G6: Articles Rules 11-20

by Tom Rohrbach

Multiple Choice Quiz

This practice quiz asks you to choose the correct article (or no article) to go before a noun.
Please study the 50 rules for articles to help you with this exercise, and make sure you know count and noncount nouns.

If you choose a wrong answer, you'll see an explanation to help you learn from your mistake.

--Larry, can you finish this report now?
--Sorry Al, it’s quitting time. I’ll finish it in ___ morning.
1. a
2. the
3. - (no article)
Mr. Evans works the 3rd shift, which means he sleeps in the daytime and works at ___ night.
1. a
2. the
3. - (no article)
I saw a hot air balloon. ___ balloon had a beautiful, giant picture of an eagle on it.
1. a
2. the
3. - (no article)
Excuse me. You just dropped a piece of paper on ___ floor behind you.
1. a
2. the
3. - (no article)
The woman in ___ red dress is my wife.
1. a
2. the
3. - (no article)
That traveling salesman needs to buy a new car with ___ large trunk so he can carry everything he needs.
1. a
2. the
3. - (no article)
___ hotel that we stayed in last month in Hawaii was fantastic!
1. A
2. The
3. An
I want ___ job that interests me. My last job was too boring, so I quit.
1. a
2. the
3. - (no article)
The White House in Washington, D.C. is on ___ Pennsylvania Avenue.
1. a
2. the
3. - (no article)
The Colorado state capitol building is on the corner of ___ Broadway and ___ Colfax Avenue. (same answer for both blanks)
1. a
2. the
3. - (no article)
To get to my house, go past the traffic light, and then turn left at __ third street.
1. a
2. the
3. - (no article)
Jonathan and his wife Betty live on ___ Third Street in Golden, Colorado.
1. a
2. the
3. - (no article)
Everyone in the world is hoping for ___ peace.
1. - (no article)
2. the
3. a
___ palm trees are common in southern California, but you won’t see any in Colorado.
1. the
2. - (no article)
3. A
My brother is a student at ___ University of Michigan.
1. the
2. a
3. - (no article)
My older sister is a senior Economics major at ___ UCD.
1. a
2. - (no article)
3. the
___ Daniels College is the name of the excellent business school at DU in Denver.
1. - (no article)
2. A
3. The
I need ___ pencil sharpener that works. This one is broken.
1. a
2. the
3. - (no article)
My wife never drinks coffee in ___ evening. If she does, it keeps her up all night.
1. an
2. the
3. - (no article)
Janet bought a cheap ‘knockoff’ of a Louis Vuitton purse on the sidewalk in New York during her trip there, and ___ handle broke off the next day.
1. a
2. the
3. - (no article)