Article Questions for All Competitive Exams

The word ‘rich’ is adjective. However, it also sometimes used as noun to refer to the entire class of people who are ‘rich’. Hence, definite article ‘the’ is used.

The first blank shall take the article ‘a’ because vegetarian starts with the consonant ‘v’ and is a singular countable noun while the second blank will not take any article as meat is an uncountable noun.

Here, ‘moment’ is unspecific. The sentence also indicates ‘one’ moment. Hence, we need to use an indefinite article. Since moment starts with a consonant sound, the correct article is ‘a’.

Here, price of specific thing i.e. ‘Share’ has been mentioned. Hence, ‘the’ article will be used.

As the speaker talks about a particular day’s weather, the blank shall take the definite article ‘the’.

In the first blank, ‘an’ article will be used because ‘eagle’ is a common noun and begins with vowel sound.
In the second blank, ‘the’ article will be used because specific location ‘sky’ where eagle flies is mentioned.

The sentence is talking about a particular park where there were many beavers. Hence, definite article ‘the’ will be used.

Here ‘writer’ is a common noun and will be preceded by indefinite article. ‘A’ is used because the word ‘foreign’ begins with consonant sound.

Here, it is specifically mentioned where the person was taken i.e. ‘hospital’. Hence, definite article ‘the’ will be used.

Use ‘an’ before words such as “hour” which sound like they start with a vowel even if the first letter is a consonant. Also use ‘an’ before letters and numbers which sound like they begin with a vowel, such as “F” or “8”