Articles Quiz

What is an article?

• A word in front of the noun to help signal if the noun is specific or general

• A type of adverb

• What you read in the newspaper

• A type of noun

There are THREE articles: A, An, The

• TRUE

• FALSE

Read the sentence: 'I saw a cat outside'. Which word is the article?

• A

• a cat

• outside

• Saw

Fill in the blank: I bought __ umbrella.

Read the sentence: 'The sun is shining today'. What type of article is 'the'?

• General

• Specific

Fill in the blank: ___ moon is bright tonight.

Read the sentence: 'I received a postcard from Greece'. Identify the article AND the noun the article is referring too.

• Greece

• I received

• a

• a postcard

Article 'a/an' identifies a general noun. For example: 'I saw a yellow cat yesterday'

• True

• False

Fill in the blank: I have _ yellow pencil.

Identify the article in the sentence: 'Did you lock the car?'

• lock

• you

• the car

• the