Articles

Question 1

True or False:

Every time we use a noun we have to decide whether or not to use an article?

Answer 1

True

Question 2

True or False:

Interaction factors of article use include:
• meaning / shared knowledge / context and whether the noun is singular, plural or uncountable?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or false:

Fixed expressions and idioms require us to use a particular article (or no article at all)

Answer 3

True

Question 4

True or false:

Articles are part of noun phrases and come immediately before a noun or an adjective or before a combination of adverb, adjective and noun

Answer 4

True

I heard a noise
I heard an eerie noise
I heard the strangely muffled noise

Question 5

True or false:

We can leave out articles before:

Plural nouns / uncountable nouns

Answer 5

True

(PN) dreams often come true

(UN) give me money

Question 6

True or false:

We can only leave an article out before a singular noun if we replace it with another determiner?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Yes / No

Can you use a/an with plural and uncountable nouns?

Answer 7

No

Question 8

Yes / No.

Can you use “no article” with a singular noun?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

Yes / No.

Can you use “the” before singular / plural and Uncountable nouns

Answer 9

Yes

Question 10

To announce that we are introducing something new, something unexpected, or something that the reader/listener is unaware of we use?

Answer 10

a/an

Question 11

Which article do we use to trigger the reader/listener that they know or will soon know what we are referring to?

Answer 11

The

Question 12

Referring backwards or forwards?

“Take prizes for the children who win”

Answer 12

Forwards

Question 13

Referring forwards or backwards?

“When I was out I passed a couple with two girls and a boy. I thought I knew the parents but I didn’t recognize the children at all”

Answer 13

Backwards

Question 14

When something is immediately defined we use ?

Answer 14

The

Question 15

When referring to something general - we leave out the article before ?

Answer 15

Plural and uncountable nouns

“I usually have [] sandwiches for lunch”

“[] English parsley has curly leaves”

Question 16

• there is
• the first time we mention something
• after have / have got
• naming things
• with occupations

All attract which article ?

Answer 16

a / an

Question 17

• something already mentioned
• only one of something
• with defining relative clauses
• with of before prepositional phrases

Answer 17

The

The cake is moldy
The moon
Shoot the kid who derailed the train
The benefits of early retirement

Question 18

We use “the” with proper nouns. Name eight groups

Answer 18

Rivers: the Ganges
Mountain ranges: the Andes
Ocean and seas: the Atlantic 
Deserts: the Sahara
Groups of islands: the Maldives
Hotels: the Hilton
Cinemas: the Odeon
Political Bodies: the Labour Party

Question 19

Countries whose names include political terms or plural nouns, we use ?

Answer 19

The

the United Kingdom - the Czech Republic - the Philippines

Question 20

Name 6 institutions that we use no article?

Answer 20

Hospital 
Church
School
Prison
College
University

Question 21

Yes / No

We use an article before certain meal times

Answer 21

No

She came to [] lunch

Let’s have [] dinner

Question 22

Yes / No

We don’t use an article in most expressions of time

Answer 22

Yes

Next [] week / last [] year / at [] six o’clock

Question 23

Yes / no

We include “the” after verbs of motion in expressions with “work, home, and bed” ?

Answer 23

No

She left [] work / I got [] home / she went [] to bed.

Question 24

Yes / No

Do we leave out “the” after a “be Verb”

Answer 24

Yes

She is at [] work - she is in [] bed

Question 25

Do we use an article before:

villages/towns/cities/parks/streets/forests

Answer 25

No

Sherwood Forest
Auckland
Bubenecska Street
Melnik

Question 26

Pronunciation:
Why are the following correct:
“an umbrella”
“a union”
“an hour”
“a horse”

Answer 26

“an umbrella” /A/
“a union” /j/
“an hour” /au/
“a horse” /h/