Articles and Determiners Flashcards

Choose the correct sentence: 'She plays ___ violin in an orchestra.'

Answer: the

Musical instruments played as a skill use 'the' (plays the violin, plays the piano).

Which sentence uses an article correctly? 'I'd like ___ information about the tour.'

Answer: —

'Information' is an uncountable noun and cannot take 'a' or 'an'; no article is used here.

Fill in the blank: '___ elderly need special care in cold weather.'

Answer: The

'The' is used before adjectives to refer to a group of people as a whole (the elderly, the homeless).

Choose the correct option: 'He has ___ MBA from Harvard.'

Answer: an

'An' is used before MBA because the letter M is pronounced 'em', which starts with a vowel sound.

Which is correct? 'We went to ___ church on the corner for the ceremony.'

Answer: the

'The' is used because 'the corner' identifies a specific church already known to the listener.

Select the correct sentence about meals: 'We had ___ dinner at seven o'clock.'

Answer: —

Meals used in a general sense (breakfast, lunch, dinner) do not take an article.

Choose the correct determiner: '___ of the students passed the final exam.'

Answer: Most

'Most of the students' is the correct partitive structure; 'much', 'every', and 'each' cannot precede 'of the students' in this way.