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Year 7 English — Articles and determiners in use

Choose the, a, an or no article at all, and pick between few and a few, little and a little, either and neither.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.I bought a shirt yesterday. ____ shirt turned out to be too tight.

    • a) Some
    • b) An
    • c) The
    • d) A

  2. 2.Which sentence uses articles correctly?

    • a) Honesty is a best policy.
    • b) The honesty is the best policy.
    • c) Honesty is the best policy.
    • d) A honesty is best policy.

  3. 3.Almost nobody came: ____ people were interested in the talk.

    • a) few
    • b) little
    • c) a little
    • d) a few

  4. 4.Sort each word by the job it does in front of a noun.

    Groups: Article · Quantifier — how much or how many · Demonstrative — which one

    • this
    • the
    • those
    • that
    • few
    • a
    • much
    • an
    • several

  5. 5.Put the words in order to make one correct sentence.

    • asked.
    • third
    • time
    • she
    • is
    • the
    • This
    • has

  6. 6.Write "a", "an" or "the": She is ____ only girl in the team who can swim.

  7. 7.Sort each sentence by whether the gap needs "the" or no article at all.

    Groups: the · no article

    • This is ____ third time I have rung the bell.
    • Everyone knows that ____ sun rises in the east.
    • They came to the station by ____ bus.
    • Please shut ____ door behind you.
    • My uncle speaks ____ Japanese fluently.
    • I would like ____ same drink as yesterday.
    • He is ____ cleverest boy in the class.
    • We went back to work after ____ lunch.

  8. 8.Write "few" or "a few": I am not lonely at all — I have ____ good friends.

Answer key — Year 7 English — Articles and determiners in use

  1. 1. c) The
  2. 2. c) Honesty is the best policy.
  3. 3. a) few
  4. 4. a → Article; an → Article; the → Article; few → Quantifier — how much or how many; several → Quantifier — how much or how many; much → Quantifier — how much or how many; this → Demonstrative — which one; those → Demonstrative — which one; that → Demonstrative — which one
  5. 5. 1. This 2. is 3. the 4. third 5. time 6. she 7. has 8. asked.
  6. 6. the
  7. 7. Please shut ____ door behind you. → the; He is ____ cleverest boy in the class. → the; This is ____ third time I have rung the bell. → the; Everyone knows that ____ sun rises in the east. → the; I would like ____ same drink as yesterday. → the; We went back to work after ____ lunch. → no article; My uncle speaks ____ Japanese fluently. → no article; They came to the station by ____ bus. → no article
  8. 8. a few