Lesson: Articles & Count/Non-Count Nouns

Lesson: Articles & Count/Non-Count Nouns 1

a / an

a bottle / some water

a cake / some cake / some cakes

a / an vs. the

Articles

a / an / the / zero article

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct article:

Hello! My name is Rachel. I work at ____ bank.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct article:

I live in ____ apartment close to my work.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct article:

I just had one cup of coffee, but I want some more. Can I have ____ cup of coffee?

• other

• the other

• another

• a other

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct article:

A: Nice to meet you, Rachel. What do you do?

B: I am ___ bank manager.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct article:

I love my job because I have great coworkers. For example, my colleague Jose is such ___ nice person.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct article:

Jose lives in ____ town called Dickson.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

Count & Non-Count Nouns

a bottle / some water

Multiple Select

Which nouns are count nouns? (we can make them plural by adding an 's' or using an irregular plural form)

• water

• car

• man

• house

• salt

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct article:

Jose just bought ___ house in Dickson.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

Multiple Select

Which nouns are non-count nouns? (we cannot make them plural by adding an 's' or by using an irregular plural form)

• accident

• key

• money

• music

• air

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct article:

Jose is really good at saving ____ money.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct article:

I think this year he was able to save ____ lot of money.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

a/an vs. some

count & non-count nouns

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct article:

Jose is also planning to buy ___ new car.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

• some

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct article:

As for me, I need to buy ____ new shoes.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

• some

Multiple Select

Complete the sentence with the correct article (choose 1 or more answers):

If I want to go shopping, I need ___ money.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

• some

Multiple Select

Complete the sentence with the correct article:

A: I want to read the news, so I'm going to get ___ paper.

B: Make sure to get the New York Times.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

• some

Multiple Select

Complete the sentence with the correct article:

A: Do we have ____ paper at home? I need to print out a document.

B No, I think we need to buy more.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

• some

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct article:

A: Do you have ___ piece of paper I could use? I don't have any.

B: Sure. Let get my notebook.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

• some

Multiple Select

Complete the sentence with the correct article (choose 1 or more):

Jose asked me for ____ advice about how to design his new house.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

• some

Multiple Select

Complete the sentence with the correct article (choose 1 or more):

I told Jose that he could buy ____ new furniture and do some painting.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

• some

Multiple Select

Complete the sentence with the correct article (choose 1 or more):

Jose also wants to get ____ information about how to make his home energy efficient.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

• some

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct article (choose 1 or more):

Jose has ____ car, but he is going to sell ___ car to me.

• a / a

• a / the

• the / the

• no article / no article

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct article (choose 1 or more):

Jose's car is ____ truck. It is ____ fastest truck I have ever driven.

• the / a

• a / the

• the / the

• no article / no article

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct article:

I need to go to ___ market tonight after work.

• a

• an

• the

• no article

• some

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct article:

Could you please turn off ___ light?

• a

• an

• the

• no article

• some

Review

• use 'the' when it's clear which thing/person we mean (Turn off the light)

• use 'a' the first time you introduce something

• use 'the' the 2nd time you mention something (There is a light over there. Can you turn the light off?)

• use 'a' when there is one person or one thing (Rachel works in a bank)

• use 'an' before a / e / i / o / u (an animal)

• use 'a/an' when introducing a person or thing or telling someone's job (She is an engineer)

Review

• non-count nouns do not use 'a/an' or numbers, and they cannot be plural (I need some advice.)t

• use 'some', 'a lot of', 'a piece of' to quantify non-count nouns (I need some more information)

• some nouns can be both count and non-count (paper, a paper, some paper)

• common non-count nouns: water, air, rice, salt, information, plastic, music, tennis

• singular count nouns cannot stand alone (a car, cars, the car, many cars --- NOT car alone)