Articles: A / An / The - Question Practice
Practise articles: a / an / the with 20 focused A1 grammar questions on one student page. Includes a separate teacher answer key with suggested answers.
What’s in the worksheet?
- 20 focused grammar questions
- One student page in two columns
- Separate teacher answer key
- Print page 1 for learners and keep page 2 for checking
Practise a, an and the in ten sentence gaps and ten short-text items. The A1 sheet contrasts sound-based indefinite articles with known or previously introduced things; the teacher page gives suggested complete answers.
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Page 1 of 2 · A4 printable PDF
Page 2 of 2 · Answer key · A4 printable PDF
A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Retain page 2 for checking. Review a / an by the next sound and demonstrate first mention versus later mention with a simple object. Clarify that some isolated sentences allow more than one context.
- Complete Part 1, linking the town and computer examples to their previous introductions.
- Complete Part 2, following each short text's referents. Trace a dog becoming the dog and an artist becoming the artist.
- Compare with the key and ask what context makes each choice appropriate. As an optional extension, write a two-sentence introduction and follow-up about an object.
Support and extension
For support, mark first and later mentions with different colours. For an extension, explain how a bird in a tree differs from a bird in the tree. The key suggests the tree and the airport, but an unspecified tree or airport may justify a tree or an airport. Accept defensible context-sensitive answers while preserving the intended linked-text practice.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
