English Grammar Exercises for A1 – Articles: the, a / an, some; this / that / these / those

1. Complete the classroom words with a, e, i, o and u. Then write a, an or some in front of the nouns.

1) _____   b__n

2) _____   bl__ckb__ ___rd

3) _____   c__lc__l__t__r

4) _____   ch__ ___rs

5) _____   c__mp__t__r

6) _____   c__pd__ ___rds

7) _____   d__sk

8) _____   ___r__s__r

9) _____   ___x__rc__s__   b__ ___k

10) _____   ___nt__r__ct__c__   wh__t__b__ ___rd

11) _____   p__n

12) _____   p__nc__ls

13) _____   p__nc__l   c__s__

14) _____   p__nc__l   sh__rp__n__r

15) _____   r__l__rs

16) _____   sch__ ___lb__g

17) _____   sh__lv__s

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1) a bin   2) a blackboard   3) a calculator   4) some chairs

5) a computer   6) some cupboards   7) a desk

8) an eraser   9) an exercise book   10) an interactive whiteboard

11) a pen   12) some pencils   13) a pencil case

14) a pencil sharpener   15) some rulers

16) a schoolbag   17) some shelves

2. Complete the sentences with a, an, some or the.

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1) I’ve got __________ pens in pencil case. I’ve also got __________ eraser and __________ pencil. __________ pencil case is in schoolbag.

2) I’ve got __________ exams next week. There’s __________ maths exam on Monday and __________ geography exam on Tuesday. I think __________ maths exam is really difficult!

3) There are __________ good films on TV tonight. There’s __________ horror film and __________ science fiction film. __________ science fiction film is at 7 p.m. and __________ horror film is at 9 p.m.

4) dad has got __________ motorbike and mum has got __________ old car. __________ motorbike is red and __________ car is blue.

5) I’ve got __________ photos of family on phone. But I can’t see them because __________ phone is broken.

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1) some, an, a, The   2) some, a, a, the   3) some, a, a, The, the

4) a, an, The, the   5) some, the

3. There are one or two mistakes with articles in each sentence. Circle the mistakes and rewrite the sentences correctly.

1) I’ve got a cat and a dog. A cat is called Jim and the dog is called Rex.

  I’ve got a cat and a dog. The cat is called Jim and the dog is called Rex.

2) There’s a elephant and the giraffes at our local zoo.

  __________.

3) We’ve got some apply tree in our garden. It’s very beautiful.

  __________.

4) I’ve got some phone and an MP3 player. I’ve got the phone with me, but an MP3 player is at home.

  __________.

5) There are a exercise books and some dictionary on table.

     _________.

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2) There’s an elephant and some giraffes at our local zoo.

3) We’ve got an apple tree in our garden.

4) I’ve got a phone and an MP3 player. I’ve got the phone with me, but the MP3 player is at home.

5) There are some exercise books and a dictionary on table.

4. Write sentences about the pictures. Use this, that, these and those and the words below.

book     calculator     pen     pencil     schoolbag     shoe

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1) This is a pen.

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2) _________

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3) _________

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4) _________

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5) _________

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6) _________

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2) This is a calculator.

3) That is a schoolbag.

4) These are pencils.

5) These are books.

6) Those are shoes.

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