Article Exam Trivia Quiz!
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How much do you know about an article as a part of speech? An article is any member of a class of dedicated words employed with noun phrases to signify the identifiability of the referents of the noun phrases. Articles are part of a broader classification called determiners, which also allows possessive determiners and quantifiers. This quiz will be the ideal place to start learning about articles. Good luck passing the exam.
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He is____engineer.
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The correct answer is "an" because it is used before a word starting with a vowel sound. In this case, "engineer" starts with a vowel sound ("e"), so "an" is the appropriate article to use.Rate this question:
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Are you coming to___party next Saturday?
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The correct answer is "the" because it is used before a noun to refer to something that has already been mentioned or is known to both the speaker and the listener. In this case, the party is being referred to specifically, indicating that the speaker and the listener have already discussed or are aware of the party.Rate this question:
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Do you want to go to the restaurant where we first met?
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In this sentence, "the" is the correct choice because the speaker is referring to a specific restaurant — the one where they first met. When talking about a particular place or thing that both the speaker and listener are familiar with, we use "the."Rate this question:
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I watched____video you had sent me.
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The correct answer is "the" because it indicates that the speaker is referring to a specific video that was previously mentioned or known to both the speaker and the listener.Rate this question:
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She was wearing ____ugly dress when she met him.
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In this sentence, the word "ugly" starts with a vowel sound (/ʌ/), so the correct article to use before it is "an." The article "a" is used before words that start with a consonant sound, while "an" is used before words that start with a vowel sound. Therefore, the correct answer is "an."Rate this question:
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I bought _____ new TV set yesterday.
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The correct answer is "a" because "TV set" starts with a consonant sound. When a noun starts with a consonant sound, we use the indefinite article "a" before it.Rate this question:
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I think ____ man over there is very ill. He can't stand on his feet.
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The correct answer is "the" because it is used to refer to a specific person or thing, in this case, the man who is very ill and unable to stand on his feet. "The" is used when the speaker and listener both know which person or thing is being referred to.Rate this question:
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He thinks that___love is what will save us all.
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In this sentence, "the" is the correct choice. It is used because the speaker is referring to a specific concept of love — the idea that love, in general, will save everyone. "The" is often used to refer to something in a definite or universal sense, which fits the context of this sentence. Neither "a" nor "an" would be appropriate, as they suggest an unspecified or singular instance, which is not the intended meaning here.Rate this question:
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I absolutely love reading ________ history books.
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We use the zero article (no article) before plural nouns ("history books") when talking about them in a general way. The speaker loves reading history books in general, not a specific set of history books.Rate this question:
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