Articles and Determiners Flashcards

Choose the correct article: 'He wants to be ___ engineer.'

Answer: an

'An' is used before words beginning with a vowel sound. 'Engineer' begins with the vowel sound /e/.

Select the correct determiner: '___ students in the class passed the test.' (meaning all of a specific group)

Answer: All the

'All the students' refers to every member of a specific, known group of students.

Which sentence uses the zero article correctly?

Answer: Life is full of surprises.

'Life is full of surprises' uses no article before 'life' because it refers to the concept in general.

Choose the correct option: 'Could you pass me ___ salt, please?'

Answer: the

'The salt' is correct because we are referring to a specific salt — the one on the table that both speakers know about.

Which sentence is correct?

Answer: I need some advice.

'Advice' is an uncountable noun and cannot take 'a/an' or a plural form. 'Some advice' is correct.

Complete: '___ more you practise, ___ better you become.'

Answer: The / the

The structure 'the more... the better' uses 'the' with comparatives to show proportional relationships.