ARTICLES

A, An, and The are articles. Articles are used before nouns.
The article a is used :# before singular countable nouns which begin with consonant sounds.
Examples : a boy, a girl, a school, a watermelon

A . Substitution Table
i. Make ten sentences from the substitution table below.
beautiful
Nadia

friendly

# for words beginning with yu sound

Examples : a uniform, a university, a unit, a useful book,
a European
The article an is used :# before singular countable nouns which begin with vowel sounds
Examples:
an ant, an eel, an igloo, an orange, an umbrella

clever
Swee Lan

# for uncountable nouns

Examples : the rain, the water, the air
#to refer to a noun that is mentioned the second time
Examples : Hassan bought a pen. The pen was cheap.
# where there is only one such place or thing in the world
Examples : the sun, the moon, the earth, the sky, the east,
the west
# for a specific noun
Example: The lady standing near the door is my mother.
# before superlatives
Examples: the shortest, the cleverest, the best,
the most handsome
# before names of certain countries, oceans and deserts
Examples : the United States of America, the Atlantic Ocean,
the Sahara Desert

is

active

girl.

humble
an
Ranjini

#for words beginning with silent h

Examples : an hour, an honest pupil, an honour,
an honourable man
The article the is used :
# for plural nouns
Examples: the children, the apples, the crocodiles

intelligent

quiet
energetic
helpful
attractive

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Make 10 sentences from the substitution table

butterfly
A

An

insect.

frog

snake

reptile.

parrot

beautiful bird.

ant

is

an

eagle

rabbit

small animal.
big bird

lion
The

amphibian.

fierce animal.
the

tame animal.

whale

largest animal in the world.

giraffe

tallest animal in the world.

10

a pair of shoes

11

the sky

12

an uniform

13

an igloo

14

a one day holiday

15

A hour

16

a tallest mountain

17

the largest animal

18

a useless pen

19

an honest man

20

a expensive pen

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ii. Circle the error in each sentence. Rewrite the sentence correctly.

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2.

The lion is an strong animal.

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3.

A earth is round.
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4.

I have lost a money you gave me.

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5.

Mr Robinson is an European.
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B. Detect and correct errors

i. Tick ( / ) the articles which are correctly used.

Puan Ranjini lives in a Taman Sentosa with her family.

6.

Mount Everest is a tallest mountain in the world.

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an ox

an earth

the Kuala Lumpur

The United Nations

a sweet mango

a children

a rice

a bouquet of flowers

a shoes

7.

This is a old photograph.

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8.

Mr Tan is a important person.

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9.

Sabariah is a honest girl.

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10.

My brother plays a football every evening.

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C. Fill in the blanks.

i. Write a or an in the blanks.

12. _____ insect has six legs.

13. _____ boy is Mr Ramus son.

1.

_____ pencil

14. Langkawi is _____ beautiful island.

2.

_____ garden

15. My grandfather is _____ honourable man.

3.

_____ old shirt

16. What is _____ name of the animal?

4.

_____ European

17. Gary has a rabbit. _____ rabbit is cute.

5.

_____ beautiful flower

18. My father travellled to _____ United States of America last year.

6.

_____ ugly picture

19. Nathan wrote ____ long letter yesterday.

7.

_____ Asian

20. Mei Lings birthday is on _____14 May.

8.

_____ orange cake

9.

_____ unhappy boy

th

10. _____ Englishman

D. Text Completion

11. _____ uniform

i. Look at the picture below. Fill in the blanks with correct articles.

12. _____ hungry cat

13. _____ hour
14. _____ old shirt
15. _____ useful book
16. _____ Indian man
17. _____ honest pupil
18. _____ house
19. _____ one-legged man
20. _____ branch
ii) Fill in the blanks correctly with a, an or the.

1.

That is _____ useful book.

2.

They saw _____ elephant in the zoo.

3.

_____ sun is bright.

4.

There is _____spider on the ceiling.

5.

I just ate _____ orange which you gave me.

_____ bakery. He starts work at nine oclock in _____ morning. _____

6.

Alice eats _____ apple every day.

bread

7.

Rahman is _____ tallest boy in his class.

8.

This is _____ old dictionary.

9.

Is your father _____ astronaut?

10. Which is _____ correct answer?

11. Azura is _____ honest girl.

Encik Rahim is _____ baker. He bakes bread, buns and cakes. He has

and cakes he sells are very fresh. Encik Rahim is _____ intelligent and

hardworking man.

ii. Look at the picture below. Fill in the blanks with correct articles.

E. Sentence Construction
i. Look at the picture. Write 5 sentences about it. You may use the words in the boxes to help you.

Rainbows are beautiful. We can see _____ rainbow in _____ sky after
the rain. It is shaped like _____ arch . It has seven colours. _____

Rahman

student

studies

university

ambition

engineer

intelligent

boy

most

hardworking

colours are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. It is
1. Rahman is _____ student.
formed when _____sun shines through tiny drops of rain water.
2. He studies in _____ university.
3. His ambition is to be _____ engineer.
4. He is _____ intelligent boy.
5. He is _____ most hardworking student in his class.

ii. Look at the picture. Write 5 sentences about it. You may use the words in the boxes to help you.

Nathan

pupil

studies

school

ambition

doctor

active

boy

cleverest

class

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