Articles

1. Read and find.

Find the nouns and write them in the boxes.

Yesterday we went on a school trip. The trip was great! We went to a wildlife
park. At the park I saw a lion, an elephant, lots of monkeys, and many other
animals. My favourite was the elephant. We saw it eat lunch! Its name was
Bob. We found out that Bob was from India and was endangered.

trip

We can use articles to talk about nouns for the first time and to
talk about nouns we’ve already mentioned.
First we use a (or an with vowels). Then we use the.
But usually no article for names, countries, and meals.

2. Choose the answer!

Read the sentence. Choose the correct answer.

A
a. I saw a lion and an elephant at the zoo. ________ lion was scary.
The
a
b. We stayed in ______ hotel. The hotel had a swimming pool.
an
a
c. I have a red pen and ________ blue pen. The red pen is my favourite.
an
An
d. I went on an aeroplane to Japan. ________ aeroplane was really cool!
The
the
e. I had a party for my birthday. Lots of my friends came to ________ party.
a
and
f. I have ________ brother and a sister.
a
the
g. I had ________ sandwich and crisps for lunch. The sandwich was delicious!
a
3. Make it right!
Find the mistake, underline it and write the correct word.

a. I saw an aeroplane in the sky. An aeroplane was blue. ____The__________

b. She went to the Japan. ___________________

c. He had a sandwich and a apple for lunch. ___________________

d. They eat the dinner at 6 o'clock every day. ___________________

e. We played football with a Peter. ___________________

f. In my school there is a canteen, a gym and the swimming pool. ___________________

g. For the breakfast I ate some bread. ___________________

4. Draw a picture.
Think of a school trip. Where did you go? Write about it like in exercise 1 and
draw a picture!

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Articles – ANSWERS

1. Read and find.

Find the nouns and write them in the boxes.

Yesterday we went on a school trip. The trip was great! We went to a

wildlife park. At the park I saw a lion, an elephant, lots of monkeys, and
many other animals. My favourite was the elephant. We saw it eat lunch! Its
name was Bob. We found out that Bob was from India and was endangered.

trip trip wildlife park lion elephant

monkeys animals elephant lunch India

We can use articles to talk about nouns for the first time and to
talk about nouns we’ve already mentioned.
First we use a (or an with vowels). Then we use the.
But usually no article for names, countries, and meals.

2. Choose the answer!

Read the sentence. Choose the correct answer.

A
a. I saw a lion and an elephant at the zoo. ________ lion was scary.
The
a
b. We stayed in ______ hotel. The hotel had a swimming pool.
an
a
c. I have a red pen and ________ blue pen. The red pen is my favourite.
an
An
d. I went on an aeroplane to Japan. ________ aeroplane was really cool!
The
the
e. I had a party for my birthday. Lots of my friends came to ________ party.
a

I have ________ brother and a sister. and

f.
a
the
g. I had ________ sandwich and crisps for lunch. The sandwich was delicious!
a
3. Make it right!
Find the mistake, underline it and write the correct word.

a. I saw an aeroplane in the sky. An aeroplane was blue. The__________

____

b. She went to the Japan. to Japan________

c. He had a sandwich and a apple for lunch. an apple________

d. They eat the dinner at 6 o'clock every day. eat dinner_______

e. We played football with a Peter. with Peter_______

f. In my school there is a canteen, a gym and the swimming pool. a swimming pool__

g. For the breakfast I ate some bread. for breakfast_____

4. Draw a picture.
Children use their own ideas to draw and write about a school trip.