Use of Articles
Choose the best answer:
1. Do you know the name of — artist who painted this portrait? [DU '16]
- (a) a
- (b) the
- (c) an
- (d) no article
2. We are moved not by the fall of — great man but the elevation to heroism of what we had taken to be –– little man. [JNU '12-'13]
- (a) a, the
- (b) the, the
- (c) a, a
- (d) none of the above
3. Farid has been admitted to — School of Business at — Mideastern University. [JNU '12-'13]
- (a) a, the
- (b) the, an
- (c) the, a
- (d) None
4. What did you eat for — breakfast this morning? [JNU '12-'13]
- (a) the
- (b) a
- (c) a or the
- (d) None
5. — little learning is a dangerous thing. [CtgU '12-'13]
- (a) The
- (b) A
- (c) Most
- (d) Much
6. He stays in — bed till nine every morning. [KHU '12-'13]
- (a) a
- (b) an
- (c) the
- (d) no article
7. I met Lisa who is a doctor in — hospital. [Rang.U '12-'13]
- (a) a
- (b) the
- (c) an
- (d) no article
8. — parent plays a different but important role in a child's life. [DU '11-'12]
- (a) Each
- (b) One
- (c) Anyone
- (d) The
9. — physicist, Gabriel Fahrenheit, invented the mercury thermometer in 1714. [DU '11-'12]
- (a) There is
- (b) It is
- (c) The
- (d) It is the
10. He is — heir of the property. [RU '09-'10]
- (a) an
- (b) the
- (c) a
- (d) none.
11. I caught him by — hand. [RU '09-'10]
- (a) my
- (b) his
- (c) the
- (d) a
12. He speaks English like — English. [RU '09-'10]
- (a) into
- (b) in
- (c) a
- (d) the
13. The king went — hunting. [RU '09-'10]
- (a) the
- (b) a
- (c) by
- (d) no need
14. Where there is — will, there is — way. [RU '09-'10]
- (a) the, the
- (b) a, the
- (c) a, a
- (d) the, a
15. Mr Rahim is — honourable man. [RU '09-'10]
- (a) no article
- (b) an
- (c) the
- (d) a
16. At last the beast in him got — upper hand. [RU '09-'10]
- (a) a
- (b) an
- (c) the
- (d) no article
17. George — sixth was — king of England. [RU '09-'10]
- (a) the, the
- (b) no article, the
- (c) the, a
- (d) the, no article
18. He is — MA in English. [RU '09-'10]
- (a) an
- (b) a
- (c) the
- (d) no article
19. — sun is — star. [RU '09-'10]
- (a) The, a
- (b) a, the
- (c) The, an
- (d) The, the
20. I have read — Shakespeare. [RU '09-'10]
- (a) the
- (b) a
- (c) an
- (d) no article
21. This is — heroic action. [RU '09-'10]
- (a) an
- (b) a
- (c) the
- (d) one
22. My elder brother is — MA. [RU '09-'10]
- (a) a
- (b) an
- (c) the
- (d) none
23. I need — visa to go abroad. [JU '09-'10]
- (a) the
- (b) a
- (c) one
- (d) of a
24. Rakib is — finest young player now. [JNU '08-'09]
- (a) a
- (b) the
- (c) an
- (d) none of these
25. — little learning is a dangerous thing. [JNU '08-'09]
- (a) The
- (b) A
- (c) Most
- (d) Much
26. — cat has — tail. [RU '08-'09]
- (a) The, a
- (b) The, an
- (c) A, a
- (d) A, an
27. None but — brave deserves — fair. [RU '07-'08]
- (a) a the
- (b) the, the
- (c) an, the
- (d) the a
28. Draw — picture of — owl. [RU '07-'08]
- (a) the, an
- (b) an, the
- (c) an, no article needed
- (d) a, an
29. Denmark is — European nation. [JNU '07-'08]
- (a) the
- (b) an
- (c) a
- (d) no article needed
30. I read — Prothom Alo, which is — very popular newspaper in our country. [SS TU '07-'08]
- (a) the, the
- (b) the, a
- (c) the, am
- (d) a, an