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When using articles, there are a number of ways to communicate specific shades of meanings with articles. Related rules for proper names don't make things easier. To complicate things even further, there are other determiners occasionally taking the place of articles. For instance, some and no function like articles, but behave somewhat differently with uncountable nouns.

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HardA2 | Elementary | Pre-intermediateA2ArticleDeterminerDeterminativeCountable and uncountableExclamative sentenceIntensifierNoun

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Question 1

Choose correct sentences.

Both some and no function as article in these sentences.

Question 2

Select the correct article.
You are going to visit _________________________ Kremlin during your trip to Moscow.

The correct answer is the.

A kremlin is an old fortress at the center of some Russian cities. Moscow's is known simply as the Kremlin: a unique, famous place, like the Colosseum in Rome. A or an would mean "one of many kremlins".

When it names the place in a normal sentence, it always takes the: visit the Kremlin, not visit Kremlin.

Question 3

Select correct articles.
John was dreaming about _________________________ his _________________________ big _________________________ house.

In a noun phrase like this, article should always be the first word. In this case, another determiner his took the place of article.

Question 4

Select the correct articles ignoring capitalization.
_________________________ all _________________________ players on the field were inspired.

The is used because the sentence references those players who were on the field. The follows all when used together like this.

Question 5

Select correct article.
My vacation was quite _________________________ amazing experience.

Quite is an intensifier and goes before the article.

Question 6

Select correct articles.
You will need _________________________ double _________________________ money to buy this.

The money in the sentence is some particular amount of money. With fractions article is used after the fraction word like double.

Question 7

Select the correct articles ignoring capitalization.
_________________________ red _________________________ apple lied on the table.

A is used as the apple mentioned in the sentence was not known before and article usually goes before all the other adjectives in noun phrases.

Question 8

Choose correct sentences communicating that a number of not mentioned before apples are lying on a known table.

The sentence is correct as some has the function of indefinite article in this case.

In case of plural noun no article in used instead of indefinite article.

Question 9

Select correct articles.
That was _________________________ too _________________________ good _________________________ chance to miss.

Article usually comes after an adjective modified with so, as, too or how (similar with unmodified such).

Question 10

Select correct article.
We are going to sail _________________________ Amazon.

The is used with Amazon when referring to the Amazon River. This rule is generally works for proper names that form a noun phrase with the noun itself abbreviated.

Question 11

Select correct sentences.

Words such and what are used before articles in exclamative sentences.

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