alleryStart learning →Ria will be happy with any book on the shelf. She says, 'Give me ___ book.'
- a
- the
- an
- these
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Correct answer: A. a
An indefinite article shows the speaker accepts any book, not one particular book.
Olympiad (Class 5) Articles, Prepositions, Conjunctions and Punctuation — practice questions
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Ria will be happy with any book on the shelf. She says, 'Give me ___ book.'Read the answer and worked solution →Mina wants the very book Ravi mentioned earlier. She says, 'Give me ___ book.'Read the answer and worked solution →Which phrase uses the article correctly because the next word starts with a vowel sound?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these words is the definite article in English?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair contains only indefinite articles?Read the answer and worked solution →Articles are small words that are always used along with which kind of word?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete: 'Look at ___ moon tonight; it is very bright.'Read the answer and worked solution →Which sentence asks for one particular book?Read the answer and worked solution →Which sentence is natural English?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'No dogs are allowed here', the word 'no' says how much of the dogs is allowed?Read the answer and worked solution →Articles belong to a wider group of words called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word is a determiner of the demonstrative kind but is not an article?Read the answer and worked solution →The memory trick FANBOYS helps you remember which group of conjunctions?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a coordinating conjunction?Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the best word: 'It was raining, ___ we took umbrellas.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the best word: 'Leela does not sing, ___ does she dance.'Read the answer and worked solution →Would you like tea ___ coffee?Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the best word: 'Arun rested, ___ he was very tired.'Read the answer and worked solution →In which sentence is 'after' a conjunction?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair works together as correlative conjunctions?Read the answer and worked solution →Fill in: 'The room had ___ heat ___ light.'Read the answer and worked solution →Complete: 'Tara ran both far ___ fast.'Read the answer and worked solution →Complete: 'No sooner had the bell rung ___ the children ran out.'Read the answer and worked solution →Complete: 'Sam is not only kind ___ also brave.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the best word: '___ she was ill, she came to school.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the best word: 'You will not pass ___ you study harder.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the best word: 'Stay here ___ I come back.'Read the answer and worked solution →Which sentence correctly begins with 'Because'?Read the answer and worked solution →Is it always an error to start a sentence with 'and' or 'but'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which sentence places the comma correctly?Read the answer and worked solution →
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Mina wants the very book Ravi mentioned earlier. She says, 'Give me ___ book.'
- a
- the
- an
- some
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Correct answer: B. the
The definite article points to a particular book that has already been mentioned.
Which phrase uses the article correctly because the next word starts with a vowel sound?
- an user
- an unit
- an ewe
- an hour
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Correct answer: D. an hour
The word hour starts with a vowel sound because h is silent, so an is used. University, one and unit start with a y or w sound.
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