Grammar Challenge Indefinite articles Practice activities
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Indefinite articles Exercise 1: Match the beginnings of the sentences to the correct endings.
1.
What a
a.
reporter on TV.
2.
She works as a
b.
a pair of scissors please?
3.
She was driving at
c.
a delicious meal!
4.
Have you got
d.
fantastic idea!
5.
He gave
e.
a day.
6.
He's an
f.
80 kilometres an hour.
7.
Yum! What
g.
a CD and a book for her birthday.
8.
They always eat 3 meals
h.
artist.
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BBC Learning English – Grammar Challenge Indefinite Articles Exercise 2: Read the sentence and choose the one option a - c which best fits the space. 1. She's got … TV in her kitchen and one in her sitting room. a. a b. (no article) c. an 2. I like to get my hair cut … a. once month b. once the month c. once a month 3. … I don't know when I last saw a film that good. a. What fantastic a film! b. What a fantastic film! c. What the fantastic film! 4. I'm busy just now. Can you please just …? a. wait a minute b. wait the minute c. a minute wait 5. What … fast car! It can go from 0 to 60 … in 5 seconds. a. the / miles the hour b. a / miles an hour c. (no article) / miles a hour
6. He was … unemployed for … few months but now he's got … new job. a. (no article) / the / the / a b. (no article) / a / a c. an / a / the
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Indefinite articles - Answers Exercise 1: Match the beginnings of the sentences to the correct endings.
1.
What a
d.
fantastic idea!
2.
She works as a
a.
reporter on TV.
3.
She was driving at
f.
80 kilometres an hour.
4.
Have you got
b.
a pair of scissors please?
5.
He gave her
g.
a CD and a book for her birthday.
6.
He's an
h.
artist.
7.
Yum! What
c.
a delicious meal!
8.
They always eat 3 meals
e.
a day.
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BBC Learning English – Grammar Challenge Indefinite articles - Answers Exercise 2: 1. She's got … TV in her kitchen and one in her sitting room. a. a - Well done, we use the indefinite article to refer to something or someone for the first time in a conversation. b. (no article) – Sorry, you need an article before the noun 'TV'. c.
an – Sorry, you need a different indefinite article.
2. I like to get my hair cut … a. once month – Sorry, you need an article before the noun 'month'. b. once the month – Sorry, you need a different article. c. once a month – Well done, we use the indefinite article with this expression. 3. … I don't know when I last saw a film that good. a. What fantastic a film! – Sorry, the words are in the wrong order. b. What a fantastic film! – Well done, we use the indefinite article. c.
What the fantastic film! – Sorry, you need a different article.
4. I'm busy just now. Can you please just …? a. wait a minute – Well done, we use the indefinite article. b. wait the minute – Sorry, you need a different article. c.
a minute wait – Sorry, the words are in the wrong order.
5. What … fast car! It can go from 0 to 60 … in 5 seconds. a. the / miles the hour – Sorry, in both answers you need a different article. b. a / miles an hour – Well done, we use indefinite articles with both these expressions. c.
(no article) / hours a mile – Sorry, in the first answer you need an article and in the second one the words are in the wrong order and you need a different indefinite article.
6. He was … unemployed for … few months but now he's got … new job. a. (no article) / the / the – Sorry, the first answer is correct but the second and third need different articles. b. (no article) / a / a - Well done, we don't need an article before this adjective and the other two answers all take indefinite articles. c. an / a / the – Sorry, the second answer is correct but the first and the third answers are incorrect.
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