Practice Questions

'Honorable' starts with a vowel sound, requiring 'an'.

Names of rivers always require the definite article 'the'.

Names of musical instruments require 'the' when referring to playing them.

Proper names of universities that follow the structure 'University of X' require 'the'.

'The hospital' is used because we are referring to a specific building, not the institution's purpose.

Material nouns like 'gold' do not take an article when used generally.

'One' starts with a consonant sound ('w'), so 'a' is required.

Abstract nouns like 'honesty' do not take an article when used in a general sense.

'M.A.' is pronounced 'em-a', which starts with a vowel sound, requiring 'an'.

'Sun' is a unique celestial body, requiring the definite article 'the'.