Articles Worksheet For Classes 4 And 5
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate article. In some sentences, no articles are required.
Always use an article or another determiner with a singular countable noun.
Plural and uncountable nouns are usually used without articles when we are talking about things in general.
1. She is ……………………… doctor. (a / the / an)
2. I have ………………… son and ………………….. daughter. (a / an / the)
3. I used my nail as …………………….. screwdriver. (a / an / the)
4. My daughter loves …………………….. cats. (a /an / the / no article)
5. Could you pass me …………………… salt? (a /an / the / no article)
6. …………………. soup tasted awful. (a /an / the / no article)
7. ………………………. teacher must be patient. (a /an / the / no article)
8. ……………………. oil prices are rising. (a /an / the / no article)
9. Is there …………………… screwdriver in the house? (a /an / the / no article)
10. I borrowed …………………….. book from the library yesterday. (a /an / the / no article)
11. We painted …………………….. walls ………………… completely different colour. (a /an / the / no article)
12. Where is …………………….. butter? (a /an / the / no article)
13. …………………… light travels faster than anything else. (a /an / the / no article)
14. Suddenly ………………… light went out. (a /an / the / no article)
Answers
1. She is a doctor. (Doctor is a singular countable noun; hence, we use an article with it.)
2. I have a son and a daughter.
3. I used my nail as a screwdriver.
4. My daughter loves cats. (We do not normally use an article with plural nouns.)
5. Could you pass me the salt? (We use an article here because we are talking about particular salt – the salt on the table.)
6. The soup tasted awful.
7. A teacher must be patient.
8. Oil prices are rising. (No article is used here because we are not talking about any particular oil.)
9. Is there a screwdriver in the house?
10. I borrowed a book from the library yesterday.
11. We painted the walls a completely different colour.
12. Where is the butter?
13. Light travels faster than anything else. (No article is used because we are not talking about any particular light.)
14. Suddenly the light went out. (We are talking about a particular source of light here.)
