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Exercise : Articles Exercise 1
Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate article, a, an, or the, or leave the space blank if no article is needed.
1. I want ____ apple from that basket.
2. ____ church on the corner is progressive.
3. Miss Lin speaks ____ Chinese.
4. I borrowed ____ pencil from your pile of pencils and pens.
5. One of the students said, "____ professor is late today."
6 Eli likes to play ____ volleyball.
7. I bought ____ umbrella to go out in the rain.
8. My daughter is learning to play ____ violin at her school.
9. Please give me ____ cake that is on the counter.
10. I lived on ____ Main Street when I first came to town.
11. Albany is the capital of ____ New York State.
12. My husband's family speaks ____ Polish.
13. ____ apple a day keeps the doctor away.
14. ____ ink in my pen is red.
15. Our neighbors have ____ cat and ____ dog.
Go to Answers- Navigation
- OWL Exercises
- Grammar Exercises
- Grammar Exercises Introduction
- Adjective or Adverb?
- Appositives
- Articles
- Count and Noncount Nouns
- Count and Noncount Nouns Index
- Count and Noncount Nouns Exercise 1
- Count and Noncount Nouns Exercise 1 Answers
- Count and Noncount Nouns Exercise 2
- Count and Noncount Nouns Exercise 2 Answers
- Count and Noncount Nouns Exercise 3
- Count and Noncount Nouns Exercise 3 Answers
- Count and Noncount Nouns Exercise 4
- Count and Noncount Nouns Exercise 4 Answers
- Count and Noncount Nouns Exercise 5
- Count and Noncount Nouns Exercise 5 Answers
- Quantity Terms Exercise
- Quantity Terms Exercise Answers
- Prepositions
- Tense Consistency
- Punctuation Exercises
- Punctuation Exercises Introduction
- Basic Punctuation
- Apostrophes
- Quotation Marks
- Commas
- Commas Index
- Comma Exercise 1
- Comma Exercise 1 Answers
- Comma Exercise 2
- Comma Exercise 2 Answers
- Comma Exercise 3
- Comma Exercise 3 Answers
- Comma Exercise 4
- Comma Exercise 4 Answers
- Comma Exercise 5
- Comma Exercise 5 Answers
- After Introductions Exercise 1
- After Introductions Exercise 1 Answers
- After Introductions Exercise 2
- After Introductions Exercise 2 Answers
- After Introductions Exercise 3
- After Introductions Exercise 3 Answers
- Commas vs. Semicolons - Compound Sentences
- Commas vs. Semicolons - Compound Sentences Answers
- Nonessential Elements Exercise 1
- Nonessential Elements Exercise 1 Answers
- Nonessential Elements Exercise 2
- Nonessential Elements Exercise 2 Answers
- Nonessential Elements Exercise 3
- Nonessential Elements Exercise 3 Answers
- Spelling Exercises
- Spelling Exercises Introduction
- -ible vs. -able
- Accept/Except
- Affect/Effect
- i/e Rules
- i/e Rules Index
- EI/IE Spelling Rules Exercise 1
- EI/IE Spelling Rules Exercise 1 Answers
- EI/IE Spelling Rules Exercise 2
- EI/IE Spelling Rules Exercise 2 Answers
- EI/IE Spelling Rules Exercise 3
- EI/IE Spelling Rules Exercise 3 Answers
- EI/IE Spelling Rules Exercise 4
- EI/IE Spelling Rules Exercise 4 Answers
- Sentence Structure
- Sentence Structure Introduction
- Sentence Clauses
- Sentence Fragments
- Sentence Structure
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Sentence Style
- Writing Numbers
- ESL Exercises
- ESL Exercises Introduction
- Paraphrase and Summary Exercises
- Nominalizations and Subject Position