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Articles Exercise

February 10th, 2011 in Improve English

Insert articles where necessary.

1. While there is life there is hope.

2. How blue sky looks!

3. She lives in small town.

4. Sun rises in east and sets in west.

5. Brave soldier lost arm in battle.

6. He likes to think of himself as original thinker.

7. Neil Armstrong was first man to walk on moon.

8. We started early in morning.

9. Scheme failed for want of support.

10. Only best quality rice is sold by us.

11. It was happiest moment of my life.

12. What kind of fruit is that?

13. Tiger is native of Asia.

14. Umbrella is useless in thunderstorm.

15. There was bridge across river.

Answers

1. While there is life there is hope. (No article is necessary in this sentence.)

2. How blue the sky looks!

3. She lives in a small town.

4. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

5. The brave soldier lost an arm in the battle. OR The brave soldier lost his arm in the battle.

6. He likes to think of himself as an original thinker.

7. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.

8. We started early in the morning.

9. The scheme failed for want of support.

10. Only the best quality rice is sold by us.

11. It was the happiest moment of my life.

12. What kind of fruit is that? (The structure kind / sort / type + of + article +  noun is considered incorrect.)

13. The tiger is a native of Asia.

14. An umbrella is useless in a thunderstorm.

15. There was a bridge across the river.