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________ tailor ________ egg ________ process ________ kind aunt ________ odd angle ________ expensive dress ________ library ________ interesting movie ________ x-ray ________ CT scan ________ fungus ________ journey ________university ________ hour ________ honest boy ________ celebrity ________ famous author ________ anecdote ________ fairy-tale ________ delicious meal
Article the We use the for countable and uncountable nouns. It is a definite article. 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 Articles a and an We use a and an before singular countable nouns. Examples : a cup, a university

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.

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. Thats ( 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?

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