100 Soalan Grammar

Fill in the blanks with ‘a’ or ‘an’

1

________ tailor

2

________ egg

3

________ process

4

________ kind aunt

5

________ odd angle

6

________ expensive dress

7

________ library

8

________ interesting movie

9

________ x-ray

10

________ CT scan

11

________ fungus

12

________ journey

13

________university

14

________ hour

15

________ honest boy

16

________ celebrity

17

________ famous author

18

________ anecdote

Article ‘the’

19

________ fairy-tale

20

________ delicious meal

We use ‘the’ for countable and uncountable nouns. It is a definite article.

Articles ‘a’ and ‘an’ We use ‘a’ and ‘an’ before singular countable nouns. Examples : a cup, a university

We use ‘an’ before a noun which starts with a vowel sound ’a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’ and ‘u’ are vowel sounds. Examples: an orange an elephant

1

Underline the correct article

1 Alex lives in ( an, a ) small village in Penanti. 2 ( An, The ) city was decorated with big posters and bright lights. 3 Topaz is ( a , an ) precious stone. 4 My aunt is ( a ,an ) accountant. 5 His house is ( the , an ) one with the white gate. 6 I met an old friend in school ( a , the ) other day. 7 He worked day and night at ( the , an ) office. 8 My mother made the porridge in ( the , an ) rice cooker. 9 Lina has never seen ( the , a ) ghost before. 10 The doctor gave her ( a , an ) injection before giving her ( the , a ) sweet.

2

11 Mount Kinabalu is ( a , the ) highest mountain in South East Asia. 12 Penang is ( an , the ) island. 13 There is ( an, a ) orange, ( an , a ) apple and ( an , a ) pineapple in the basket. 14. I have ( a , the ) thousand ringgit in my pocket. 15. That’s ( a , an ) interesting story ! Could you repeat ( a , the ) story ? Put in ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ or ‘ - ’ (zero article) where necessary. 1

Please check _______ calendar and let me know when ________ end-of-year holiday begin.

2

________ ocean is _____ vast expanse of salt water . ______ Indian Ocean is one of five _________oceans in the world.

3

Go to _________first shop along _______ Jalan Jimat for _______ best bargains in _________fresh fruits and vegetables.

4

We began our journey to ________ Kuala Kangsar right after ______ breakfast. We each had ________muffin, ________ slice of toast and _________ egg.

5

Mr. Ian Wright bought ________ computer from one of ______ booths at Microfest Computer Carnival. _________ computer has ________ powerful Pentium 4 processor.

6

__________ factory manager rushed _________ injured worker to _______ hospital. ________ hospital wanted details on how __________ accident occurred.

7

I sent _________ telegram to _______Philippines informing __________ family of Mr. Carlos of his untimely death.

8

Azrin could not find ________ information he wanted when he surfed ___________ internet. However, he found it in ________encyclopedia.

9

Both Amirul and Imran have ________ measles. I wonder if

__________

disease is caused by ___________ bacterium or _________virus?

3

Zero Article / Zero Form Articles are usually omitted in the following instances Example : 1. Name of certain countries - America, Antartica 2. Languages - Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese 3. Roads and streets - Penang Road, Pitt Street 4. Times of day - daybreak, dawn, dusk 5. Names of diseases - measles, flu, cancer

4

5