy book of Muslims.

(A) A                                                                     

(B) The

(C) An                                                                  

(D) None of these

(E) All of these  

Answer: (b)

Explanation: The is used before holy book like The Ramayana, The Geeta, The Bible, The Mahabharat, The Quran, etc.  

  ________ moon gives light in the sky.

(A) The                                                                

(B) A

(C) An                                                                  

(D) None of these

(E) All of these  

Answer: (a)

Explanation: The is used before the names of heavenly bodies  

•   A is used before a noun beginning with a consonant sound.
•   An is used before a noun beginning with a vowel sound.
•   The is used before a noun beginning with a consonant or a vowel sound but these nouns refer to definite or particular nouns.
•   The is used before the names of holy books, rivers, oceans, mountains, monuments, newspapers, heavenly bodies, etc.
•   Indefinite Articles are not used with uncountable noun.
•   Article is not used before the name of games. Such as - She pays ludo.
•   Article is not used before some diseases like Cholera, Malaria, fever and typhoid etc.
•   Article is not used before the name of festivals.
•   Article is not used before plural countable nouns when they indicate a class.
•   No article is used before the names of language.
•   No article is used before proper noun, material noun and abstract noun.