True or false: articles
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- 'The' is the definite article.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- 'A' and 'an' are the indefinite article.
- Statement is true
- No
- Statement
- 'A' and 'an' are two different words with different meanings.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- 'A' and 'an' are forms of the same older word.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- The definite article points out a particular individual or class.
Explanation
Each line is one clause of section 176. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), public domain.